Tuesday, July 14, 2026

Q&A with David Wellington

From my Q&A with David Wellington, author of Erebus 13 (Red Space, 3):
How much work does your title do to take readers into the story?

I ended up not picking the titles for the Red Space trilogy books; in fact this book was just called “Red Space Volume Three” until I’d already finished the first draft! I had to retcon the title back into the book but fortunately I had the perfect place to use it. Now Erebus 13 is where the most important scenes in the book take place. I think it works pretty well, though—it’s certainly dark and mysterious and it references my (much) earlier book, 13 Bullets.

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