The Shadow Revolution by Clay and Susan Griffith (broadcast June 1, 2015) — Raleigh authors Clay and Susan Griffith are the husband-and-wife authors of the Vampire Empire trilogy from Pyr Books (The Greyfriar, The Rift Walker, and The Kingmakers) and are now set to see four more books published this year, starting with Del Rey’s publication of their new Crown & Key trilogy this summer. Co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty host this “focus on speculative fiction” episode.
Samantha Bryant (broadcast 04-07-2015) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty and guest Samantha Bryant, Hillsborough author of debut novel Going Through the Change [Goodreads]. “Going through ‘the change’ isn’t easy on any woman. Mood swings, hot flashes, hormonal imbalances, and itchy skin are par for the course. But for these four seemingly unrelated women, menopause brought changes none of them had ever anticipated–super-heroic changes.” And! A (brief) special guest review, as Mur’s daughter a.k.a. Princess Scientist reviewed Ursula Vernon’s forthcoming Castle Hangnail. Enjoy!
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Jeremy Hawkins (broadcast 03-16-2015) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty and guest Jeremy Hawkins, author of debut novel The Last Days of Video.
Jeremy Whitley (broadcast 02-02-2015) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty, talking with Durham comics writer Jeremy Whitley about his comics The Order of Dagonet and Princeless, and his work on My Little Pony: Friends Forever.
2015 Speculative Fiction Preview (broadcast 1-5-2015) — Co-hosts Mur Lafferty and Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and! special guest Paul Nagy preview the year to come in science fiction and fantasy.
The 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award Eligibility List (broadcast 12-15-2014) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with host Samuel Montgomery-Blinn, primarily occupied with short descriptions of each of the 80-ish novels eligible for the 2015 Manly Wade Wellman Award for North Carolina Science Fiction and Fantasy. A cover image gallery of the novels, including additional titles added after this broadcast date, is available at bullspec.com.
Ursula Vernon (broadcast 12-01-2014) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty, interviewing author and illustrator Ursula Vernon. Hugo Award winner Vernon is the author and illustrator of the Danny Dragonbreath series of children’s books, and (as the pseudonymous “T. Kingfisher”) stories and books for adults. We also discuss our “best reads of the year” in science fiction and fantasy and (of course) run down the local event and book calendars.
James Maxey (broadcast 11-03-2014) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with co-hosts Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and Mur Lafferty, interviewing Hillsborough author James Maxey. Maxey is the author of superhero novels Nobody Gets the Girl and Burn Baby Burn, epic fantasy series Bitterwood and The Dragon Apocalypse, and a short fiction collection There Is No Wheel. In studio he talks about his new novel Bad Wizard, the story of Dorothy Gale ten years after she returns from Oz. Maxey will host a launch party for the novel on Wednesday, November 5th at the Orange County Library.
Richard Dansky (broadcast 10-13-2014) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode with host Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and new series co-host Mur Lafferty, interviewing guest Richard Dansky, Durham game writer and author, about his work with Ubisoft/Red Storm, his novels Vaporware and Firefly Rain, and forthcoming RPG book Wraith: The Oblivion 20th Anniversary Edition. 90 minutes.
Tony Daniel (broadcast 9-29-2014) — A “focus on speculative fiction” episode after the summer break, with host Samuel Montgomery-Blinn and guest Tony Daniel, author and editor, in studio to talk about Islands, his radioplay adaptation of a novella by Eric Flint, which was cast, recorded, and produced locally by Baen Books.
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