Episodes
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Nov. 8, 2026
Episode 229: Laurell K. Hamilton – A Glimmer of Death
A chat with #1 New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton about the conclusion of her Merry Gentry series, the newly released A Glimmer of Death, and the upcoming A Ghost of Daylight. Websitelaurellkhamilton.com X@LKHamilton Instagram@official_lkhamilton Facebook@LaurellKHamiltonOfficial TikTok@lkh_official About A Glimmer of Death Amazon.ca | Amazon.com New York Times bestselling author Laurell K. Hamilton returns … Continue reading "Episode 229: Laurell K. Hamilton – A Glimmer of D...
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Oct. 25, 2026
Episode 228: Wole Talabi – The Fist of Memory
A chat with critically acclaimed, award-winning author Wole Talabi about his new science fiction novel, The Fist of Memory. Websitewtalabi.com X@WTalabi Instagram@WTalabi Bluesky@WTalabi TikTok@wtalabi About The Fist of Memory Amazon.ca | Amazon.com A strange alien spacecraft suddenly appears in the sky in this electrifying, action-packed first-contact novel set in near-future Nigeria from award-winning author Wole … Continue reading "Episode 228: Wole Talabi – The Fist of Memory" Source
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Oct. 11, 2026
Episode 227: Matt Witten – 51%
A chat with noted crime writer Matt Witten about his dystopian murder-mystery thriller, 51%. Websitemattwittenwriter.com Facebook@wittenmatt About 51% Amazon.ca | Amazon.com In a future where corporations own everything—including people—one murder could ignite a revolution. Twenty years from now, the United States is completely privatized. The Big Six syndicates own schools, roads, police departments . . … Continue reading "Episode 227: Matt Witten – 51%" Source
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Sept. 27, 2026
Episode 226: John C. Hampsey – Soda Lake
A chat with John C. Hampsey about his recent “strange and tantalizing” novel, Soda Lake. Websitejohnchampsey.com Facebook@john.hampsey.73 Instagram@prof_hamps About Soda Lake Amazon.ca | Amazon.com Soda Lake opens with an unnamed narrator seeing a man disappear into a lake of white salt. This sets the narrator on a quest of discovery, shaped by a series of stories … Continue reading "Episode 226: John C. Hampsey – Soda Lake" Source
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Sept. 6, 2026
Episode 225: David Ebenbach – The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost
A chat with David Ebenbach about his new book of poems exploring the intersection of AI and humanity, Websitedavidebenbach.com Facebook@david.ebenbach TikTok@debenbach Instagram@davidebenbach Broadstone Books About The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost The poems in David Ebenbach’s new poetry collection, The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost, speculate: if a chatbot … Continue reading "Episode 225: David Ebenbach – The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost" Source
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Aug. 23, 2026
Episode 224: Ann Aguirre – The Hocus Pocus Handbook
A chat with New York Times bestselling author Ann Aguirre about her new cozy fae fantasy romance, The Hocus Pocus Handbook. Websiteannaguirre.com Facebook@ann.aguirre Bluesky@annaguirre Instagram@ann_aguirre_author/ Amazon.ca | https://www.amazon.com/Hocus-Pocus-Handbook-Ann-Aguirre/dp/1464224110/ About The Hocus Pocus Handbook From NYT bestselling author Ann Aguirre comes a cozy fae fantasy romance featuring a sunshine-shadow slow burn, a grumpy-but-secretly-tender love interest, an … Continue...
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Aug. 2, 2026
Episode 223: Larry Correia – American Paladin
A chat with New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia about his new contemporary fantasy American Paladin. Websitemonsterhunternation.com Facebook@larry.correia X@monsterhunter45 Instagram@larry_correia_author Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About American Paladin One Man to Step Into the Darkness Mike Spears is a drifter, a vigilante, an expert in taking down the evil in our world one monstrous incursion at … Continue reading "Episode 223: Larry Correia – American Paladin" Source
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July 19, 2026
Episode 222: Melissa Olthoff – Tempered by Fire
A conversation with author Melissa Olthoff about Tempered by Fire, the second book in her Griffin Corps series. Websitemelissaolthoff.com Instagram@salvagebunny Facebook@melissaolthoff4 X@MelissaOlthoff Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Tempered by Fire You can do everything right . . . and still lose. Harper Tavros always dreamed of being a dragon rider. But after a prank went horribly … Continue reading "Episode 222: Melissa Olthoff – Tempered by Fire" Source
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July 12, 2026
Episode 221: Kathleen Schwab – Queenswood
A conversation with author Kathleen Schwab about her debut eco-fantasy novel, Queenswood. Websiteauthorkathleenschwab.squarespace.com Instagram@writerkmschwab Facebook@QueenswoodAFaerieworldNovel YouTube@kathleenschwab4645 Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Queenswood A lush, lyrical historical fantasy debut that transports readers to twelfth-century Ireland. In twelfth-century Ireland, girls go missing–fleeing arranged marriages, carried off by outlaws, abducted by faeries. Rhiannon, treasured daught...
