In honor of the new "Twilight Imperium" expansion, "Thunder's Edge," author Sarah Cawkwell has penned the prequel novel "Twilight Imperium: Thunder's Edge: Echoes Of Memory." In this Q&A, she talks about what inspired and influenced this #SciFi #SpaceOpera story. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀🪐👽

While there's been many stories about the downside of human cloning, Nicholas Binge may have struck upon a unique one in his #SciFi #Mystery #Thriller novella "Extremity," in which a billionaire is murdered ... twice. To find out what I mean, check out this Q&A. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧑‍🦱🧑‍🦱🩸

For his first collection of supernatural, magical, and other worldly short stories, "Call And Response: Stories Of The Fantastic," author Christopher Caldwell is giving us something of a two-fer. How so? Well, for that, you'll have to read this exclusive interview... paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🗣️

With "All That We See Or Seem," author Ken Liu is kicking off what he hopes will be the first of many adventures for the reclusive hacker Julia Z. To learn more about this near-future techno-thriller, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🛌⌨️

Started reading Mur Lafferty's "Infinite Archive: The Midsolar Murders." amzn.to/4n254l0 📖🕵️🚀🪐 Unsurprisingly, this is so far as clever and entertaining as the first two books in this cool #SciFi #Mystery series #ScienceFiction @mightymur.bsky.social @acebookspub.bsky.social @berkleypub.bsky.social

Started reading Ryan Buynak's " Stolen Days In L.A.: Poems." amzn.to/3WkaVY9 📖🌞📽️ So far, some are good in a Bukowski wannabe way ... while others are bad for the same reason. So... #Books #Reading #Poems #Poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

People in horror stories never realize they're in horror stories. Just ask the kids in "It." But in this Q&A with author Mackenzie Nolan, she says her somewhat humorous new novel "Veal" is a, "horror story where the protagonist thinks she's in a meet-cute romance." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐄

While the question of genre sometimes stymies, or even annoys, some authors, in talking with me about her new novel The Graceview Patient," Caitlin Starling provided a workaround by creating her own for this book: "hospital Gothic." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🩺😷

Finished reading Henri Cole's "Middle Earth: Poems." amzn.to/4mTMTOs 📖🌏 Way, way too short. Super good, just not enough. Good thing he has more book I've not read...yet. #Books #reading #poetry #poems @fsgbooks.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

Finished reading John Scalzi's "The Shattering Peace." amzn.to/4q4HfvG 📖🚀🪐 Like all of his best books, this was inventive, clever, smart, had an unexpected ending, and was endlessly entertaining. #Books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #SpaceOpera @scalzi.com @torbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Started reading Henri Cole's "Middle Earth: Poems." amzn.to/4mTMTOs 📖🌏 And no, it's not a bunch of #poems about Hobbits. Who do you think he is, Robert Plant? #Books #reading #Poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

Like the show on which it's based, David Mack's new novel "Star Trek: Strange New Worlds: Ring Of Fire" is a #SciFi #SpaceOpera adventure. But as he reveals in this exclusive Q&A, "Fire" was actually inspired by a real incident involving the CIA and Howard Hughes. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🚀🪐

Started reading Thomas Ha's "Uncertain Sons And Other Stories." amzn.to/4nXAE4h 📖🖊️ First story, "Window Boy," was as odd as the cover art ... which is exactly what I was hoping for. #books #ShortStory #ShortStories #Weird #WeirdHorror #Horror #ScienceFiction #SciFi @thomasha.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Alfred Corn's "The Returns: Collected Poems." amzn.to/3ZWZ96M 📖🖊️ Started far stronger than it ended, and was hit and miss throughout anyway, so... #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky #PoetrySky

With "A Ruin, Great And Free," author Cadwell Turnbull has concluded his monstrous "Convergence Saga" trilogy. In this exclusive interview, Turnbull discusses what inspired and influenced both this contemporary #fantasy series and this final installment. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧌👹💀

