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What If? Science Fiction/ Fantasy Writers

What If? Science Fiction/ Fantasy Writers

By: Alan Warren
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Some of the best interviews from the ten years of the House of Mystery radio show which covers Science Fiction and Fantasy Authors!

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  • Matthew Hughes - Yalum
    Mar 28 2026

    Yalum Erkatchian is captain and part owner of the space yacht Peregrinator when a distant relative lures him into returning to the planet he fled twenty-five years ago to escape a matriarchal cult. But it’s a trap and Yalum is forced into a quest to recover a sacred relic that pitches him into a desperate struggle for survival.


    And then it gets worse, because he discovers that the entire universe is about to be upended by a sudden switch of its operating system from cause-and-effect rationalism to willpowered magic. Yalum and his friends try to prepare to survive, but a new threat emerges: someone has been planning to ride the new reality into a tyranny of spellslinging aided by a bored demon.


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    29 mins
  • Joe Clifford - The Skeleton Theory
    Mar 25 2026

    He failed to catch the killer. Now, he’ll rewrite reality to save his daughter.


    Jericho "Echo" Keane is a broken man. Disgraced from the SFPD and living in self-imposed exile in a shipping container, he is tortured by the memory of the Mission Street Killer who murdered his thirteen-year-old daughter, Olivia. Driven by failure and consuming guilt, Echo's only reason for getting out of bed is the slim chance he might not let the morning win.


    But one desperate encounter at a grief meeting changes everything. A gaunt stranger offers Echo the impossible: a chance to manipulate the "Mandela Effect" and bring back his daughter. This is no dream—it's a brutal reality where time can be "rewound" and consequences altered.


    Teaming up with Michelle Vale, a mother whose own daughter was the killer's first victim, Echo throws himself into a temporal war. He finds himself hunted by shadowy military-trained mercenaries hired by the ruthless E-Skinz corporation. To protect the new timeline and save the girls, Echo must become the rogue operator he never was.


    A mind-binding supernatural horror thriller that asks how far you would go to save the ones you love, even if it means dying a villain in the process. Find out the answer today and read into the night!




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    35 mins
  • Sebastien de Castell - Our Lady of Blades
    Feb 20 2026

    'A spirited swashbuckling fantasy about family, revenge and the price of justice' - Silvia Moreno-Garcia, author of Mexican Gothic


    Two sisters: divided by tragedy, united by steel. The incredible new novel in the Court of Shadows series by the bestselling author of TRAITOR'S BLADE and THE MALEVOLENT SEVEN!


    Blood Week may have been banned in Rijou, but the streets still run red - and now murder is being sanctioned by the courts. Only a reckless fool would believe they can beat the system. But then, the Greatcoats have always been more than a little reckless . . .



    Rijou's notorious Court of Blades is as corrupt as it is cutthroat, destroying lives with impunity. Now the city's all-powerful Ascendant Houses have started buying and selling verdicts to enslave and even execute those who oppose them.



    Into this depraved world of licensed death comes a mysterious duellist who dares to foil the intrigues of the city's elite. They call her Lady Consequence, but years ago she had a different name, until her family was slaughtered and she was consigned to the hellish prison known as the House of Tears.



    Lady Consequence means to rescue her idealistic younger brother, restore their House and wreak vengeance upon those who betrayed them. But a far more dangerous game is unfolding in the shadows, one which threatens the freedom of the entire nation.

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    39 mins
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