Black Gate Column

Since mid-2016, I’ve been a columnist for BlackGate.com where I review recent and not-so-recent releases in science fiction and fantasy. My reviews are always “In 500 Words or Less” and deliberately written in a casual and conversational voice, since I find a lot of reviews tend to be really long and really wordy. As well, I occasionally interview fellow authors about their recent work as part of a period series I’ve called “Wordsmiths,” which started on my blog here many moons ago.

I’ve had the chance to look at a lot of different titles since I started this column, but here are a few of my favorite reviews and interviews:

Reviews

• Catfish Lullaby by A.C. Wise (posted August 2019)
• Ghost Talkers by Mary Robinette Kowal (posted May 2017)
• Gods, Monsters and the Lucky Peach by Kelly Robson (posted April 2018)
• Lost Transmissions: The Secret History of Science Fiction and Fact (posted October 2019)
• New Suns: Original Speculative Fiction by People of Color (posted March 2019)
• Robots vs Fairies edited by Dominik Parisien and Navah Wolfe (posted March 2018)
• Skin Game by Jim Butcher (posted August 2017)
• The Nine by Tracy Townsend (posted October 2017)
• The Quantum Magician by Derek Kunsken (posted October 2018)
• Titanshade by Dan Stout (posted May 2019)
• Waypoint Kangaroo by Curtis Chen (posted May 2018)

Interviews

• Charlie Jane Anders, author of The City in the Middle of the Night (posted April 2020)
• Charlotte Ashley, co-writer of Archipelago (posted May 2017)
• Evan May, author of The King in Darkness (posted February 2017)
• Jim Butcher, author of The Dresden Files and Cinderspire series (posted February 2018)
• Kevin Hearne, author of The Iron Druid Chronicles (posted November 2018)
• Leah Bobet, author of An Inheritance of Ashes (posted December 2016)
• Rebecca Roanhorse, author of Trail of Lightning (posted May 2019)
• Steven Erikson, author of The Malazan Book of the Fallen (posted November 2017)
• Waubgeshig Rice, author of Moon of the Crusted Snow (posted February 2019)