Ghost in the Machine podcast, hosted by fantasy author Gail Z. Martin (Chronicles of the Necromancer: The Summoner, The Blood King), welcomes author David B. Coe (The Blood of the Southlands Trilogy: The Sorcerer’s Plague), Faith Hunter (The Rogue Mage series, The Skinwalker series), and Misty Massey (The Mad Kestrel) as a special ConCarolinas preview podcast on May 26.

All four authors will be guests at ConCarolina in Charlotte, NC May 30 – June 1).

Martin, Coe, Hunter and Massey talked about what’s spurred fantasy’s rise in popularity and what differentiates the many subgenres of urban, epic, low and high fantasy.

Martin, Massey and Hunter will also do a book signing together on May 28 at the Joseph-Beth Bookseller in Charlotte, NC beginning at 7 p.m.

Ghost in the Machine features bi-weekly audio interviews with science fiction, fantasy and paranormal authors on topics of interest and controversy. Podcasts are available via RSS at http://gzmartin.audioacrobat.com/rss/gailzmartinpodcast.xml . Archived podcasts can be download from iTunes and on www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com.

Gail Z. Martin is the author of The Summoner and The Blood King in the Chronicles of the Necromancer series, published by Solaris Books. Learn more at www.ChroniclesOfTheNecromancer.com