The ARC Party

Oct 22 2024 57 ep. 81 mins 7

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Your first look at upcoming books! My goal with the ARC Party is to connect readers with books before they release! Much of the success of a new book is connected to pre-orders and early sales numbers, but sometimes people don't hear about a book until long after it's been released. An episode typically consists of an author giving a quick description of their book, followed by a spoiler free discussion about it. We often talk about themes, characters, settings, etc. But I'm careful to not talk about anything that would ruin the reading experience!

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2024: SGJ Recap

Oct 22 2024 114 mins

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 de

Scared Up The Vote

I’m not going to give a beat by beat, but I want to start by sharing how I got involved with Scare Up The Vote. I am driving in highway traffic when I get a text from Becky Spratford. It just says: “Can you talk. It’s big. Call when you can.”I never thought of myself as an awfulizer, but a vague text like that gets me nervous. So I immediately called back Becky and when she

Dan Howarth - LAST NIGHT OF FREEDOM

Oct 12 2024 60 mins

Order your copy here!The ages-old tradition. The last night as a free man. Some of us have participated in this tradition. Some, more than others. Usually it’s going to include some booze, some lewd behavior, some macho nonsense, and maybe the drunken utterance “I’d die for you, man.” But. Would they? In this book, Dan Howarth marries (heh) the concept of a bachelor/stag pa

Keith Rosson - THE DEVIL BY NAME

Sep 23 2024 54 mins

THE DEVIL BY NAMEI know, I know. You’re wondering why I’m posting an interview with Keith Rosson after the book is already available. Sometimes in life, plans change. In this case I was originally planning to talk to Keith several weeks earlier, but circumstances changed plans, and as we’re busy important folks, it took us a while to get a new date on the books. But there was

Nat Cassidy - REST STOP

Sep 19 2024 80 mins

PREORDER REST STOPNat Cassidy was kind enough to join me once more on the podcast to talk about his upcoming novella, out on Shortwave, called REST STOP (preorder link above the cover image). While REST STOP is a quick read, and pretty chock-full of violence and creepy crawlies, we managed to get pretty deep into a conversation about generational trauma and survival - themes that a

Sofia Ajram - COUP DE GRÂCE

Sep 09 2024 81 mins

Pre-Order HEREContent Warning: In this episode, we discuss suicide, depression, and self harmSofia Ajram joined me to talk about COUP DE GRÂCE, her upcoming novella, an intense, personal, existential, liminal nightmare that will make you think deeply about what life is all about. In our talk, we cover myriad topics including liminal spaces and stories and how things like depressio

David James Keaton - SHALLOW ENDS

Sep 05 2024 93 mins

David James Keaton is a brilliant and hilarious author. He’s put out a hefty stack of books, and created some of the most entertaining podcast moments I’ve captured in the thirteen years I’ve been doing this. For this episode, we’re looking at his upcoming release, SHALLOW ENDS, which may or may not ask “what would you do if you were on the back of a fire truck party bus

Podcasts that love horror books pt 2

Aug 30 2024 107 mins

So many podcasts!I thought I could make one podcast episode where I talked to some folks who podcast about horror, and it would be a one-stop-shop for folks looking for a new favorite commute time killer (hmm. commute-time killer? commute time-killer?)Well, as is often the case, it wasn’t until I was in the middle of it that I realized two things:* There are so many podcasts talk

Podcasts that love horror books pt 1

Aug 27 2024 79 mins

So many podcasts!I thought I could make one podcast episode where I talked to some folks who podcast about horror, and it would be a one-stop-shop for folks looking for a new favorite commute time killer (hmm. commute-time killer? commute time-killer?)Well, as is often the case, it wasn’t until I was in the middle of it that I realized two things: * There are so many podcasts tal

Zoje Stage - DEAR HANNA

Jul 30 2024 67 mins

Pre-Order HEREI say it in the episode, and I’ll repeat it now. I’ve been ride-or-die for Zoje’s writing career since I read BABY TEETH in 2018. I think Zoje’s writing voice is so charming and consequential and relatable. At some level, I’d always hoped to hear what’s been going on with Hanna since BABY TEETH, but I never pushed it into he arena of hope. I guess Zoje has