Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong black tea and single malt whiskey, generally without ice. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow hi...
Jun 07, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 62
Host: R. B. Wood With two decades’ experience in video games, Richard Dansky has contributed to over 40 titles in iconic franchises like Ghost Recon, Might & Magic, Splinter Cell, Far Cry, and Rainbow Six , His most recent credit was on Tom Clancy’s The Division 2 . Richard is also the developer of the 20th anniversary edition of the acclaimed tabletop RPG Wraith: The Oblivion , and has published seven novels and one short story collection. A former executive of the IGDA Game Writing SIG, he...
May 31, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 61
Host: R. B. Wood Bill Kirton was born in Plymouth, England a long time ago but has lived most of his life in Scotland. He has written stage and radio plays, songs and sketches for revues, flash fiction, short stories, novels, stories for children and books aimed at helping students to write effective academic essays and dissertations and get the most out of university and work. Dr. Kirton has been a university lecturer, actor, director, TV presenter, visiting professor and artist at the Universi...
May 24, 2024•6 min•Season 1Ep. 60
Host: R. B. Wood Kristin Kirby is an award-winning fiction writer and screenwriter who currently makes her home in the Southwest. Her work has appeared in the anthology Negative Space 2: A Return to Survival Horror, MYTHIC Magazine, The Overcast podcast, Space and Time, 365tomorrows, Eldritch Tales, and other publications. You can find her at www.kristinkirby.com ....
May 17, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 59
Host: R. B. Wood T. L. Emery is a writer of dark fiction and magical realism. He has been published in the "First Light" and "Second Sojourn" anthologies from BlueStone Publishing as well as "Extreme Drabbles of Dread" from The Macabre Ladies as well as others. He is currently putting together a collection of his stories taking place in West Newton, WV, the most haunted area in the world....
May 10, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 58
Host: R. B. Wood Mary E. Hart is the author of the haunted house novel, “Some Horrific Evening” and the 1980s themed horror tale, “Not Your Barbie Dino,” in the collection “Totally Tubular Terrors.” When she’s not creating memes about warehouse operations and writing about robots in her full-time job, or taking multiple pictures of magnolia trees, she is writing ideas for stories in far too many notebooks. You can learn more about her writing at www.maryehhart.com ....
May 03, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 57
Host: R. B. Wood Suzanne Madron was born in New York City and has lived up and down the east coast. Currently, she resides in a house built over a Civil War battlefield in the wilds of Pennsylvania where she has been known to host some interesting Halloween parties. She has authored several novels and stories under various names including Suzi M, James Glass, and Xircon....
Apr 26, 2024•6 min•Season 2Ep. 56
Host: R. B. Wood Melissa Burkart currently lives in downeast Maine with her family and writes in the pauses of parenting two young kids. Her short stories have appeared in The Word Count podcast and the anthologies Fight Like a Girl and What Follows under M. J. King. You can occasionally find her at melissaburkart.com or Instagram @writinginterrupted....
Apr 19, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 55
Host: R. B. Wood Huxley Ravenwood (she/they) is a queer, neurospicy author of eldritch and gothic horror from central Massachusetts. She also writes roleplaying game adventures and has edited several anthologies. In their other life, Huxley is a book historian and binder specializing in medieval works.
Apr 12, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 54
Host: R. B. Wood Naching T. Kassa is a wife, mother, and writer. She’s created short stories, novellas, poems, and co-created three children. She resides in Eastern Washington State with her husband, Dan Kassa. Naching is a member of the Horror Writers Association, Mystery Writers of America, The Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers Association, and various Sherlock Holmes Scions. She is the Talent Relations Manager at Crystal Lake Entertainment and was a recipient of the 2022 HWA Diversity Grant...
Apr 05, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 53
Host: R. B. Wood J. Edwin Buja has spent his life surrounded by books. He discovered early on that researching and writing hold the key to happiness. Who else would think scanning through decades of microfilm to index an old newspaper would be a dream job? For almost forty years, he has been married to the most wonderful woman on the planet. Although he lives in a small village somewhere in Canada, his heart and second home reside with his horror family in New England. His novels include The Kin...
Mar 29, 2024•11 min•Season 1Ep. 52
Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong black tea and single malt whiskey, generally without ice. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow hi...
Mar 22, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 51
Host: R. B. Wood Cindy O’Quinn is a five-time Bram Stoker Award®-nominated writer. Author of “Lydia”, from the Shirley Jackson Award-winning anthology The Twisted Book of Shadows, “The Thing I Found Along a Dirt Patch Road”, “A Gathering on the Mountain”, “One and Done”, and “Quondam”. Her poetry has been nominated for the Elgin, Dwarf Star, and Rhysling Awards. She is an Appalachian writer from West Virginia. Cindy currently resides on the old Tessier Homestead in the woods of northern Maine. I...
Mar 15, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 50
Host: R. B. Wood Michael Ehart has been at various times all the expected things: laborer, seminary student, musician, shoe salesman, political consultant, teacher, diaper truck driver, stand-up comedian, and the least important guy with an office at a movie studio. He made his first sale to a magazine at age 15, which means he has been writing for over 50 years, with the aforementioned occasional breaks for gainful employment. He lives in the upper left hand corner of the United States with his...
Mar 08, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 49
Host: R. B. Wood Michael Burke is a lifelong fan of fantasy, science fiction, and horror, propelled into these realms at a tender age when he discovered his father's cache of pulp novels. A passion for comic books soon followed. In 2000, Michael co-founded the Eisner-award-winning comic and collectible store, Comicazi, in Somerville, MA. When not sorting the comic stacks at work, Michael can be found at home, releasing the hobgoblins of his mind into story form. He has been published in Whetston...
Mar 01, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 48
Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong black tea and single malt whiskey, generally without ice. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow hi...
