Book of M, an exploration on the questions of humanity linked to the power of memory. All over the world people are loosing their shadows and eventually their memories in exchange for transformative power. What kind of world would that be? And how can love survive when you are fighting daily for survival? We discuss Peng Shepard's intriguing debut novel with Tina Isaacs who runs a speculative fiction discussion group. And being a writer of the genre herself, we also picked her brain on how to start writing in this vein.