AISFP 238 – James S.A. Corey

Timothy C. Ward interviews Daniel Abraham and Ty Franck, known for their pen name James S.A. Corey, to discuss their top-notch space opera series, The Expanse. Discussed (Locus Mag interview as a source) The strengths of Daniel’s and Ty’s input into making the James S.A. Corey duo, writing and worldbuilding. How Ty created The Expanse […]

Cultural Conundrums: Suggested Reads

The BBC recently ran a piece, titled Close encounters of the Arab kind by Lydia Green, about Arab Sci-Fi that spoke to Ameri-Euro-centrality of most published science fiction. She went on to explain the impact that Arab literature has had on Western literature and even had the first recognizable Sci-Fi story. She doesn’t mention that […]

World Fantasy Awards and David Gemmell Awards: 2013 Winners

This past weekend The World Fantasy Convention took place in Brighton, UK, where The Gemmell Awards and the World Fantasy Awards were announced. One of our co-hosts, Moses Siregar III, attended and will have a few interviews to share for our podcast in the upcoming month or so: authors, Tad Williams and  John Gwynne (recent […]

Interview: Planet Oz by James C. Holder

Planet Oz is a novel written by James C. Holder, which is currently on Kickstarter, a website that helps artists raise money to produce their art in return for cool perks to those who donate. I was intrigued by this project, so I asked James to tell us a little more. First, his description of […]

AISFP 237 – Kevin Lucia and Ronald Malfi, Part Two

Timothy C. Ward and Kevin Lucia return for this second part of their interview with Mystery/Thriller/Horror author, Ronald Malfi. Part one: AISFP 236. Check details below for how to enter our big Coffin Hop Web Tour giveaway. Discussed: How Ronald Malfi paces a mystery into the horror story, using his award-winning novel, Floating Staircase, as […]

Book Review: ANNO DRACULA: JOHNNY ALUCARD by Kim Newman

Kim Newman’s latest novel, Anno Dracula: Johnny Alucard(Titan Books) is, in my view, the first essential vampire book of the decade. It combines rollercoaster action with satire, mordant wit and scares aplenty. This fourth volume in the author’s cult, Anno Dracula series sees an undead waif called Ion Popescu on the run from communist Romania’s […]

AISFP 236 – Ronald Malfi and Kevin Lucia, Part One

Continuing our Coffin Hop Blog Tour, Timothy C. Ward tags Horror author, Kevin Lucia, author of Things Slip Through, to help interview one of the best Horror authors you might never have heard of, Ronald Malfi. For those who associate Horror with blood-and-guts shock fests, his is not that kind of Horror. Listen on and […]

SF Book Releases This Week: Oct. 29, 2013

Welcome to another edition of SF Book Releases This Week. As a bonus this week, every one of these titles goes into the ebook giveaway pool for two of our Coffin Hop Blog Tour winners to choose from. We have a bunch in the pool already. Go check out our Coffin Hop posts for more […]

Dystopian Horror

We’re still in the Coffin Hop tour for now, until the 31st, but I signed up for this other blog tour, Dystopia Reading Challenge 2013, and needed to get a post up. I thought it would be fun to share this reading challenege with my fellow Coffin Hoppers as well as to use it to open up […]

Book Review: APOCALYPTIC MONTESSA AND NUCLEAR LULU by Mercedes Yardley

Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love By Mercedes M. Yardley Her mama always said she was special. His daddy called him a demon. But even monsters can fall in love. Montessa Tovar is walking home alone when she is abducted by Lu, a serial killer with unusual talents and a grudge […]