Feb 23, 2024•8 min•Season 1Ep. 47
Host: R. B. Wood Michael Ehart has been at various times all the expected things: laborer, seminary student, musician, shoe salesman, political consultant, teacher, diaper truck driver, stand-up comedian, and the least important guy with an office at a movie studio. He made his first sale to a magazine at age 15, which means he has been writing for over 50 years, with the aforementioned occasional breaks for gainful employment. He lives in the upper left hand corner of the United States with his...
Feb 16, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 46
Host: R. B. Wood Mercedes M. Yardley is a Bram Stoker and Stabby award-winning dark fantasist who wears poisonous flowers in her hair. She writes in a lush, lyrical style about current social issues and finding love and beauty in the darkness. She authored such works as Darling, Apocalyptic Montessa and Nuclear Lulu: A Tale of Atomic Love, Little Dead Red, and Love is a Crematorium. Mercedes lives and works in Las Vegas. You can find her at mercedesmyardley.com ....
Feb 09, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 45
Host: R. B. Wood Cheryl Cantafio works in information technology, and is a podcast co-host (You Only Go Once (Y.O.G.O.)). Her book, My Stay with the Sisters: Poems, is her debut as an author and poet. She lives in the suburbs of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania with her husband and two mischievous mini-dachshunds. Connect with her on Instagram: @cherylc.writer
Feb 02, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 44
Host: R. B. Wood Kenneth W. Cain is an author of horror and dark fiction, and a Splatterpunk Award nominated freelance editor. He is also the publisher and editor-in-chief at Crystal Lake: Torrid Waters. Cain is an Active member of the HWA and a Full member of the SFWA. To date, he has had over one hundred short stories and thirteen novels/novellas, as well as a handful each of nonfiction pieces, books for children, and poems released by many great publishers such as Crystal Lake Publishing, Jou...
Jan 26, 2024•9 min•Season 2Ep. 43
Host: R. B. Wood A bookworm since childhood, Belinda is passionate about stories and has turned her hand to writing them, with several stories published in a variety of publications. Belinda lives in Australia with her family, two moody, yet oh so loveable, cats and two super cute miniature dachshunds who love annoying said cats and each other. Belinda adores all things spooky, music and travel....
Jan 19, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 42
Host: R. B. Wood Michael Ehart has been at various times all the expected things: laborer, seminary student, musician, shoe salesman, political consultant, teacher, diaper truck driver, stand-up comedian, and the least important guy with an office at a movie studio. He made his first sale to a magazine at age 15, which means he has been writing for over 50 years, with the aforementioned occasional breaks for gainful employment. He lives in the upper left hand corner of the United States with his...
Jan 12, 2024•7 min•Season 2Ep. 41
Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low-speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong tea and single-malt whiskey, not champagne. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow his occasional p...
Jan 05, 2024•8 min•Season 2Ep. 40
Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong tea and single-malt whiskey. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow his occasional posts and read m...
Nov 06, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 39
Host: R. B. Wood Wayne Fenlon is the Scottish author of the horror/thriller novel THE BLACK CABIN, and drabble collection (100 word stories) SCATTERED LITTLE PIECES. His stories have appeared online at horrortree.com , and alongside Bram Stoker Award nominees in the well-received horror anthology SOMETHING BAD HAPPENED edited by Jennifer Bernardini. If he's not reading, writing, and talking books, he's designing book covers or animating them. You can find him on: Twitter. https://twitter.com/way...
Oct 27, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 38
Host: R. B. Wood Nora B. Peevy is a cat trapped in a human’s body. Please send help or tuna. She toils away for JournalStone and Trepidatio Publishing as a submission reader, is a co-founder and editor for Alien Sun Press, a reviewer for Hellnotes, co-editor and art/writing contributor for Weird Fiction Quarterly, and has been published by Eighth Tower Press, The Wicked Library Podcast, Sudden Fictions Podcast and other places. She has a Bachelor of Arts in English with a Concentration in Creati...
Oct 23, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Host: R. B. Wood Tim Waggoner has published over fifty novels and seven collections of short stories. He’s a four-time winner of the Bram Stoker Award, a one-time winner of the Scribe Award, and he’s been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Splatterpunk Award. He’s the author of the acclaimed horror-writing guide Writing in the Dark, and he’s a full-time tenured professor who teaches creative writing and composition at Sinclair College in Dayton, Ohio. His papers are collected by th...
Sep 08, 2023•8 min•Season 1Ep. 36
Host: R. B. Wood Karl Dandenell is a graduate of Viable Paradise and a Full Member of the Science Fiction & Fantasy Writers Association. He and his family, plus their cat overlords, live on an island near San Francisco famous for its Victorian architecture and low speed limits. His preferred drinks are strong tea and single malt whiskey. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. Follow his occasional posts and read m...
Sep 01, 2023•9 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Host: R. B. Wood Tom Deady's first novel, HAVEN, won the 2016 Bram Stoker Award for Superior Achievement in a First Novel. He has since published several novels, novellas, a short story collection, and the first book in his middle grade horror series. He has a master’s degree in English and Creative Writing and is a member of both the Horror Writers Association and the New England Horror Writers Association. You can find out more about Tom and his work at www.tomdeady.com...
Aug 25, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Host: R. B. Wood *Story TRIGGER WARNING: Abuse.* Mary E. Hart is the author of the haunted house novel, “Some Horrific Evening” and the 1980s themed horror tale, “Not Your Barbie Dino,” in the collection “Totally Tubular Terrors.” When she’s not writing about robot technology in her full-time job, or creating stuffed animal political debates with her son, she is writing down tales like this one and even Hallmark-like stories. You can learn more about her writing at www.maryehhart.com ....
Aug 18, 2023•7 min•Season 1Ep. 33
