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April 2013

Dear Reader Letter, Excerpt, and Video from Dead Ever After, by Charlaine Harris

Essay and Excerpt from Generation V, by M. L. Brennan

Book Trailer and Excerpt from Bronze Gods, by A. A. Aguirre

Excerpt and Author Essay from The Mist-Torn Witches, by Barb Hendee

 

MARCH 2013

Essay and Excerpt from Appalachian Overthrow, by E. E. Knight

Essay and Excerpt from A Matter of Blood, by Sarah Pinborough

Essay and Excerpt from Red Planet Blues, by Robert J. Sawyer

Excerpt from River of Stars, by Guy Gavriel Kay

 

FEBRUARY 2013

Excerpt from Frost Burned, by Patricia Briggs

Author Essay and Excerpt from Written in Red, by Anne Bishop

Excerpt from Slashback, by Rob Thurman

Excerpt from The Golden Age of Death, by Amber Benson

 

JANUARY 2013

Excerpt from Blood Oranges, by Caitlin R. Kiernan writing as Kathleen Tierney

Excerpt from Between, by Kerry Schafer

Author Essay and Excerpt from Shadow Ops: Fortress Frontier, by Myke Cole

Excerpt from The Burn Zone, by James Decker

 

DECEMBER 2012

Q&A and Excerpt from Doktor Glass, by Thomas Brennan

Excerpt from Cutter's Wars: The Ramal Extraction, by Steve Perry

Excerpt from Doctor Who: The Wheel of Ice, by Stephen Baxter

Excerpt from The Dog in the Dark, by Barb & J.C. Hendee

 

NOVEMBER 2012

Author Essay and Excerpt from The Cassandra Project, by Jack McDevitt and Mike Resnick

Excerpt from Still Life with Shape-shifter, by Sharon Shinn

Excerpt from Bronze Summer, by Stephen Baxter

Excerpt from Flame of Sevenwaters, by Juliet Marillier

 

SEPTEMBER 2012

Author Essay and Excerpt from Dark Currents, by Jacqueline Carey

Author Essay and Excerpt from Daughter of the Sword, by Steve Bein

Author Essay and Excerpt from The Lost Stars: Tarnished Knight, by Jack Campbell

Author Q&A and Excerpt from Dark Light of Day, by Jill Archer

 

AUGUST 2012

Excerpt from Slow Apocalypse, by John Varley

Hype Copy and Excerpt from Those Across the River, by Christopher Buehlman

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Clean, by Alex Hughes

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Endgame, by Ann Aguirre

 

JULY 2012

Top 5 Moments and Excerpt from Gunmetal Magic, by Ilona Andrews

Author Essay and Excerpt from King of Thorns, by Mark Lawrence

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from An Officer's Duty, by Jean Johnson

Excerpt from Seawitch, by Kat Richardson

 

JUNE 2012

Editor Praise and Excerpt from Doctor Who: Shada, by Douglas Adams & Gareth Roberts

Ace and Roc go to San Diego Comic-Con 2012

Excerpt from Iron Gray Sea, by Taylor Anderson

Excerpt from Grave Memory, by Kalayna Price

 

MAY 2012

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Blue Remembered Earthby Alastair Reynolds

Author Essay and Excerpt from Cursed by Benedict Jacka

Author Note and Excerpt from All Spell Breaks Loose by Lisa Shearin

Excerpt from Blood Kin, by M. J. Scott

 

APRIL 2012

Tour Info and Excerpt from Deadlocked by Charlaine Harris

Q&A and Excerpt from Lord Valentine's Castle by Robert Silverberg

Q&A and Excerpt from Pod by Stephen Wallenfells

Excerpt from The Lost Fleet: Beyond The Frontier: Invincible, by Jack Campbell

 

MARCH 2012

Essay and Excerpt from Shape of Desire by Sharon Shinn

Author's Note and Excerpt from Triggers by Robert J. Sawyer

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Devil's Punch by Ann Aguirre

