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The View From Monday - October 7, 2019


Happy 1st Monday in October!

There are 3 debuts this week:

salt slow by Julia Armfield;

Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo;

and

The Furies by Katie Lowe.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse (The Thorne Chronicles 1) by K. Eason;

The Oyster Thief by Sonia Faruqi out in Trade Paperback;

The True Bastards (The Lost Lands 2) by Jonathan French;

The Princess Beard (Tales of Pell 3) by Kevin Hearne and Delilah S. Dawson;

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories by Kat Howard is out in Trade Paperback;

A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror by John Hornor Jacobs;

and

A Conjuring of Light Collector's Edition (Shade of Magic 3) by V. E. Schwab.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - October 7, 2019



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

October 7, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Wasteland (ri) Terry Goodkind F - Children of D'Hara 3
Iron & Velvet Alexis Hall UF - Kate Kane, Paranormal Investigator 1



October 8, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
salt slow (D) Julia Armfield SS/LF/SF/AP/PA
The Penguin Book of Mermaids Cristina Bacchilega (Ed)
Marie Alohalani Brown (Ed)
FairyT/FolkT/LM/Sup
Ninth House (D-Adult) Leigh Bardugo SupTh/Occ/Sup
The Remaking Clay McLeod Chapman H/SupTh/Occ/Sup
Metropolitan Stories Christine Coulson LF/SS
The Princess Beard Delilah S. Dawson
Kevin Hearne
F/HU/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Tales of Pell 3
Merlin Redux Dave Duncan HistF - Enchanter General 3
How Rory Thorne Destroyed the Multiverse K. Eason SF/SO/HU - The Thorne Chronicles 1
The Oyster Thief (h2tp) Sonia Faruqi F
The True Bastards Jonathan French F/DF - The Lot Lands 2
Sudden Traveler: Stories Sarah Hall SS
Duchamp Versus Einstein Christopher Hinz
Etan Ilfeld
SF/AC/AP/PA
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories (h2tp) Kat Howard SS
A Lush and Seething Hell: Two Tales of Cosmic Horror John Hornor Jacobs H
Warrior of the Altaii Robert Jordan F
Dark Ink Gary Kemble H/AH/SupTh
The Furies (D) Katie Lowe Th/CoA
Collateral Damage David Mack SF - Star Trek: The Next Generation
Hazards of Time Travel (h2tp) Joyce Carol Oates Dys
Before the Devil Fell Neil Olson LF/M&D/Cr
The Forbidden Stars Tim Pratt SF/HSF - The Axiom Series 3
Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts Kate Racculia LF
Human Compatible: Artificial Intelligence and the Problem of Control Stuart Russell Tech & Eng/Robotics/Biotechnology
A Conjuring of Light Collector's Edition V. E. Schwab HistF/Gaslamp - Shades of Magic 3
Skin (ri) Ilka Tampke HistF
A Punk Rock Future Steve Zisson (Ed) SF/F - Anthology



October 9, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Afrofuturism Rising: The Literary Prehistory of a Movement Isiah Lavender III LC - New Suns: Race, Gender, and Sexuality



D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
mm - Mass Market Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AB - Absurdist
AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternative History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humorous
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M&D - Mystery & Detective
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
RF - Romantic Fantasy
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

The View From Monday - January 7, 2019


Happy Monday!

There are 2 debuts this week:

The Lost Puzzler by Eyal Kless;

and

The Water Cure by Sophie Mackintosh

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly feature DAC Authors:

Lipstick Voodoo (Kincaid Strange 2) by Kristi Charish;

The Fall of Io (Io 2) by Wesley Chu;

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories by Kat Howard

Ninth Step Station (Episode 1) by Malka Older, Fran Wilde, Jacqueline Koyanagi, and Curtis Chen.

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Read about Ninth Step Station at Serial Box here.

Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - January 7, 2019



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

January 7, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Game Changers of the Apocalypse (e) Mark Kirkbride PA/H
To Free a Captured Heart (e) R.L. Naquin FR - Djinn Haven 3



January 8, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Power (h2tp) Naomi Alderman SF/AP/PA/CoA/Dys/LF
The Coming Storm Mark Alpert TechTh/SF/AP/PA
The Winter of the Witch Katherine Arden F/MR/LF - Winternight Trilogy 3
Lipstick Voodoo Kristi Charish UF/P/M - Kincaid Strange 2
The Perilous Adventures of the Cowboy King: A Novel of Teddy Roosevelt and His Times Jerome Charyn MR
Emergence (h2mm) C. J. Cherryh SF/AC/SO/HSF - Foreigner 19
Alliance Rising: The Hinder Stars I C. J. Cherryh
Jane S. Fancher
SF/HSF/SO - Alliance-Union Universe
Regenesis (ri) C. J. Cherryh SF/GenEng/CyP - Alliance-Union : Cyteen 4
The Fall of Io Wesley Chu SF/AC - Io 2
Bones Behind the Wheel E. J. Copperman PCM - A Haunted Guesthouse Mystery 10
The Outlaw and the Upstart King Rod Duncan SP/AH - Map of Unknown Things 2
It Devours! (h2tp) Joseph Fink
Jeffrey Cranor
F/HU - A Welcome to Night Vale Novel
48 Hours William R. Forstchen TechTh/SF/AP/PA
Inferno! #2 Guy Haley F - Tales from the Worlds of Warhammer
For the Winner: A Novel of Jason and the Argonauts (h2tp) Emily Hauser Hist
Mephiston: Revenant Crusade Darius Hinks SF - Mephiston 2
A Cathedral of Myth and Bone: Stories Kat Howard F - Collection
Warrior of the World Jeffe Kennedy F - Chronicles of Dasnaria 3
Serpent in the Heather (h2tp) Kay Kenyon HistF - A Dark Talents Novel 2
The Lost Puzzler (D) Eyal Kless SF/HSF - Tarakan Chronicles 1
The Water Cure (D) Sophie Mackintosh Psy/CoA/Dys
Star Trek: Discovery: The Way to the Stars Una McCormack SF - Star Trek: Discovery 4
In an Absent Dream Seanan McGuire CF/DF/FairyT/FolkT/LM - Wayward Children 4
The Uriel Ventris Chronicles Graham McNeill SF
The Night Market (h2tp) Jonathan Moore PsyTh
The Outcasts of Time (h2tp) Ian Mortimer Hist
Mouthful of Birds: Stories Samanta Schweblin
Megan McDowell (Tr)
F/MR - Collection
Through Fiery Trials David Weber SF - Safehold 10
The Heart of What Was Lost (tpmm) Tad Williams F - A Novel of Osten Ard 1
War of the Flowers (ri) Tad Williams F/DF
The Void Protocol F. Paul Wilson MedTh/SupTh



