Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Rachel: With us today to talk about his latest book is Michael Mirolla! Michael, how about telling us about How About This…? Michael: It’s a little after the middle of the 21st century. Loving…
Book Report Corner
by Zilla Novikov I finished this book at the end of 2025, and the question of the year is “What does it mean to be human versus machine?” This anthology tackles the question in the most human way imaginable–through science fiction. We see humans fight self-aware machines, or become them. We see the good and…
Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Rachel: With us today to talk about his latest novel is Brad Smith. Brad, tell us a little about your book! Brad: Billy Crawford’s Double Play is a comedic look at the world of…
Count beans. Flip ships. Survive capitalism.
Can’t get enough orcas sinking yachts? Why not play Julian Gunn new game, Pod, inspired by Rachel’s short story, “What If We Kissed While Sinking a Billionaire’s Yacht?” It’s designed to be played with orca beans but can be played with any counters.
Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Rachel: With us today to talk about his book Into the D/ark is David Elias! David, can you tell us a little about the book? David: Rose Martens struggles with the aftermath of a…
Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Rachel: Joining us today is Brit Griffin to talk about her novel, the Haunting of Modesto O’Brien! Brit, tell us about your work! Brit: A gothic tale from deep within the boreal forest… Violence…
Book Report Corner
by Tucker Lieberman Some time ago, I discovered Cascade by Rachel A. Rosen. The sequel, Blight, has awakened. In the first book, the Earth’s climate has begun to break down, and magic bursts from the planet, entering people. Will the world end? “The world is always ending, for someone,” a wise eco-activist says. The sequel…
Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Rachel: How about I just let our featured author describe herself? Elizabeth: Hello! My name is Elizabeth Schechter, and I write speculative romance that has its own Scoville scale. My work ranges from steamy…
Behind the Screens: Tuesday Author Interview
Every Tuesday, get to know a bit about the stories behind the books you love, and discover your next favourite novel. Zilla: If you’ve followed the tumultuous writing projects of us at Night Beats, you’ll know we have a soft spot for anarchists and submersibles that overwhelms all of our good sense. Ben Zalkind’s novel…
Wrong Genre Covers
Charlie and the Chocolate Factory as an Occupational Health and Safety Manual was suggested by Rob. Have a funny idea for a Wrong Genre Cover? Email us at nightbeatseu@gmail.com, and if Rachel likes your suggestion, she’ll make it in a future issue. Or @ us on basically any of the socials.
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Big News in the Extended Universe
Cascade, the first novel of the Sleep of Reason trilogy, signed with BumblePuppy Press. Which means that the first novel in the Night Beats extended universe is going to be published. Which is rad af.
Details about the Goya print are available via Wikipedia, as is the image. There’s also a fantastic song about it by Billy Bragg. And very soon a Weird fantasy novel.
Night Beats Extended Universe 