New Release: RBE author Michael Ehart’s The Tears of Ishtar

Jason | January 30, 2010

Readers of Return of the Sword and Rage of the Behemoth are familiar with the heroine of this newest sword-and-sorcery action epic. Ehart’s Ninshi, the Servant of the Manthycore, is a genuine tragic figure, inspiring in her determination to do what she deems best and right despite the horror of her role in life…a very, [...]

Stuff the Preditor & Editor ballotbox with RBE votes

Jason | January 3, 2010

It is Finished.

The P&E Readers’ Poll has concluded.

RBE was well-represented with multiple stories from RotB jockeying for position among the top 15 SFF Short Stories! At last look, 3 were still in the Top 10, with Bruce Durham’s tied in 1st…Kate Martin’s in 6th…TW Williams’ tale tied in 10th…and 7 more appearing between 14th [...]

Mini-interview: Mark Finn

Jason | September 7, 2009

Why write?
At heart, I’m an entertainer. I like to make people laugh, think, and feel. And for me, writing gives me a lot of creative control in a very satisfying way; it comes as an extension of myself, and that’s rewarding to me.
If you didn’t write, what would you do?

If I didn’t write, I’d most [...]

Mini-interview: Kate Martin

Jason | August 31, 2009

Why write?
I can’t help it.  Really.  I have quite honestly been writing ever since before they taught me how to make those meaningful scribbles on paper in Kindergarten.  And I think I was plotting and sending my [...]

Mini-interview: Mary Rosenblum

Jason | August 24, 2009

Why write?
Because I can’t make myself stop. Believe me, I’ve tried!
If you didn’t write, what would you do?

Probably something totally useless and self destructive, sort of like an Australian Shepherd puppy locked up in an apartment all day while everybody is gone to work. Think of shreds and tatters everywhere…
If you could hunt any speculative [...]

Mini-interview: Martin Turton

Jason | August 17, 2009

Why write?
I think I’ve always had an interest in telling stories; often in quiet moments I’d create scenes and settings, never writing it down or anything, just all inside my head. It was only when my daughters were born that I really sat down and decided to put these ideas on paper–once they were born [...]

Mini-interview: TW Williams

Jason | July 6, 2009

Why write?
I have written fiction since I was a child, and probably for the reasons many do — even in my whitest-of-white-bread formative years, I am sure there were things I wanted to escape from, improve on. Now, I write because I can, and because I enjoy entertaining others. And my skin is sufficiently thick [...]

RotB Author Courters Makes the Alameda Sun

Jason | July 3, 2009

“I have more metal in my bones than (comic book and movie hero) Wolverine.”
SO says Scalding Sands author A. Kiwi Courters, mother of two boys, one outstanding female warrior, and a long road of recovery. On July 2nd, the Alameda (CA) Sun posted an article about Courters and how her writing has helped lead her [...]

Mini-Interview: Brian Ruckley

Jason | June 29, 2009

Why write?
I write because I always have, since I was a very young child. Not much more to it than that, really. It’s an instinct.  The ideas come, and I write them down. Although I suppose it’s also true to say that nowadays I write in part because I get paid [...]

Mini-interview: Rob Mancebo

Jason | June 22, 2009

Why write?
Art and storytelling are some of the most ancient ways of communicating ideas. They place the divine power of creation into mortal hands and allow a person to expand to the fullest extent of their imagination.
If you didn’t write, what would you do?

If I wasn’t writing, I’d be . . . kicking myself and [...]