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June 21, 2026
Episode 220: Travis J. I. Corcoran – Red State Mars
A conversation with two-time Prometheus Award-winning author Travis J. I. Corcoran about his new science fiction novel, Red State Mars WebsiteMorlock Publishing X@MorlockP@Travis4NH Patreon@MorlockP Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Red State Mars A sweeping epic of Mars’s fight for freedom—an unforgettable saga of war, family, and civilization on the red frontier. For generations, the Newcastles, Mackenzies, … Continue reading "Episode 220: Travis J. I. Corcoran – Red State Mars" Source
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June 7, 2026
Episode 219: Sam Robb – A Sense of Murder
A conversation with author Sam Robb about his new fantasy novel, A Sense of Murder. Websitesamrobbwrites.com Substacksamrobbwrites.substack.com X@SamRobbWrites Instagram@samrobbwrites Facebook@samrobbwrites Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About A Sense of Murder In a far-flung corner of the worlds-spanning Empire, Ser Kellan tor Iaestus is a Highwayman, sworn to keep the peace in the rugged Outlands. Armed with a … Continue reading "Episode 219: Sam Robb – A Sense of Murder" Source
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May 24, 2026
Episode 218: Dave Housley – Aliens Attack!
A conversation with author Dave Housley about his new science fiction novel, Aliens Attack! Websitehousleydave.com Instagram@dave.housley Facebook@dave.housley About Aliens Attack! Told through the men and women—and aliens—who experienced it firsthand, Dave Housley’s sci-fi novel Aliens Attack! presses us with the big question: what would you do at the end of the world? Intertwining the depth of … Continue reading "Episode 218: Dave Housley – Aliens Attack!" Source
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May 10, 2026
Episode 217: Caitlin Rozakis – Startup Hell
A conversation with New York Times-bestselling author Caitlin Rozakis about her new standalone novel in the Everyday Enchantments fantasy series, Startup Hell. Websitecaitlinrozakis.com Instagram@caitlin.rozakis Bluesky@caitlinrozakis About Startup Hell A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save … Continue reading "Episode 217: Caitlin Rozakis – Startup Hell" Source
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April 26, 2026
Episode 216: Dan Desai Martin – In the Shadow of the Sanctum
A chat with author Dan Desai Martin about his debut fantasy novel, In the Shadow of the Sanctum. Websitedandesaimartin.com X @danmartintalks Instagram@dandesaimartin Threads@dandesaimartin Bluesky@dandesaimartin Gold Dust Publishing About In the Shadow of the Sanctum She was afraid of the truth. She was afraid of the lies. But mostly afraid she couldn’t tell the difference between … Continue reading "Episode 216: Dan Desai Martin – In the Shadow of the Sanctum" Source
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April 12, 2026
Episode 215: James Pyles – A Wobblegong and His Boy
A chat with author James Pyles about his writing career and his new boy’s science fiction adventure novel, A Wobblegong and His Boy. Websitepoweredbyrobots.com X@AuthorPylesJ Bluesky@authorjamespyles.bsky.social Substackjamespyles1.substack.com Instagram@jamesmpyles Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About A Wobblegong and his Boy Thirteen-year-old Remmie McNeal emerges from cryogenic sleep on a distant world, expecting a new life with his family—only … Continue reading "Episode 215: James Pyles – A Wobble...
