We’re joined by James Downe, author and winner of the first ever GRIMDARK SHORT STORY BATTLE ROYALE! We hosted a fun little writing contest in our Facebook group Grimdark Fiction Readers & Writers a few months, with first place going to the short story “From Parts Unknown”! Read the complete short story here! Find James online at Legacy of Ash, and on Amazon!
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This episode is brought to you by The Woven Ring by MD Presley
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Past episodes you'll want to check out:
The Writer's Pit - Ben Galley
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The Writer's Pit - James Downe

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We’re back with an epic interview with a truly epic guest! Rob and Phil chat with author, narrator, and podcaster Emma Newman! Emma is the author of THE SPLIT WORLDS urban fantasy series, the PLANETFALL science fiction series, and the gaslight fantasy INDUSTRIAL MAGIC series. When not writing or narrating books, she hosts the Hugo Award winning TEA & JEOPARDY podcast with husband Peter Newman, and also indulges in some in depth live action role playing, or LARP! Find Emma on Twitter @EmApocalyptic, or online at enewman.co.uk!
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Past episodes you'll want to check out:
Interview with Peter Newman
The Ladies of Grimdark
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Philip Overby online at PhilipOverby.com
Music by Michael R. Fletcher

Talking LARP with Emma Newman

We’re back with a new episode! This time we’re joined by the international best-selling author of The Demon Cycle Series, Peter V. Brett! Pete drops by the show to chat about his latest novella BARREN, the fifth and final short story set in the series! We’ll take a look at the foundation of Pete’s wildly popular fantasy series, we discuss the growing popularity of novellas in fantasy fiction, what it’s like to be BFF with author Myke Cole, and more! Find Pete online at PeterVBrett.com, or on Twitter @PVBrett!
Buy BARREN on Amazon!
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Special thanks to this week's show sponsor:
FISH WIELDER by J.R.R.R. Hardison, epically funny epic fantasy of epic proportions! 
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Philip Overby online at PhilipOverby.com
Music by Michael R. Fletcher

Interview with Peter V. Brett

We’re back from a brief hiatus with award winning author Fonda Lee! Fonda is the author of the new epic fantasy Green Bone Saga, and she drops by the podcast to talk about Book 1 in the series, JADE CITY! (Now available in paperback!) Find Fonda online at FondaLee.com, or on Twitter @FondaJLee!
Buy JADE CITY (Book 1 of The Green Bone Saga) on Amazon
Special thanks to this week's show sponsor:
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Rob Matheny on Facebook, Twitter
Philip Overby online at PhilipOverby.com
Music by Michael R. Fletcher

Interview with Fonda Lee

Introducing THE GRIM 6! Bringing you the latest fantasy, science fiction and Grimdark news – in just about six minutes! In this first edition we bring you the latest SPFBO news, we find out what book series Amazon wants to bring to the small screen, find out the big winners of this year’s Locus Awards, and the Ladies of Grimdark have arrived.
Rob J. Hayes WHERE LOYALTIES LIE - SPFBO 3 Winner
Rob’s past appearance on the podcast
Follow SPFBO at Mark Lawrence’s Blog
Locus Award Winners for 2018
Grim Panel: The Ladies of Grimdark
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Music by Michael R. Fletcher

The Writer's Pit - James Downe

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