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Author interview: Kari Kilgore on Fantastic Shorts—Appalachian secrets, a magical bookstore called Odds and Endings, and always expecting the strange. 📚 blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ka...
Interview: Kari Kilgore on Fantastic Shorts - Blackbird Publishing
Kari Kilgore on strange undercurrents, Appalachian ground, and writing Fantastic Shorts for the 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles—an author interview.
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DeAnna Knippling’s The Fold Magic Stories is one of fifteen exclusive collections in the 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles. Read the interview, then grab the bundle before it’s gone August 27!!! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-de...
Interview: DeAnna Knippling on The Fold Magic Stories - Blackbird Publishing
DeAnna Knippling on writing The Fold Magic Stories for the 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles—an author interview from Blackbird Publishing.
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DeAnna Knippling’s The Fold Magic Stories is one of fifteen exclusive collections in the 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles—in this interview she talks about about the fold, the Doctor Rudolfo boys, and a heist to steal the Apocalypse. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-de...
Interview: DeAnna Knippling on The Fold Magic Stories - Blackbird Publishing
DeAnna Knippling on writing The Fold Magic Stories for the 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles—an author interview from Blackbird Publishing.
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🧚 The 2026 Fantasy Bundle of Bundles is live—fifteen exclusive collections from fifteen writers, curated by Kristine Kathryn Rusch. Our A Procession of Faeries 4–6 is inside. Pay what you want; a share supports World Central Kitchen. storybundle.com/fantasy
The whole Blackbird Publishing catalog now lives in one place: our brand-new shop! 📚 Every anthology, every novel, every non-fiction book we’ve ever published—all on the new shop. blackbirdpublishing.com/shop/
Three Monster Road Trip authors on their stories — a werewolf on a train, a 1957 zombie comet, road-tripping goblins — plus the worst monster to ride shotgun with. Escape from 2026 StoryBundle: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-mo...
Interview: Inside Monster Road Trip — Mark Leslie, DeAnna Knippling & Jamie Ferguson - Blackbird Publishing
Amazing Monster Tales: Monster Road Trip packs ten monsters into cars, trains, and trouble—and we pulled three of its contributors aside to talk about
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Ten monsters hit the road and nobody filled the gas tank. A chat with Monster Road Trip co-editors Jamie Ferguson & DeAnna Knippling. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-mo...
Interview: Jamie Ferguson & DeAnna Knippling on Monster Road Trip - Blackbird Publishing
Ten monsters hit the open road, and not one of them remembered to fill the gas tank. Amazing Monster Tales: Monster Road Trip—the second issue of the
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Kris Rusch curated the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle — and her exclusive What If… Volume 1 pairs two novels: Snipers (time travel + a 1913 Vienna killer) and Consecrated Ground, which runs along two timelines. Check out the interview with Kris! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-kr...
Interview: Kristine Kathryn Rusch on What If… Volume 1 - Blackbird Publishing
Two of Kristine Kathryn Rusch’s most acclaimed novels share one StoryBundle-exclusive volume. In Snipers, a bestselling crime writer and a detective’s
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No time machines here. In Into the Time Slip, Douglas Smith reaches through time four different ways across four award-finalist tales. Part of the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-do...
Interview: Douglas Smith on Into the Time Slip - Blackbird Publishing
Douglas Smith on refusing the easy version of a time-travel idea — remote viewing, particle colliders, a dinner that takes three lifetimes — across the four award-finalist stories of Into the Time Sli...
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"Smart people are some of the stupidest people you will ever meet." Michael Warren Lucas on Tiny Time Wars — five tales where the time travel is never really the point. In the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-mi...
Interview: Michael Warren Lucas on Tiny Time Wars - Blackbird Publishing
Michael Warren Lucas on singularities, the almighty power of last year’s Taco Shop, and why the soil interests him more than the seed — across the five stories of Tiny Time Wars in the Escape from 202...
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A carnival barker rolls into 1888 Dakota with seven wagons of wonders — some beautiful, some cruel, some impossible. DeAnna Knippling's An Outfit of Otherworlds, part of the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-de...
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"…while everyone else is having a perfectly normal Tuesday in 1347." Jason A. Adams on Misbehaving Time, five tales where time slips on its own — part of the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ja...
