Interviews
An Interview with Lisa Mantchev
Since making her first sale in 2002, Lisa Mantchev’s fiction has appeared in a variety of markets, including Clarkesworld, Strange Horizons, Weird Tales, Aeon, Fantasy Magazine, Abyss & Apex, and the SWFA anthology, New Voices in Science Fiction.
Lisa grew up in the small Northern California town of Ukiah. Her first forays into fiction were the [...]
An Interview with Catherynne M. Valente
In this interview with reviewer Elizabeth A. Allen, Catherynne M. Valente connects Snow White with CPR, late-night lamb roasts with her literary development, and writing with Katamari Damacy.
Tell me about your perspectives on archetypes. Did a certain class, book, or person introduce them to you? What do you think they are, and why do they [...]
An Interview with Mike Dolan
This month, Elastic Press will release two short story collections. One of those is Another Santana Morning by Mike Dolan, a revamped version of Mike’s original Santana Morning, released in 1970. Here, Mike tells us what he has been up to since then and talks about the sad fate of that original collection.
An Interview with Samantha Henderson
For the past few years, Samantha Henderson’s short fiction and poetry has appeared in such publications as Clarkesworld, Realms of Fantasy, Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, and Lone Star Stories, to name just a few. She has lived in England, South Africa, Illinois, Oregon, and California, and she loves corgis. Sam now lives in [...]
An Interview with Sean Wallace
Sean Wallace is an executive editor for Wildside Press; founder and senior editor of Prime Books; co-editor of Clarkesworld Magazine; co-editor of Fantasy Magazine; and the editor of several anthologies, including Best New Fantasy, Horror: The Best of the Year, Jabberwocky, and the forthcoming Japanese Dreams and Phantom. In 2006, he took home a World [...]
An Interview with Ekaterina Sedia
Ekaterina Sedia’s short fiction has appeared in Analog, Aeon, Jim Baen’s Universe, Fantasy Magazine, and Lone Star Stories, to name just a few. Her novel, The Secret History of Moscow, released by Prime Books, recently made the Locus Recommended Reading List. Her latest editing project, Paper Cities: An Anthology of Urban Fantasy, will [...]
An Interview with Ellen Klages – Metaphors for Short Stories: Petits Fours, Scrimshaw, and Training Bikes
So what exactly is a short story? Ask Ellen Klages, author of novel The Green Glass Sea and numerous pieces of short fiction (collected in Portable Childhoods), and she’ll give you five or six vibrant images to think about.
You are adept at writing from a child’s point of view with a combination of sympathy and [...]
An Interview with Deborah J. Ross
Deborah J. Ross has written both fantasy and science fiction professionally since 1982 when she sold her first story to Marion Zimmer Bradley for Sword and Sorceress I. She has taught writing, led and participated in workshops, and been secretary of SFWA. Her latest goal to achieve is that of editor. I’m [...]
An Interview with Andrew Humphrey
Andrew Humphrey’s first short story collection, Open The Box, received critical acclaim. His second collection, Other Voices, was released by Elastic Press this month, and his first novel, Alison, is about to be released by TTA Press. He was kind enough to answer a few questions for me.
An Interview with Paolo Bacigalupi
Paolo Bacigalupi is a quickly rising star in the firmament of science fiction. His fiction has appeared in Asimov’s Science Fiction Magazine and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, as well as various “Year’s Best” collections. He has been nominated for the Nebula and Hugo awards, and has won the Theodore Sturgeon Memorial [...]
An Interview with Joe Hill
Joe Hill is one of those rare creatures—a writer who broke through onto the literary scene with short stories and established his career from there. He has since achieved a huge amount of recognition and won various awards for both his longer and shorter works. Here, he talks a little about his love of comic [...]
An Interview with John Joseph Adams
John Joseph Adams needs little introduction. He is the Slush God, assistant editor over at F&SF, and has recently edited the Pirate Issue of Shimmer and an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction, Wastelands: Stories of the Apocalypse. Here, he talks about Wastelands and his chances of survival in a post-apocalyptic setting.
An Interview with Patrick Chapman
Some of the highlights of Patrick Chapman’s extensive and impressive career include being one of the co-founders of the Irish Literary Revival, writing a Doctor Who audio play for Big Finish, four poetry collections, and a short story collection. Here, he answers some questions on his experience of writing in such a wide range of [...]
An Interview with Jai Clare
Jai Clare’s new collection of short stories, The Cusp of Something, has just been released by Elastic Press, and with an impressive career of published works in the small press behind her already, it is sure to attract a lot of interest. Here, she talks about literary fiction, the short story, and what really gets [...]
An Interview with Ellen Datlow
On the eve of the debut of her latest horror anthology, Inferno: New Tales of Terror and the Supernatural, editor Ellen Datlow shares her perspective on genre trends, the quintessence of the short story, and the stupidity of carnivorous zombies.
When you choose subjects for anthologies, do you choose subjects that you are already interested [...]
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