January 9, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Beyond the El: A Tor.com Original (e) John Chu SF
Ninth Step Station Malka Older
Fran Wilde
Jacqueline Koyanagi
Curtis C. Chen
NF/M



January 10, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Junction Daniel M. Bensen SF/SE - Fiction Without Frontiers
The Haunting of Henderson Close Catherine Cavendish GH - Fiction Without Frontiers
Savage Species (ri) Jonathan Janz H - Fiction Without Frontiers



January 11, 2019
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Sins of the Angels (e) Lydia M. Hawke UF - Grigori Legacy 1



D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
Hu - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
MedTh - Medical Thriller
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PCM - Parnormal Cozy Mystery
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PolTh - Political Thriller
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy - Psychological
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
Sc - Science
SE - Space Exploration
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works By DAC Authors


Here are some of the upcoming works by formerly featured DAC Authors. The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.


Ben Aaronovitch (2011)

Lies Sleeping
Rivers of London 7
DAW, November 13, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 304 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works By DAC Authors
The seventh book of the bestselling Rivers of London urban fantasy series returns to the adventures of Peter Grant, detective and apprentice wizard, as he solves magical crimes in the city of London.

The Faceless Man, wanted for multiple counts of murder, fraud, and crimes against humanity, has been unmasked and is on the run. Peter Grant, Detective Constable and apprentice wizard, now plays a key role in an unprecedented joint operation to bring him to justice.

But even as the unwieldy might of the Metropolitan Police bears down on its foe, Peter uncovers clues that the Faceless Man, far from being finished, is executing the final stages of a long term plan. A plan that has its roots in London’s two thousand bloody years of history, and could literally bring the city to its knees.

To save his beloved city Peter’s going to need help from his former best friend and colleague–Lesley May–who brutally betrayed him and everything he thought she believed in. And, far worse, he might even have to come to terms with the malevolent supernatural killer and agent of chaos known as Mr Punch….





Sean Grigsby (2018)

Daughters of Forgotten Light
Angry Robot, September 4, 2018
Trade Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works By DAC Authors
A floating prison is home to Earth’s unwanted people, where they are forgotten… but not yet dead, in this wild science fiction adventure.

Deep space penal colony Oubliette, population: scum. Lena “Horror” Horowitz leads the Daughters of Forgotten Light, one of three vicious gangs fighting for survival on Oubliette. Their fragile truce is shaken when a new shipment arrives from Earth carrying a fresh batch of prisoners and supplies to squabble over. But the delivery includes two new surprises: a drone, and a baby. Earth Senator Linda Dolfuse wants evidence of the bloodthirsty gangs to justify the government finally eradicating the wasters dumped on Oubliette. There’s only one problem: the baby in the drone’s video may be hers.

File Under: Science Fiction [ Banged Up | Out of Mind | Girls Gone Bad | Moppet in Space ]





Kat Howard (2016)

A Cathedral of Myth and Bone
Saga Press, October 23, 2018
Hardcover and eBook, 368 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works By DAC Authors
From the acclaimed author of Roses and Rot— a “Brothers Grimm tale for the contemporary reader” (School Library Journal, starred review)—Kat Howard’s exquisite shorter works, nominated for the World Fantasy Award, and performed on WNYC's Selected Shorts.

Kat Howard has already been called a “remarkable young writer” by Neil Gaiman and her “dark and enticing” (Publishers Weekly) debut novel, Roses and Rot, was beloved by critics and fans alike.

Now, you can experience her collected shorter works, including two new stories, in A Cathedral of Myth and Bone. In these stories, equally as beguiling and spellbinding as her novels, Howard expands into the enchanted territory of myths and saints, as well as an Arthurian novella set upon a college campus, “Once, Future,” which retells the story of King Arthur—through the women’s eyes.

Captivating and engrossing, and adorned in gorgeous prose, Kat Howard’s stories are a fresh and stylish take on fantasy. “Kat Howard seems to possess a magic of her own, of making characters come alive and scenery so vivid, you forget it exists only on the page” (Anton Bogomazov).

The View From Monday - June 4, 2018


Happy 1st Monday in June!

