In 2015, Joe Books released the first book of Keith’s “Tales of Asgard” trilogy, in which Keith got to write Marvel Comics’ version of the Norse gods in prose form. That first book was Marvel’s Thor: Dueling with Giants. In 2016, Book 2 came out, entitled Marvel’s Sif: Even Dragons Have Their Endings. This month, the thrilling conclusion will be released, and Keith will talk all about the trilogy in general and the final volume, Marvel’s Warriors Three: Godhood’s End in particular, including reading an excerpt from the novel.

Keith has always loved Norse mythology, as it’s also provided the backbone of his cycle of urban fantasy stories set in Key West, Florida. He owes that interest primarily to Marvel’s portrayals of them, and it was the thrill of a lifetime to get to write them.

Show notes to follow.

Coming out this month is Aliens: Bug Hunt, a new anthology of stories in the setting of the Alienmovies that focus on the Colonial Marines. Keith talks about his love for the film franchise, how happy he is to be in this anthology alongside luminaries Dan Abnett, Rachel Caine, Larry Correia, David Farland, Matt Forbeck, Ray Garton, Christopher Golden, Heather Graham, Brian Keene, Paul Kupperberg, Tim Lebbon, Jonathan Maberry (who also edited the anthology), James A. Moore, Yvonne Navarro, Weston Ochse, Mike Resnick, and Scott Sigler, and reads his contribution to the anthology, “Deep Background.”

Show notes to come.

Now available is Baker Street Irregulars, a new anthology of alternate Sherlock Holmes stories edited by Michael A. Ventrella & Jonathan Maberry. Keith talks about his contribution to the anthology, “Identity,” a tale of a young woman in modern New York City named Shirley Holmes and a young African-American medical student at Columbia University named Jack Watson, as they help a young woman whose fiancé has gone missing.

Keith reads “Identity” and talks all about BSI, as well as his plans for future Shirley-and-Jack stories, including “The Six Red Dragons” for Volume 2 of BSI in 2018.

Looking back at Keith’s first short story collection, Without a License: The Fantastic Worlds of Keith R.A. DeCandido. Published by Dark Quest Books in 2015, it includes 11 of Keith’s stories, from the shared worlds of Viral and V-Wars to stories that originally saw print in Furry Fantastic, Liar Liar, Defending the Future: Best-Laid Plans, Amazing Stories, and The Fedoras Literary Review, as well as two previously unpublished stories and new stories in the worlds of Dragon Precinct and Cassie Zukav, weirdness magnet.

In addition to telling the story of this collection, Keith reads two stories from it: the new Cassie story, “Seven-Mile Race,” and one of the unpublished ones, “Behold a White Tricycle,” a story originally written for the never-published 44 Clowns: 11 Stories of the 4 Clowns of the Apocalypse. (Don’t say I didn’t warn you…)

The triumphant return of Dead Kitchen Radio, as Keith fills everyone in on what he’s been doing for the past two-and-a-half years, and then talks about his new Super City Cops novellas, Avenging Amethyst, Undercover Blues, and Secret Identities, with a reading from the latter.

Get Super City Cops: Avenging Amethyst from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo.

Get Super City Cops: Undercover Blues from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo.

Preorder Super City Cops: Secret Identities (on sale 7 February 2017) from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, or Kobo.

Keith’s convention schedule for January to April 2017:

13-16 January, Arisia 2017, Boston, MA

17-19 February, Farpoint 2017, Timonium, MD

10-12 March, HELIOsphere, Tarrytown, NY

17-19 March, I-Con 32, Brentwood, NY

24-26 March, (Re)Generation Who 3, Baltimore, MD

7-9 April, Lunacon 2017, Tarrytown, NY

28-30 April, Author GoH at Zenkaikon 2017, Lancaster, PA

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Keith recorded a special holiday episode of Dead Kitchen Radio in which he does a reading of one of his favorite holiday works, Dylan Thomas's "A Child's Christmas in Wales."

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