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This is a journey exploring the stories we enjoy reading, watching, listening to, and the people who create those stories... the people who write our books, comics, movies, television shows, and what drives them to create these stories that we truly cannot live without. Good stories start with th…

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    • Apr 10, 2022 LATEST EPISODE
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    • 117 EPISODES


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    Latest episodes from Writers, After Dark

    David Dalglish and the Appeal of Epic Fantasy

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 10, 2022 36:53


    Epic fantasy author David Dalglish stops by to talk about his newest book, THE BLADED FAITH, first in the new "Vagrant Gods" trilogy. Source

    “A Deadly Bone to Pick”: Peggy Rothschild on starting over, with dogs

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2022 29:16


    Mystery author Peggy Rothschild stops by to chat about A DEADLY BONE TO PICK, the first book in her new series Source

    “The Paradox Hotel”: Exploring time travel as tech with Rob Hart

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2022 34:13


    Science fiction author Rob Hart stops by to talk about his newest novel, "The Paradox Hotel" Source

    Sue Lynn Tan: Retelling old myths using new stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 6, 2022 30:42


    Fantasy author Sue Lynn Tan stops by to talk about "Daughter of the Moon Goddess", first in a new duology. Source

    Nick Petrie on “The Runaway” and extended series

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 16, 2022 24:26


    Thriller author Nick Petrie stops by to talk about the seventh and newest book in his Peter Ash series, "The Runaway". Source

    “The Witch’s Heart”: Genevieve Gornichec and the lure of fables

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 21, 2021 26:54


    Fantasy author Genevieve Gornichec stops by to talk about "The Witch's Heart", and her fascination with Angrboda Source

    M. A. Carrick talk about “The Liar’s Knot”

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 26, 2021 38:23


    Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms (collaborating as M. A. Carrick) return to talk about the second book in their "Rook & Rose" fantasy trilogy, The Liar's Knot. Source

    Kevin Lucia and the lure of Halloween

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2021 33:59


    Horror author & editor Kevin Lucia stops by to talk about his latest novella collection (perfect for Halloween), "October Nights", out now from Crystal Lake Publishing Source

    Spencer Quinn and his unreliable yet lovable canine detective

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 17, 2021 29:00


    Mystery author Spencer Quinn (AKA Peter Abrahams) stops by to talk about Tender is the Bite and It's A Wonderful Woof, the newest books in the wildly entertaining Chet & Bernie series Source

    Otto Penzler on mystery fiction from the Victorian Age

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 10, 2021 40:32


    Otto Penzler stops by to talk about the last in the Big Book short fiction series, The Big Book of Victorian Mysteries Source

    Ginny Myers Sain’s Supernatural “Dark and Shallow Lies”

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 3, 2021 41:36


    Debut YA author Ginny Myers Sain stops by to talk about her debut teen supernatural thriller, Dark and Shallow Lies Source

    Aaron French on Spiritualism and Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 26, 2021 35:10


    Aaron J. French, PhD is the co-editor of a new spiritualism horror stories, There Is No Death, There Are No Dead, the latest anthology from Crystal Lake Publishing. Source

    Mark Edward Langley and the Joy of Learning to Tell Stories

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 12, 2021 36:48


    Award-winning thriller author Mark Edward Langley stops by to talk about his Arthur Nakai Mysteries series and the newest story in the series, When Silence Screams. Source

    Diana Rodriguez Wallach: Writing Latinx Teen Horror

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2021 38:24


    YA author Diana Rodriguez Wallach stops by to talk about her newest Latinx YA horror thriller, Small Town Monsters. Source

    Laurell K. Hamilton on angels, demons, and the gray areas between

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2021 37:35


    Urban Fantasy author Laurell K. Hamilton stops by to talk about the first book in her new series, A Terrible Fall of Angels Source

    Richard Kadrey and the Sandman Slim Saga

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2021 34:54


    Urban fantasy author Richard Kadrey stops by to talk about King Bullet, the final volume in the Sandman Slim series Source

