SFF Addicts

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and self-pub author Luke Tarzian for a chat about his new novelette A Cup of Tea at the Mouth of Hell, Luke's art background and book/cover design work, mental health and grief, the self-publishing community, balancing satire and emotion, writing as therapy and much more. Of course, as is always the case with Luke, things get pretty naughty by the end. Also, you can check out Tori Gross' interview with Luke from Sept. 2021 here: https://anchor.fm/sff-addicts/episodes/Author-Chat-Luke-Tarzian-e182fal EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Luke Tarzian is the self-published fantasy author of the Adjacent  Monsters series, including The World Maker Parable and The World Breaker Requiem, as well as Vultures and the newly released novelette A Cup of  Tea at the Mouth of Hell. Luke is also an artist and freelance book designer. Find Luke on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Chelsea Abdullah, Dyrk Ashton, Zamil Akhtar and Gabriela Houston as they delve into the ancient mysteries of gods, mythologies and folklore. During the panel they discuss mythology as a concept, how culture and curiosity brought mythology into their lives, incorporating gods, mythologies and folklore into their stories, the power of narratives and storytelling traditions, researching and respecting mythology and folkore, weird creatures and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Chelsea Abdullah is the author of The Stardust Thief, her debut novel. Find Chelsea on Twitter or her personal website. Dyrk Ashton is the author of The Paternus Trilogy and co-host of the Wizards, Warriors & Words podcast. Find Dyrk on Twitter or his personal website. Zamil Akhtar is the author of Gunmetal Gods, Conqueror's Blood, Lightblade and Song of a Dead Star. Find Zamil on Twitter or his personal website. Gabriela Houston is the author of The Second Bell and The Wind Child. Find Gabriela on Twitter or her personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors/SPSFC founders Hugh Howey and Duncan Swan, along with SPSFC 1 finalists Patrice Fitzgerald, T. A. Bruno, Cameron Coral, G. M. Nair, Ben Roberts, Jack Lyster and KT Belt, for a chat about the first year of the competition, lessons learned and how they'll apply that to SPSFC 2, book pitches from the finalists, thoughts on the self-published sci-fi community, advice for future entrants and much more. For more on SPSFC, visit their official website: https://thespsfc.org/ EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Hugh Howey is one of the founders of SPSFC and bestselling author of Wool and the Silo series, Sand, Beacon 23, The Bern Saga and more. Find Hugh on Twitter. Duncan Swan is one of the founders of SPSFC and author of Monstre. Find Duncan on Twitter. Patrice Fitzgerald is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the co-author of Captain Wu, book one in the Starship Nameless trilogy. Find Patrice on Twitter. T. A. Bruno is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the author of In The Orbit of Sirens, book one in the Song of Kamaria trilogy. Find T. A. on Twitter. Cameron Coral is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the author of Steel Guardian and more. Find Cameron on Twitter. G. M. Nair is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the author of Duckett & Dryer: Dicks for Hire. Find G. M. on Twitter. Jack Lyster is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the co-author of Captain Wu, book one in the Starship Nameless trilogy. Find Jack on Twitter. Ben Roberts is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the author of A Star Named Vega. Find Ben on Twitter. KT Belt is a SPSFC 1 finalist and the author of Monster of the Dark, book one in the Mirrors in the Dark series. Find KT on his personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Malka Older, T. R. Napper, Lincoln Michel and Craig Lea Gordon as they decode the (virtual) realities of cyberpunk's past, present and future. During the panel they discuss what attracts them to cyberpunk, the genre's origins in noir, the contrast between cities and apocalyptic landscapes, worn out cyberpunk tropes and aesthetics, big themes like biotech and transhumanism, memory and reality, information and AI, as well as how the genre can be resuscitated in the 21st-century and much more. ESSAYS MENTIONED:  T. R. Napper's article 'The Ultimate Cyberpunk Primer' Lincoln Michel's essay 'The Future in the Flesh' EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Malka Older is an author, aid worker and sociologist, and wrote the Centenal Cycle, including her debut Infomocracy, and the short story collection …and Other Disasters. She also created the fiction serial Ninth Step Station.  Find Malka on Twitter or her personal website. T. R. Napper is a former aid worker and now award-winning author, having published the novel 36 Streets and the short story collection Neon Leviathan. He also wrote his Doctorate thesis in Creative Writing on 'The Dark Century: 1946-2046. Noir, Cyberpunk and Asian Modernity.'  Find Tim on Twitter or his personal website. Lincoln Michel is an author, teacher and editor. His short fiction has appeared in The Paris Review, Tin House, NOON and more, and his essays have appeared in The New York Times, The Guardian and Vice, among others. He also wrote the novel The Body Scout and the story collection Upright Beasts.  Find Lincoln on Twitter or his personal website. Craig Lea Gordon is the author of ARvekt, Hypercage, Obey Defy, the Acid Suite books and more.  Find Craig on Twitter or SoundCloud. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and bestselling author Claire North for a chat about her new book Ithaca, her young career beginnings, pen names and passing on your creativity to readers, the power of stories, history, mythology, badass women wielding weapons and much more. And, of course, writing a story about Ithaca, you may wonder, has Claire ever visited the island of Ithaca? EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Claire North is the author of Notes from the Burning Age, 84k, The Pursuit of William Abbey, The Fifteen Lives of Harry August and more. She has also written under the names Kate Griffin and Catherine Webb. Her latest release is Ithaca, which releases on Sept. 6th through Redhook Books. Find Claire on Twitter, Amazon and her personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Connor M. Caplan and Liam Quane, as well as book blogger Eleni Argyró, as they review season one of The Sandman. During the panel they discuss their first introductions to The Sandman comic books, first impressions of the new show, character portrayals and the overarching narrative, their highlights from season one and much more. WARNING: This panel contains spoilers for the entire first season of The Sandman, as well as aspects of the overall comic book series. