Our Guest this episode is dave ring, who answers about what it means to champion queer voices in SFF as an editor and publisher of a small press (Neon Hemlock Press, in dave’s case).

dave is also a fabulous writer and has a lot to say about creating queer community in writing generally and in SFF specifically. Plus, we absolutely want to know what happens between a call for book submissions and the publication of a book, and dave walks us through the magic. Oh, and we also talk about literary candles!

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Hang on tight for this rollicking episode with Rosaria Munda, author of FIREBORNE, which was one of our favorite YA novels of 2019 AND our sole pick for best debut of 2019! We had a grand time talking about the beautiful world Rosaria created, which is partially magic (hello, dragons), partially historical, partially Roman, but all fabulous. There's a lot of great discussion of family, ethics, war, empire, and much more -- and you can look forward to Rosaria's next book in this series, FLAMEFALL, due out in 2021. We can't wait!

Episode trivia: Kend loves dragons, but Rosaria prefers fighter planes.

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This episode concludes our duology on magic, starting with the long history of its depiction in fantasy as influenced by the socio-religio-political norms of the era. We end with much yelling about She-Ra and pandemic-driven literature, so watch where you step. Er, listen.

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Thank you for your patience in waiting an extra bit for this particular episode. Wash your hands. Wear a mask. Black Lives Matter. Trans lives matter. Stay safe out there.

This episode begins our duology on magic. Ready your wands and harness your dragons, my friends!

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Many welcomes and second breakfasts to the super smart and very Canadian Jeremy Reimer, brilliant human being and author of the book SILICON MINDS OF MARS, which as you might surmise is rather full of minds and mindful explorations of machine learning, identity, and the consequences of human-like artificial intelligences on politics and relationships.

You can find many years of his thoughtful thoughts on ARS TECHNICA, and you can find out more about Jeremy at www.jeremyreimer.com. His newsletter lives at www.spaceandscifi.com, and he also dabbles in Twitter with the handle @JeremyReimer.

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When we first heard the premise for Lina Rather's SISTERS OF THE VAST BLACK, we knew immediately that it was going to be fabulous. Then we actually got ahold of it, and not only was it fabulous, it was QUEER NUNS IN A SPACE WHALE and we were overwhelmed by the superlative degree of fabulosity.

We are so, SO excited to bring you our recent conversation with Lina Rather herself, in her *first ever podcast appearance* ... which we find both incredibly flattering and the kind of responsibility that would make even Spider-Man sweat. (Don't mess this up, don't mess this up, we whisper to ourselves in the mirror.) We discuss the influence of childhoods embedded in religious traditions on both the writing and reading of SISTERS OF THE VAST BLACK, as well as other aspects of the nuance and beauty of this wonderful little novella.

And not to be too much of a tease, but, there is also some BREAKING LINA RATHER NEWS in this episode, so if you want to know what's next for our spacefaring nuns, hang in until the end!

To find out more about Lina Rather, visit www.linarather.com or look Lina up on Twitter under the handle @LinaRather.

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Who better than a grumpy old man to take you on a tour of a fantastical land of epic scale ... without actually going there? Welcome to our much-looked-forward-to conversation with Alexandra Rowland, author of A CONSPIRACY OF TRUTHS and A CHOIR OF LIES (as well as several upcoming books!! WE ARE SO EXCITED!!!). Their fantastic debut rocked Tony's socks off and its sequel has only continued to declothe Tony's ankles with their excellent worldbuilding and phenomenally queer approach to this genre/mode/cat which we love.

Bonus? Rowland is also a gifted podcaster, being both a host of "Be the Serpent" along with fellow authors Freya Marske and Jennifer Mace, as well as cohosting "Worldbuilding for Masochists" with fantasy authors Rowenna Miller and Marshall Ryan Maresc.

If you'd like to find out more about Rowland, their fantastic (PUN!) books, and their work in podcasting, head to www.alexandrarowland.net and take a peek at the "About" page, where you'll find links to all the podcasts and all of the socials.

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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be inside the brain of someone just a few days into a new medication and a workplace crisis? No? Well, welcome to this episode anyway!

Join us for one very strange episode in which Kend is extremely wired but also recording in a haunted housesit, while Tony is a reasonable human being trying to keep things somewhat under control.

Oh yeah, and we (mostly Kend) talk about the intersections of the action/adventure genre with science fiction and fantasy lenses, and a very queer readership.

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The fascists went after Sarah Gailey, and Sarah Gailey brought their very best fightin’ words in UPRIGHT WOMEN WANTED, the near-future dystopia novella about fascist-stomping queer librarians on horseback saving themselves and each other and possibly the world.

Because patriarchy just sucks, man. And if Gailey and The Imaginaries have one rule, it’s DON’T BE A DICK. If we have two rules, it’s GET THEE TO A BOOKSTORE/LIBRARY/INDIEBOUND IMMEDIATELY because you’re gonna need both this novella and Gailey’s most recent release, the young adult novel WHEN WE WERE MAGIC. (They were always magic, to us. *sob*)

A lot has happened in the last year. The world is scary scary scary, and not just because people don’t understand how viruses work and keep clearing the supermarket shelves and hospital waiting rooms of toilet paper and alcohol wipes (but not gloves or hand soap for some reason?). A lot has happened in Sarah Gailey’s life, to be precise, and we’re here to hear all about it, and then … well, let you listen to us hear all about it. It’s very much worth hearing all about! Listen as one of the most delightful human beings on the planet describes channeling all of the scary of the last year into new structures and new forms to reach readers even beyond alternate histories, science fictions, and fantasies.

If you’re interested in hearing our first episode with the Gails, you can find that back in Episode 85 (“Sarah Gailey on Fighting Fascism and Queering All the Genres) in May of 2019.

If you’d like to learn more about Gailey’s work and web presence, check out their website at www.SarahGailey.com, their Twitter and Insta at @GaileyFrey, and their substack newsletter at sarahgailey.substack.com. (It’s fabulous.)

Also? Check out the Death Quilt project at https://american-dirt.net/index.php/death-threat-quilt.

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Alix E. Harrow took our brains AND the world by storm with her debut, THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY. Is it portal fiction? Is it science fiction? Is it fantasy? Is it period fiction? Is it feminist fiction? Is it queer fiction? Is it a Nebula Award nominee? Is it ALL THE THINGS?

Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, and YES.

Harrow is the kind of person who can claim a font color because it is “the dusky rose of a Kentucky sunset” but also talk seriously about depression and waiting for an owl with an invitation to Hogwarts. She is so full of heart and soul and good words and the kind of generous-spirited human the world really needs more of right now.

You can find THE TEN THOUSAND DOORS OF JANUARY wherever good books are sold (and you can find some of those lovely places and spaces at https://bookstorelink.com/9780316421973). You can also follow Harrow on the Twitter at @AlixEHarrow and find out more about her thoughts and work at https://writtenworld.substack.com. And of course, by listening to this episode!

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