Started reading John Scalzi's "The Shattering Peace." amzn.to/4q4HfvG 📖🚀🪐 Is typically Scalzi, which is a good thing because typical Scalzi is entertaining, clever, and gripping, especially his #SciFi #SpaceOpera books. #Books #reading #ScienceFiction @scalzi.com @torbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Lords Of Uncreation: The Final Architecture: Book Three." amzn.to/4lal2J4 📖🚀 I think this epic #SciFi #SpaceOpera series is my favorite Tchaikovsky story ... so far. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @aptshadow.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Finished reading Rae Armantrout's "Money Shot: Poems." amzn.to/40gFSPi 📖💸💸💸 Yet another solid collection of #poetry. Damn, she's good. #books #reading #poems #BookSky

And now, a reason to appreciate higher education: In this exclusive interview with poet brittny ray crowell about "Cord Swell," her first #poetry collection, we talk about how it was originally written ... as her dissertation. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🖊️

In my exclusive interview with author Mark Waddell about his contemporary fantasy / dark comedy / queer fantasy novel "Colin Gets Promoted And Dooms The World," says the main character works for the world's oldest and most sinister company. No, not that one. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🪄🩸

With the #fantasy novella "A Mouthful Of Dust," author Nghi Vo is once again letting us travel with Cleric Chih and their hoopoe companion Almost Brilliant. But as Vo explains in this exclusive interview, this trip was actually written "ages ago." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖👄

Five years after releasing the titular #horror novella, author Brian Asman has rereleased "Man, F*ck This House," which has a reworked version of the novella, plus six #ShortStories. To find out why, and more, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🖕🏠

Started reading Rae Armantrout's "Money Shot: Poems." amzn.to/40gFSPi 📖💸💸💸 you confuse / the image of a fungus / with the image of a dick / in my poem / (understandable) Sold! #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky

Finished reading Tsitsi Ella Jaji's "Beating The Graves: Poems." amzn.to/3GZe0Zo 📖🪦 Had too many in which she got clever with the structure, but the rest were mostly good. #books #reading #poems #poetry #BookSky

Started reading the #fantasy #ShortStory anthology "Swords & Larceny." amzn.to/465ROq4 📖⚔️ So...a collection of heist stories set in fantasy realms. I dig it. #books #reading #ShortStories @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

ICYMI, last night, Raymond, Mac, and I had a long talk about #MarvelZombies for the new episode of "RPAD TV 3000." What we liked, what we didn't, why it made it oddly hungry... (Oh, and spoilers abound) www.youtube.com/watch?v=EtFi... 📺🦸🧟‍♀️🦸‍♂️🧟‍♂️🦸‍♀️🧟

The #cyberpunk #SciFi first-person shooter #MetalEden" feels like a modern version of an old school #VideoGame, with all the fast run & gun action that implies. Here's the link to my review of this cool shooter. paulsemel.com/metal-eden-r... 🎮🤖🔫

Started reading Tsitsi Ella Jaji's "Beating The Graves: Poems." amzn.to/3GZe0Zo 📖🪦 Very interesitng so far, especially the more conversational pieces. #books #reading #poems #poetry

With "The First Thousand Trees," author Premee Mohamed has completed the post-apocalyptic #CliFi #horror #SciFi trilogy she launched with "The Annual Migration Of Clouds." To learn more about this story and this series, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🌳🌳🌳🌳

Started reading Adrian Tchaikovsky's "Lords Of Uncreation: The Final Architecture: Book Three." amzn.to/4lal2J4 📖🚀 Super excited to see how this epic #SciFi #SpaceOpera series ends. #books #reading #ScienceFiction @aptshadow.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #booksky

Read "Chasers" by Mariah Darling and Eve Harms tonight. amzn.to/42VBVAD 📖👀 This #transgressive #Splatterpunk novella was all kinds of fucked up, but also super good. #books #reading #BookSky

Finished reading the #poetry anthology "Arabic Poems." amzn.to/4nMZUKm 📖🖊️ Certainly got better as it went along. Enough that I'm going to read other collections in this series soon. #books #reading #poems @everymanslibrary.bsky.social #BookSky #PoetrySky

ICYMI, here is the link to my review of #GhostOfYōtei, an epic and engaging third-person, open world, hack & slash action / adventure #VideoGame that's one of the year's best. paulsemel.com/ghost-of-yot... 🎮⚔️🐺

