The sub-genre of religious horror just so happens to be one of my favourites, and I have read lots of it. In doing so, I have found there’s a rather saturated sub-sub-genre (if you will) of reverends, vicars and nuns (so on and so forth) written in an adversarial role, and the sub-sub-genre in question… […]
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TBRCon2024 Highlight: Why Are Dragons Beloved in Fantasy? (with Christopher Paolini, Jenn Lyons, Anthony Ryan & More)
Every Friday, we’re highlighting a panel from the TBRCon2024 all-virtual SF/F/H convention, looking back on the incredible variety of discussions that we had the honor of hosting.
This week, join moderator/blogger Beth Tabler and authors Christopher Paolini, Jenn Lyons, Anthony Ryan, Ryan Cahill and ML Spencer for a TBRCon2024 panel on “Why Are Dragons Beloved in Fantasy?”
COVER REVEAL + EoT KS: Paschia’s Hidden Journals – Volume I: Awakenings & Aeveaternity by Sam Paisley
Blurb Discover the untold history of The Keepers, and the origins of the universe itself, in this first entry into a new prequel to The Elements of Time series: Paschia’s Hidden Journals: Volume I – Awakenings and Aevaeternity. Through a series of journal entries, Paschia documented his awakening, growth, philosophy, and the eventual rift that […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 116: Writing from the End with Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle (Mini-Masterclass)
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they delve into a mini-masterclass on Writing from the End with co-authors Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle. During the episode, Julia and Ken work back from the end, exploring endings that they love, how to plan your ending while leaving room for spontaneity, writing endings for sequels and series, managing subplots and side characters, effective foreshadowing, pacing and middles, character choices, emotional payoffs, ending anxiety and more.
Excerpt: “36 Broadway Avenue,” a Story from Digital Extremities by Adam Bassett
An excerpt from “36 Broadway Avenue,” from Bassett’s sci-fi short story collection, Digital Extremities.
Author Interview: Clay McLeod Chapman
And I’m back from my summer hiatus! Here is my conversation with the one and only, Clay McLeod Chapman! Clay is the author of many, many books such as Whisper Down the Lane, Ghost Eaters, and What Kind of Mother. As of this week, his novelette, Stay on the Line, is out in the world […]
COVER REVEAL: The Fall of Selvandrea (Vol 1 of the Draemeir Chronicle) by T. J. McKay
Cover illustrator: Rachel Bostwick | SiteRelease Date: September 26th 2024!Preorder Link: SitePublisher: Self | SiteGenre: Dark, clean, flintlock fantasyARC Request: Request here! Blurb Villains rise where nations fall. And the Fall is coming. Valdaris was a middling artillery captain before his people fell to a conquering rival. Then he fell further still, snatched from the battlefield by a ruthless cult and cast into […]
COVER REVEAL: New York Minute by Stephen Aryan
Blurb A noir story, set in an alternate New York City. After years of being a cop, and now a private investigator, there’s little that surprises Cole Blackstone. But when someone working for Karl Dolman, the most notorious crime boss in the city asks for his help, Cole is caught off guard, and more than […]
Cover Reveal – Buddy The Knight And The Queen of Sorrow by Peter David
Today I have the pleasure of helping out a talented indie author by bringing you the fantastic cover for his new book. It’s a debut of sorts as Peter Hartog is writing under his pen name of Peter David and has a new +middle grade fantasy book coming out called Buddy the Knight and The […]
Cover Reveal – Claws Of The Collector (Shade the Collector #1) by Douglas Lumsden
Douglas Lumsden is the author of the brilliant (in my opinion) Alexander Southerland series which consists of seven books plus the sharp and gloriously nasty novella The Demon’s Dagger which is set in the same world. That series came to an end with the seventh book A Specter Raps on My Windowpane. He is now […]
SFF Addicts Ep. 115: Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle talk Blood Jade, Co-Writing, Sequels & More
Join co-hosts Adrian M. Gibson and M.J. Kuhn as they chat with authors Julia Vee & Ken Bebelle about their new novel Blood Jade, how they met in middle school, co-writing vs. solo writing, going from self-publishing to traditional, worldbuilding and mythology in The Phoenix Hoard, setting stories in San Francisco and Tokyo, creating characters that feels real, the challenges of writing sequels and much more.
Saviors and Sinners: Longlegs, Lee Harker, and the Confrontation of Morality in Strong Female Leads in Horror
If you have a pulse and enjoy anything close to horror, odds are you’ve heard the immense buzz around Oz Perkins’ latest film, Longlegs. The focus of this box-office hit is a string of bizarre, unsolved cases thought the be committed by a serial killer known as Longlegs. If this very short synopsis doesn’t ring […]