Stephen is a fantasy writer originally from Omagh Co. Tyrone in Northern Ireland, and now living in Belfast Co. Antrim. He is the author of Skelly’s Square, Bomb Girl, and New Jerusalem, which are all part of the Kirkwood Scott Chronicles. Stephen Black is a fantastic author, great friend, and all around decent sort. He […]
Story of a Storyteller
What is Cyberpunk? with Anna Mocikat
Season 3, Episode 1 Hello Storylovers and welcome to Season 3 of the podcast! I’m very excited to have the wonderful Anna Mocikat on the show today. Anna is a born storyteller. With a history in film and video game writing, is it any wonder she eventually made her way to novels? She is the […]
How to Plan a Series with Dixon Reuel
Season 2, Episode 10 Dixon Reuel is the pen name of Irish writer Eve Power. Eve is the author of the Blood Brute series, a horror series that tells the tale of a coven of vampires trying to survive a zombie apocalypse. Eve and I talk about why she uses such an unusual pen-name, and […]
Man V Fat with Andrew Shanahan
Season 2, Episode 8 Andrew Shanahan is the founder of Man v Fat and the author of Before and After. His novel released at the exact right time, as it’s about the end of the world. What makes Andrew’s novel so unique, however, is it tells an apocalypse survival story from the point of view […]
Turning Hardship into Power with Qian Julie Wang
Season 1, Episode 6 Qian Julie Wang is the author of her upcoming memoir Beautiful Country: Memoir of an Undocumented Childhood and a commercial litigator in New York City, USA. Julie Wang is an amazing woman with an inspiring story. Julie’s memoir was picked up by Viking and Doubleday publishing. It’s due to come out […]
From Games to Books with Nemanja Pavlović! (Season 1, Episode 2)
In Episode 2 of the podcast, I got the joy to talk to Nemanja Pavlović! Nemanja is a fantasy writer, illustrator and blogger. Nemanja is an impressive artist and we got to talking about why adults books don’t have illustrations on Twitter one day and that’s how I ended up asking him onto the podcast. […]