There are 6 debuts this week:

Treeborne by Caleb Johnson;

The Traitor God by Cameron Johnston;

The Hawkman: A Fairy Tale of the Great War by Jane Rosenberg LaForge;

Free Chocolate (The Chocoverse 1) by Amber Royer;

The Book of M by Pend Shepherd;

and

A People's History of the Vampire Uprising by Raymond A. Villareal.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.




From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Adrift by Rob Boffard;

The Visitors by Catherine Burns is out in Trade Paperback;

Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded by Jason Heller;

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard is out in Trade Paperback;

Chaos Queen - Blood Requiem (Chaos Queen 3) by Christopher Husberg;

Refugees (Born to the Blade Season 1, Episode 8) by Malka Older;

Outbreak (Nightshades 3) by Melissa F. Olson;

After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley by Rob Reid is out in Trade Paperback;

and

The Legion of Flame (The Draconis Memoria 2) by Anthony Ryan is out in Trade Paperback.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - June 4, 2018



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

June 4, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
In Darkness Transformed (e) Alexis Morgan PNR - Paladin Strike Team 1



June 5, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Year's Best Military and Adventure SF, Volume 4 David Afsharirad (Ed) SF - Year's Best Military & Adventure Science 4
Devil's Due (h2mm) Taylor Anderson SF/AH - Destroyermen 12
The Wisdom of Madness C.J. Archer HistF - Ministry Of Curiosities 10
Adrift Rob Boffard SF
Brothers in Arms (ri) Lois McMaster Bujold SF/SO - Vorkosigan Saga 9
The Visitors (h2tp) Catherine Burns PsyTh
Brief Cases Jim Butcher UF - Dresden Files Collection
Grantville Gazette VIII Eric Flint (Ed)
Walt Boyes (Ed)
SF/TT - The Ring of Fire 8
Denver Moon: The Minds of Mars Warren Hammond
Joshua Viola
SF/CyP - Denver Moon
Strange Stars: David Bowie, Pop Music, and the Decade Sci-Fi Exploded Jason Heller SocSci/PopCul/LC/SF/F
An Unkindness of Magicians (h2tp) Kat Howard DF
A Peace Divided (h2tp) Tanya Huff SF/AC - Peacekeeper 2
Chaos Queen - Blood Requiem Christopher Husberg F/DF - Chaos Queen 3
Treeborne (D) Caleb Johnson LF/FL
The Traitor God (D) Cameron Johnston F/DF/UF
The Mist (ri) Stephen King Th
Carrie (ri) Stephen King H
The Hills Have Spies Mercedes Lackey F/FR - Valdemar: Family Spies 1
The Hawkman: A Fairy Tale of the Great War (D) Jane Rosenberg LaForge FairyT/FolkT/LM/MR/LF
A Panicked Premonition (h2mm) Victoria Laurie PM/Occ/Sup - Psychic Eye Mystery 15
Companions on the Road (ri) Tanith Lee F
Sparrow Hill Road (ri) Seanan McGuire P/UF/CF - Ghost Roads 1
Outbreak Melissa F. Olson P/UF - Nightshades 3
Expiration Date Tim Powers CF
After On: A Novel of Silicon Valley (h2tp) Rob Reid Satire/TechTh/SF/HU
2312 (h2mm) Kim Stanley Robinson SF/SO/Dys
Aurora (ri) Kim Stanley Robinson SF/SO/HSF
Plum Rains Andromeda Romano-Lax SF/AP/PA/Hist/Med
Free Chocolate (D) Amber Royer SF/SO - The Chocoverse 1
The Golden House (h2tp) Salman Rushdie LF/Satire/Political
The Legion of Flame (h2tp) Anthony Ryan F/DF - The Draconis Memoria 2
Koko Uncaged Kieran Shea SF
The Book of M (D) Peng Shepherd LF/NF
The Sea Peoples (h2mm) S. M. Stirling SF/AP/PA/AH/F - A Novel of the Change 14
The Delirium Brief (h2tp) Charles Stross CF/DF - Laundry Files 8
The Shimmer Carsten Stroud Th/SupTh/PsyTh
Star Trek: Discovery: Fear Itself James Swallow SF - Star Trek: Discovery 3
Her Beautiful Monster (h2tp) Adi Tantimedh M - Ravi PI 2
Glass and Gardens: Solarpunk Summers (e) Sarena Ulibarri (Ed) SF/HSF/Tech - Anthology
A People's History of the Vampire Uprising (D) Raymond A. Villareal CulH/H/Pol/SupTh
Finding the Texas Wolf Karen Whiddon PNR
The Maw Taylor Zajonc Sus/SF



June 6, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Meat And Salt And Sparks: A Tor.com Original (e) Rich Larson SF/M
Refugees (e) Malka Older F - Born to the Blade Season 1, Episode 8



June 7, 2018
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Ghost Stories (ri) M. R. James GH - The Penguin English Library
At the Mountains of Madness (ri) H. P. Lovecraft SF - The Penguin English Library
The Last Children of Tokyo Yoko Tawada Dys/LF



D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade Paperback to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
Cr - Crime
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CW - Contemporary Woman
CyP - Cyberpunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
Fict - Fiction
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HSF - Hard Science Fiction
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LegalTh - Legal Thriller
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legend and Mythology
M - Mystery
Med - Medical
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
MU - Mash Up
NF - Near Future
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
Psy Th - Psychological Thriller
Rel - Religious
SF - Science Fiction
SH - Superheroes
SocSci - Social Science
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
Tech - Technological
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
TTR - Time Travel Romance
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisM - Visionary and Metaphysical
W - Western

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

The View From Monday - September 25, 2017

Happy Last Monday in September!

