Submissions are currently CLOSED.
If you have recently received an email claiming to be from the Fictitious Podcast requesting an author interview, that message is spam.
Fictitious is not currently active. I am not solicitating interviews at this time.
A number of authors have reached out to me, trying to verify interview requests claiming to be from me (Adron Buske) and Fictitious. These messages are a scam.
Fictitious, the podcast and youtube channel, are not currently active. I am not requesting author interviews right now.
The scam email seems to have used AI to replicate language from this website. It’s been sent from “adronbuske.fictitious (at) gmail” which is NOT my email address. (And I would not send author requests from a gmail address.)
There are a ton of author scams going around right now. I’ve also received several fake invites to join book club chats and similar. Many link to legit-looking websites that appear to be entirely AI-generated. Be very cautious with solicitations from unfamiliar sources.
I’m grateful to the authors who have messaged me about this, both to make me aware and to guard themselves. I’m sorry you’re receiving these scams. I’m furious that someone is impersonating me. And I’m angry that is so, SO easy to carry out these scams with the current AI slop machines.
Be safe out there!
Program Content
Please review our programming guidelines (below the form) before submitting your interview request.
Fictitious features both traditionally published and independently published authors. Please note: to be considered, indie and digital-only authors should have professional quality covers and editing.
The science fiction and fantasy genres cover a great many sub-genres and literary niches. I occasionally feature stories from overlapping genres, such as horror (dark fantasy) and supernatural / fantasy romance.
While my focus is books for the adult reader market, I often feature Young Adult and Middle Grade writers and works.
The kinds of books I love to read and feature:
- Thoughtful and challenging stories and perspectives
- Character driven action & adventure
- Diverse authors & character perspectives
- Standalone novels and first-in-series books
- Stories with unique world-building
- Genre mashups
- Novellas
The kind of stuff I tend to avoid:
- “Retellings” and “reimagined” takes on previously existing stories
- Self proclaimed “Message Free” stories
- Genre-clones of popular books or TV series
- Hard military sci-fi
- Run-of-the-mill vampire/werewolf/witches/etc.
- Erotica (some sexy times are okay, of course, as long as it’s not the primary focus of the novel)
- Horror of the splatter or torture variety
- Giant doorstopper novels of 700+ pages
- Comics & graphic novels (which I enjoy but this show just isn’t about them)
Review Copies
Before confirmation of interview scheduling, I require a review copy of the author’s latest book. (Retail copy or ARC.)
If the latest release is a sequel or part of a series, please consider providing all relevant books from the series for consideration.
Physical copies are preferred!
eBooks are permissible if the author publishes digital only. PDF, Mobi or ePub formats are acceptable. Fictitious has NetGalley and Edelweiss accounts—use the form above to request our email for pre-approvals.
Use the contact form above to request mailing address for galleys / ARCs / finished copies.
I reserve the right to decline any interview request if, upon review, the book/work does not fit my programming guidelines or content standards.
Please note: unsolicited review copies do not guarantee or obligate an interview, feature, or book review. You are encouraged to message me through the form above before sending.
