Rob Watts When you play “Three Of These Things Belong Together”, there is an obvious forth that doesn’t belong. So, if I were to list: Horror Writer, Stainless Steel Design and Fabrication, Self Help Writer and Hot Sauce Inventor they would All apply to our guest and great friend of the show Rob Watts …except that you would have to add amazing musician, artist, chef, children’s author and composer of the Opening Theme to Sci Fi Saturday Night. The cool thing is we got to talk about almost everyt...
May 26, 2019
Not Keith Gleason Our guest is Keith Gleason, a man with many hats. Keith is the driving force behind Plastic City Comic Con , a one-day micro-con with delusions of huge (Dome, please see the editor about this sentence). He also runs Reckless Sidekick Productions and is also the producer of Mighty Mascots , which just got picked up by Alterna Comics , and we somehow tricked him into talking about it under the guise of wanting more information about the conventions Speaking of more information ab...
May 12, 2019
The original name for this show was “It’s Wrestlemania at the North Pole, Free Comic Book Day AND GraniteCon 2019 Preview” but it was too long. The Double Midnight Gang Our first guest is Chris Proulx, owner of Double Midnight Comics, the comic store voted “Best Of New Hampshire”. We talked about two things…May 4th’s Free Comic Book Day and a very early preview of Granite State Comic Con 2019 Our second guest tonight is once again the prodigious and prolific George O’Connor George O’Connor came ...
Apr 28, 2019
City Of Games On this edition of Sci Fi Saturday Night, the author of ‘The Shadow Over Portsmouth’ series Jeff Deck returns to talk about book two City Of Games . We got to talk about a ton of different things about the new book, the overall series and his consumption of caffeine in the writing process. Much as the first book, this is another character driven story in the series that just continues to work very well. Part missing person, part sci fi adventure, part good cop, bad cop, badder cop,...
Apr 14, 2019
Johnny Raygun For as long as I can remember, Rich Woodall has been an important and Rich Woodall interesting part of the comic community in New England and a good friend. From our first visits to the former Boston Comic Con and Granite Con, Rich was always there with fresh visions and amazing work. Over the years his influence and productivity has grown. We got the chance to talk with him about his beginnings with Johnny Raygun , his amazing body of work and some of his current projects includin...
Mar 31, 2019
Alvin Baylor Lives! This episode is actually two stories in one. One is the obvious part. Alvin Baylor Lives! is a fascinating well-constructed Sci Fi novel/audio book set in the far future with McGuffin after McGuffin to keep the reader/listener enthralled. One the one hand, charming while at the same time gritty, we learn about the world that Alvin inhabits, the society he survives in and the profound affect one man can have. The other story is about two boyhood friends, Maximillian Gray and J...
Mar 17, 2019
Dan Abella In this edition, we talk with friend of the show, Daniel Abella, the force behind The Philip K Dick Film Festival . This year is a hybrid affair with sessions on both coasts. New York Showings: Thursday, March 7th. at The Museum Of The Moving Image Saturday, March 9th. at The Producers Club Los Angeles Area Showings: Thursday, March 14th. at the Echo Park Film Center in Los Angeles Friday, March 15th. at the Ebell Club of Santa Ana in Santa Ana Saturday March 16th. at OCMA-Orange Coun...
Mar 03, 2019
Scot Noel On this edition of Sci Fi Saturday Night we go old school and talk about a new print magazine . To be fair, Dreamforge is much much more than just a print magazine. It is in fact a print,/digital hybrid quarterly event of Science Fiction with its own voice, its own look and its own outlook. That outlook is one of positivity for the human condition surrounded by a unique digital interface for the participant. Scot Noel , the driving force behind Dreamforge,spent some time with us just a...
Feb 09, 2019
The Sirens Song In this episode we speak again with multi-talented Nick Shakespeare about what’s he’s currently working on, what his new projects are, the state of his current projects. Nick gets to talk about the current state of his personal project The Sirens Song Parts One and Two , as well as his day job as storyboard artist and how his current success has delayed his “other stuff”. We get sidetracked talking about the inevitable Marvel vs. DC movies and why oh why DC just doesn’t seem to g...
Feb 03, 2019
Doctor-The-Who Welcome to a new season of Sci Fi Saturday Night, whatever that means. As part of our renewed pledge to only talk about stuff we like, in this episode we are pleased to introduce our vast listening audience, the marvelous mind and talents of Scott Wauchope . Scott brings a lot to the “Artists Alley” table, so to speak. He is a talented artist , a gifted writer and a man with a passion project. In this episode we discuss this passion project, ‘ Doctor-The-Who and The Lost Imaginati...
