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Book Tour 41: Aliette de Bodard – Navigational Entanglements
July 05, 2024 06:00 - 29 minutes - 23.3 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to welcome to the show Aliette de Bodard! Aliette joins me to talk about her new novella, Navigational Entanglements, available July 30th, 2024, from TorDotCom Books! Things we mention in this episode: C dramas Heaven’s Official Blessing, by Mo Xiang Tong Xiu Xianxia Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle “The Tutelary, the Assassin, and the Healer,” by Aliette de Bodard in I Want That Twink Obliterated Worldcon Sarahs Gailey and Hollowell Dead Boy De...
Episode 62: "Visibility" and Pride in Place 2020
June 21, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 19.7 MBHello, and welcome to Tales from the Trunk. Listeners, it’s June, and ya boi is tired. I was going to try to scramble to get an interview scheduled, but then I remembered the name of a Shavuot workshop that a dear friend of the show attended last year: “What if we Rested?” Life has been nonstop for me for more than half a year now, so what if I rested? What if we all rested? Goodness knows that if you’re not a white cishet allo abled person, you need it. But also, I wanted to do ...
Book Tour 40: Jay Wolf – The Shepard in Shadow
June 07, 2024 06:00 - 53 minutes - 41.9 MBWe’re kicking off Pride this year with none other than my good friend Jay Wolf! Jay reads a snippet about their best worst boys, Egan and Petrel before we get to talking about their newest book as M. Daniel McDowell, The Shepherd in Shadow, which releases June 28th! Things we mention in this episode: Valerie Valdes The Gormenghast series, by Mervyn Peake Inkfort Press Self-Publishing Derby Bringer of the Scourge, by M. Daniel McDowell Glen Cook Fritz Leiber Fafhrd and the Gray ...
Episode 61: Meg Elison – Hemet
May 17, 2024 06:00 - 52 minutes - 42 MBThis time around, I’m thrilled to welcome to the show Meg Elison! Meg reads to us from the start of their trunked novel, Hemet, which leads us into a wonderful conversation about a whole host of topics, including her own artist’s statement on spooky stuff.
Book Tour 39: Victor Manibo – Escape Velocity
May 03, 2024 06:00 - 41 minutes - 31.3 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to welcome back to the show Victor Manibo! After a bit of catching up, we get into Victor’s new book, Escape Velocity, which releases later this month from Erewhon Books! Things we mention in this episode: The Sleepless, by Victor Manibo Victor’s first episode “The Cask of Amontillado,” by Edgar Allan Poe The Fall of the House of Usher (show) Gravity (2013) Funeral and Neon Bible, by Arcade Fire COWBOY CARTER and RENAISSANCE, by Beyoncé Shōgun...
Episode 60: Ivy Fox – Strapped
April 19, 2024 06:00 - 2 hours - 106 MBIn addition to the regular strong language, this episode carries content warnings for: reclaimed gay slurs; a non-graphic depiction and discussion of non-consensual sex; depictions of consensual violence; and discussions of attempted suicide, medical trauma, experiences of psyche wards, descriptions of psychosis, forcible medication, restraint, experiences of homelessness, alcoholism, and body horror. The non-consensual sex and the consensual violence are both depicted in the reading, which ...
Book Tour 38: John Wiswell – Someone You Can Build a Nest In
April 05, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 47.5 MBThis time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the book, along with conversation about language, games, and a surprise musical performance! Things mentioned in this episode: Premee Mohamed Sarah Gailey Caitlin Starling “D.I.Y.” by John Wiswell “Open House on Haunted Hill” and its Japane...
Episode 59: Laura Blackwell – "Poor Prisoners"
March 15, 2024 06:00 - 1 hour - 57.1 MBThis time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome longtime friend of the show Laura Blackwell! Laura reads to us from her very very trunked story, “Poor Prisoners,” which leads us into a wide-ranging discussion of things we wish we’d learned sooner, writers whose work we admire, and kindness to our past selves. Things we mention in this episode: Story Hour LiveJournal Dreamwidth Macey’s Murderboard episode All Our Yesterdays, by Hilary B. Bisenieks Quaker Spec Fic issue AO3 Omegav...
