Episodes

  • Episode 216 – Somewhere in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s Hollywood

    Episode 216 – Somewhere in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s Hollywood
    May 21 2025
    Lisa returns with her sequel to the first novel (Slanted and Disenchanted) with a character-driven story called Welcome to Hollywood. It’s a novel of two 20-somethings in 2004 Hollywood, battling with high rents, unsatisfying jobs, and a deep attraction to one another - problem is, they haven’t figured out how to communicate who they are, what they want, and who they are each individually becoming. They’re still a band though, even if they stopped practicing, and music has a way of making connections. … Continue...Episode 216 – Somewhere in Lisa Czarina Michaud’s Hollywood
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    36 mins
  • Episode 215 – 120 Murders with Nick Mamatas

    Episode 215 – 120 Murders with Nick Mamatas
    May 13 2025
    Nick Mamatas has newly released an anthology called 120 Murders. A nod to an old MTV show in title, the stories collectively bleed thematically deep into the alternative rock scene of the 1990s, with touches of noir here, fantasy there, and universal transgressive fiction with characters that tell the truth about life as they perceive it. … Continue...Episode 215 – 120 Murders with Nick Mamatas
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    41 mins
  • Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines

    Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines
    Apr 9 2025
    Jim C. Hines is a Hugo-award winning author of a series of princess fairy tales reimagined. Jim has taken the whole fairy tale Princess trope to a new and darkly glorious confection, combining multiple versions into a new saga where the women band together to solve their problems. Come listen as we delve into folklore retelling and cunning new ideas. Damn the Narrativium, full speed ahead! … Continue...Episode 214 – Interview with Jim C. Hines
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    30 mins
  • Episode 213 – Interview with K.M. Herkes

    Episode 213 – Interview with K.M. Herkes
    Mar 19 2025
    K.M. Herkes writes across multiple genres, from Science Fiction and Fantasy to straight up good contemporary literature. She started as a novelist first, oddly enough, then moved to short stories. We read and squeed over her new book "Relics from a Traveling Show", and dug gleefully through the wide variety of stories in this, her first collection. … Continue...Episode 213 – Interview with K.M. Herkes
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    42 mins
  • Episode 212 – The Operative Returns – welcome back L. Douglas Garrett

    Episode 212 – The Operative Returns – welcome back L. Douglas Garrett
    Feb 16 2025
    L. Douglas Garrett takes us back to his “Remember the Trade” series of professional operatives, and we sit down with him and his editor Nicky Robinson to chat about their compilation of Remember the Dead. Join us to learn along with “Dave” as he becomes the operative we know and love through a new novella and two prequel short stories. … Continue...Episode 212 – The Operative Returns – welcome back L. Douglas Garrett
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    30 mins
  • Episode 211 – Rocking Out with Richard Sparks

    Episode 211 – Rocking Out with Richard Sparks
    Feb 5 2025
    I hope you all remember Richard Sparks, author of New Rock, New Role. We’re here to squee with enthusiasm at the next in the series that just dropped in November, called New Rock, New Realm. We pick up right where the first book ended, so join us! … Continue...Episode 211 – Rocking Out with Richard Sparks
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    41 mins
  • Episode 210 – Interview with Karen Nelson

    Episode 210 – Interview with Karen Nelson
    Jan 5 2025
    Come meet Karen Nelson, one of the masterminds behind Writing by Writers workshops and author of The Sunken Town. It’s a story about a girl who suddenly inherits property from her birth mother, the narrative dancing gracefully between concepts of adoption, identity, and the consequences of the choices we make. Enjoy! … Continue...Episode 210 – Interview with Karen Nelson
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    35 mins
  • Episode 209 – Martin Treanor’s Cat

    Episode 209 – Martin Treanor’s Cat
    Jan 3 2025
    We welcome back Martin Treanor to ask that most interesting of questions: what do fairies want? In his new book, Curiosity and the Cat, a girl who finds herself without much adult influence commits a crime that makes her feel guilty, but happy. But what has she unleashed? What is that cat, really? … Continue...Episode 209 – Martin Treanor’s Cat
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    34 mins