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Chris heads south for the Nebula Awards Weekend in L.A. and runs into some familiar faces. Rosemary Claire Smith chats about life after T-Rex Time…Continue Reading183 – Nebula Awards Weekend with Fran Wilde and Rosemary Claire Smith

Author Isabel Yap‘s short fiction has been published in Uncanny, at Tor.com and many other genre venues. Cath and Chia sit down with Isabel and…Continue Reading182 – Author Spotlight: Isabel Yap

It’s the exciting conclusion of our conversation with members of the MexicanX Initiative from Worldcon 76 and the anthology, A Larger Reality: Speculative Fiction from…Continue Reading181 – The MexicanX initiative and A Larger Reality, Part 2

An interview so epic, it wouldn’t fit in one episode! Chris and George sit down with members of the MexicanX Initiative from Worldcon 76 and…Continue Reading180 – The MexicanX Initiative and A Larger Reality, Part 1

Laird Barron made a name for himself scaring the pants off horror fans with his short fiction collections like The Imago Sequence and Other Stories.…Continue Reading179 – Author Spotlight: Laird Barron

The Narrators convene to discuss the current media obsession with reboots, reimaginings, remasters and rereleases. Why (oh why) do these things happen? What are the…Continue Reading178 – All Reboots Great and Gritty

Tempest fans are in for a treat this week as we talk to author Katharine Duckett, whose reimagining of Shakespeare’s world, the novella Miranda in…Continue Reading177 – Author Spotlight: Katharine Duckett

Cath taps her resources to come up with an interview about formatting self-published covers and e-books, featuring former guest J. Kathleen Cheney and designer Michele…Continue Reading176 – Kindle Covers and Formatting

Way back when, we interviewed Stephanie Vance as she began the Creative Writing MFA program at Western Colorado University. Time apparently flies here in the…Continue Reading175 – MFA Aftermath with Stephanie Vance

Remember a while back when we gave each other Not-So-Secret Santa books to read? No? Well, things are rough in the Sad Timeline. Whether you…Continue Reading174 – Book Reports

Never let it be said we here at UN HQ don’t go out of our way for a good interview. Cath travels to Brazil to…Continue Reading173 – Christopher Kastensmidt Returns

We begin the new year with tea and conversation courtesy of British author Tasha Suri, whose debut novel Empire of Sand caused a stir in …Continue Reading172 – Author Spotlight: Tasha Suri

Repeat offender! We close out the year by catching up with Alex White, one of our favorite guests from the past few months. Volume two…Continue Reading171 – Alex White: A Bad Deal for the Whole Galaxy

Even here in the official Crappiest Timeline, the winter holidays fast approach. We sit down for our annual look back at the year that was…Continue Reading170 – Shiz the Season

Chris, Chia and George celebrate Thanksgiving by chatting with comics creator Jim Zub. He has worked on the Avengers and Champions for Marvel, the current…Continue Reading169 – Comics Spotlight: Jim Zub

Sisters of the Winter Wood author Rena Rossner joins us via the magic of the internet. We discuss her aforementioned, ambitious debut novel as well…Continue Reading168 – Author Spotlight: Rena Rossner

Happy Halloween, ladies! We celebrate impending scares with the return of one of our favorite guests, Grady Hendrix. His new novel, We Sold Our Souls,…Continue Reading167 – Grady Hendrix: We Sold our Souls

Author Beth Cato has been thrilling fantasy fans with works like The Clockwork Dagger and Breath of Earth for the past few years–and that’s not…Continue Reading166 – Author Spotlight: Beth Cato

When things go south in speculative fiction, it’s usually because of one (or both!) of the twin pillars of disaster, apocalypse and dystopia. The Narrators…Continue Reading165 – Apocalypse and Dystopia

We slink into October, our favorite month of horrors, with screenwriter and author Philip Fracassi. He tells us about his unique, film-inspired process for writing…Continue Reading164 – Author Spotlight: Philip Fracassi