Book Tour 37: A.D. Sui – The Dragonfly Gambit
March 01, 2024 06:00 - 28 minutes - 24.1 MBTo open this show’s sixth season, it is my total delight to welcome A.D. Sui to talk about her forthcoming novella, The Dragonfly Gambit, available later this year! Things we mention in this episode: Neon Hemlock Press dave ring :unhinged_vibrating: :shaking_eyes: Fix-it fic Fanfiction dot net Even Though I Knew the End book tour episode Supernatural Carl Engle-Laird 100th episode Jared can’t read vine Blue Eye Samurai Family Guy Rick and Morty Anna’s twitter, insta, bl...
Book Tour 36: Jo Miles – Ravenous State
February 16, 2024 06:00 - 30 minutes - 25.2 MBThis time around, to close out season 5 of Tales from the Trunk, I’m thrilled to welcome Jo Miles to talk about the excellent conclusion to their Gifted of Brennex trilogy, Ravenous State! Things we mention this episode: Worldcon 76 Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin Brandon Sanderson A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin ART and Murderbot from The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells Starling House, by Alix ...
Book Tour 35: Premee Mohamed – The Butcher of the Forest
February 09, 2024 06:00 - 34 minutes - 28.1 MBToday, it’s my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, The Butcher of the Forest, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk. Things we mention this episode: The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin Hansel & Gretel Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer Escape from LA The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser Snake Plissken LSBM Van Helsing post Dracula, by Bram Stoker Red Deer Polytechnic Thursday Next books, by...
2023 Awards Eligibility Roundup
January 19, 2024 06:00 - 7 minutes - 6.15 MBOnce again, it’s time for an awards eligibility roundup! This episode’s transcript appears in full below: Hello, and welcome to Tales from the Trunk: Nominating the works that did make it. I’m Hilary B. Bisenieks. Listeners, it’s somehow that time of the year again, where awards nominations are upon us, and so I have once again reached out to all the wonderful guests who make this show what it is to round up works they’d like to receive your attention for nominations. To begin, T...
Book Tour 34: Juliet Kemp – Song, Stone, Scale, Bone
January 05, 2024 06:00 - 26 minutes - 21 MBThis time around, I’m joined again by the delightful Juliet Kemp, who joins us to talk about their new novella, Song, Stone, Scale, Bone! After a great little reading, we talk about some of the things that are hard to get on page. Things mentioned in this episode: Josh’s episode The Enchanted Forest Chronicles, by Patricia C. Wrede A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin The Marek series, concluding with The City Revealed, by Juliet Kemp Deadlock Madeleine Sami Our Flag Mean...
Episode 58: Josh Storey – The Wolf That Waits at the End of All Things
December 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 50.6 MBToday it is my sincere pleasure to welcome to the show weird little guy and all around splendid human being Josh Storey! Josh reads to us from his trunked novel, The Wolf That Waits at the End of All Things, which leads us into a lively discussion of the novels we wrote a few pages of when we were young, the ways we reuse ideas until they find the right home, and semiotic bullshit. Things we mention in this episode: Trunkcast’s 100th episode Terry Pratchett’s troll counting Macey’s...
Episode 57: Sean Markey – The Deadlands
November 17, 2023 06:00 - 58 minutes - 40.5 MBToday it’s my great pleasure to welcome publisher of The Deadlands, Sean Markey, to the show! Sean talks us through the inception of the magazine, what it’s like being a publisher, and where both the magazine and his press, Psychopomp, is going next! Things we mention in this episode: Elise Catherine Tobler Laura Blackwell Story Hour Psychopomp Shimmer Beth Wodzinski Quaker Spec Fic issue “Refuse All Their Colors,” by Annalee Flower Horne A Voice Calling, by Christopher Barza...
Book Tour 33: Martha Wells – System Collapse
November 06, 2023 06:00 - 35 minutes - 26.5 MBToday it is my absolute pleasure to welcome to the show none other than Martha Wells! Martha joins us to read from and talk about the newest entry in her Murderbot Diaries series, System Collapse, out November 14th from TorDotCom publishing! A transcription of this episode by Kiri from the Murderbot discord is available here Things we mention on this episode: Hugo Awards Nebula Awards Locus Awards Dragon Awards Network Effect, Fugitive Telemetry, and Exit Strategy, by Martha ...
Episode 56: Best of the Trunk – Episode 37 with Lillian Boyd
October 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBHey everyone, Hilary here. Due to a combination of life things and poor planning on my part, there’s no new interview this time around, but I’d like to take this spooky month to highlight a great episode from the backlog with our composer and true horror ghoul, Lillian Boyd. A few other things before we get to the episode: This show is now on Bluesky at trunkcast.bsky.social, and I’m on there at hbbisenieks.bsky.social. Of the twitter-replacements, Bluesky seems to be the one where most of...
