The Worldshapers

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 departme...

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:...

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 "E...

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 roman...

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 inc...

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 read...

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...

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, Mack...

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...

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 …...

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...

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 readi...

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...

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 Tyer...

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. S...

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...

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 sen...