The Worldshapers
Conversations with science fiction and fantasy authors about the creative process
Episode 226: John C. Hampsey – Soda Lake
A chat with John C. Hampsey about his recent “strange and tantalizing” novel, Soda Lake. Websitejohnchampsey.com Facebook@john.hampsey.73 Instagram@prof_hamps About Soda Lake Amazon.ca | Amazon.com Soda Lake opens with an unnamed narrator seeing a man disappear into a lake of white salt. This sets the narrator on a quest of discovery, shaped by a series of stories …
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Episode 225: David Ebenbach – The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost
A chat with David Ebenbach about his new book of poems exploring the intersection of AI and humanity, Websitedavidebenbach.com Facebook@david.ebenbach TikTok@debenbach Instagram@davidebenbach Broadstone Books About The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost The poems in David Ebenbach’s new poetry collection, The AI Suspects It Might Be a Hungry Ghost, speculate: if a chatbot …
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Episode 224: Ann Aguirre – The Hocus Pocus Handbook
A chat with New York Times bestselling author Ann Aguirre about her new cozy fae fantasy romance, The Hocus Pocus Handbook. Websiteannaguirre.com Facebook@ann.aguirre Bluesky@annaguirre Instagram@ann_aguirre_author/ Amazon.ca | https://www.amazon.com/Hocus-Pocus-Handbook-Ann-Aguirre/dp/1464224110/ About The Hocus Pocus Handbook From NYT bestselling author Ann Aguirre comes a cozy fae fantasy romance featuring a sunshine-shadow slow burn, a grumpy-but-secretly-tender love interest, an …
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Episode 223: Larry Correia – American Paladin
A chat with New York Times bestselling author Larry Correia about his new contemporary fantasy American Paladin. Websitemonsterhunternation.com Facebook@larry.correia X@monsterhunter45 Instagram@larry_correia_author Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About American Paladin One Man to Step Into the Darkness Mike Spears is a drifter, a vigilante, an expert in taking down the evil in our world one monstrous incursion at …
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Episode 222: Melissa Olthoff – Tempered by Fire
A conversation with author Melissa Olthoff about Tempered by Fire, the second book in her Griffin Corps series. Websitemelissaolthoff.com Instagram@salvagebunny Facebook@melissaolthoff4 X@MelissaOlthoff Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Tempered by Fire You can do everything right . . . and still lose. Harper Tavros always dreamed of being a dragon rider. But after a prank went horribly …
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Episode 221: Kathleen Schwab – Queenswood
A conversation with author Kathleen Schwab about her debut eco-fantasy novel, Queenswood. Websiteauthorkathleenschwab.squarespace.com Instagram@writerkmschwab Facebook@QueenswoodAFaerieworldNovel YouTube@kathleenschwab4645 Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Queenswood A lush, lyrical historical fantasy debut that transports readers to twelfth-century Ireland. In twelfth-century Ireland, girls go missing–fleeing arranged marriages, carried off by outlaws, abducted by faeries. Rhiannon, treasured daughter of nobility, believes herself …
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Episode 220: Travis J. I. Corcoran – Red State Mars
A conversation with two-time Prometheus Award-winning author Travis J. I. Corcoran about his new science fiction novel, Red State Mars WebsiteMorlock Publishing X@MorlockP@Travis4NH Patreon@MorlockP Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About Red State Mars A sweeping epic of Mars’s fight for freedom—an unforgettable saga of war, family, and civilization on the red frontier. For generations, the Newcastles, Mackenzies, …
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Episode 219: Sam Robb – A Sense of Murder
A conversation with author Sam Robb about his new fantasy novel, A Sense of Murder. Websitesamrobbwrites.com Substacksamrobbwrites.substack.com X@SamRobbWrites Instagram@samrobbwrites Facebook@samrobbwrites Amazon.ca | Amazon.com About A Sense of Murder In a far-flung corner of the worlds-spanning Empire, Ser Kellan tor Iaestus is a Highwayman, sworn to keep the peace in the rugged Outlands. Armed with a …
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Episode 218: Dave Housley – Aliens Attack!
A conversation with author Dave Housley about his new science fiction novel, Aliens Attack! Websitehousleydave.com Instagram@dave.housley Facebook@dave.housley About Aliens Attack! Told through the men and women—and aliens—who experienced it firsthand, Dave Housley’s sci-fi novel Aliens Attack! presses us with the big question: what would you do at the end of the world? Intertwining the depth of …
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Episode 217: Caitlin Rozakis – Startup Hell
A conversation with New York Times-bestselling author Caitlin Rozakis about her new standalone novel in the Everyday Enchantments fantasy series, Startup Hell. Websitecaitlinrozakis.com Instagram@caitlin.rozakis Bluesky@caitlinrozakis About Startup Hell A hilarious contemporary fantasy about a junior sales witch stuck in corporate hell, who has to evade devilish pacts and her kickass, world-saving, demon-slaying mum to save …
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Episode 216: Dan Desai Martin – In the Shadow of the Sanctum
A chat with author Dan Desai Martin about his debut fantasy novel, In the Shadow of the Sanctum. Websitedandesaimartin.com X @danmartintalks Instagram@dandesaimartin Threads@dandesaimartin Bluesky@dandesaimartin Gold Dust Publishing About In the Shadow of the Sanctum She was afraid of the truth. She was afraid of the lies. But mostly afraid she couldn’t tell the difference between …
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