Book Tour 32: Caitlin Starling – Last to Leave the Room
October 06, 2023 06:00 - 40 minutes - 32.7 MBIn this, the spookiest month, I’m delighted to welcome back to the podcast, Caitlin Starling! Caitlin reads us an excerpt from her terrific forthcoming novel, Last to Leave the Room, coming out October 10th from St. Martin’s Press, which leads us into a great conversation about the potential gaps left in for fanfic authors, among other things. Things we mention this episode The Death of Jane Lawrence, The Luminous Dead, Yellow Jessamine, and The Oblivion Bride, by Caitlin Starling N...
Episode 55: Celebrating One Hundred Trunkcasts with Sarah Gailey
September 15, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 87 MBWe made it to the Biggest Number™ and Sarah Gailey is here today to help us celebrate with a retrospective on the last four and a half years of Tales from the Trunk! Show notes coming soon!
Book Tour 31: Sarah Hollowell – What Stalks Among Us
September 01, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 48.8 MBThis time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome Sarah Hollowell back to the show! Sarah reads us an excerpt of her new book, What Stalks Among Us, which releases September 12th, and then we fall down a hole of absolute gremlinry. Things we mention this episode: Sarah’s first episode A Dark and Starless Forest, by Sarah Hollowell Fast and Furious series AEW All In Adam Cole and MJF Triple-H Roman Reigns RPF (Real Person Fic) “The Unreality of Pro Wrestling” The Shield (wrestlin...
Episode 54: Jessica Mary Best – Third Wheel
August 18, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 54 MBThis time around, I’m delighted to introduce you to Jessica Mary Best! Jess and I do something a little different and perform for your listening pleasure part of the pilot episode of her trunked audio drama, Third Wheel! That reading leads us into a great conversation about the different approaches between written prose and writing for audio. Things we mention this episode: Stars, Hide Your Fires, by Jessica Mary Best Chuck Tingle’s episode Oliver! Chekhov’s Gun Brandon, Iowa Al...
Book Tour 30: Aimee Ogden – Emergent Properties
August 04, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes - 29.7 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to welcome back to the show Aimee Ogden (@Aimee_Ogden)! Aimee reads a delightful excerpt of her brand new book, Emergent Properties, available now wherever you buy books, which leads us into some great conversation about the things that made this book, whether or not those things ended up in the final draft. Things we mention this episode: “The Cold Calculations,” by Aimee Ogden The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells Beowulf, translated by Seamu...
Episode 53: Lor Gislason – ”My Body, My Body, and Me”
July 21, 2023 06:00 - 59 minutes - 46.8 MBThis episode’s reading carries content warnings for discussion of COVID, self harm, horror movie gore, and suicide and suicidal ideation. If you want to opt out of that, please skip forward 14 minutes from the start of the reading. This time around, it’s my delight to continue our summer of screams with Lor Gislason (@lorelli_)! They read us a moving personal essay about how they got so dang goopy, which leads us into a great conversation about horror media, finding your people, and of c...
Book Tour 29: Chuck Tingle – Camp Damascus
July 07, 2023 06:00 - 55 minutes - 43.1 MBIt’s my absolute delight to welcome an absolute dream of a guest this time around: Chuck Tingle (@ChuckTingle)! We read from the first chapter of Chuck’s new horror novel, Camp Damascus, out July 11th from Tor Nightfire, which leads us into a great discussion on Chuck’s writing process, the things that changed between first draft and published book, and of course some of his and my favorite bits. Things mentioned in this episode: Game theory Straight and Bury Your Gays (2024), by Ch...
Episode 52: Foz Meadows – ”Blood Penance”
June 16, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 59.9 MBThis episode’s reading carries content warnings for children in perilous situations and description of injuries. The reading is 10:30 long. This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome Foz Meadows (@fozmeadows)! Foz reads an excerpt from his trunked novella, “Blood Penance,” which leads us into a great conversation about idea magpies, internet purity culture, horror, and kink. Things we mention in this episode: A Strange And Stubborn Endurance, by Foz Meadows Captive Prince, by...