During the pandemic, some people read the classics. Author Seamus Sullivan went a different route; he wrote a sequel to one. Here's the link to our exclusive interview about "Daedalus Is Dead," his dark #fantasy continuation of the myth of Deadalus and Icarus. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🐂☀️

Finished reading A.C. Haskins' "Blood And Fate." amzn.to/41pw59W 📖🧙🕵️ Very entertaining and wild #UrbanFantasy story. Curious to see where he takes it next. #Books #Reading #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries #UrbanFantasyBookSeries @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

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In the future, human clones may do jobs naturally born people don't want to do. But in Eddie Rob's new new #SciFi crime novel "The Heist Of Hollow London," he has clones doing a job most of us couldn't do. To learn what, check out this exclusive interview. paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🇬🇧🧑🧑🧑

In this exclusive interview about "Chasm," her new collection of #ShortStories and #poems, author Addison Herron-Wheeler says, "It is so important these days for #queer and femme folks to find community and solidarity and to read stories that make us feel seen." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🖊️

Some people get their best ideas when they go for a walk. But in my exclusive interview with author Philip Fracassi, he explains how the hell a nice stroll led him to write a thriller / mystery novel called "The Autumn Springs Retirement Home Massacre." paulsemel.com/exclusive-in... 📖🧓🩸🩸🩸

#AlienRogueIncursionPartOneEvolvedEdition falls somewhere between a #SciFi first-person shooter and a survival #horror game...but it's all "Alien." Here's the link to my review of the VR-free version of #AlienRogueIncursion. paulsemel.com/alien-rogue-... 🎮🔫👽

Started reading the #poetry anthology "Arabic Poems." amzn.to/4nMZUKm 📖🖊️ Took 90 pages to get to the good stuff. Here's hoping the next 170 get even better (I expect they will). #books #reading #poems @everymanslibrary.bsky.social

Started reading N.K. Jemisin's #ShortStory collection "How Long 'Til Black Future Month?" amzn.to/4mwA4cr 📖🖊️ Only read the first two so far, but man, I can already tell this is going to be a good one. #books #ShortStories #SpeculativeFiction @nkjemisin.bsky.social @orbitbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Danez Smith's "[insert] Boy: Poems." amzn.to/44J8t2l 📖🖊️ Like their other #poetry books, this was rock solid. #books #reading #poems #BookSky #PoetrySky

Started reading A.C. Haskins' "Blood And Fate." amzn.to/41pw59W 📖🧙🕵️ Dug the first book in this #UrbanFantasy series; am digging this second one, too. #Books #Reading #Fantasy #FantasyBookSeries #UrbanFantasyBookSeries @baenbooks.bsky.social #BookSky

Finished reading Lamar Giles' "Star Wars: Sanctuary: A Bad Batch Novel." amzn.to/464pFzT 📖🚀🔫 While it got better towards the end, this was still only as good as the show. #books #reading #ScienceFiction #SciFi #MilitarySciFi #StarWars #BookSky

So, #StarWarsVisions season 3 will start October 29th. So psyched. 9 anime shorts. #StarWars www.youtube.com/watch?v=1lpO... 📺⚔️🚀

Finished reading Carla E. Dash's #ShortStory collection "Monsters And Other Tales Of Humanity." amzn.to/4mMgJF1 📖🧌 Some good stuff. I hope she keeps writing. #books #reading #ShortStories @meerkatpress.bsky.social #BookSky

"My name is Atsu, the onryō. You killed my father. Prepare to die." The third-person, open world, hack & slash action / adventure #VideoGame #GhostOfYōtei is as epic and engaging as a certain other "Ghost" game we could mention. Here's the link to my review. paulsemel.com/ghost-of-yot... 🎮⚔️🐺

If you're going to watch #MarvelZombies — and you should, it's super good — you might consider watching the relevant episodes of "What If…?" beforehand, even if you've seen them before. 📺🧟🧟‍♂️🧟‍♀️

As someone who doesn't play well with others, I'm looking forward to playing #Battlefield6's single-player campaign...and then playing something else after I finish it. And then maybe playing B6 again if it's as good as this trailer suggests. www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZb3... 🎮🔫🪖