The Story Behind Fezariu’s Epiphany by David Brown

Fezariu’s Epiphany is the first tale in a story that began more than 10 years ago. I’d left school in 1998 and headed straight for college to study History, English and Computing. In my spare time I was most often found on my brother’s Playstation and one day I discovered the landmark Japanese RPG series…

The Story Behind ‘Glorify Each Day’ by John Banks

Publishing my first novel has definitely been an eye-opening, and somewhat humbling, experience.  I have confidence in my writing ability and I knew that the book I was writing was well written and would be entertaining to anyone who enjoyed a good story.  As I sent out queries to agents and publishers I knew, because…

The Story Behind Taken Away by Patty Friedmann

A collection of short stories came out shortly after Hurricane Katrina–all strewn with garbage and filled with people drinking on stoops because they were in such high levels of anxiety. Of course I didn’t know what the other stories were going to be about. All I knew was that the editor was the friend of…