by Megan Leigh | June 25, 2020 | Uncategorised
We are very lucky to have Devin Madson answering our questions on the blog today – on the UK publication day for We Ride the Storm, no less! Stories where a character can hear or see things others can’t are often metaphors for mental health and feelings of...
by Megan Leigh | June 4, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSYou know the drill, you are alone in the middle of a foggy field and there’s no one within miles… except the person following you. There’s no one coming to help you. Isolation is an ever-present theme in...
by Megan Leigh | April 23, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSWhen we pick up a book, we know we’re going to be told a story. We trust the author or, in the case of first-person POV the narrator, to tell us the truth. We might be reading about vengeful ghosts or...
by Megan Leigh | April 16, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
There has been a wealth of excellent science fiction by female writers of late. Personally, I love experimental Scifi – and Ann Leckie’s success would suggest other readers do too! Which is good news for Eeleen Lee’s new novel, Liquid Crystal Nightingale,...
by Megan Leigh | March 19, 2020 | 5 Q's, Blog
I’ve been thoroughly enjoying reading fantasy novels inspired by Russian mythology with books like The Bear and the Nightingale and Deathless. But there is a lot more to explore of Russian culture and history through an SFF lense! Corry L. Lee uses Russian...
by Megan Leigh | March 12, 2020 | Episodes, Interview
Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Android | RSSCosmic horror is an unhelpful term by itself. HP Lovecraft himself is quoted as saying that: The fundamental premise [of cosmic horror is] that common human laws and interest and emotions have no validity...
