... John Shirley on horror, the market and the basics of terror

John Shirley... John Shirley ...
on horror, the market and the basics of terror

zur deutschen Version During the 80's, some books (SF and Horror) by John Shirley were published by Heyne. Then he was became almost forgotten in Germany - wrongly, imho. Voodoo-Press rediscovered him. This publisher plans a title for his story collection »Black Butterflies« with the ›‹Bram Stoker Award‹ and the ›International Horror Guild Award‹-winner. Title: »The Other End«. Shirley himself pointed us towards the story »Bleak History«. We talked to him about horror, and he has interesting insights. But read for yourself ...

... Rowena Morril on fantasyart, feminism and techniques

Rowena Morrill... Rowena Morril ...
... on fantasyart, feminism and techniques

zur deutschen Übersetzung Rowena Morrill belongs among the first rank of fantasy artists. Her name is - rightly - called in the same breath as Frank Frazetta and Boris Vallejo.

We met on Facebook and there talked about things like violetjelly, dandelion honey and other things. But for the Zauberspiegel of course we put the weight of questions on their artistic activities.

Westerfeld, Scott - Leviathan - Vol.1

Scott Westerfeld - Leviathan Vol. 1Leviathan Volume 1
Scott Westerfeld
, Illustrations: Heith Thompson
448 Seiten, 8,99€
Edition Paperback, May 2010
Language: English
ISBN-13: 978-1847386748
Simon & Schuster Children's

To the German Version There will be war! The "little people" will hardly notice anything so far, yet sound in the newspapers is tarter.

Right in the middle and directly affected is Aleksandar, prince of the house of Habsburg, son of Franz Ferdinand, nephew of the Austrian emperor Franz-Joseph I, and his wife Sophie Chotek, a Bohemian countess. And then there's Deryn, a young subject of the British Crown, who can imagine nothing better than to fly - and is smuggling herself in the British army, disguised as a boy.

... Barry Hutchison on »Invisible Fiends«, friends and moral

Barry Hutchison... Barry Hutchison on »Invisible Fiends«, friends and moral

zur deutschen Version »Invisible Fiends" is a youth book series published in Germany in the "Gulliver" series of Beltz & Gelberg, which is incredibly action-packed. It's exciting and scary and forgotten friends  become enemies and the world is on the brink of ruin. This is great. And so we were very pleased that the Scottish writer Barry Hutchison has agreed to answer our questions ...

... Brent Weeks on fantasy, colors, magic and the »glut in the 80's«

Brent Weeks ... Brent Weeks on fantasy, colors, magic and the »glut in the 80's«

zur deutschen Version The »Night Angel« trilogy by Brent Weeks was in Germany published by Blanvalet (Random House) and made Brent Weeks popular here as well. His trademark is ›Heroic Fantasy‹ with a dark impact. In the U.S. the first volume of »Light Bringer« was published with the title »The Black Prism«.
 
Reason enough to talk with this author about fantasy in general and his contribution to it ...