So many of us dream of dragons. In this big idea for Daydreamer, author Rob Cameron delves into why we do… and what the dragons might be thinking, too. ROB CAMERON: I wrote Daydreamer, my […]

Science Fiction is famously a genre in conversation with itself, and in her latest novel Apostles of Mercy, author Lindsay Ellis finds herself in direct conversation with one of the most famous science fiction writers […]

What does it take to be a villainous, evil mastermind? More than you might think! For, as Caitlin Rozakis points out in this Big Idea for Dreadful, there’s a reason for the look and presentation […]

Author Will Ludwigsen earns his “Explain Your Latest Work” badge with this Big Idea about A Scout is Brave. Come find out how scouting and chthonic horror join forces to… well, you’ll find out. WILL […]

  Burnout is a term those in the creative world tend to feel all too often. Author Cherie Priest was no exception to this common trend, but she’s here today to tell you of the […]

Don’t let today’s Big Idea fly by you. Dive into author R. B. Lemberg’s Big Idea as they walk you through the construction of their newest novel, Yoke of Stars. R. B. LEMBERG: Two years ago, […]

I’ve known Tobias S. Buckell and Dave Klecha, as friends and writers, for coming up on twenty years now, so it gives me a special kick to be able to have them both as co-presenters […]

There is the myth of being forever young — but what about the forever that comes after that? P.H. Low has given this some thought in These Deathless Shores, and in this Big Idea, is […]

There once was a saying that “The Sun Never Sets on the British Empire” — and in Mary Ellen, Craterean!, author Chaz Brenchley expands on that idea, with a whole new planet for the sun, […]

Editor Rob Costello has a theory about monsters, and what they have in common with a segment of us who constantly find themselves under attack. It’s one compelling reason for the existence of We Mostly […]

Inner demons: we have them! We (mostly) don’t love them! And in this Big Idea for The Wrath of Monsters, author Dan Rice looks at how these inner demons affect (and maybe even prey on) […]

Lights, camera, haunted house! Step into author Bonnie Jo Stufflebeam’s newest novel, Grim Root, and see how she played matchmaker for two genres that are truly meant to be together: horror and romance. BONNIE JO STUFFLEBEAM: […]

  The world is wider than we often know, with more people and communities in them than many of us have heard of before. In Sweet Malida: Memories of a Bene Israel Woman, author Zilka […]