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From Myths to Monsters: How Indie Author Richard Aden Vance Crafts Emotional Sci-Fi
West Virginia author Richard Aden Vance explores how Appalachian folklore influences his paranormal horror and speculative fiction, including Aden's Fables and Twilight Symbiosis.
Author Christopher Valentine on Self-Publishing, Classic Superman, and His New Book: The Valiant Knight
Jamaican sci-fi and fantasy author Christopher Valentine discusses his disillusionment with mainstream entertainment. Discover why he turned to self-publishing on Royal Road to create The Valiant Knight, a 1940s superhero period piece.
Jellyfish Babies, Severed Arms, and Soviet Paranoia: The 14-Year Journey of Mushroomhead
Scottish author Stephen Toman discusses the chaotic journey of writing Mushroomhead—a non-genre novel influenced by Disco Elysium. Learn how he used scissors and glue to cut 60,000 words and navigate the world of indie publishing.
Veteran "Nobody F’n Important" on PTSD, the Iraq War, and Writing as Survival
An Iraq War veteran writing as "Nobody Fn Important" shares a raw look at PTSD and creativity. He explains how writing became the only way to escape the foxhole of trauma after serving at Abu Ghraib.
Author Spotlight: Jasper Osborne
Author Jasper Osborne discusses his new book, Dreams We Made Along the Way—a global collection of real dreams, from the hilarious to the terrifying. Discover how a personal journaling habit turned into a worldwide archive of the subconscious.
Exclusive Excerpt: Read the First Pages of “Under The Alien Skin”
In a world where the ordinary meets the extraordinary, an abandoned child, Brus, grows up moving through different homes, facing pain, loss, and a darkness within himself. A secret agency rescues him from prison and trains him for an extraordinary mission: to fight a mysterious threat that seems to come from space.