In my new Q&A with author Elwin Cotman about his short story collection "Weird Black Girls," one line instantly convinced me this was one to read: "Whenever I write a new story, I'm trying to write something different from the story before."
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-weird-black-girls-author-elwin-cotman/
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Like other writers, author A.G.A. Wilmot says there's a lot of personal connections in their new novel "Withered." But given that it's a haunted house #horror novel...

To find out more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-withered-author-a-g-a-wilmot/
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Started reading Marisa Wolf's "Beyond Enemies."
https://amzn.to/49myTGw
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Is shaping up to be an inventive, and unexpected, #MilitarySciFi story.
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Finished reading Dean Koontz's "The Bad Weather Friend."
https://amzn.to/47FRkEG
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While not all of it worked for me, the parts that did — the main parts — were nice and weird.
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Started reading Dean Koontz's "The Bad Weather Friend."
https://amzn.to/47FRkEG
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Well, this is pretty interesting so far (though I suspect it's about to get...weird).
#Books #Reading #fantasy

Finished reading Tim Waggoner's "Alien: Prototype."
https://amzn.to/49wV11E
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Okay, this one got super good when...uh...something happened to the Xenomorph. Cough cough.
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With "Wicked Problems," author Max Gladstone is presenting the middle piece of his urban fantasy trilogy "The Craft Wars," a subset of "The Craft Sequence." And if you need help sorting that out, or just want to know more about this book, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-wicked-problems-author-max-gladstone/
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Started reading Rahul Mehta's "Feeding The Ghosts: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3PwaLtF
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Oh, this is super good. Especially the more personal / narrative #poems.
#books #reading #poetry

While science fiction stories are often about the person in charge, S.A. Barnes' "Ghost Station" is instead about their shrink. Which is good; since it's a sci-fi horror story. For a proper diagnosis, check out this exclusive interview I did with Barnes.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-ghost-station-author-s-a-barnes/
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A walk in the woods can be relaxing.

Unless it's the woods in Elliot Gish's new haunted forest horror novel "Grey Dog."

To learn why, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-grey-dog-author-elliott-gish/
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Finished reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Alien: Isolation."
https://amzn.to/46fyzr0
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Like the game, this was engaging, unnerving, but also rather fun. Now for the sequel.
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Because of the second word, we expect A.I.s to be, well, intelligent. But in his satirical, and somewhat cyberpunk sci-fi novel "Mal Goes To War," author Edward Ashton has an A.I. that makes mistakes. To find out why, check out this exclusive Q&A.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-mal-goes-to-war-author-edward-ashton/
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Started reading the #ShortStory anthology "The Reinvented Detective."
https://amzn.to/3ISewWC
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Really dug C.C. Finley's policing for profit story; excited to dig into the rest.
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Started reading Keith R.A. DeCandido's "Alien: Isolation."
https://amzn.to/46fyzr0
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So far, this is as engaging as the game it's based on (and expands upon).
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Finished reading Jason Pargin's "Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick."
https://amzn.to/3v6KFWS
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Was as weird and nutty and ribald and damn fun as the first one. Glad there's still one more.
#Books #Reading

Started reading Sarah Ghazal Ali's "Theophanies: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3INGEtN
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Rather interesting so far, especially the (relatively) longer ones.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Finished reading Lan P. Duong's "Nothing Follows: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3vj2WR7
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While some of it didn't connect for me (usually for structural reasons), this was mostly a really good and emotional collection of #poems.
#books #reading #poetry

Started reading Jason Pargin's "Zoey Punches The Future In The Dick."
https://amzn.to/3v6KFWS
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Seems like this is going to be as wild and crazy as the first book.
#Books #Reading

While the Matthew Shipp Trio's new album, "New Concepts In Piano Trio Jazz," may not exactly fulfil the promise of its name, it does have them making some of the most interesting music of their collective career. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/matthew-shipp-trio-new-concepts-in-piano-trio-jazz-review/
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Finished reading M. Darusha Wehm's "Terraforming Mars: Shores Of A New Horizon."
https://amzn.to/3vkY7X7
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A rather interesting and exciting #SciFi #Thriller. Good stuff.
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