Book Tour 28: Emma Mieko Candon – The Archive Undying
June 02, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 63.9 MBIt’s my distinct pleasure, this time around, to welcome Emma Mieko Candon (@EmmaCandon) to the show to talk about their incredible new book, The Archive Undying, out June 27th, 2023, from Tor Dot Com! After a reading from the book’s opening, we descent almost immediately into gremlin mode about the inspirations for the book (our favorite podcast (you know the one)), Star Wars, and the intersection of cultures. Things we mention this episode: Friends at the Table Mike’s episode Anci...
Episode 51: Dee Holloway – River’s End
May 19, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 55.1 MBThis episode's reading carries a content warning for brief, non-graphic vomiting. You can skip forward 8:10 from the start of the reading to 0:13:00 to avoid this. This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome Dee Holloway (@_deeholloway) to the show! Dee reads from her trunked YA novel, River’s End, which leads us into a great discussion of writing about place, what we did during the height of the pandemic, and Dee’s forthcoming novella, Little Nothing. Things we mentioned this episod...
Book Tour 27: Megan E. O’Keefe – The Blighted Stars
May 05, 2023 06:00 - 31 minutes - 25.5 MBThis time around, I’m delighted to welcome back to the show Megan E. O’Keefe (@MeganEOKeefe) to talk about her brand new book, The Blighted Stars, out May 23rd from Orbit Books! In between saying “spaceship books” a lot, we talk about some things that got left out for the betterment of the book, some beloved tropes, and what else you can look forward to from Megan! Things we mention in this episode: Megan’s previous episode Val’s last episode K.B. Wagers’ last episode Jaime Jones’...
Episode 50: Brandon O’Brien – ”Content is Cuisine”
April 21, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis episode’s reading carries a content warning for discussion of online harassment. If you would like to skip the reading, fast forward to timestamp 0:17:25 from the start of the reading. This time around, it’s my absolute delight to welcome to the show Brandon O’Briend (@therisingtithes)! Brandon reads from their story, “Content is Cuisine,” before we launch into a wonderful conversation about the intersection of poetry and game design, how recipes and poems are alike, and how H. P. L...
Book Tour 26: Ladz – Ice Upon a Pier
April 07, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutes - 43.3 MBThis episode’s reading carries content warnings for implied child abuse and violence. If you would like to skip the reading, please skip forward to the 0:21:00 mark from the start of the reading. This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome Ladz (@LadzWriting) to the show! They join us to talk about their forthcoming debut novella, Ice Upon a Pier, releasing April 11th, 2023, from Robot Dinosaur Press! Things we mention this episode: Robot Dinosaur Press The Chipped Cup Collect...
Episode 49: Suzan Palumbo – ”Fricatives”
March 17, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 70.7 MBThis episode’s reading carries a content warning for ableist themes around deafness. If you would like to skip this, skip ahead to the 11-minute mark to bypass the reading. This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome fellow gremlin Suzan Palumbo (@sillysyntax) to talk about…something. Suzan reads their trunked story, “Fricatives,” which leads us into a discussion about walking away from stories we’ve written that aren’t ours to tell. And then bagged pickles. We do get things back on tr...
Book Tour 25: Malka Older – The Mimicking of Known Successes
March 03, 2023 06:00 - 38 minutes - 29.7 MBHello, and welcome to season five (5) of Tales from the Trunk, where it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome Dr. Malka Older to the show to talk about her brand new novel, The Mimicking of Known Successes, out in just a few days on March 7th, 2023 from Tor dot com publishing! Malka reads us a couple of excerpts from the book, and then we geek out about putting puns in books because we can! Things mentioned in this episode: Infomocracy, by Malka Older Tor.com Publishing Brent Lambert ...
Episode 48: Aimee Ogden – Starstruck
February 17, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBThis time around, to close out our fourth (4th!) season, it’s my pleasure to welcome Aimee Ogden (@[email protected]) to the show! Aimee reads from her delightful trunked YA novel, Starstruck, which leads us into a lovely conversation about lesbian radishes, the exhausting nature of submitting work, and short fiction magazines we love. Things we mention this episode: Aimee Kuzenski’s episode Network Effect, by Martha Wells Gregory A. Wilson Beauty heart (watermelon) radish...
Book Tour 24: C.L. Polk – Even Though I Knew The End
February 03, 2023 06:00 - 50 minutes - 40.4 MBThis time around, it’s my joy to welcome back World Fantasy Award winner and fantastic human being C.L. Polk (@[email protected]) to talk about their newest novella, Even Though I Knew The End. After hearing an excerpt from the book’s first act, we get into its unexpected origin story, the things we write for our nine (9) goblin friends, and an introduction to Cee’s other books! Things we mention in this episode: The Kingston Cycle and The Midnight Bargain, by C.L. Polk Detroit ...
