The ARC Party

It’s been a big year for the Stephen Graham Jones fans out there. It started with a couple of new novels, and then it was a reissue. Then it was five more reissues. Then there was that short story on Tor. And it just kept going.

So, I convened the SGJ nerd triumvirate to talk about all of the goings on in 2024… and beyond.

Presented more or less chronologically, we cover the deep dive episodes we’ve done, all of the releases this year, SGJ Day, the Scare Up The Vote stream, and Greg’s trip to Texas Tech to view the collected papers of Stephen.

It’s all about sharing the story

We’re big fans, and we collect stuff, and we search online, and we share things, and we talk and talk and talk. And maybe that could seem like it doesn’t amount to much. And hell, to some people it probably doesn’t.

But as we talk about in this episode, sometimes great things come from the fandom and the talking and the research and…

And just doing the thing. I knew that this was a different kind of year in the SGJ universe. So did Jesse. So did Greg. And out of that hatched SGJ Day, which got tons of attention. And next thing you know, we’re in Fangoria and Publisher’s Weekly.

And then as things are dying down a text leads to a call leads to oh shit me and Greg are running Tech for Scare Up The Vote.

So yeah. My big squishy message about everything that’s happened for me in the book world recently is that if there’s something you care about, do something with it. It’s not likely that someone is going to come along and give you permission to do the thing. Just go for it, and maybe something cool with result.

Finally I’ll say that you better get your wallets ready, because 2025 is looking like it’s going to be just as wild of a ride for the SGJ fans of the world.

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