Author Update 2025: Zachry Wheeler

Zachry Wheeler is an award-winning science fiction author who has published over twenty books across four series. His newest release, Starship Eternity: A Sci-Fi Horror Short (January 2025), is the fifth addition to his Twisted Simulations series.




Author Update: Jack Woodville London

Jack Woodville London is a historian, writing instructor, and speaker who has authored articles and short stories, a non-fiction book on the craft of writing, and five novels including the award-winning French Letters trilogy. Espionage, survival, and the fight for Texas independence come into play in his newest historical fiction release,




An Interview with Author Lisa C. Taylor

Lisa C. Taylor is an award-winning author of long and short fiction, as well as poetry. She is also a teacher and speaker, an editor and mentor, and co-director of the Mesa Verde Writers Conference and Literary Festival.




SWW’s 2025 Writing Contest Opens June 1

The annual SouthWest Writers (SWW) writing competition opens for submissions on June 1, 2025.

The contest is open to new and experienced writers. Contestants don’t have to be members of SWW or live in the Southwest to enter. Winners have the opportunity to publish their entries in this year’s contest anthology.




An Interview with Author Roberta Summers

Award-winning author Roberta Summers is a published novelist, short story writer, and poet. She served as an editor of San Juan College’s Perspective(s) Magazine and is the former co-owner of Silverjack Publishing. Her newest release, Pele’s Children (September 2024),




An Interview with Author Roger Floyd

Roger Floyd is a retired research virologist who is now a science fiction author of short stories and novels. He harnesses a fascination with outer space and space travel to bring readers on a journey with his characters to other planets and the stars beyond.




Bookstore Review: Books on the Bosque

First, take the KEY out of Bosque and don’t pronounce it as /’boskē/. Practice from these samples:

• Cambridge Dictionary /’boske/
• Spanishdict.com (bohs-keh)

I wonder how the 700 Books on the Bosque (BOTB) members roll the Spanish word off their tongue.




An Interview with Author Linda Davis-Kyle

Linda Davis-Kyle is a nonfiction writer whose work focuses on natural health and fitness of body, mind, and spirit, as well as fostering critical thinking. Her articles and essays have appeared in numerous journals and periodicals in over a dozen countries on five continents.




An Interview with Author Mike Gerrard

Mike Gerrard is an award-winning travel and drinks writer who has contributed to newspapers, magazines, and websites in the UK and worldwide. He has also published over 40 travel guides, a collection of travel stories, and two novels.




An Interview with Dr. Rinita Mazumdar, Part 2

Rinita Mazumdar, PhD is an author and poet and one of the leading feminist scholars in the Southwest. She has taught Philosophy for over 30 years in different locations across the U.S., including the University of New Mexico and Central New Mexico Community College.




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