Episode 47: Juliet Kemp – Between Stars, Between Minds
January 20, 2023 06:00 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to welcome Juliet Kemp (twitter @julietk, mastodon @[email protected]) to the show! They read from their trunked sci-fi novel, Between Stars, Between Minds, which leads us into a discussion of messy first drafts, lived-in science fiction worlds, and finishing a four-book series. Things we mentioned in this episode: Chipped Cup Collective Andor Friends at the Table Austin Walker A More Civilized Age “Blocking,” by Juliet Kemp in Strange Bedfellows Ang...
2022 Awards Eligibility Roundup
January 13, 2023 06:00 - 8 minutes - 7.56 MBIt's awards time again! A full transcript of the show is included below. Hello, and welcome to Tales from the Trunk: nominating the works that did make it! I’m Hilary B. Bisenieks. Friends, it’s been another amazing year for science fiction, fantasy, horror, and beyond, and I’m here once more to let you know about some of the amazing works by my fantastic guests, which you can nominate for this year’s awards! Andi C. Buchanan, who joined us in April of 2022, has a number of el...
Book Tour 23: Annalee Newitz – The Terraformers
January 06, 2023 06:00 - 36 minutes - 29.2 MBThis time around, it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome a fellow podcaster, Annalee Newitz (@annaleen), to talk about their forthcoming novel, The Terraformers, out January 31st, 2023, from wherever fine books are sold! We get to hear an excerpt from the book that leads us into a great discussion about transit gays, flying moose romance, and robot trans culture, among other things. Things we mention on this episode: Tumblr Mastodon I-5 cattle ranches Dune, by Frank Herbert Friends...
Episode 46: C.L. Clark – The Bitch of Maradon
December 16, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 53.8 MBIt’s my distinct pleasure, for this, our post-NaNo episode, to welcome C.L. Clark (@C_L_Clark) to the show! Cherae reads a pair of excerpts from their trunked novel, The Bitch of Maradon, which leads us into a great conversation about formal and informal writing education, interrogating our biases, and how awkward it can be to revisit our old writing in the context of actually reading it out loud. Cherae also shares the story of her journey from NaNoWriMo to publication for their amazing nov...
Episode 45: R.J. Theodore – Flotsam
November 18, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 59 MBHappy NaNoWriMo, for all of you who observe! This time around, we’re joined once again by R.J. Theodore (@bittybittyzap) to talk about the crazy act of writing a novel in a single month and the freedom that comes with actually deciding to finish a thing. Rekka brings us a compare and contrast reading of two different beginnings of their novel, Flotsam, first from the NaNo when she first finished the book and the second from the version you can go and buy for yourself! Things we mention i...
Book Tour 22: Jordan Kurella – When I Was Lost
November 04, 2022 06:00 - 39 minutes - 30.5 MBThis time around, it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome back to the show Jordan Kurella (@kurellian) to talk about his new collection, When I Was Lost, available now wherever fine books are sold! He reads a previously-unpublished story, “The Hero and the Leviathan,” out of the collection, which leads us to ponder the question: what if a spaceship had PTSD? Things we mention in this episode: Trepidatio Press Mikio Murakami “Jewel of the Vashwa,” by Jordan Kurella in Apex Magazin Kea...
Episode 44: Héctor González – v o i d j u n k
October 21, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 52 MBThis time around, it’s my distinct pleasure to welcome Héctor González (@Mexicanity) to the show! Héctor reads a pair of spooky, voidy stories from the latest issue of v o i d j u n k , which leads us into a wide-ranging conversation about kindness, viscera, technology, chairs, and fandom. This episode’s readings carry content warnings for descriptions of viscera, possession, and transformation, and for sexual themes. If you would like to skip them, the two readings are from 3:50 to 8:05...
Book Tour 21: Aidan Moher – Fight, Magic, Items
October 07, 2022 06:00 - 59 minutes - 46.4 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to welcome (finally) Hugo-winning fan writer, Aidan (@adribbleofink) Moher to the show! We’re talking about his new book, Fight, Magic, Items, which just released October 4th! Aidan reads from the introduction to the book, which leads us into a deep discussion of the games that shaped our childhoods. Things we mention in this episode: A Dribble of Ink Final Fantasy Dragon Quest The Offspring NOFX Warcraft II LAN Party Doom II Final Fantasy VI...