Interview: Jason A. Adams on Misbehaving Time - Blackbird Publishing
Jason A. Adams on Appalachian yarn-spinning, time that misbehaves on its own, and the second chances that keep turning up across the five stories of Misbehaving Time — his contribution to the Escape f...
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"I like stories that impose order on chaos." Annie Reed on Unexpected Timelines — time-travel and alternate-history tales, including the first-ever author-preferred edition of her silver-rush novella "Comstock." Part of the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-an...
Interview: Annie Reed on Unexpected Timelines - Blackbird Publishing
Annie Reed on writing the goofy and the grave side by side, the accuracy only a Nevadan can bring to 1883 Virginia City, and her author-preferred edition of “Comstock” — in Unexpected Timelines, part ...
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"When writing is going well, I feel like I'm reading the story rather than telling it." Kari Kilgore on Making Time for Justice — five tales of reaching for justice across a one-way timeline. Part of the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ka...
Interview: Kari Kilgore on Making Time for Justice - Blackbird Publishing
Kari Kilgore on time’s one-way dominion, traveling back through your own DNA, and the small, intimate justice of mending a broken heart — across the five stories of Making Time for Justice in the Esca...
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"Baseball is the most mathematically beautiful game of all sports, and I argue it's the most human." Ron Collins on his time-travel baseball novel For the Heart of the Game, in the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. #StoryBundle blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ro...
Interview: Ron Collins on For the Heart of the Game - Blackbird Publishing
Bestselling SF author Ron Collins on baseball, time travel, Casey and Don-o as Nick and Gatsby — and his contribution to the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle, For the Heart of the Game.
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"Every song, piece of art, and raindrop is a portal to another world if you want it to be." Leslie Claire Walker on her time-travel collection Time Out of Mind, in the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle. Check out the interview with Leslie! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-le...
Interview: Leslie Claire Walker on Time Out of Mind - Blackbird Publishing
Urban fantasy author Leslie Claire Walker on hope at the heart of dark stories, ghosts who just want to be seen, and her time-travel collection Time Out of Mind — in the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle.
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An interview with Kathryn Kaleigh about her time travel romance "Last Stop: Yesterday," which is in the ESCAPE FROM 2026 bundle! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ka...
Interview: Kathryn Kaleigh on Last Stop: Yesterday - Blackbird Publishing
Romance author Kathryn Kaleigh on time-travel love stories, writing every day since 2019, and her contribution to the Escape from 2026 StoryBundle: Last Stop: Yesterday.
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The last interview for the 2026 Write Stuff bundle is with Jamie Ferguson, about her book "Bundle Up! A Practical Guide to Anthologies and Box Sets That Sell." blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ja...
Interview: Jamie Ferguson on Bundle Up! A Practical Guide to Anthologies and Box Sets That Sell - Blackbird Publishing
For the final interview of the Write Stuff StoryBundle, Blackbird publisher Jamie Ferguson flips to the other side of the questions to talk about collaboration, Kickstarter, and what first-time organi...
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An interview with Jason Chen, the founder of StoryBundle! There are only a few days left to get the 2026 Write Stuff bundle, which contains fifteen EXCLUSIVE books on writing and publishing. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ja...
Interview: Jason Chen on 14 Years of StoryBundle - Blackbird Publishing
StoryBundle founder Jason Chen on what fourteen years and 2,000+ authors have taught him about indie publishing, curation, and the long view.
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An interview with Tracy Cooper-Posey about her book "The Indie Author Survival Guide: How to Stay Profitable, Productive, and Sane in a Tougher Market." Tracy's book appears in the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle, which ends this week—get your copy now! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-tr...
Interview: Tracy Cooper-Posey on The Indie Author Survival Guide - Blackbird Publishing
Tracy Cooper-Posey on sustainability, systems, and playing the long game in indie publishing — her contribution to the Write Stuff StoryBundle.
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An interview with Douglas Smith about his book "Brick by Brick: How to Build a Story," which is in the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle! Doug's delves into story structure: how to build scenes, sequence them, choose points of view, and handle transitions. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-do...