There are 2 debuts this week:

The Visitors by Catherine Burns;

and

Leech Girl Lives by Rick Claypool.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

War and Craft (America Craft 3) by Tom Doyle;

An Unkindness of Magicians by Kat Howard;

Provenance by Ann Leckie;

Of Flame and Fate (A Weird Girls Novel 8) by Cecy Robson;

The Eternity War: Pariah (The Eternity War 1) by Jamie Sawyer;

Everfair by Nisi Shawl is out in Trade Paperback;

and

Horizon (Bone Universe 3) by Fran Wilde.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - September 25, 2017



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

September 25, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Warlord Wants Forever (e)(ri) Kresley Cole PNR - Immortals after Dark
Forsaken by Night (e) Larissa Ione PNR - Moonbound Clan Vampires 3
Lazy Son Eve Langlais PNR - Hell's Son 1
Dark Swan (e) Gena Showalter PNR - Alien Huntress 3



September 26, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
The Sound of Seas (h2tp) Gillian Anderson
Jeff Rovin
SF - The EarthEnd Saga 3
Lost Gods (h2tp) Brom DF
Gentleman Jole and the Red Queen (ri) Lois McMaster Bujold SF - Vorkosigan Saga 17
The Visitors (D) Catherine Burns PsyTh
Ender's Game Gift Edition Orson Scott Card SF - The Ender Quintet
Leech Girl Lives (D) Rick Claypool SF/HU
Paradox Bound Peter Clines SF/H/TT
Wolf Unbound (ri) Lauren Dane PNR - Cascadia Wolves 4
Blade Runner (ri) Philip K. Dick MTI/SF
War and Craft Tom Doyle CF/SF - American Craft 3
Planet of the Apes Omnibus 3 George Alec Effinger MTI/SF - Planet of the Apes
Castaway Odyssey (h2mm) Eric Flint
Ryk E. Spoor
SF/SO - Boundary 5
Alien: Covenant Origins - The Official Prequel to the Blockbuster Film Alan Dean Foster MTI/SF - Alien
Kane (e)(ri) Jacquelyn Frank PNR - Nightwalkers 1.5
Neverwhere Illustrated Edition Neil Gaiman SF
Doctor Who: Now We Are Six Hundred: A Collection of Time Lord Verse James Goss TV/SF
An Angel's Touch (h2mm) Heather Graham R/F/FR
Slayers & Vampires: The Complete Uncensored, Unauthorized Oral History of Buffy & Angel Edward Gross
Mark A. Altman
TV/HC
The Cocktail Guide to the Galaxy: A Universe of Unique Cocktails from the Celebrated Doctor Who Bar Andy Heidel Beverages/SF
An Unkindness of Magicians Kat Howard DF
Original Sin David R. George III SF - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine
Sleeping Beauties Stephen King
Owen King
Th/Sus
Provenance Ann Leckie SF
Star Trek: Discovery: Desperate Hours David Mack SF - Star Trek: Discovery 1
The Corporation Wars: Emergence Ken MacLeod SF/SO - Second Law Trilogy 3
When the Floods Came Clare Morrall LF
The Hunt Chloe Neill UF/PA - A Devil's Isle Novel 3
The Secrets of Drearcliff Grange School (tp2mm) Kim Newman F/P/H/AH
The Two of Swords: Part Nineteen (e) K. J. Parker F - Two of Swords
Death (e) Madhuri Pavamani FR - Keeper Series 3
Of Flame and Fate (e) Cecy Robson PNR - A Weird Girls Novel 8
Immortally Yours Lynsay Sands PNR - An Argeneau Novel 23
Savage Woods Mary SanGiovanni H
The Eternity War: Pariah Jamie Sawyer SF - The Eternity War 1
Everfair (h2tp) Nisi Shawl SP/HistF/AH
Archangel's Viper Nalini Singh PNR - Guild Hunter 10
Oceans: The Anthology (e) David Smith (Ed) SpecFic - Anthology
Extinction End Nicholas Sansbury Smith SF/PA/AP - The Extinction Cycle 5
Ghost in the Shell: The Official Movie Novelization James Swallow MTI/SF
The Lilitu, Primordial, The Cain Prophecy Toby Tate SF - The Lilitu Trilogy
Your Brother's Blood (h2tp) David Towsey SF - The Walkin' Trilogy 1
The Chosen (h2mm) J.R. Ward PNR - Black Dagger Brotherhood 15
Horizon Fran Wilde F - Bone Universe 3
The Emperor's Legion Chris Wraight SF - Watchers of the Throne 1
The Black Tides of Heaven JY Yang F - The Tensorate Series Novella
The Red Threads of Fortune JY Yang F - The Tensorate Series Novella



September 27, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Crossing Over (e) Margaret Dunlap UF/M - Bookburners Season 3 #11



September 28, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Belador Cosaint (e) Dianna Love PNR - Belador 9
The Wind Jay Caselberg Sus/H - NewCon Press Novellas Set 2 4



September 29, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Visionary Tongue Storm Constatine (Ed) SpecFic - Anthology



September 30, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
River's Edge James P. Blaylock SupTh
University Bentley Little H
The Collection Bentley Little H
The Policy Bentley Little H
The Summoning Bentley Little H
The Emperor and the Maula Robert Silverberg SF/AC



D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
Illus - Illustrator
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator



AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CB - Coloring Book
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
CulH - Cultural Heritage
CyP - CyberPunk
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GH - Ghost(s)
Gothic - Gothic
H - Horror
Hist - Historical
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LC - Literary Criticism
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Occ - Occult
P - Paranormal
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
Pol - Political
PopCul - Popular Culture
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
PsyTh - Psychological Thriller
R - Romance
RSus - Romantic Suspense
Satire - Satire
Sc - Science
SH -Superheroes
SF - Science Fiction
SO - Space Opera
SP - Steampunk
SpecFic - Speculative Fiction
SS - Short Stories
Sup - Supernatural
SupM - Supernatural Mystery
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
UFR - Urban Fantasy Romance
VM - Visionary and Metaphysical

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors


Here are some of the upcoming works by formerly featured DAC Authors! The year in parentheses is the year the author was featured in the DAC.


