Darin Kennedy Ascending

Darin Kennedy is a friend and quite a prolific writer. He's the author of Fugue & Fable, The Pawn Stratagem, Songs of the Ascendant, Carol: A Ghost Story of Christmas, and The April Sullivan. Chronicles.

Tell us a bit about your most recent work.

My new series is Songs of the Ascendant. I’m currently working on Vol. 4 of…9??? 😀 Think X-Men meets Highlander meets Buffy with the mythology of the world built on '80s pop music.

What are the themes and subjects you tend to revisit in your work?

One of my series is based on Russian classical music, one on '80s pop music, one on A Christmas Carol, and the chapter titles of my magical chess series are all songs from the Broadway musical Chess. You tell me. 

What happened in your life that prompted you to become a writer?

I was deployed to Iraq in 2003, and I’d always wanted to write a story about what would happen if the game of chess came to life, so I did.

What inspires you to write?

My desire to tell the stories that fill my head, whether I want them to or not.