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Wrong Genre Covers

The Pursuit of Love as a sci-fi was suggested by Kate, based on Rachel’s continual complaining about every cover for that book ever. 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…

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: I’m a huge fan of Jordan S. Carroll’s nonfiction, so it’s super exciting to see him venture into fiction as well. Especially because it’s about pro wrestling, which is inherently hilarious to me.…

Book Report Corner

by Zilla Novikov A propulsive read that I finished on the same day I started it. No one in this story is a good person, but they’re such fascinating disasters that I couldn’t help rooting for them. Louise and her matter-of-fact delusions. Cat and her selfishness, Henry and his possessiveness. Of course this can’t end…

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: It’s dark times, and we need stories that remind us of unexpected community and the possibility of resilience. David Giuliano’s literary novel, The Upending of Wendall Forbes, does just that. David, could you…

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: I’m always here for some fantasy—and romantasy!—so we got Karen Eisenbrey in to talk to us about her works. Karen, can you tell us about your writing? Karen: I write fantasy, sci-fi, and…

Our Cookbook has been Meme’d!!!

Our dream in life is to be parodied on Tumblr, and a million thanks to timrousbeastie for making that dream come true! You can see her original post here. Plus, if you haven’t see Slow Horses yet, you absolutely should, and not just because of this excellent meme.

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: Nick Mamatas and I go way back on the internet, but it was only last summer that we finally met in real life. He was launching the first issue of a new zine,…

Wrong Genre Covers

The Story of the Donner Party as a children’s book was suggested by Dale.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.

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: We’re delighted to have Jeffrey Vernon Matucha here to tell us about the punk scene—starting with the music and going from there! Your latest book stars two punk musicians who meet an unexpected…

Book Report Corner

by Rachel A. Rosen In the preface that opens this collection of sci-fi, fantasy, and horror from Palestinian writers in the diaspora, editor and contributor Sonia Sulaiman writes, “Someone once said that all Palestinian fiction is speculative; we are always grappling with the past and living in expectation of the future.” These stories are those…

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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.