A Flock of [REDACTED] (ft. Chris Panatier)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-jwr8v-f5f60c Happy holidays, friends and fiends! To celebrate, we're turning back the clock to Halloween, when we spoke to Chris Panatier on his debut, THE PHLEBOTOMIST! Willa Wallace, a government phlebotomist in a dystopian future where blood donation is mandatory, discovers a shocking secret that will change the world as she knows it forever! Also…

A Circus of Masks (ft. M.A. Carrick)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-xkrx4-f563a0 Forget the holidays, join us for a giggle-filled interview with Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, the brain and brawn behind M.A. Carrick and a deliciously delightful debut, THE MASK OF MIRRORS. Ren, a con-artist, tricks her way into a noble family only to find that it's more of an adventure than she's bargained for.…

Trauma Speedrun and NOPHEK GLOSS (ft. Essa Hansen)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ntjrv-f41144 It's a bird!  It's a plane!  It's a young boy's trauma tearing through the cosmos! This week we've got Essa Hansen as a special guest to talk about her debut, NOPHEK GLOSS!  When everything Caiden is brutally ripped from him, he sets out on a journey filled with discovery and vengeance on a galaxy-wide…

Killer Clown But Make It Campy: NIGHT TERRORS by Tim Waggoner

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-z2rkd-f385de We're back, baybey! This week, we're talking NIGHT TERRORS by Tim Waggoner, graciously gifted to us by the folks at Angry Robot!  Welcome to the Night Watch, an organization built to keep the balance between humanity and the physical manifestation of their nightmares. Audra and her partner Mr. Jinx (the clown that haunted her…

Halloween Extravaganza: HENCH

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-ve8jd-f0a0ec We're back in super-powered waters with this week's episode, HENCH by Natalie Zina Walschots!  When Anna, a temp who specializes in working for villains, gets badly hurt in an altercation with a hero, she turns to the one thing that makes sense: running the numbers.  Who knew superheroes caused so much damage?  Her findings…

Halloween Extravaganza: NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-hfbxq-f05ce8 Happy Halloween, guys and ghouls!  Who's ready for some Halloween horror goodness?  We're starting the week off with NIGHT OF THE MANNEQUINS by Stephen Graham Jones!  Is it a bird?  Is it a plane?  Is it a monstrous mannequin come to life in search of revenge? Check out the episode to find out!  Also…

Heroes, Villains, and BYSTANDER 27 (ft. Rik Hoskin)

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-seztt-eda2fa Look up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! It's Rik Hoskin flying by the sheer joy I had reading BYSTANDER 27!   BYSTANDER 27, a tale of grief and vengeance compounded with the high-impact trope of superheroes and villains, is one for the ages. Join us as we talk about John Hayes…

Making Memories with ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-e89an-e9f30b Color us clueless, because we thought y'all already had your hands on this bad boy, but this week we're covering ARCHITECTS OF MEMORY by Karen Osborne!  When Ash, a salvage pilot trying to hide the extent of her illness from her team and the megacompany that holds her life in its hand, she encounters…

THE ALEPH EXTRACTION

https://www.podbean.com/media/share/pb-vhjwg-e81915 This week we're here to talk about the marvelous misadventures of Simon Kovalic in THE ALEPH EXTRACTION by Dan Moren.  Can his team retrieve this mysterious alien artifact, or will they be beaten to the punch by Illyrican forces?  Read on to find out!  Also featured: listing The Umbrella Academy and Indiana Jones as…

THE HEREAFTER BYTES And Other Things That Spark Joy

Hey howdy hey, friends and fiends! It's, uh. It's been a minute, hasn't it? Look, I'll shoot straight with you guys. Y'all know that my mental health is garbage, and being housebound for (*checks calendar*) five months and counting isn't helping anything. I'm tired in that anxious sort of way where all I want to…