Category: Interview

An Interview with: Gillian Secord and her No-Bullshit Guide to Writing

Gillian Secord, two-time finalist for the Aurora Awards.

Today we have Gillian Secord, author of the Aurora Award finalist short story: BUDDY RAYMOND’S NO-BULLSHIT GUIDE TO DRONE HUNTING.

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An interview with A World of Milk and R H Wesley

An image of Rob Wesley, the author of A World of Milk and Promises. He's looking back over his shoulder while hunched over an olde timey book with an olde timey quill in an olde timey writing salon.

Today we check out R H Wesley, author of the Aurora Award Finalist short story, “A World of Milk and Promises.”

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Part 2: An Interview with: Y.M. Pang, Wielder of the Aurora Award Finalist Nominations

The logo for Y.M. Pang's poem: Cthulhu on the Shores of Osaka.

In a first for this site, we are doing a Part 2 interview! The occasion? Y.M. Pang being named as a finalist in two more Aurora Awards.

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A Pale Grey Podcast with Michael Elves of Turning Pages

The Turning Pages UMFM 101.5 logo beside the cover to Pale Grey Dot, which features a planet and moon. The moon forms the 'o' in 'Dot'.

Quick note to say I had a super time being interviewed by Michael Elves on the 101.5 UMFM Turning Pages Podcast about all things Pale and Grey: https://umfm.com/programming/broadcast/turning-pages-june-4-2025 Per the synopsis: “While [Don] has been part of the Cana­di­an sci­ence-fic­tion writ­ing com­mu­ni­ty for years, Pale Grey Dot is Toron­ton­ian Don Miasek’s debut nov­el. He dis­cuss­es the deci­sions behind the future he has craft­ed, how telling the sto­ry from mul­ti­ple view­points has both ben­e­fits and com­pli­ca­tions, as well as more behind the writ­ing & plot­ting of the book.”

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An Interview with: Y.M. Pang, Wielder of the Broken Blades

Today we have Y.M. Pang, Aurora finalist and author of too many fantasy and science fiction stories to list out here. She is one of Toronto’s most successful short speculative fiction authors.

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An Interview with: Justin Dill, Connoisseur of Dust

An image of Y.M. Pang

Today we have Justin Dill, author of the Aurora nominated story: The Dust Bowl Café.

Writer, editor, and musician, Justin is an icon of Toronto speculative fiction.

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An Interview with: Jason Pchajek, Futuristic Bounty Hunter

Today we have Jason Pchajek, author of the Cli-fi novel Bounty.

Jason will be in Toronto on May 22nd at Bakka-Phoenix to sign books!

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An Interview with: James Downe, Brother of Jade

Today we have James Downe, author of the hit series The Legacy of Rakura…

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An Interview with: Peter G. Reynolds, Intergalactic Videographer

Today I’m lucky to have Peter G. Reynolds, author of the Aurora shortlisted story Broken Vow: The Adventures of Flick Gibson, Intergalactic Videographer, published in Issue #120 of On Spec.

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