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE PANELISTS: Connor M. Caplan is the self-published author of The Sword in the Street, a semi-finalist in the SPFBO 7 competition. Find Connor on Twitter or his personal website. Liam Quane is a filmmaker and author of Road to Juneau, his debut novel. Find Liam on Twitter or his personal website. Eleni Argyró is a book blogger for FanFiAddict and Before We Go Blog. Find Eleni on Twitter, FanFiAddict or Before We Go Blog. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1: "The Wind" by Astronoz The Broken Binding Ad & Interlude 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and authors Claire North, Rebecca Roanhorse, Ed McDonald and Vaishnavi Patel as they delve deep into antiquity, exploring the intersection of history and fantasy. During the panel they discuss what fascinates each of them about history, why fantasy and history play so well together, how history can apply to worldbuilding, character and plot, the freedom of secondary worlds versus the rich lore of mythological retellings, how fictional stories can highlight obscured histories and much more. IMPORTANT NOTE: Unfortunately, we had numerous technical issues during the recording of this episode. Thankfully, no audio was lost, but there are some glitches here and there. Most notably, Vaishnavi is recording from a car in the first third of the panel, and both Rebecca and Ed suffered from glitchy audio at the 15-minute and 1-hour mark, respectively. Apologies if any of this takes away from your listening experience. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHORS: Claire North is the author of Notes from the Burning Age, 84k, The Pursuit of William Abbey, The Fifteen Lives of Harry August and more. She has also written under the names Kate Griffin and Catherine Webb. Find Claire on Twitter or her personal website. Rebecca Roanhorse is the award-winning author of Black Sun and its sequel Fevered Star, as well as Trail of Lightning and more. Her upcoming novella, Tread of Angels, is set to release on Nov. 15th. Find Rebecca on Twitter or her personal website. Ed McDonald is an author, medieval historian and a practitioner of Historical European Martial Arts.  His works include the Raven’s Mark series, comprised of Blackwing and its sequels, Ravencry and Crowfall, as well as Daughter of Redwinter, his newest release. Find Ed on Twitter or his personal website. Vaishnavi Patel is a law student focusing on constitutional law and civil rights, as well as the debut author of Kaikeyi. Find Vaishnavi on Twitter or her personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and speculative fiction author Victor Manibo for a chat about his debut novel The Sleepless, hyperinsomnia as a story concept, his law career, writing a queer Filipino protagonist, capitalism, pharmaceutical companies, corporate media, pandemics, hopes for the future of humanity and much more. They also touch on the inevitable question: would Victor choose to be sleepless? EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Victor Manibo is a speculative fiction author living in New York City, as well as a queer immigrant and civil rights lawyer, experiences that have influenced his writing. His debut novel, The Sleepless, is out on Aug. 23rd via Erewhon Books. Find Victor on Twitter, Amazon and his personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson and award-winning author Tasha Suri for a chat about her love of history, the importance of research in worldbuilding (and when to ignore it), writing as part of the South Asian diaspora, sapphic romances, magic systems, her new book The Oleander Sword and much more. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT THE AUTHOR: Tasha Suri is the award-winning author of The Books of Ambha duology and the epic fantasy The Jasmine Throne, book one in her Burning Kingdoms series. Her latest release is The Oleander Sword, which is out now via Orbit Books. Find Tasha on Twitter, Amazon and her personal website. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Blog Discord Twitter Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Interlude 1 & 2: “Crescendo” by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.

Join host Adrian M. Gibson for a special SFF Addicts one-year anniversary extravaganza (streamed live on YouTube), where he reminisces on the past year of podcasting, chats with friends and catches up with past guest authors like Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Anthony Ryan, K.S. Villoso, Andrea Stewart, Dyrk Ashton, Michael R. Fletcher, Krystle Matar, Ryan Cahill, Matt Kressel and more. Plus, three LIVE READINGS, from authors Connor M. Caplan, Tori Gross and Adrian M. Gibson himself. EMAIL US WITH YOUR QUESTIONS & COMMENTS: sffaddictspod@gmail.com ABOUT OUR GUESTS: Thank you so much to everyone who took part in the livestream, including Kevin Hearne, Delilah S. Dawson, Andrea Stewart, K.S. Villoso, E.G. Radcliff, Anthony Ryan, Michael R. Fletcher, Dyrk Ashton, Rob J. Hayes, Sebastien de Castell, Ben Galley, Krystle Matar, Luke Tarzian, Angela Boord, Dan Fitzgerald, Dan Stout, Jonathan Nevair, Ryan Cahill, Brian Naslund, Quenby Olson, Matt Kressel, Tiffany Trent, Cody Sisco, Liam Quane, Ron Walters, Ciel Pierlot, Connor M. Caplan, Tori Gross, Justin Gross, David Walters, Sean Conley and Tom "Bookbeard" Harnett. Special thank you to Peter Hartog and Patricia A. Jackson—you two are the best. Check out all of these amazing, talented folks on past episodes of SFF Addicts. FIND US ONLINE: FanFiAddict Book Blog  Discord Twitter  Instagram MUSIC: Intro: "FanFiAddict Theme (Short Version)" by Astronoz Outro: “Cloudy Sunset” by Astronoz SFF Addicts is part of FanFiAddict, so check us out at https://fanfiaddict.com/ for the latest in book reviews, essays and all things sci-fi and fantasy, as well as the full episode archive for the podcast and the blog post accompanying this episode. Follow us on Instagram or Twitter @SFFAddictsPod, and please subscribe, rate and review us on your platform of choice, or share us with your friends. It helps a lot, and we greatly appreciate it.