Jan 19, 2019
Erik Radvon When I go to a convention there is no real idea of who I might meet. It might be someone from my other work in such outrageously inventive cosplay you don’t even recognize them, it might be a long-lost friend from school days past who is now an artisan and produces the most amazing monster jars or it just might be someone so different and interesting you want them on your podcast. Such is the case with Eric Radvon . At Plastic City Comic Con last year, I was wandering the floor aimle...
Dec 15, 2018
Ceara Comeau As has been mentioned over and over, one of the best things about setting up at conventions is not only the chance to talk to our fans and listeners but also to meet old friend as well as new talented people. Terry Thomas, from Keene Comic Con came by our booth at Granite Con to talk to us about some of the guests that were going to be there. He spoke specifically about a young lady with blue hair whose name had slipped his mind but was an “up and coming Sci Fi author” and wanted us...
Dec 08, 2018
Noah Whippie One of the best parts of conventioning is getting to see and meet new and emerging talents, Not just artists and writers but also artisans. Every one in a blue moon you meet all three in one. At the first Keene Comic Con I had the chance to meet Noah Whippie and we talked for a bit about his art, his knives, his cards and stuff. We wanted to get him on last year but for one reason or another it didn’t happen. Then, this year at Keene II, we met up again and I said enough is enough. ...
Dec 02, 2018
Stephen Lomer On this episode we get the opportunity to talk with Stephen Lomer as he attempts to make his wonderful book Typo Squad into a short film. Steve has an interesting literary career, beginning as an editor and copywriter and transforming to a genuinely funny and effective writer who has chosen to defy genres and write as he pleases. No where is this more evident than in the Typo Squad series which is one part mystery, one part alternate history with liberal dashes of humor and “punner...
Nov 10, 2018
Charleigh Brennan It’s kind of rare to be introduced to an up and coming author of whom cool and great things can be expected. In this edition, the listeners get such a chance. A month or so back, at Vermont Comic Con , we had a chance meeting with a new young writer at her table, selling an anthology that she was a part of. Though the cover illustration was deceiving by comparison to the story she was telling us about, Charleigh Brennan was upbeat, engaging and energetic. She wanted to talk abo...
Nov 04, 2018
Kristi McDowell Kristi McDowell of Gamer Girl and Vixen joins us. In 2013, she co-founded Eden Park Tales with Jay Moores to publish her own comic, A Planet’s Cry and she was one of the authors in the first edition of My Peculiar Family In 2014, she co-founded Joy Cat Comics to publish Gamer Girl & Vixen. The Joy Cat Team is : Writers: Kristi McDowell and Sean Ian Mills Artist: Gemma Moody Letterer: Taylor Esposito We got the chance to talk with Kristi about the evolution of Gamer Girl and V...
Oct 28, 2018
Keene Comic Con In this episode we talk with Terry Thomas, the force behind Keene Comic Con , in anticipation of their second year. It will be Saturday, October 20 from 9:00 to 5:30. Admission is $ 10.00 and kids 10 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. It will once again be held at the Keene Rec. Center with plenty of free parking. Terry took some time to sit down and talk with us about what changes have been made for this years event. One of the biggest changes this year is their ex...
Oct 14, 2018
Hey, It’s Spence! In this podcast we get to spend time with Laura Nicole “Spence” Spencer. I had the extreme good fortune to meet Spence when we were both on a panel at Granite Con this year. She is the epitome of an all around person: Voice Actor, Entrepreneur, Fan Girl, owner of Resonant Moon Audio Book Solutions , a voracious crochet mavin and host of the Game School Podcast. Naturally, we talked about the role of import/export trade imbalance in Kurdistan and why/how it affects Canadian snac...
Sep 30, 2018
Team Synergy We talk with the newest inductees into the Sci Fi Saturday Night Five Timers Club , Alan and Chris Hebert. SFSN spent much time at Vermont Comic Con with our friends from HB Comics . They join the show to talk about the state of the independent comic creator and how it has changed over the past years. They are also here to talk about the newest episode of Team Synergy , a “kids” comic at inception and how is has now in issue 4, evolved into a taut YA Superhero adventure. Changes in ...
Sep 23, 2018
Jeff Deck In this episode we are joined by author Jeff Deck to talk about his newest series City of Ports – The Shadow over Portsmouth (Book One) We got the chance to task with Jeff about the setting, Portsmouth, NH, the development of the characters, the use of internal monologue as a narrative tool and how when it all comes together into a wonderful urban paranormal science fiction detective story that virtually defies definition (as well it should). Jeff spoke with us about how and why the ma...