Geoffrey Girard (2013)

Mary Rose
Adaptive Books, October 17, 2017
Trade Paperback, 272 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
Mary Rose Moreland and Simon Blake are the perfect couple: successful young professionals in Philadelphia, attractive, madly in love, and ready to start a life together. When they travel to England for Simon to ask her parents’ permission to marry Mary Rose, he learns an unsettling secret: Mary Rose disappeared when she was a little girl while the family was vacationing on a remote Scottish island. She reappeared mysteriously thirty-three days later in the exact same spot without a scratch on her and no memory of what had happened.

After Simon hears about this disturbing episode in Mary Rose’s childhood, he becomes obsessed with finding out what happened. He proceeds to launch his own investigation and arranges during their honeymoon for them to visit the island where she disappeared. But as Mary Rose’s behavior gets stranger after their engagement, the need for Simon to unlock the truth about her past grows even more urgent. What he uncovers is beyond his most terrifying fears.

Mary Rose is author Geoffrey Girard’s chilling and modern take on a classic ghost story originally written by J. M. Barrie. And for years, master of suspense Alfred Hitchcock attempted to adapt Mary Rose into a film but was never successful. With this novel, Girard taps into the nightmarish fears that inspired both Barrie and Hitchcock, while also bringing the story to the present day with his own unique voice.





Kat Howard (2016)

An Unkindness of Magicians
Saga Press, September 26, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 368 pages

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
There is a dark secret that is hiding at the heart of New York City and diminishing the city’s magicians’ power in this fantasy thriller by acclaimed author Kat Howard.

In New York City, magic controls everything. But the power of magic is fading. No one knows what is happening, except for Sydney—a new, rare magician with incredible power that has been unmatched in decades, and she may be the only person who is able to stop the darkness that is weakening the magic. But Sydney doesn’t want to help the system, she wants to destroy it.

Sydney comes from the House of Shadows, which controls the magic with the help of sacrifices from magicians.





Ken Liu (2015)

The Legends of Luke Skywalker
Journey to Star Wars: The Last Jedi
    J.G. Jones (Illustrated by)
Disney Lucasfilm Press, October 31, 2017
Hardcover, 432 pages
    Juvenile Fiction \ Media Tie-In

Covers Revealed - Upcoming Works by DAC Authors
As a cargo ship rockets across thegalaxy to Canto Bight, the deckhands on board trade stories about legendary JediKnight Luke Skywalker. But are the stories of iconic and mysterious LukeSkywalker true, or merely tall tales passed from one corner of the galaxy toanother? Is Skywalker really a famous Jedi hero, an elaborate charlatan,or even part droid? The deckhands will have to decide for themselves when they hear The Legends of Luke Skywalker.

A collection of myths and tall-tales about the legendary Jedi Luke Skywalker, written by Nebula, Hugo, and World Fantasy award-winning author Ken Liu.

The View From Monday - July 3, 2017

Happy 1st Monday in July!

There are 2 debuts this week:

Out in the Open by Jesús Carrasco;

and

Lost in Arcadia by Sean Gandert.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



From formerly featured DAC Authors:

Good Morning, Midnight by Lily Brooks-Dalton is out in Trade Paperback;

Roses and Rot by Kat Howard is out in Trade Paperback;

Sungrazer by Jay Posey;

and

Wicked Kiss by Rebecca Zanetti.

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Clicking on a novel's cover will take you to its Amazon page.



The View From Monday - July 3, 2017



Debut novels are highlighted in blue. Novels, etc. by formerly featured DAC Authors are highlighted in green.

July 1, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Royal Enchantment (e) Sharon Ashwood PNR
Sleeping with Monsters: Readings and Reactions in Science Fiction and Fantasy Liz Bourke SF/F/HC
Lost In Arcadia (D) Sean Gandert LF/Dys
The Big Meat Carlton Mellick III PA/H
The Man of Legends Kenneth Johnson SupTh
Kris Longknife's Relief: Grand Admiral Santiago on Alwa Station (Ke) Mike Shepherd SF - Kris Longknife
Her Guardian Shifter (e) Karen Whiddon PNR



July 3, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Contingency Plan (e) Robyn Bachar SFR - Galactic Cold War 2
Wolf's Empire: Gladiator (h2tp) Claudia Christian Morgan Grant Buchanan SF
Dune: Legends, Heroes, Schools (e) Brian Herbert
Kevin J. Anderson
SF - Dune
The Wheel of Time, Books 5-9 (e) Robert Jordan F - Wheel of Time
The Corean Chronicles, Volume One (e) L. E. Modesitt Jr. F - Corean Chronicles Series
Hell's Bounty (h2tp) Joe R. Lansdale
John L. Lansdale
H/W
Zombie Gold (h2tp) John L. Lansdale Z/W/H
Batman: Metal Die-Cast Bat-Signal Running Press MTI
Drakon's Plunder (e) N.J. Walters PNR - Blood of the Drakon 3