    Joe Straczynski and The Writing Long Game

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 15, 2021 59:05


    Screenwriter and author J. Michael Straczynski stops by to talk about his two newest books, Becoming a Writer, Staying a Writer, and Together We Will Go. Source

    Writers, After Dark #99: Bradley P. Beaulieu

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 1, 2021 46:13


    Epic fantasy author Bradley P. Beaulieu talks about his latest novel, A Desert Torn Asunder, the conclusion of his "Song of the Shattered Sands" saga. Source

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    Writers, After Dark #98: Neil Sharpson

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 19, 2021 42:11


    Science fiction author Neil Sharpson stops by to talk about his debut novel, When the Sparrow Falls. Source

    Writers, After Dark #97: Jenn Northington & Swapna Krishna

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2021 34:39


    Co-editors Jenn Northington & Swapna Krishna stop by to talk about their Arthurian fantasy collection Sword Stone Table: Old Legends, New Voices Source

    Writers, After Dark #96: P. Djèlí Clark

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2021 27:50


    Fantasy & Steampunk author P. Djèlí Clark stops by to talk about his first novel, A Master of Djinn Source

    Writers, After Dark #95: John Gwynne

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 6, 2021 44:34


    Epic fantasy author John Gwynne stops by to talk about The Shadow of the Gods, the first in his new series, "The Bloodsworn Trilogy". Source

    Writers, After Dark #94: Christian Cantrell

    Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2021 39:28


    Science Fiction author Christian Cantrell stops by to talk about his newest novel Scorpion. Source

    Writers, After Dark #93: Josh Malerman

    Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2021 41:40


    New York Times Best-selling Horror author Josh Malerman stops by to chat about the stories and the mysteries of the town of Goblin told in his new novella collection Goblin. Source

    Writers, After Dark #92: Steven Erikson

    Play Episode Listen Later May 2, 2021 38:59


    Epic fantasy author Steven Erikson stops by to talk about the latest novella set in the Malazan world, Fiends of Nightmaria Source

    Writers, After Dark #91: J. S. Dewes

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2021 32:29


    Filmmaker and science fiction author J. S. Dewes stops by to talk about her space opera debut, The Last Watch. Source

    Writers, After Dark #90: Christina Henry

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 11, 2021 36:43


    Dark fantasy and Horror author Christina Henry stops by to talk about her newest book Near the Bone Source

    Writers, After Dark #89: Kate M. Williams

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2021 29:42


    Journalist and YA author Kate M. Williams stops by to talk about her debut YA fantasy trilogy, "The Babysitter's Coven", and the recently released second novel, For Better or Cursed. Source

    Writers, After Dark #88: Kim Neville

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 28, 2021 28:17


    Fantasy author Kim Neville stops by to talk about her debut novel, The Memory Collectors. Source

    Writers, After Dark #87: Sarah Beth Durst

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2021 33:03


    Fantasy author Sarah Beth Durst stops by to talk about her latest stand-alone novel, The Bone Maker. Source

    Writers, After Dark #86: Jennifer Roberson

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 14, 2021 50:20


    Acclaimed fantasy author Jennifer Roberson stops by to talk about Sinners and Saints, the latest in her new "Blood and Bone" series. Source

    Writers, After Dark #85: David Weber & Chris Kennedy

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 28, 2021 84:06


    Science fiction authors David Weber and Chris Kennedy stop by to talk about Into the Light, the sequel to the best-selling Out of the Dark. Source

    Writers, After Dark #84: Nina Munteanu

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2021 40:05


    Science fiction author and writing instructor (and limnologist!) Nina Munteanu stops by to talk about her newest novel, A Diary in the Age of Water Source

    Writers, After Dark #83: Karen Osborne

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 7, 2021 56:40


    Science fiction author Karen Osborne stops by to talk about "Architects of Memory" and "Engines of Oblivion", the novels in her duology "The Memory War". Source

    Writers, After Dark #82: Kacen Callender

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2021 33:25


    Fantasy and middle grade author Kacen Callender stops by to talk about their Caribbean fantasy duology, "Islands of Blood and Storm" Source

