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If you have a book on the market and would like to be considered for an interview, please email writersalive@yahoo.com with INTERVIEW in the subject line and include links to your book and biography in the body of the email. No attachments. Currently, I'm ONLY interested in the genres of crime fiction, romance or science fiction. NONE OF THESE PODCASTS MAY BE DOWNLOADED AND REPOSTED ON ANOTHER SITE WITHOUT WRITTEN PERMISSION BY JOHN H. BYK. ONLY LINKS ARE ALLOWED. OTHERWISE, I WILL TAKE APPROPRIATE COPYRIGHT VIOLATION PROCEDURES AND REPORT ABUSE.

"When my son heard our interview, he said it sounded just like a piece on NPR! You do an exemplary job, and I am pleased that you are being rewarded for your efforts. You are prepared, engaging, sympathetic, astute and you encourage your guests to be forthcoming with ease. From my experience - well over a dozen of these and counting - yours was the best!" --Pam Bitterman, Author of Muzungu

"I had fun chatting with John!" David Mack, NYT best selling author of the Star Trek Trilogy, Cold Equations.

"It's always so much fun talking to you!"--Rebecca Forster, USA Today best selling author of the Witness Series.

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Monday, April 22, 2013

Stargazer Universe: Love and War in the Dark Galaxy


Trapped aboard a starship designed by an ancient race known only as the Protos, the earth crew of the vessel Kismet awakens from stasis after a three year, intergalactic journey meant to escape attacking robotic drones. But they face new, unexplained dangers from both within and without as personalities clash and tensions mount as they attempt to adapt to their new environment. Available exclusively in eBook at Amazon.com.

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Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Frank G. Poe and Star Child and 13 More Twisted Tales

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After recovering from a near death experience with Multiple Sclerosis, Frank G. Poe found himself reincarnated as a fantasy horror author, poet and community activist. His latest collections of macabre short stories is Star Child and 13 More Twisted Tales

Sunday, March 17, 2013

Detroit Daze


I love crime fiction in all its incarnations, but Detroit Daze was so much more than a novel about crime in Detroit. This is a story about young people who struggle to escape their destiny. At times there is hope, more often than not there is despair, but because of the author's talent my rage at the futility of their lives was as real as my hope that salvation was imminent. The depth of characterization, the gritty sense of time and place, the exquisite style of Conrad Johnson transported and trapped me in a world that was both foreign and fascinating. This is an intense coming of age read. If you liked Catcher in the Rye, you will love this book.--Rebecca Forster, USA Today best selling author at Goodreads.com

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Wednesday, January 30, 2013

Lumpen Rednecks: Short Stories From Michigan's Upper Peninsula


Even strange people need love no matter how ugly it is. This is a collection of short stories set deep in the rural backwoods of Michigan's Upper Peninsula were winters are long and harsh, unemployment is constantly high and alcoholism and drug abuse kills time and people. Most of them either hang out at the bar or at church. Sometimes they do both. If you're looking for answers to some of life's tougher questions, you won't find them in this book. All you'll get are poignant and often painful descriptions of the weirder side of human nature that always craves love but often finds despair instead. Call it Northern Gothic or whatever you want it. The author just calls it as he sees it from a fictional viewpoint.

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Friday, December 28, 2012

Till The Moon Falls is now FREE


John Oxman, a crusty ex merchant seaman, comes to the aid of a beautiful woman who has been drugged, violated and on the run after having bio engineered, nanotechnology implanted into her body against her will. Little does he know that his attempts to help her leads him into a web of international and corporate intrigue where illusion substitutes for reality.

"I like novels in which the setting matters so much that it almost becomes another character. That's not an easy thing for a writer to pull off. Mostly, American novelists who venture to foreign shores make the foreign setting seem stuck on, rather than a living part of the novel. Byk is not one of those novelists. His setting is so real you can smell it. I've lived in Thailand for over twenty years and Byk showed me some back alleys even I didn't know existed. But better than that, he did it in the context of a compelling narrative line that makes you keep reading just one more chapter before you put it down. A great setting, a gripping narrative...why aren't you reading this book right now? Strongly recommended."--Jake Needham, best selling, Thailand based crime fiction author.

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Xe-Nophobia


A sequel to TILL THE MOON FALLS. John Oxman, finds himself, once again, accepting an offer he can't walk away from. This time, battle hardened from his previous adventure, he takes on the Japanese Yakuza, the military contractor Xe, and anything else that gets in his way to rescue the gorgeous and brilliant, Dr. Stepanovich, a Russian scientist who has discovered a potentially, revolutionizing technological application that can change the way asymmetrical warfare is waged.

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Crying Bullets:The School Shooting That Never Happened


Arnie Penxa, ex war veteran and retired Detroit policeman, now working for a private school security firm, sniffs out a conspiracy for a multiple school shooting. The problem is that nobody wants to believe him except for a few close friends, so he's forced to act mostly alone to bust up the plot. Forget the usual suspects. This is the Mad Motor City where the line between common sense and criminal behavior is never clear.

Jesus Told Me to Kill Her: The Fantasy of a Failed Writer


Struggling writer, Sam Uhl, gives up trying to find a publisher for his debut novel so he decides to hunt down the literary agent who he believes unfairly led him along.  A wryly satirical look into the writing/killing process in today's rapidly changing book publishing industry.

"Sam Uhl is tired of being rejected by agents, publishers and anyone else associated with the literary establishment. He becomes fed up with one publisher in particular, and decides a trip is in order.
While very short, I truly reveled in this book's dark premise. It seemed like irony stalked the main character and continued to mock him to the last page. A very dark, chilly, at times funny read that drips with so much sarcasm that you may need a napkin." Review by Dorrian Auxier at Goodreads.