The Worldshapers

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 aw...

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 dep...

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 … Con...

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 read...

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...

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 mon...

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 … Co...

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 mi...

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,...

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....

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...

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...

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 di...

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:...

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:...

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 &#821...

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 mak...

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 tech...

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...

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 An...

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 fathe...

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 Ve...

A conversation with award-winning Calgary author Betty Jane Hegerat about her latest collection of literary short stories, Elephants in the Room. Websitebettyjanehegerat.com Facebook@bettyjh About Elephants in the Room Fourteen jewel-like stories unveil the tender chaos of lives unlived and loves unspoken In Elephants in the Room, Betty Jane Hegerat masterfully uncovers the quiet fractures of...

A conversation with author John R. Carlos about Cryonic Dreams: Awakening, the first book in a science-fiction thriller trilogy. Websitesjohnrcarlos.com.au X@JohnRCarlos About the book Dr. Michelle Brown pioneers a revolutionary biotechnology: reanimating the long-dead through advanced cryonics. Her first subject, Maryanne, awakes after 133 years, her memory wiped, her body restored. But as this b...