Where I’ll Be This Summer

Howdy friends! I’m looking ahead to the summer event season. I’ll be out and about in Western Canada. Here’s the events I’m looking at. If it’s italicized, that means I’ve been confirmed by the organizers and I will for sure be there. June 8th & 9th: The Penti-Con (Penticton, BC) – I’ll be presenting a […]

Alan & Jeremy vs. Science Fiction: CL Moore’s “Shambleau” with Cat Rambo & Diane Morrison

I was so pleased to appear on an episode of Alan & Jeremy vs. Science Fiction with the awesome World Fantasy award-winner and multiple-award nominee Cat Rambo! Alan & Jeremy select a story, usually a classic in the field or something generating a lot of current buzz, and they invite a sci-fi author to read […]

Vernon: Steam Punk Capital of the World

Originally posted on Okanagan Okanogan:
Steam punk is a branch of writing and art (especially jewelry and sculpture, romantic novels and visual poetry) that recombines materials from the age of steam and iron, and sets them in the contemporary world of petroleum and electrons. Here’s what http://www.steampunk.com has to say about all that: Take place…

Gunsmoke & Dragonfire is Getting Attention

Originally posted on Aradia Publishing:
We’re pleased to announce that Gunsmoke & Dragonfire is getting attention in the SFF community media! Respected SFF website io9 included us in their list of books to watch out for in March. We made the list on Fantastic Fiction, a respected website where booksellers go to research the books…

Gunsmoke & Dragonfire Releases TODAY!

From the drought-plagued plains of Mars, to a post-apocalyptic Canada, to the familiar American West and Mexico, to other dimensions and other worlds weird and wonderful, an international cast of bestselling, award-winning, established, and emerging authors brings you 25 strange western tales: Robert Lee Beers – A hardboiled P.I. and his partner must find their […]

Book Trailer Drop: Gunsmoke & Dragonfire #8!

Happy Saturday! I was so deep in editing the final proof yesterday that I almost forgot it was Book Trailer Drop day! It’s the last book trailer drop before Release Day, March 15, and there’s one book trailer left, to be released on the day! This one concentrates on some of the most “western” of our fantasy western stories: Inheritance by Ethan Hedman, A Different Kind of Law by Eric S. Fomley, and El Diablo de Paseo Grande by Milo James Fowler.

For a day or two more, you can get the book on Kindle for somewhat less than the full price: only $4.99! Pre-order Gunsmoke & Dragonfire here.

Watch the full list of book trailers so far HERE.

Check out the playlist of all the Kickstarter videos, including book trailers and author interviews, HERE.

Eyeball Planets

By Michelle Starr Science Alert Writer You’ve heard of hot Jupiters. You’ve heard of mini-Neptunes. You’ve heard of super-Earths. But have you heard of Eyeball Planets? Yep – planetary scientists think there might be a type of exoplanet out there that looks disturbingly like a giant eyeball. Just sitting there. Staring. But it’s actually not as weird […]

Diane Morrison

Speculative Fiction Writer

April 2019

Science Fiction