Episode 43: Aimee Kuzenski – Tilted
September 16, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 54.8 MBIn case you missed the announcement at the start of our last episode, with Neon Yang, my new game, All Our Yesterdays, is available now for pay-what-you-want on my itch! This time around, it’s my absolute pleasure to welcome to the show Aimee Kuzenski (@aimeekuzenski)! Aimee reads to us from her novel, Tilted, which leads us into a great discussion on the interiority of writing, thoughts about reading aloud, and how important a good fight scene is. Things we mention in this episode: S...
Book Tour 20: Neon Yang – The Genesis of Misery
September 02, 2022 06:00 - 28 minutes - 21.8 MBAs mentioned at the top of the show, I have a game out, All Our Yesterdays, which you can find on my Itch.io! It’s my absolute pleasure, this time around, to welcome Neon Yang to the show to talk about their brand new book, The Genesis of Misery, out September 27th, 2022, from Tor books! Neon reads to us from the start of the book, which leads us into some great discussion about why doing multiple rewrites can be good, actually. Things we mention in this episode: Neon’s Tensorate...
Episode 42: Rem Wigmore - ”Considine’s Counsel”
August 19, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 94.9 MBThis time around, we’re joined once again by Rem Wigmore (@faewriter), who brings us a delicious excerpt from their trunked novella, Considine’s Counsel, which leads us into a great conversation about the study of story forms, actual play podcasts, and an opportunity, as if we needed one, to just be 110% on our bullshit. Things we mention in this episode: Foxhunt and Wolfpack, by Rem Wigmore Lake Taupō The Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien The Hobbit, by J.R.R. Tolkien Friends...
Book Tour 19: Valerie Valdes - Fault Tolerance
August 05, 2022 06:00 - 58 minutes - 46.6 MBThis time around, I’m very pleased to welcome back one of my guests from this show’s very first season, Valerie Valdes (@valerievaldes), to talk about the conclusion of her Chilling Effect trilogy, Fault Tolerance, which just released this Tuesday, August 2nd, 2022! Val reads to us from the opening chapter, which leads us into a lively discussion of video game tropes, fanfic, screenwriting, and who Val mains in Super Smash Bros. Things we mention in this episode: Val’s first-season e...
Episode 41: Miri Baker - ”DUEL”
July 15, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBThis time around, we’re joined by the one and only Miri Baker (@MiriBaker). Miri brings us a trunked story from ye olden days, all the way back in 2011, plus a lot of great conversation about the load-bearing parts of our personalities, cosplay, and how genuinely liking the things we like is good, actually. This episode’s reading carries content warnings for blood, extremely unsafe handling of swords, and extremely incorrect understanding of swords. It is just under 20 minutes long. Thi...
Book Tour 18: Ruthanna Emrys - A Half-Built Garden
July 01, 2022 06:00 - 29 minutes - 22.7 MBThis time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome Ruthanna Emrys (@R_Emrys), who joins us to talk about her new novel, A Half-Built Garden, which comes out on July 26th from Tor Dot Com publishing. We talk about ecological sci-fi, the things that got left on the cutting-room floor, and Ruthanna’s current reads. Things we mention in this episode: Winter Tide, by Ruthanna Emrys David Bowie The Innsmouth Legacy series, by Ruthanna Emrys Seanan McGuire Field Guide to Invasive Species of Min...
Episode 40: Amanda Cook - ”Snow Day”
June 17, 2022 06:00 - 1 hour - 49.7 MBThis time around, it’s my delight to be the first podcast out there to host up-and-coming author Amanda Cook (@AmandaCook627)! Amanda reads her trunked story, “Snow Day,” which leads us into a delightful conversation about cozy fiction, early-career writing, cosplay, and patience! This episode’s reading carries content notices for some brief mentions of guns and other weapons, along with a mention of nuclear war. Things we mention in this episode: Book Tour 17: Sarah Gailey - Just Like...
Book Tour 17: Sarah Gailey - Just Like Home
June 03, 2022 06:00 - 45 minutes - 44.6 MBThis episode carries content warnings for mentions of parental death, terminal illness, serial killers, and feelings of powerlessness. Additionally, the reading from this episode contains an overall sense of tension and dread. If you would like to skip the reading, you can skip forward 18 minutes from the beginning of the reading to bypass it. This time around, we’re joined once again by the incomparable Sarah Gailey (@gaileyfrey) to talk about their incredible (and incredibly terrifying) n...