We Aren't Dead Yet Episode 2: How We Write Short Fiction

Author Life, Newsroom, Podcast, We Aren't Dead YetSapha BurnellFebruary 22, 2024Short Stories, Podcast, full episodeComment

Midnight Magic Musings: Awakening Authors Interview Part 1

We talk early inspiration, Transformers Animated Movie, Imaginaria, House Hippos and Char & Ash in part 1 of this epic and entertaining interview.

Warped Lens: A Horror Anthology to Start your Autumnal Angst

The Cottonmouth Smile and other insidious tales is live…

Book Review of Char & Ash, by Melody Relody!

“Want to laugh at Zeus!?”

Author Life, godpunk, mythpunk, Newsroom, substack, Speculative FictionSapha BurnellSeptember 1, 2023Book Review, Book Launch, char & ash, Judge of MysticsComment

Dash Punk

As I prepared for the launch of Char & Ash, I've been reevaluating my author bio and contemplating the challenges of maintaining an audience in these polarizing times.

Author Life, godpunk, mythpunk, Article, Judge of Mystics, CyberpunkSapha BurnellAugust 30, 2023punk, godpunk, mythpunk, cyberpunk fiction, Author LifeComment

Talking Son of Abel: Book 101 Review Podcast

Listen to the next podcast in our series of talks on the Judge of Mystics Saga with Book 101 Review!

Author Life, godpunk, Judge of Mystics, mythpunk, NewsroomSapha BurnellAugust 16, 2023Judge of Mystics, Cale, son of abelComment

Char & Ash Launch: How Can I Help!?

My Beautiful Machines, I need your help to launch Char & Ash…

Judge of Mystics, Author Life, mythpunk, NewsroomSapha BurnellAugust 4, 2023Book LaunchComment

The Coming of a Strange Beast: An Author's Thoughts on Releasing New Work

The oncoming release of a new body of work is a surreal vine creeping up the trunk of the literary landscape. An author hopes their fledgeling leaves reach the sunshine beyond the canopy, to burst in harmonious accord with the oaken greats scattered about. Thin as our vines may be, we hope for some wintering magic to solidify our foundations, and root us enough to grow tall.

Preview: Char & Ash How to Kill a God

Read a preview of my upcoming mythpunk novel Char & Ash (Judge of Mystics Saga 1) on Substack.

CageWire...

2079. London

Demyan Anastas pulled the asymmetrical collar of his red leather jacket up the back of a shorn neck…

Author Life, Lieben Cycle, Speculative Fiction, NewsroomSapha BurnellFebruary 15, 2023Future's Lens, Anthology, scifi book, Science Fiction, Demyan, CageWireComment

The Magdalene Feast Reading Series: Open for Authors

Time to celebrate the feminine…

Speculative Fiction, Poetry, Author LifeSapha BurnellNovember 21, 2021Magdalene Feast Virtual ReadingComment

Artificial Artistry: The Next Rembrandt

Brown eyes stare from a pale, near eyebrow-less face. The scratch of a blond moustache. A dutch ruff with lazy pleats in white and cream paint, fragments of ‘lace’ peek from brush strokes muted in layers.

Newsroom, Author Life, ArticleSapha BurnellOctober 15, 2021ai art, ai, artificial intelligence, art, rembrandt, the next rembrandr, the next rembrandtComment

Quantum Unicorns, A Plea: Rarity of Quantum Mechanics in Science Fiction

‘Quantum’. A buzz-word for ages, ‘quantum’ powered the Orville’s engines, became the bedrock of instantaneous communication and filled the gap of magic in a scientific or futurist setting. Don’t know how something works? Call it a quantum device. Need a word for plausibility? Try quantum.

NEON Lieben Virtual Launch Party

NEON Lieben Launch Party @4pm on Twitch.tv/usurperkings

Lieben Cycle, Speculative Fiction, Newsroom, Author LifeSapha BurnellAugust 22, 2021Neon Lieben, Book Launch, novel, scifi bookComment

NEON Lieben: Preface

NEON Lieben originated from a deep love for three fundamentals.

Lieben Cycle, Newsroom, Author LifeSapha BurnellAugust 13, 2021Neon Lieben, Novel, Science Fiction, PrefaceComment

Ridicule the Strangeness: A musing on Hildegaard

Reading Hildegaard’s journals, as imagined by Barbara Lachman, my silenced shames seem pedantic. Elementary, or non-essential. A woman in Twelfth Century Germany receiving visions clung to, as if they were a hidden second blood pumping through her heart. Theorists wonder at whether she suffered from migraines or synesthesia as a cause, but Hildegaard knew her strangeness.