This week, I looked up from the books I was reading to realize I had chosen volumes from authors I know, either because I published their work previously, or had connected online. In this episode, I reflect on how excited Middle-School-Me would have been to be able to talk to authors and get to know them, and how lucky I am to be able to read a book and then visit the author's platform to learn more about them (and buy more books!) Then, I get to talk with Gordon Linzner, an author who has a wide and varied bio, and who has recently released an urban fantasy detective novel he wrote in 1985, Highway of Hell: An Evelyn Slade Mystery. So, grab a cup of coffee, and sit down with some new old friends as we talk about poetry, the military brat life, horror, the human condition, and what else is new On the Shelf.
Links:
Synthetic Dawns & Crimson Dusks by Pedro Iniguez
One Breath and Brats by Dr. Catharine Clark-Sayles
Nothing But Blackened Teeth by Cassandra Khaw
About Gordon Linzner: Gordon Linzner is founder and former editor of Space and Time Magazine, and author of four published novels and dozens of short stories appearing in Fantasy & Science Fiction, Twilight Zone, Sherlock Holmes Mystery Magazine, and numerous other magazines and anthologies. He is also a copy editor, a licensed New York City tour guide, a sound technician, and lead singer for the Saboteur Tiger Blues band, among other odd jobs. He is a full member of the Horror Writers Association and a lifetime member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association.
Highway of Hell: An Evelyn Slade Mystery
Gordon Linzner's Chronological Bibliography
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