Guest Post: Finding the Dark by Rachel Caine
Today on Skiffy and Fanty, Rachel Caine, part of the Dead Air team, a podcast/serial story collaboration she is doing with Gwenda Bond and Carrie Ryan, tells us about finding the darknes in thrillers and what her new project has to offer. I started reading my dad’s books when I was, well, old enough to figure out where he kept them, which was way too young. Some of them were what would be euphemistically called “men’s adventure” today; James Bond-type books, only with more sex and violence. Some were horror. But I most remember the opening of one of Ed McBain’s 87th Precinct novels … a book about a murderer backing a woman into a corner in her apartment, and relentlessly slashing back and forth at her like a sideways pendulum. It haunted me. I couldn’t get it out of my head, no matter how much fun space exploration science fiction I read, or high fantasy, or historical novels (all of which I loved).
Guest Post: Excerpt from Serial Box’s 1776
Today on Skiffy and Fanty, just in time for the 4th of July, Independence Day in the United States, we have an excerpt from 1776: The World Turned Upside Down, Serial Box’s serial on the Revolutionary War.
Call for Guest Posters: Authors, Bloggers, Fans!
That’s right! We’re looking for guest posters for our show. Here’s what we’re looking for: About genre — rants, history, observations, questions, etc. Discussions of craft — if you’re an author, we’d love to have your guest posts on all things related to your writing. What inspired you to write X? What are you favorite books? Etc.! Interviews Book reviews Movie reviews Basically, we’re looking for anything and everything to fill up our week with interesting content. And you never know: we might bring you onto the show to rant with us (this is more a probably than a might, if we’re being honest). Send an email to skiffyandfanty[at]gmail[dot]com and let us know what you’d like to contribute. If you have an idea for something that doesn’t fit into any of these categories, let us know! We’ll probably be interested.
