“Final Cuts”: Ellen Datlow on stories of Hollywood horror A look at some behind the scenes dark tales of bright Hollywood illusions
Award-winning horror & dark fantasy editor Ellen Datlow stops by to talk about her newest anthology, Final Cuts: New Tales of Hollywood Horror and Other Spectacles....
Writers, After Dark #56: Menna van Praag When sisters learn about the plans made for them, what are empowered girls to do?
Menna van Praag stops by to talk about her debut fantasy The Sisters Grimm, a dark fantasy story that turns the idea of children rebelling against their parents'...
Writers, After Dark #55: Zack Jordan On playgrounds of scale and scope beyond human comprehension
Zack Jordan stops by to talk about The Last Human, where the seed for the story came from, figuring out how to write higher intelligences and how those societies...
Excerpt: “Chosen Ones” by Veronica Roth (audio)
The highly-anticipated Chosen Ones comes out today, April 7th -- a new story in a new world, from YA author Veronica Ross, author of the Divergent series.
Enjoy...
Writers, After Dark #54: Mercedes Yardley On putting together a beautiful, brutal horror short story collection
Mercedes Yardley stops by to talk about Arterial Bloom, a horror short story anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing, which is her first foray into being an editor....
“The Broken Heavens”: Kameron Hurley talks worldbuilding Creating rich, complex worlds in order to break them in spectacular ways
Award-winning science fiction author Kameron Hurley stops by to talk about her Worldbreaker Saga, and the concluding story, The Broken Heavens....
“The Wolf of Oren-Yaro”: K. S. Villoso on building from Filipino myths Hail the Bitch Queen, defender of her people -- and all her poor life choices
Kay Villoso stops by to talk about her new epic fantasy The Wolf of Oren-Yaro, it's foundation in Filipino mythology and needing to portray a strong female protagonist...
Writers, After Dark #51: Joshua Hood Presenting a fresh take on Ludlum's legacy
Thriller author Joshua Hood continues the legacy of Robert Ludlum's Jason Bourne with a new operative Adam Hayes, who, unlike Bourne, remembers everything he's done...
Writers, After Dark #50: Ebony Elizabeth Thomas A deep academic examination of black women characters in fantasy fiction
Professor Ebony Elizabeth Thomas stops by to talk about her book "The Dark Fantastic", and yes, we deep dive into all sorts of discussion about and around #BlackGirlMagic,...
Writers, After Dark #49: Luke Arnold Journeying from "Black Sails" to mean magical streets
Luke Arnold, fantasy writer and Black Sails actor, stops by to talk about his debut novel, The Last Smile in Sunder City....
Writers, After Dark #48: Gareth Hanrahan Unusual magic systems, unstable realities, and games as storytelling spaces
Writer and game designer Gareth Hanrahan stops by to talk about his Black Iron Legacy series. The second book, "The Shadow Saint", is out now from Orbit Books....
“Ashlords”: Scott Reintgen on using alchemy to tame magical horses Teens use alchemy to ride fire horses in a grueling endurance race
YA SF author Scott Reintgen stops by to talk about Ashlords, the debut volume of his new magical horse race duology....
Writers, After Dark #46: Mike Chen What can you do when people are trying to derail rebuilding after the apocalypse
SF author and columnist Mike Chen talks about how creating the characters of A Beginning at the End was more important than the actual apocalypse and immediate aftermath....
N. K. Jemisin on Diversity and Worldbuilding
This 2-hour talk from WIRED 25 was posted in November 2019, and is available to watch in full: N. K. Jemisin Speaks at WIRED25...
On the Stories and Influence of Robert Silverberg Peter Carlaftes and Alvaro Zinos-Amaro on Silverberg's fiction and more
SF columnist/historian Alvaro Zinos-Amaro and publisher Peter Carlaftes of Three Rooms Press talk about the history and the future of SF Grand Master Robert Silverberg,...