July 4, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Royal Enchantment Sharon Ashwood PNR
Straight Outta Tombstone David Boop (Ed) F - Anthology
Good Morning, Midnight (h2tp) Lily Brooks-Dalton LF/SF
The Icarus Corps: The Darkside War; Titan's Fall; Jupiter Rising Zachary Brown SF - The Icarus Corps
Jupiter Rising (e) Zachary Brown SF - Icarus Corps 3
Out in the Open (D) Jesús Carrasco
Margaret Jull Costa (Tr)
Dys/LF
Wolfling (ri) Gordon R. Dickson SF
The Reluctant Queen Sarah Beth Durst F - Queens of Renthia 2
The Alexander Inheritance Eric Flint
Gorg Huff
Paula Goodlett
AH - Ring of Fire
The Rift Uprising (h2tp) Amy S. Foster SF - The Rift Uprising Trilogy 1
Sherlock Holmes vs. Cthulhu: The Adventure of the Deadly Dimensions Lois H. Gresh M/F - Cthulhu Vs. Sherlock
Midnight Crossroad (ri) Charlaine Harris MTI/PM -  Midnight, Texas 1
Lost Boy: The True Story of Captain Hook Christina Henry DF
Roses and Rot (h2tp) Kat Howard CF
Heroine Worship Sarah Kuhn UF - Heroine Complex 2
Heroine Complex (tp2mm) Sarah Kuhn UF - Heroine Complex 1
A Panicked Premonition Victoria Laurie PM - Psychic Eye Mystery 15
The Storm Lord (ri) Tanith Lee F - Wars of Vis 1
A Fading Sun Stephen Leigh F/FairyT/FolkT/LM/ DF
The Hike (h2tp) Drew Magary CF
The Crooked Path E.V. Morrigan F
Key Out of Time (e)(ri) Andre Norton SF - Time Traders 4
The Time Traders (e)(ri) Andre Norton SF - Time Traders 1
The Defiant Agents (e)(ri) Andre Norton SF - Time Traders 3
Threading the Needle (h2mm) Joshua Palmatier F - Ley 2
Sungrazer Jay Posey SF - Outriders
The Song of the Orphans Daniel Price SF - Silvers 2
Grave Ransom Kalayna Price UF - Alex Craft 5
Crashing Heaven Al Robertson SF
The Shipshape Miracle: And Other Stories (e) Clifford D. Simak SF - Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak 10
Dusty Zebra: And Other Stories (e) Clifford D. Simak SF - Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak 11
The Goblin Reservation (ri) Clifford D. Simak SF
The Thing in the Stone: And Other Stories (e) Clifford D. Simak SF - Complete Short Fiction of Clifford D. Simak 12
Time Is the Simplest Thing (ri) Clifford D. Simak SF
A Heritage of Stars (ri) Clifford D. Simak SF
In Evil Times Melinda Snodgrass SF - Imperials Saga 2
An Oath of Dogs Wendy Wagner SF
The Harbors of the Sun Martha Wells F
Her Guardian Shifter Karen Whiddon PNR
The Cityborn Edward Willett SF/Dys
Wicked Kiss Rebecca Zanetti PRS - Realm Enforcers 4



July 5, 2017
TITLEAUTHORSERIES
Eyes I Dare Not Meet in Dreams: A Tor.com Original (e) Sunny Moraine DF
When the Devil Drives: A Tor.com Original (e) Melinda Snodgrass SF/SH - Wild Cards


D - Debut
e - eBook
Ed - Editor
h2mm - Hardcover to Mass Market Paperback
h2tp - Hardcover to Trade Paperback
ri - reissue or reprint
tp2mm - Trade to Mass Market Paperback
Tr - Translator


AC - Alien Contact
AH - Alternate History
AP - Apocalyptic
CF - Contemporary Fantasy
CoA - Coming of Age
CW - Contemporary Women
DF - Dark Fantasy
Dys - Dystopian
F - Fantasy
FairyT - Fairy Tales
FL - Family Life
FolkT - Folk Tales
FR - Fantasy Romance
GH - Ghost(s)
GenEng - Genetic Engineering
GO - Gothic
H - Horror
HC - History and Criticism
HistF - Historical Fantasy
HU - Humor
LF - Literary Fiction
LM - Legends and Mythology
M - Mystery
MR - Magical Realism
MTI - Media Tie-In
Noir - Noir
Occ - Occult
PA - Post Apocalyptic
PI - Private Investigator
PM - Paranormal Mystery
PNR - Paranormal Romance
PRS - Paranormal Romantic Suspense
Psy - Psychological
R - Romance
RPGs - Role Playing Games
Satire - Satire
SF - Science Fiction
SFR - Science Fiction Romance
SH - Superhero(es)
SP - Steampunk
Sup - Supernatural
SupTh - Supernatural Thriller
Sus - Suspense
TechTh - Technological Thriller
Th - Thriller
TT - Time Travel
UF - Urban Fantasy
VisMeta - Visionary and Metaphysical
W - Western
Z - Zombies

Note: Not all genres and formats are found in the books, etc. listed above.

Cosmic Powers, edited by John Joseph Adams


Next month, Saga Press will publish Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies edited by John Joseph Adams. Check out the Table of Contents below and the gorgeous cover art by Chris Foss.


