Angry Robot are one of those publishers, like Fox Spirit, who are adept at turning out endlessly varied, diverse and interesting work. Two of their very best are by the same author; Adam Rakunas.Windswept and Like A Boss both follow Padma Mehta, a former corporate specialist turned (slightly) amiable commune organizer. Padma lives on a world populated by dropouts, men and women …
Certain phrases are rich with meaning and far imply more than show. Like “Exhibit A”. It speaks of courtrooms, of mountains of evidence, of judicial red in tape and claw grinding its way through someone’s life, rightly or wrongly. Exhibit A means just the beginning, and with that in mind it could refer to both …
Emma Newman is one of my favorite authors, for three reasons. The first is that Emma writes exactly the sort of urban fantasy I love; combining the supernatural with Shakespearean intrigue and people who just want to be left alone to drink their bloody tea. She’s one of the best urban fantasy authors working today …
Guest Post: The Split Worlds – The First Time by Emma Newman
Travel, more travel, work, an awful lot of fun, packing for the big move to Nottingham and a family tragedy. It’s been an interesting, and hard, and busy, few weeks. Here’s where you can find the work I did in July. Also, a quick note. This week I’m starting an Easter egg hunt on these …
Journalism I filed my first story for a national newspaper this month. The Guardian are producing two ‘Guides to the Night’ at the end of October and the Guide editor, Phil Daoust, contacted me about writing a piece about telling ghost stories to live audiences. It was massive fun to do, covering environment, story, audience …
It’s been a busy few weeks, so busy, in fact that ‘Where’s Al?’ needs to be broken up into two entries. First off, let’s take a look at what’s been going on at Hub, Pseudopod and Escape Pod recently.. Podcasting Orrin Grey’s ‘The Worm That Gnaws’ followed Mark Felps’ ‘Raising Eddie’ at Pseudopod. It’s a …