    Writers, After Dark #81: M. A. Carrick

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 17, 2021 40:27


    Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms (collaborating as M. A. Carrick) stop by to talk about The Mask of Mirrors, the first in the new political intrigue caper fantasy trilogy, "Rook & Rose". Source

    Writers, After Dark #80: Gerald Brandt

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 10, 2021 37:25


    Science fiction author Gerald Brandt stops by to talk about Threader Origins, the first in a new series that explores travel across alternate worlds using quantum physics. Source

    Writers, After Dark #79: Terry Brooks

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 3, 2021 46:35


    Best-selling fantasy author Terry Brooks talks about The Last Druid, ending The Shannara Cycle and starting a new tale in a new world. Source

    Writers, After Dark #78: Evie Green

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2020 37:43


    YA author Emily Barr adopts a pen name to venture into writing horror, and she stops by to talk about Evie Green and her first novel We Hear Voices. Source

    Writers, After Dark #77: Craig Johnson

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 29, 2020 35:54


    Mystery author Craig Johnson stops by to talk about Sheriff Walt Longmire's latest investigation, Next to Last Stand. Source

    Writers, After Dark #76: Otto Penzler

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 22, 2020 39:52


    Otto Penzler, proprietor of Mysterious Bookshop in New York City, is also the editor of a large number of mystery-themed collections, with the newest one being The Big Book of Espionage. Source

    Writers, After Dark #75: Craig DiLouie

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 15, 2020 52:25


    Horror author Craig DiLouie stops by to talk about his newest novel, The Children of Red Peak Source

    Writers, After Dark #74: Evan Winter

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 8, 2020 36:23


    Fantasy author Evan Winter returns to talk about The Fires of Vengeance, the second volume in his series "The Burning". Source

    Writers, After Dark #73: Shapers of Worlds

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 1, 2020 32:49


    Science fiction & fantasy author (and podcaster) Edward Willet drops by to talk about his newest anthology Shapers of Worlds, a collection of fiction from authors he had talked with on the first year of his podcast. Source

    Writers, After Dark #72: Lou Diamond Phillips

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 18, 2020 30:32


    Actor & Producer Lou Diamond Phillips and his wife, illustrator Yvonne Phillips, stop by to talk about Lou's debut science fantasy novel, The Tinderbox: Soldier of Indira, which Yvonne illustrated. Source

    Writers, After Dark #71: Ausma Zehanat Khan

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 11, 2020 49:37


    Mystery and Fantasy author Ausma Zehanat Khan stops by to talk about her acclaimed series, "The Khorasan Archives", and the concluding fourth volume, The Bladebone. Source

    Writers, After Dark #70: Shaun Hamill

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 27, 2020 42:00


    Dark fantasy author Shaun Hamill's debut A Cosmology of Monsters is a fascinating coming-of-age fable that explores the nature of mental illness and monsters and the grey areas where they may be one and the same. Source

    Writers, After Dark #69: Christina Henry

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2020 36:43


    Dark fantasy and Horror author Christina Henry stops by to talk about her newest book The Ghost Tree, a story about the dark secrets small towns harbor that can make those of the "big city" pale by comparison. Source

    Writers, After Dark #68: Colin Dickey

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 30, 2020 44:02


    Colin Dickey stops by to talk about his new book, The Unidentified: Mythical Monsters, Alien Encounters and Our Obsession with The Unexplained, peek into several categories of these stories, as well as a larger look at human tendencies to believe in the unusual and irrational. Source

    Writers, After Dark #67: Kevin Hearne

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2020 37:06


    Fantasy author Kevin Hearne stops by to talk about Ink & Sigil, the first book in "Ink & Sigil" series (which is an "Iron Druid Chronicles" spinoff), about the upcoming third volume in his "The Seven Kennings" series, A Curse of Krakens, and more. Source

    Writers, After Dark #66: T. Jefferson Parker

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 16, 2020 32:33


    Edgar Award-winning and New York Times Bestselling thriller author T. Jefferson Parker stops by to talk about Then, She Vanished, the latest novel in his Roland Ford private investigator series. Source

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