Matt Cheney
INTERVIEWED BY NITA NOVENO
One of the most fascinating minds wrapped around science fiction today, Matt Cheney is a columnist for the online magazine Strange Horizons, series editor of Best American Fantasy from Prime Books, and has a few things to say about his beloved genre.
Nita Noveno: When did you first discover science fiction?
Matt Cheney: Most people for whom genre fiction becomes an obsession start out young, and I'm no exception to that rule. I was an awkward, nerdy kid who liked reading and writing, and I started with mysteries and horror stories, but then my mother's boss decided a kid like me ...
Justin Courter
INTERVIEWED BY NITA NOVENO
You could say Justin Courter is making a big stink in the literary world. His debut novel, Skunk: A Love Story, about a young man’s attraction and addiction to skunk musk and his love interest in a woman with a fish fetish, is probably one of the most olfactory-obsessed, if not strangest, stories I’ve ever read. I recently interviewed Justin for the first in the series of Sunday Salon Interviews.
Nita Noveno: What inspired you to write such a bizarre story?
Justin Courter: Satan. No, actually, I often look at writing stories as a way of conducting little experiments. In this case, ...
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