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March 29, 2026
Episode 214: Kathy Tyers – Firebreak
A chat with science fiction writer Kathy Tyers (a New York Times-bestselling author for her Star Wars novel The Truce at Bakura) about Firebreak, the first book in a new trilogy in her popular Firebird series. Websitekathytyers.com Facebook@kathytyers Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Firebreak What would you sacrifice to save your family and your home world? … Continue reading "Episode 214: Kathy Tyers – Firebreak" Source
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March 15, 2026
Episode 213: Roger L. Simon – EMET
A chat with award-winning novelist, screenwriter, journalist, and media entrepreneur Roger L. Simon about Emet, the first book in a thrilling new series. Substack@rogersimon Truth Social@rogerlsimon Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Emet A rabbi who doubts. A city on edge. A truth older than memory rising from the earth. When Nashville is shaken by the brutal … Continue reading "Episode 213: Roger L. Simon – EMET" Source
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March 1, 2026
Episode 212: John Van Stry – Lock & Load: Valley of Fire Book 3
A chat with bestselling and prolific author John Van Stry about his career and his newest novel, Lock & Load, Book 3 in the Valley of Fire trilogy set in is popular Wolfhounds universe. Websitevanstry.net Facebook@johnvanstry X@JohnVanStry Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Lock & Load: Valley of Fire Book 3 In the heart of the Fire … Continue reading "Episode 212: John Van Stry – Lock & Load: Valley of Fire Book 3" Source
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Feb. 15, 2026
Episode 211: Mark J. Wilson – Full of Beans: A Back-In-Time Mystery
A chat with Mark J. Wilson about his new time-travelling detective novel, Full of Beans. Websitemarkjwilson.com Facebook@markjwilsonauthor Instagram@markjwilsonauthor Substack@markjwilsonauthor Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Full of Beans Phil Beans has a lot on his plate. A dead professor. A cheating husband. A missing graduate student. A mysterious Umbrella Guy. And a suicide that doesn’t make sense. … Continue reading "Episode 211: Mark J. Wilson – Full of Beans: A Back-In-Time Mystery" Source
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Feb. 1, 2026
Episode 210: Dr. Paul Michael Privateer – Mindweavers II: Attack
A conversation with Dr. Paul Michael Privateer about the latest book in his Mindweavers science fiction series, Mindweavers II: Attack. Websitepaulprivateer.com Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Mindweavers II: Attack What if a virus could rewrite not just your biology, but your very sense of reality? In Mindweavers II: Attack, Paul Michael Privateer delivers a razor-sharp, genre-defying techno-thriller … Continue reading "Episode 210: Dr. Paul Michael Privateer – Mindweavers II: Attack" Source
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Jan. 18, 2026
Episode 209: TC Ross – Blood Diamonds
A conversation with author TC Ross about her new fantasy novel from Raconteur Press, Blood Diamonds. Websitetcross.us Substacktcross.substack.com Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Blood Diamonds Every year, hunters ride into the cursed woods of Magnolia Manor chasing fortune. Most never ride out. September Zamfir isn’t after treasure. He’s running from a past that hunts him harder … Continue reading "Episode 209: TC Ross – Blood Diamonds" Source
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Jan. 4, 2026
Episode 208: Peter McChesney – Quinto’s Challenge
A conversation with author Peter McChesney about his upcoming debut science fiction novel Quinto’s Challenge, which asks the question, “What if science and religion collided and resurrection became a reality?” Websitepetermcchesney.com Facebook@PeterMcChesneyAuthor X@peteramcchesney LinkedIn@peter-mcchesney Amazon.com | Amazon.ca About Quinto’s Challenge For fans of Andy Weir, Blake Crouch, and The Three-Body Problem comes a bold, futuristic, … Continue reading "Episode 208: Peter McChesney – Q...
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Dec. 21, 2025
Episode 207: Sal Amato – Hidden Powers
A conversation with actor, writer, and producer Sal Amato about his upcoming debut science fiction novel, Hidden Powers. Websitesalamato.com Facebook@hiddenpowersofficial X@HiddenPowersUSA Instagram@hiddenpowersnovel TikTok@hiddenpowersofficial About Hidden Powers Investigative journalist Sarah Moore has exposed government corruption for years. Still, nothing prepared her for what killed her father: $47 trillion in unaccounted federal spending hidden across seventy years … Continue reading "Epi...
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Dec. 8, 2025
Episode 206: Alan Smale – Burning Night (Apollo Rising: Book 3)
A conversation with Sidewise Award-winning novelist (and former NASA astrophysicist) Alan Smale, talking about Burning Night, Book 3 in his Apollo Rising alternate-history science fiction trilogy. Websitealansmale.com Facebook@alan.smale BlueSky@alansmale.bsky.social X@AlanSmale About Burning Night On July 4, 1983, Vivian Carter and her NASA crew of seven set off on an audacious double flyby of Venus and … Continue reading "Episode 206: Alan Smale – Burning Night (Apollo Rising: Book 3)" Source