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Fathom by Cherie Priest - Interview

Fathom by Cherie Priest
Fantasy author Cherie Priest says that her new novel, Fathom, has its roots in a vivid dream she had while vacationing near an abandoned old house.
“[The house was] boarded up and surrounded by trees, with the property’s edge just barely out of high tide’s reach,” Priest said. “It was lovely and desolate, [...]

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Living With The Dead by Kelley Armstrong - Interview

Living with the Dead (Women of the Otherworld, Book 9) by Kelley Armstrong
Best-selling fantasy author Kelley Armstrong told SCI FI Wire that her latest novel, Living with the Dead, is unlike the other books in her Women of the Otherworld series: It’s told not from the point of view of a supernatural person, but rather [...]

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Dead Reign by T.A. Pratt - Interview

Dead Reign by T.A. Pratt
Fantasy author T.A. Pratt told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, Dead Reign, is the third book in his series about Marla Mason, badass sorcerer and protector of the East Coast city of Felport.
“The essential premise here is Marla vs. Death,” Pratt said in an interview. “I knew–as part of [...]

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Underground by Kat Richardson - Interview

Underground (Greywalker, Book 3) by Kat Richardson
Fantasy author Kat Richardson told SCI FI Wire that her new novel, Underground, grew out of her desire to write a “monster in the sewer” book.
“There’s just no setting as perfect for a tale of ghosts and monsters eating unsuspecting people than a condemned and abandoned city hidden under [...]

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An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe - Interview

An Evil Guest by Gene Wolfe
Multiple-award-winning SF/fantasy author Gene Wolfe told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, An Evil Guest, takes place in the same world as his novella “Memorare,” which was a finalist for both the Hugo and Nebula awards.
“I’d written ‘Memorare,’ laid in a world in which a low-cost star drive had [...]

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Nation by Terry Pratchett - Interview

Nation by Terry Pratchett
Best-selling fantasy author Terry Pratchett told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, Nation, deals with the island survivors of a tsunami, but the first pieces of the story came to him about six months before the 2004 tsunami that devastated several Asian countries.
“I’d hate people to think that I was being [...]

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Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez - Interview

Too Many Curses by A. Lee Martinez
Fantasy author A. Lee Martinez told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, Too Many Curses, was inspired by his love of monsters and his desire to write a story that was nearly devoid of any humans at all.
“I came up with a castle filled with cursed people and [...]

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Ill Met In The Arena by Dave Duncan - Interview

Ill Met in the Arena by Dave Duncan
Fantasy author Dave Duncan told SCI FI Wire that his latest novel, Ill Met in the Arena, began with a “what if magic worked like this?” kind of idea.
“I have found a lot of stories by posing that question,” Duncan said in an interview. “In this case the [...]

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Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory - Interview

Pandemonium by Daryl Gregory
SF/fantasy author Daryl Gregory told SCI FI Wire that his novel Pandemonium takes place in an alternate America where “demonic possession” has been frequently but randomly occurring since the 1940s.
“The demons take the form of Jungian archetypes dressed up in pop-culture clothing, so ordinary people are possessed by things that act like [...]

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