Like other warrior women before her, Myrgiol The Dokkrsdottir, the main character of the sword & sorcery fantasy novel "Rune Of Renewal," is getting to travel...through both time and space. To find out when and where, and more, check out this Q&A with author Bjorn Leesson.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-rune-of-renewal-author-bjorn-leesson/
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Started reading Andrea Kriz's "Learning To Hate Yourself As A Self Defense Mechanism And Other Stories."
https://amzn.to/44QmUQq
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If the first / titular story is any indication of what's to come, this is going to be a lot of smart, engaging, but also emotionally crippling #ShortStories.
#books #reading #ShortStory

Finished reading Liz Countryman's "A Forest Almost: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3UfqWgo
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Not all of it was good, but a lot was, and the good stuff was very good, so...yeah.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

In my new interview with author Charlotte Bond about her dark fantasy novella "The Fireborne Blade," she says the main character was inspired by Game Of Thrones' Brienne Of Tarth. But that's just the beginning... To find out what else, and more, check out this Q&A.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-fireborne-blade-author-charlotte-bond/
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#CharlotteBond #CharlotteBondInterview #CharlotteBondTheFireborneBlade #CharlotteBondTheFireborneBladeInterview #Fantasy #DarkFantasy #FantasyBookSeries #DarkFantasySeries

Started reading Octavia E. Butler's "Parable Of The Talents."
https://amzn.to/4dJ2gWt
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Already deeply invested in this engaging (and uniquely structured) sequel.
#books #reading

Finished reading Octavia E. Butler's "Parable Of The Sower."
https://amzn.to/45d13Db
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Disturbing for how plausible / possible this #dystopian future could be; compelling for how good of a story it told. Now for book 2.
#books #reading

Just watched #MadameWeb. There's 2 hours I'll never get back...is the kind of cliche that passes for dialog and storytelling in this mid / blah / eh, whatever movie.

Started reading Liz Countryman's "A Forest Almost: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3UfqWgo
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And no, I'm not reading this because she name checks Livingston, New Jersey in the first poem.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

Watching that movie #Atlas, and I can think is, "If you wanted to make a #Titanfall movie so badly, why didn't you just make a 'Titanfall' movie?"

Forgive me for saying this, but "Magical Incantation," the new album by the free jazz adjacent duo of Ivo Perelman and Matthew Shipp, is actually rather magical. Here's the link to my review.
https://paulsemel.com/ivo-perelman-matthew-shipp-magical-incantation-review/
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#IvoPerelman #IvoPerelmanMagicalIncantation #IvoPerelmanMagicalIncantationReview #MatthewShipp #MatthewShippMagicalIncantation #MatthewShippMagicalIncantationReview #IvoPerelmanMatthewShipp #IvoPerelmanMatthewShippMagicalIncantation #jazz #freejazz

Started reading Octavia E. Butler's "Parable Of The Sower."
https://amzn.to/4dLlivm
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#Dystopian stories always hit harder when they seem plausible. But when they seem inevitable...
#books #reading

Started reading Lydia Tomkiw's "Poems."
https://www.universalexportsna.com/projects/lydia-tomkiw-br-poems
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Bought on a whim; if the first part of this "complete poems" collection is a sign of things to come, it was totally worth it.
#books #reading #poems #poetry

As any kid will tell you, it's helpful to be able to call for a "do-over." Just as the main character in Jack Campbell's new time traveling sci-fi space opera novel "In Our Stars." To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-in-our-stars-author-jack-campbell/
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#JackCampbell #JackCampbellInterview #JackCampbellInOurStars #JackCampbellInOurStarsInterview #JackCampbellTheDoomedEarth #JackCampbellDestinysWay #Books #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SciFiBooks #SpaceOpera

Finished reading Sean Michaels' "Do You Remember Being Born?"
https://amzn.to/3tlXoDQ
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Tore my way through this thoughtful / thought-provoking character study / speculative piece about an old poet and a new A.I. collaborating.
#books #reading

Finished reading Ariana Reines' "A Sand Book: Poems."
https://amzn.to/3VOsW1C
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Even after reading this nearly 400 word tome I am looking to read more of her #poems. As impressive and engaging as it was epic, varied, and sprawling.
#books #reading #poetry

In my exclusive interview with author Angela Sylvaine, the self-proclaimed "cheerful Goth" talks about her first collection of short stories, "The Dead Spot: Stories Of Lost Girls," which sounds as unique and multilayered as how she describes herself.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-the-dead-spot-author-angela-sylvaine/
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#AngelaSylvaine #AngelaSylvaineInterview #AngelaSylvaineTheDeadSpot #AngelaSylvaineTheDeadSpotStoriesOfLostGirls #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Horror #Goth #ShortStory #ShortStories

Started reading Sean Michaels' "Do You Remember Being Born?"
https://amzn.to/3tlXoDQ
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As a fan of #poetry and plausible speculative fiction, I'm absolutely enraptured with this novel about a poet asked to collaborate with an A.I.
#books #reading

Started reading Saïd Sayrafiezadeh's "Brief Encounters With The Enemy: Stories."
https://amzn.to/44RR0mP
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Is so far as good as his more recent #ShortStory collection, " American Estrangement."
#books #reading #ShortStories

In his new urban fantasy / murder mystery novella "Hidden Fury," author Bjorn Hasseler wrote about something near and dear to his...er, home: the cryptid known as Goatman. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-hidden-fury-author-bjorn-hasseler/
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#BjornHasseler #BjornHasselerInterview #BjornHasselerHiddenFury #BjornHasselerHiddenFuryInterview #BjornHasselerSystemaParadoxa #Books #AuthorInterview #AuthorInterviews #UrbanFantasy #Mystery #MurderMystery #Goatman #Cryptid

While virtual reality doesn't count as reality, yet, it someday might. In Keith Anthony Baird's dystopian / cyberpunk / sci-fi / urban fantasy novella "SIN:THETICA," a bounty hunter has to hunt in VR. To learn more, check out this exclusive interview.
https://paulsemel.com/exclusive-interview-sinthetica-author-keith-anthony-baird/
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#KeithAnthonyBaird #KeithAnthonyBairdInterview #KeithAnthonyBairdSINTHETICA #KeithAnthonyBairdSINTHETICAInterview #ScienceFiction #SciFi #Cyberpunk #UrbanFantasy #Dystopian #Dystopia #BookTok