Interview: S.L. Huang (The Water Outlaws), by Daniel P. Haeusser & Paul Weimer

We are pleased to have this interview on the Skiffy & Fanty blog with S.L. Huang about their newly released novel The Water Outlaws, out now from TorDotCom in the US and Solaris in the UK.
743. Shakirah Bourne (a.k.a. Master of Possibilities) — Nightmare Island (2023)

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-743-shakirah-bourne/SandF_743_Shakirah_Bourne.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMovie scores, weird doctors, and Douen, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined the profoundly wonderful Shakirah Bourne to talk about her new middle grade novel, Nightmare Island! Together, they discuss Shakirah’s approach to writing scary stories, incorporating history and folklore in Nightmare Island, and exploring the role of music and sound in our understanding of what makes people, well, people. Plus, there’s much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
740. Stina Leicht (a.k.a. Mrs. Irish Cream) — Loki’s Ring

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-740-stina-leicht/SandF_740_StinaLeicht.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSBizarre aliens, complicated families, and AI therapy, oh my! Shaun Duke is joined by longtime collaborator and repeat interviewee, Stina Leicht. Why? Because Stina has a new book called Loki’s Ring from Saga Press featuring artificial general intelligences, weird alien stuff, delightful familial relationships, and spaceships! Together, Shaun and Stina discuss the book’s hopeful perspective, the politics of future civilizations, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
736. Iori Kusano (a.k.a. No “L”s Iori) — Hybrid Heart

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-736-iori-kusano/SandF_736_Iori_Kusano.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSMass surveillance, dystopian industries, and music, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by our friend and wicked good author, Iori Kusano, to discuss their new novella, Hybrid Heart! Together, they tackle Japan’s Idol industry, our very real fears (and very current future) of mass surveillance by corporations, and much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
734. Fonda Lee (a.k.a. The Falconeer) — Untethered Sky (2023)

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-734-fonda-lee/SandF_734_Fonda_Lee.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSTerrible teeth, terrible nature, and very large birds, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by the incredible Fonda Lee for a discussion about her new book, Untethered Sky! Together, they discuss Lee’s approach to writing fantasy, what it’s like to try to be friends with a bird that can bite off your hand, the complexities of nature and myth, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!
466. Alex Jennings (a.k.a. Saint Anytime Jazz) — The Ballad of Perilous Graves

https://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/sand-f-466-alex-jennings/SandF_466_Alex_Jennings.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSJazzmatazz, New Orleans, and haints, oh my! Shaun Duke and Brandon O’Brien are joined by the incredible Alex Jennings to discuss his new book, The Ballad of Perilous Graves, out now from Redhook. Together, they discuss the book’s origins, the wondrous power of New Orleans, handling writing when you have lived in many places, and so much more! Thanks for listening. We hope you enjoy the episode!