There's a lot mercenaries can do when they retire: sleep, eat, golf... But in Cat Rambo's "Disco Space Opera" series, they open a restaurant…and still get into trouble. In this exclusive Q&A, Rambo discusses the 2nd installment, "Devil's Gun," which is now in paperback.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-devils-gun-author-cat-rambo/
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Did two 7-year-olds conspire to force poet Rae Armantrout call her new poetry collection "Go Figure"? I get to the (not so) shocking truth in this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-go-figure-author-rae-armantrout/
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#RaeArmantrout #RaeArmantroutInterview #RaeArmantroutGoFigure #RaeArmantroutGoFigureInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #poems #poetry

Started reading Lamya H's "Hijab Butch Blues."
https://amzn.to/3LShDiz
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A coming-of-age memoir of a queer hijabi Muslim immigrant. So, y'know, a light read that won't open my eyes or anything.
#books #reading

Started reading Bogi Takács' #ShortStory collection "The Trans Space Octopus Congregation: Stories."
https://amzn.to/3WRjPxf
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Not sure how I first heard about em, but I'm excited to really dig into this book.
#books #reading #ShortStories

Started reading Scott McKendry's "Gub: Poems."
https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/scott-mckendry/gub/9781472158079/
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Under normal circumstances, referencing "The Flintstones," Traci Lords, and Iron Maiden's Eddie in the first 17 pages would be a red flag, but so far, this guy makes it work.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

I'm digging #ExplodingKittens on Netflix.

That is all.

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Finished reading Chris Panatier's "The Redemption Of Morgan Bright.
https://amzn.to/3QZo727
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Super freaky and disturbing, but in a way that was compelling...and probably not the best book to read during lunch.
#books #reading #horror #PsychologicalHorror

In my new interview with author Wen Spencer, she talks about how her new urban fantasy novel "Storm Furies" — the seventh in her "Elfhome" series — was originally the back half of her previous novel, "Harbinger."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-storm-furies-author-wen-spencer/
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#WenSpencer #WenSpencerInterview #WenSpencerStormFuries #WenSpencerStormFuriesInterview #WenSpencerHarbinger #WenSpencerTheElfhomeSeries #WenSpencerElfhome #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries

Finished reading Sally Wen Mao's "Oculus: Poems."
https://amzn.to/45tNMWQ
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While the good ones were very good, the rest were...meh (though also the minority, so...)
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Started reading Chris Panatier's "The Redemption Of Morgan Bright.
https://amzn.to/3QZo727
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Just started, and I can already tell this is going to freak me out something fierce.
#books #reading #horror #PsychologicalHorror

Finished reading Naomi Alderman's "The Future."
https://amzn.to/3ynX61Y
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Man, this was a wild (and smart) ride. Did not see some of it coming, but enjoyed it all the way.
#books #reading #SpeculativeFiction

@AskTheDevil You might be right. Or maybe it wasn't verbally "slapped" enough as a child.

Oh, geez, is he the original "Participation Trophy Child"?

@AskTheDevil Maybe because he looks like someone already hit him...with the Stupid Stick. Repeatedly. And with gusto.

While some stories about nature-based disasters are meant to entertain, others — such as Kate Risse’s new cli-fi novel "Inland" — are meant to be preventative messages. In this exclusive interview, Risse talks about what inspired and influenced this cautionary tale.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-inland-author-kate-risse/
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#KateRisse #KateRisseInterview #KateRisseInland #KateRisseInlandInterview #Books #Reading #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #BookTok #ClimateFiction #CliFi #SpeculativeFiction #BookTok

Started reading Sally Wen Mao's "Occulus: Poems."
https://amzn.to/45tNMWQ
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very, very interesting so far, especially the more narrative ones.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Is she black? Is she Indian? Hey, Donald Schmuck, all I care about is that she's not you. That she's smart, fair, and compassionate, and not a selfish, self-centered idiot who wants to be a dictator but is only ever going to be a dick.
#Harris2024

Started reading Henry Rollins' " Stay Fanatic!!! Vol. 4."
https://www.twothirteensixtyone.com/collections/frontpage/products/stay-fanatic-vol-4
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Always enjoy these trips inside his mind.
#books #reading

Read James Longenbach's "Seafarer: Poems" tonight.
https://amzn.to/4fiGytd
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Only 40 pages were new (the rest was from other books I've already read), but it was still totally worth it.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Amanda Gunn's "Things I Didn't Do With This Body: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3Vt1btK
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Really enjoyed the personal ones, especially the titular one.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

While we've all heard stories about the Greek and Roman gods, we've heard far less about the Yoruba ones. It's something author Michael J. DeLuca is hoping to rectify with his surrealist fantasy novel "The Jaguar Mask," which you can learn more about in this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-jaguar-mask-author-michael-j-deluca/
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#MichaelJDeLuca #MichaelJDeLucaInterview #MichaelJDeLucaTheJaguarMask #MichaelJDeLucaTheJaguarMaskInterview #Books #Reading #Fantasy #Noir #BookTok