Interview: Douglas Smith on Brick by Brick: How to Build a Story - Blackbird Publishing
Douglas Smith is a five-time award-winning author described by Library Journal as “one of Canada’s most original writers of speculative
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J. Daniel Sawyer's book "The Pitch-Perfect Author: Voice Mastery for Writer" talks about how makes the difference between a good writer and a great one—and how you can sharpen your own voice. Check out his interview! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-j-...
Interview: J. Daniel Sawyer on The Pitch-Perfect Author - Blackbird Publishing
J. Daniel Sawyer has spent over forty years studying how language and sound affect human psychology—starting with his first choir and his first radio
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T. Thorn Coyle's book "Let Your Life Be Lightning" is an exclusive only available in the 2026 Write Stuff bundle. Check out the interview with Thorn! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-t-...
Interview: T. Thorn Coyle on Let Your Life Be Lightning - Blackbird Publishing
T. Thorn Coyle is a writer, creator, and teacher whose work spans essays, fiction, and poetry. Kris Rusch, the curator of the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle,
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Kristine Kathryn Rusch curated the 2026 Write Stuff bundle, which contains 15 exclusive books you can't find anywhere else—including her own book The Write Attitude. It’s a book about the attitudes writers need to survive and thrive. Check out the interview! blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-kr...
Interview: Kristine Kathryn Rusch on The Write Attitude - Blackbird Publishing
Kristine Kathryn Rusch is a New York Times bestselling author who has sold more than 35 million books worldwide. She’s also the curator of the Write Stuff
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Dean Wesley Smith's book Writing Novels with the Waltese Falcon is in the 2026 Write Stuff StoryBundle! Dean talks about writing one novel in 10 days, another in 7, and another in 5 days—while traveling! Check out the interview with Dean: blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-de...
Interview: Dean Wesley Smith on Writing Novels with the Waltese Falcon - Blackbird Publishing
Dean Wesley Smith has published hundreds of novels and thousands of short stories across multiple genres. He’s a former editor of Pulphouse Publishing and the
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Ron Collins' book On Being (And Becoming Again!) A Writer is in the 2026 Write Stuff bundle, which is available for a limited time. In this interview Ron talks about how he's learned to see writing for the gift it is. 💝 blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-ro...
Interview: Ron Collins on On Being (And Becoming Again!) A Writer - Blackbird Publishing
Ron Collins is an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author with around thirty years of writing under his belt. His book in the Write Stuff StoryBundle
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An interview with Darcy Pattison on Picture Books: Write and Publish, which is in the 2026 Write Stuff bundle. All fifteen books in this year’s bundle are exclusive to the bundle, so you literally can’t find this collection anywhere else! 🌟 blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-da...
Interview: Darcy Pattison on Picture Books: Write and Publish - Blackbird Publishing
Darcy Pattison has been writing and publishing children’s books for decades. She’s published over seventy books, both fiction and nonfiction, and has earned
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When a research crew descends into the abyss to explore the wreck of the long-lost USS Hollander, they awaken more than echoes of the past. blackbirdpublishing.com/spotlight-th...
Story Spotlight: “The Wreck of the USS Hollander” by James Pyles - Blackbird Publishing
Three miles down, in the crushing dark of the Pacific, a submarine wreck taps out a message no one should be able to hear. In James Pyles’ “The Wreck of the
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In “Whispers of the Drowned,” Charles Eugene Anderson gives voice to the ghosts history tries to forget—melding wartime dread and mythic retribution in a story where the sea itself becomes a keeper of memory. blackbirdpublishing.com/interview-wh...
Interview: “Whispers of the Drowned” by Charles Eugene Anderson - Blackbird Publishing
In “Whispers of the Drowned,” Charles Eugene Anderson plunges readers into a 1941 Atlantic convoy, where a mysterious artifact recovered from the sea carries
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When a neighbor mysteriously dies, Delilah is dragged into a supernatural whodunit involving kelpies, curses, and the restless dead. Even in the strangest town in the Mournful Mountains, family is forever—and love may be the most powerful spell of all. blackbirdpublishing.com/spotlight-a-...
Story Spotlight: “A Dismal Death” by Debbie Mumford - Blackbird Publishing
Somewhere in Virginia’s Mournful Mountains, fifty miles east of Boring and forty west of Tenebrous, sits a town called Dismal Notch—where the librarian talks
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