Welcome to WYSO's fiction universe—a celebration of storytelling that spans genres, generations, and the boundless imagination of writers who craft the narratives that move us. As Southwest Ohio's community-owned public radio station, WYSO 91.3 FM is your gateway to the most compelling voices in contemporary fiction.
From intimate author conversations to deep dives into the books that define our literary moment, we bring you closer to the stories that matter and the writers who tell them with passion, craft, and authenticity.
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If you could go back in time to change a few things, would you do it? Philip King does just that in a delightful fantasy novel that's part sci-fi, part memoir. -
Thirty years ago when Cindy Fazzi wrote this novel about undocumented immigrants, no publisher would touch it. They said nobody would want to read it. How times changed. -
A new private eye series set in the Appalachian region kicks off with a search for two girls who vanished without a trace 10 years ago. Annie Gore investigates. -
Barbara Taylor Bradford was in her mid-40s when she published her first novel. It sold more than 30 million copies. Over her long career, she sold more than 90 million. -
This second book in Eric Rickstad's new crime fiction series with elements of horror and science fiction is quite a page-turner. FBI agents hunt deadly psychic killers. -
Landon Keaton from Ponitz Career Tech interviews beloved author Lois Lowry about her Newbery Award-winning novel "The Giver" and the power of reading. -
Why is violence more acceptable in horror novels? Ivy Pochoda explains why her new book isn't the crime novel readers expected in this episode of Book Nook. -
My final interview with the notable Hollywood producer of programs like "The Rockford Files" and "The A-Team" who had reinvented himself as a writer of crime fiction. -
A "women's club" promised to solve financial problems. But when the money didn't reach enough members, things turned murderous in Megan Abbott's latest masterpiece. -
Mystery Writers of America Grand Master Laura Lippman's Tess Monaghan series is being adapted for TV. And she published her first cozy mystery, 'Murder Takes a Vacation.' -
Introducing the second book in the Taj trilogy of historical fiction set in India. 2003 interview with Indu Sundaresan about "The Feast of Roses" and Empress Mehrunisa. -
The latest crime novel by S.A. Cosby is smoking hot. "King of Ashes" explores family bonds in a crematory business as siblings face dangerous criminals.