Q&A and Excerpt from Shadow's Fall, by Dianne Sylvan

 

FEBRUARY 2012

Note from the Editor and Excerpt from Fated by Benedict Jacka

Excerpt from Fair Gameby Patricia Briggs

Video and Excerpt from The Drowning Girl by Caitlin Kiernan

Video and Excerpt from Doubletake, by Rob Thurman

An Essay from Jack McDevitt, author of the 2012 Nebula Award nomination for best novel, Firebird

 

JANUARY 2012

Essay and Excerpt from Shadow Ops: Control Point by Myke Cole

Excerpt from Undone Deeds by Mark Del Franco

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Unbroken: Outcast Season by Rachel Caine

Author's note and Excerpt from The Order of Scales, by Stephen Deas

 

DECEMBER 2011

Essay and Excerpt from The Bride Wore Black Leather by Simon R. Green

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Mortal Bone by Marjorie Liu

Interview and Excerpt from Raven Cursed by Faith Hunter

Author's note and Excerpt from Illegal Alien, by Robert J. Sawyer

 

NOVEMBER 2011

Excerpt from Supervolcano: Eruptionby Harry Turtledove

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from Fate's Edge by Ilona Andrews

Essay by Kelly McCullough and an Excerpt from Broken Blade

Excerpt from Earthbound, by Joe Haldeman

 

OCTOBER 2011

Excerpt from I, Robot by Mickey Zucker Reichert

Interview with Sandy Williams and an Excerpt from The Shadow Reader

Dear Reader Letter and Excerpt from The Doomsday Vault by Steven Harper

Excerpt from Stone Spring, by Stephen Baxter

 

SEPTEMBER 2011

Excerpt from Down These Strange Streets edited by George R. R. Martin

Demon Fighting Tips from Nancy Holzner and an Excerpt from Bloodstone

Interview with Linda Poitevin and Excerpt from Sins of the Angels

Excerpt from Dead Mann Walking by Stefan Petrucha

 

AUGUST 2011

Excerpt from The Sookie Stackhouse Companion edited by Charlaine Harris

Excerpt from Shadow Kin by M. J. Scott

Essay by Christopher Buehlman and Excerpt from Those Across the River

Excerpt from The Tears of the Sun by S. M. Stirling

 

JULY 2011

Excerpt from Prince of Thorns by newcomer Mark Lawrence

Video and Excerpt from Ghost Story by Jim Butcher

Excerpt from Working Stiff by Rachel Caine

Excerpt from Bloodlands by Christine Cody

Essay by Christina Henry and an Excerpt from Black Night

 

JUNE 2011

Letter from David S. Goyer and Michael Cassutt and an Excerpt from Heaven's Shadow

Letter from the Editor and an Excerpt from Dead Iron by Devon Monk

Excerpt from Rule 34 by Charles Stross

Essay from Phillippa Ballantine and an Excerpt from Spectyr

 

MAY 2011

Essay from Jason Starr and an Excerpt from The Pack

Letter from the Author Duo Ilona Andrews and an Excerpt from Magic Slays

Essay from Allen Steele and an Excerpt from Hex

An Update from ACE/ROC

 

APRIL 2011

Essay from the Editor and Excerpt from Dreadnaught

Excerpt from The Cold Kiss of Death by Suzanne McLeod

Excerpt from Gods & Monsters by Lyn Benedict

Excerpt from Uncertain Allies by Mark Del Franco

 

MARCH 2011

Essay by Douglas Hulick and an Excerpt from Among Thieves

Essay by Christopher Golden and an Excerpt from Waking Nightmares

Excerpt from WWW:Wonder by Rob Sawyer

Essay by Ann Aquirre and an Excerpt from Shady Lady

 

FEBRUARY 2011

Letter from Patricia Briggs and an Excerpt from River Marked

Essay from Anne Bishop About Twilight's Dawn

Interview with Thomas A. Sniegoski and an Excerpt from A Hundred Words for Hate

Excerpt from Blackout by Rob Thurman

 

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