Travis interviews fantasy author C.L. Polk about their latest novel, The Midnight Bargain. It's a standalone fantasy of manners story from Erewhon Books about a woman who must choose between love and magic, set in a world where women are forbidden from practicing the art of summoning and binding magical spirits.

Cee and Travis talk about adding emotional churn to your writing, the big gorgeous dresses of 18th century fashion, and her time as an extra in the Canadian television industry.

About C.L. Polk:

C. L. Polk (she/her/they/them) is the author of the World Fantasy Award-winning debut novel Witchmark, the first novel of the Kingston Cycle. Her newest novel, The Midnight Bargain, is upcoming in 2020 from Erehwon Books.

After leaving high school early, she has worked as a film extra, sold vegetables on the street, and identified exotic insect species for a vast collection of lepidoptera before settling down to write silver fork fantasy novels.

Ms. Polk lives near the Bow River in Calgary, Alberta, in a tiny apartment with too many books and a yarn stash that could last a decade. She rides a green bicycle with a basket on the front.

She drinks good coffee because life is too short. She spends too much time on Twitter. You can subscribe to her free newsletter on Substack.

Her website is clpolk.com.

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