Cosmic Powers: The Saga Anthology of Far-Away Galaxies
Saga Press, April 18, 2017
Hardcover, Trade Paperback and eBook, 352 pages

Cosmic Powers, edited by John Joseph Adams
A collection of original, epic science fiction stories by some of today’s best writers—for fans who want a little less science and a lot more action—and edited by two-time Hugo Award winner John Joseph Adams.

Inspired by movies like The Guardians of the Galaxy and Star Wars, this anthology features brand-new stories from some of science fiction’s best authors including Dan Abnett, Jack Campbell, Linda Nagata, Seanan McGuire, Alan Dean Foster, Charlie Jane Anders, Kameron Hurley, and many others.


TABLE OF CONTENTS

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42


This is the forty-second in this new series of updates about formerly featured Debut Author Challenge authors and their works published or to be published since their last update. The year in parentheses after the author's name is the year that author was featured in the Debut Author Challenge.



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Part 10 here Part 20 here Part 30 here Part 40 here Part 50 here




Eve Chase (2016)

The Wilding Sisters
G.P. Putnam's Sons, July 25, 2017
Hardcover and eBook, 384 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42
An evocative novel in the vein of Kate Morton and Daphne Du Maurier, in which the thrill of first love clashes with the bonds of sisterhood, and all will be tested by the dark secret at the heart of Applecote Manor.

Four sisters. One summer. A lifetime of secrets.

When fifteen-year-old Margot and her three sisters arrive at Applecote Manor in June 1959, they expect a quiet English country summer. Instead, they find their aunt and uncle still reeling from the disappearance of their daughter, Audrey, five years before. As the sisters become divided by new tensions when two handsome neighbors drop by, Margot finds herself drawn into the life Audrey left behind. When the summer takes a deadly turn, the girls must unite behind an unthinkable choice or find themselves torn apart forever.

Fifty years later, Jesse is desperate to move her family out of their London home, where signs of her widower husband’s previous wife are around every corner. Gorgeous Applecote Manor, nestled in the English countryside, seems the perfect solution. But Jesse finds herself increasingly isolated in their new sprawling home, at odds with her fifteen-year-old stepdaughter, and haunted by the strange rumors that surround the manor.

Rich with the heat and angst of love both young and old, The Wildling Sisters is a gorgeous and breathtaking journey into the bonds that unite a family and the darkest secrets of the human heart.


Black Rabbit Hall
G.P. Putnam's Sons, July 4, 2017
Trade Paperback, 400 pages
Hardcover and eBook, February 9, 2016

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42
For fans of Kate Morton and Daphne du Maurier, here’s a magnetic debut novel of wrenching family secrets, forbidden love, and heartbreaking loss housed within the grand gothic manor of Black Rabbit Hall.

Amber Alton knows that the hours pass differently at Black Rabbit Hall, her London family’s country estate, where no two clocks read the same. Summers there are perfect, timeless. Not much ever happens. Until, of course, it does.

More than three decades later, Lorna is determined to be married within the grand, ivy-covered walls of Pencraw Hall, known as Black Rabbit Hall among the locals. But as she’s drawn deeper into the overgrown grounds, half-buried memories of her mother begin to surface and Lorna soon finds herself ensnared within the manor’s labyrinthine history, overcome with an insatiable need for answers about her own past and that of the once-happy family whose memory still haunts the estate.

Stunning and atmospheric, this debut novel is a thrilling spiral into the hearts of two women separated by decades but inescapably linked by the dark and tangled secrets of Black Rabbit Hall.

From the Hardcover edition.





G.S. Denning (2016)

Warlock Holmes: The Hell-Hound of the Baskervilles
Warlock Holmes 2
Titan Books, May 16, 2017
Trade Paperback and eBook, 320 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42
The game’s afoot once more as Holmes and Watson face off against Moriarty’s gang, the Pinkertons, flesh-eating horses, a parliament of imps, boredom, Surrey, a disappointing butler demon, a succubus, a wicked lord, an overly-Canadian lord, a tricycle-fight to the death and the dreaded Pumpcrow. Oh, and a hell hound, one assumes.





Lena Gregory (2016)

Occult and Battery
A Bay Island Psychic Mystery 2
Berkley, April 4, 2017
Mass Market Paperback and eBook, 304 pages

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42
A murder mystery weekend becomes a little too real in the latest Bay Island Psychic Mystery from the author of Death at First Sight—

Cass Donovan uses her skills as a former psychiatrist to get away with pretending to be psychic, but she’s not about to let anyone get away with murder…

The outlook is not so good for Cass’s psychic shop, Mystical Musings. With winter winds discouraging tourists from riding the ferry from Long Island to Bay Island, Cass hopes to draw in more customers by hosting a murder mystery weekend, complete with a séance, in a supposedly haunted mansion.

But Cass begins to lose her spirit when her ex-husband shows up, along with his fiancée—Cass’s ex-best friend. Then, after one of the guests is found dead, a blizzard blows in, trapping everyone inside with a murderer. Now Cass must divine who did the deed before her reputation and her livelihood fade away.





Kat Howard (2016)

Rose and Rot
Saga Press, July 4, 2017
Trade Paperback, 336 pages
Hardcover and eBook, May 17, 2016

What's Up for the Debut Author Challenge Authors, Part 42
Imogen and her sister Marin escape their cruel mother to attend a prestigious artists’ retreat, but soon learn that living in a fairy tale requires sacrifices, whether it be art or love in this critically acclaimed debut novel from “a remarkable young writer” (Neil Gaiman, American Gods).

What would you sacrifice for everything you ever dreamed of?

Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn’t imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program—Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there’s more to the school than meets the eye. Imogen might be living in the fairy tale she’s dreamed about as a child, but it’s one that will pit her against Marin if she decides to escape her past to find her heart’s desire.

Interview with Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot


Please welcome Kat Howard to The Qwillery as part of the 2016 Debut Author Challenge Interviews. Roses and Rot will be published on May 17th by Saga Press.



Interview with Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot



TQWelcome to The Qwillery. When and why did you start writing?

Kat:  I started writing seriously in late 2007, when I decided to apply to Clarion. I was basically in a situation where my personal life had taken an unexpected turn, and it was one of those “Okay, well, let’s see if I can do this thing, what have I got to lose” moments. I was so sure that I wouldn’t succeed that it stopped me from feeling afraid about it.



TQAre you a plotter, a pantser or a hybrid?

Kat:  In my initial drafts, I’m almost entirely a pantser. Once I have that down, I then go back and figure out what I’ve left out, and try to do things like impose some sort of structure and make sure a plot gets in there at some point.



TQWhat is the most challenging thing for you about writing?

Kat:  In case that answer above didn’t give it away, I do have to remember to put the plot in, and it has been and continues to be a challenge for me to get my brain to think about plot in a way that translates to things actually happening on the page. I’m also someone who is, for the most part, much more comfortable when I’m revising, rather then when I’m writing that very first draft, so learning to relax and write something that’s “good enough for now” so that I can move on and then make it better later is an ongoing thing as well.



TQWhat has influenced/influences your writing?

Kat:  I think it can be hard to see your own influences sometimes, to recognize the thing that itches your brain until it becomes a story. But I’m inspired by a lot of writers currently working: Holly Black and Elizabeth Hand and Sarah McCarry and Kelly Link and Sofia Samatar and Maggie Stiefvater and Victoria Schwab and Maria Dahvana Headley and Fran Wilde and Genevieve Valentine and Zen Cho and Carmen Maria Machado and that’s a non-exhaustive list.



TQDescribe Roses and Rot in 140 characters or less.

Kat:  It’s a gender-flipped riff on Tam Lin set at a modern day artists’ colony.



TQTell us something about Roses and Rot that is not found in the book description.

Kat:  It contains two kittens, a train, and chocolate mousse.



TQWhat inspired you to write Roses and Rot? What appeals to you about writing Contemporary Fantasy?

Kat:  I’ve loved the story of Tam Lin ever since I first read Pamela Dean’s novel. Roses and Rot came out of thinking about one particular part of that story – the tithe that Fairy pays, and the way to break that tithe. Who do you love enough to risk that much for? Once I had that question, I had the beginning of the book.

I write fantasy because it’s a genre that allows me to start with the metaphor, and move on from there. I like weirdness and magic and wonder, and writing fantasy allows me to make all of those things literal.



TQWhat sort of research did you do for Roses and Rot?

Kat:  I read a lot of biographies of women artists, and I watched a lot of ballet. Let me tell you, it’s not a bad life, watching videos of Misty Copeland or Sergei Polunin for work.



TQWhy did you set the novel in rural New Hampshire?

Kat:  I knew and loved the area.



TQWho was the easiest character to write and why? The hardest and why?

Kat:  The easiest character was probably Imogen – I had her voice in my head from the beginning, and I always felt like I knew her. The most difficult was probably Imogen and Marin’s Mom, because she was so unpleasant.



TQGive us one or two of your favorite non-spoilery quotes from Roses and Rot.

Kat:  “You go into the woods to find your story. If you are brave, if you are fortunate, you walk out of them to find your life.”



TQDo you have any favorite fairy tales?

Kat:  My favorite is probably “Beauty and the Beast” – I collect different versions of it. I also really love “The Six Swans.”



TQWhat's next?

Kat:  Well, I’m always writing short fiction, and – speaking of fairy tales – I have a retelling of “The Snow Queen” that will be a part of The Starlit Wood anthology, coming later this year from Saga. I’ll also have a new novel (completely unrelated to Roses and Rot, which is fully a standalone) out from Saga in the fall of 2017.



TQThank you for joining us at The Qwillery.





Rose and Rot
Saga Press, May 17, 2016
Hardcover and eBook, 320 pages

Interview with Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot
Publishers Weekly Best Sci-Fi/Fantasy/Horror Novel of Summer 2016

Imogen and her sister Marin escape their cruel mother to attend a prestigious artists’ retreat, but soon learn that living in a fairy tale requires sacrifices, whether it be art or love in this haunting debut novel from “a remarkable young writer” (Neil Gaiman).

What would you sacrifice for everything you ever dreamed of?

Imogen has grown up reading fairy tales about mothers who die and make way for cruel stepmothers. As a child, she used to lie in bed wishing that her life would become one of these tragic fairy tales because she couldn’t imagine how a stepmother could be worse than her mother now. As adults, Imogen and her sister Marin are accepted to an elite post-grad arts program—Imogen as a writer and Marin as a dancer. Soon enough, though, they realize that there’s more to the school than meets the eye. Imogen might be living in the fairy tale she’s dreamed about as a child, but it’s one that will pit her against Marin if she decides to escape her past to find her heart’s desire.





About Kat

Interview with Kat Howard, author of Roses and Rot
Photograph © Shane Leonard
Kat Howard lives in New Hampshire. Her short fiction has been nominated for the World Fantasy Award, anthologized in year's best and best of collections, and performed on NPR. Roses and Rot is her debut novel. You can find her on twitter at @KatWithSword.












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