Sep 16, 2018
Vermont Comic Con And joining the show to talk about it are Jason and Natasha Moulton. First the bullet points: The con runs September 15 & 16 at the Barre Civic Center . The venue has wifi and tons of parking. Ticket prices are quite reasonable. There are also VIP Passes, discounts for Student, Senior, Military and First Responders. There is a Family pack discount as well. Jay and Natasha got the chance to speak about a ton of stuff. We talked about how the Guests this year (it is year 5) w...
Sep 08, 2018
The Double Midnight Gang Joining the podcast for this episode is Chris Proulx, Owner of Double Midnight Comics (with locations in Manchester and Concord New Hampshire) and one of the main men behind the scenes of Double Midnight Productions and The Granite State Comicon being held on September 8 & 9 at the former Radisson Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. Tickets are available online and can also be purchased on the days of the event at the sales booths as the North and South Event Area...
Sep 01, 2018
This episode brings us Five Timers Club member Rob Smales who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items. Rob got to talk about his involvement in My Peculiar Family 2 as an author and as an editor. We got a rare glimpse of that the role of a good editor is and does. From a writing standpoint, he talked about how he used the writing prompt to shape his peculiar story and as an editor seeing the divergent roads others took. We also talked about two upcoming projects. First is his editori...
Aug 25, 2018
V.S. Holmes Our guest in this episode is returning author V.S. Holmes here to talk about some new interconnected projects of hers at Amphibian Press . First is her inclusion in a Science fiction short story anthology ‘ Beamed Up .’ Joining with fellow “ Amphibian ” writers Cameron J. Quinn, Ariele Sieling and Cullen McHael, V.S.’ contribution is a story called “Disciples”, written in the Nel Bently universe. Her other project is the soon to be released Book 3 in the Nel Bently series “Strangers”...
Aug 18, 2018
My Peculiar Family 2 In this episode we are joined by author Vlad Vaslyn and artist, writer and coloratura soprano Karen Gosselin to talk about their contributions to My Peculiar Family 2, currently on Kickstarter. Karen gets the chance to talk about how she has been with this project since the beginning and why she felt it was important to continue to Book Two. Vlad, who has been so very helpful behind the scenes in the book, talks about the “exercise” aspect of these books and how it lets all ...
Aug 12, 2018
Dale T. Phillips In this podcast, Dale Phillips , who certainly has some stuff to talk about, joins us once again. We get a chance to talk about his newest works as well as his time as a student when Stephen King was his teacher, his time as a mall Santa, his upcoming trip to The Killer Nashville Annual Writers Conference and his IMDB credit for the movie Throg . We then got to talk about volume two of My Peculiar Family now out on Kickstarter. Dale talks bout why he wanted to be involved in thi...
Aug 05, 2018
David Dewane In a wide-ranging conversation we spoke with David Dewane . He is an architect, entrepreneur, publisher, journalist, and educator. He is also the co-founder and president of Mouse Books . We talked about the concept of publishing in an electronic world, what Mouse Books has to offer and the scope Mouse Books has. From theory to Kickstarter , to establishing a presence, the story of what Mouse Books is and is becoming is a compelling story. Join us for an interesting hour News: Star ...
Jul 28, 2018
Skies Over Superior A few months back, friend of SFSN Josh Dahl and I spoke at Plastic City Comic Con and he was super psyched to show me his newest comic collaboration, “Skies Over Superior”, a story about Merilee Fite, a young girl facing ghosts and monsters on the icy shores of Lake Superior. At the time I found the art and story both quite a departure from Josh’s previous work and commented on the stunning visuals. We decided he should come on and talk about it and the Kickstarter . Well. jo...
Jul 15, 2018
Fictional Alignment On this episode, we are joined by multi faceted human Mike French who comes by to talk with us about book two in his series dealing with the coming devaluation of humans ‘Fictional Alignment’ . While this is the second book in the series, it does function quite well as a stand-alone (I know this only because I read book 1 well afterwards). We got a rare glimpse into the very “interesting mind of Mike and got the opportunity to talk on a multitude of subjects including: His ot...
Jun 24, 2018
Beamed Up In this edition, we get a chance to talk again with Cameron J. Quinn , Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur from Amphibian Press. Ostensibly, Cameron is here to talk about her story In Amphibians’ newest anthology, Beamed Up (faithful listeners of the podcast will remember Ariele Sielings recent appearance to discuss her story in the book, ‘The Stalk’). Cameron’s story for the anthology, “How To Abduct An Alien”, is parts of her ongoing “Starsboro Chronicles” series, but is, in fact, a preq...
Jun 16, 2018
