Today's interview is with THE James K. Burk.  James K. Burk was born long, long ago in a place far, far away.  He had as normal a childhood as one can expect from someone who grew up to be a critic and writer.  He has worked with every building material known to man (how many stone-planers do you know?)  Besides reviews in DeLap's F&SF Review and Tangent, his first published work was STRANGE TWISTS OF FATE, a chapbook from Yard Dog Press.  Since then, he's had a novel, HIGH RAGE appear and go out of print (from Silver Dragon Books), another YD chapbook, ILLUSIONS OF SANITY, has had stories in several Yard Dog anthologies, especially the Bubbas of the Apocalypse series and will have another novel published.  HOME IS THE HUNTER,  a science fiction novel, will be half of Double Dog #3, along with Lazette Gifford's FARSTEP STATION.  You can find Jim's books by going to www.yarddogpress.com and www.scifitravelingroadshow.com

Jim and I had a lot of fun talking and Iâ??d love to share it with you. 

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Don't forget, we've got a new format.  This week was our interview segment -- and supposedly it's shorter than our former podcasts.  Well, it allowed us to to have long interview segments.  Next time will be the book review part.  Give us some feedback at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com and let us know what you think of it all. 

Also, remember we're now a paying market for flash fiction.  Go to our website for guidelines.

Guess what folks?  We've got a new format.  I'll explain more in the podcast, but basically it's because it's easier to produce several smaller podcasts instead of one big whopping one.  The new format of the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show will be one show featuring flash fiction, one show with an interview, and one show with book reviews.  I hope that I'll be able to produce a show about twice a week, so you'll get more content quicker.  Let me know what you think at the website at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com.

 

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Speaking of new format, we've decided that paying our authors will be good.  Check out our new guidelines at the website at Our New Guidelines Page.  Lastly, because the money is coming out of our pockets, we don't mind donations -- they go to pay our authors and for website and podcast hosting.  Donate at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com

 

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About our flash fiction piece: M H Bonham may be a bit familiar to you as she is the host of the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show.  Her piece, Darkness Over All has appeared in the Small Bites Anthology and in Tales of the Talisman.  She's an award-winning author with 22 books published including Prophecy of Swords and it's upcoming sequel, Runestone of Teiwas, both available through Yard Dog Press.  Her upcoming prequel, Lachlei, will be available through Dragon Moon Press.  Darkness Over All is set in the Prophecy universe.  You can visit her website at www.shadowhelm.net and check out all the books she's written.  Her first novel, Prophecy of Swords is a podcast novel available at Podiobooks.com. 

 

While she readily admits this is simply an ego boost, it's more or less a stall until she can get more flash fiction in.  So, feel free to follow the guidelines and submit some flash fiction. 

 

Suicidal computers and more!  Check out Rhonda Eudaly's latest flash piece that's a little darker than the average flash. 

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Our flash fiction writer is Rhonda Eudaly who lives in Fort Worth, Texas where she's worked in various industries to support her writing habit and her cat, Dixon.  She likes spending time with friends and family, swing dance, and read.  Her two passions are writing and music. 

 

Rhonda Eudaly's work is featured in The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse; Apex Digest Issue #5; Flush Fiction; International House of Bubbas; More Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl; Fundamentally Challenged; Sinister Sleuths; Cyber Oasis; Small Bites; Apex Digest Online; Panic; and is featured in the March/April 2006 issue of Today's Christian, and the "Newbie Revelation" column on CoffeeGeek.com.  - check out her website - www.RhondaEudaly.com- for the links. COMING December 2006 - Aegis Somnia from APEX Digest Press.

 

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Our interview is with Laura J. Underwood. 

Laura J. Underwood is losing count of the number of stories she has had published, but there are a lot of them, and books too.  Some of her tales have appeared in such places as BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE, SWORD & SORCERESS, CATFANTASTIC, LOW PORT, Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, TURN THE OTHER CHICK and many more.  She has also had several books and chapbooks out including ARD MAGISTER, CHRONICLES OF THE LAST WAR, MAGIC'S SONG: TALES OF THE HARPER MAGE and TANGLES WEBS AND OTHER IMAGINARY WEAVING and MARKING THE SIGNS AND OTHER TALES OF MISCHIEF.  Her novel DRAGON'S TONGUE, Book 1 of "The Demon-Bound" Duology has just been released by Meisha Merlin and is sequel WANDERING LARK is due out in and 2007. She has two more novels forthcoming; a fantasy THE HOUNDS OF ARDAGH (Five Star Press, Oct 2006) and a mystery collaboration with Selina Rosen titled BAD LANDS (Five Star Press, 2007) as well as a short novel "The King's Wind" forthcoming from Carnifex Press.  She is a librarian when she is not a writer, and a fencer and a hiker, and she lives in an area of East Tennessee that is rife with Bubbas of all sorts--which explains where she gets some of her crazy ideas.  Her website is http://www.sff.net/people/keltora/ 

 

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Book reviews are Jack Mangan's Spherical Tomi which is available through www.podiobooks.com and www.creativeguypublishing.com and Rie Sheridan's Tales from the Home of Wayward Spirits and Bar-be-que Grill -- available through www.yarddogpress.com.

 

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Sorry this episode is a tad late.  I've been busy with writing, Conestoga, and whatnot.  Check the blog for my own upcoming books!