Episode 75: "Some Things are better Left..." by Patricia Gomes
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Host: Poet Laureate of New Bedford, Massachusetts from 2014 to 2021, author and playwright Patricia Gomes is published in numerous literary journals and anthologies. Gomes is the author of four poetry chapbooks. She is a Pushcart Prize nominee (2008, 2018, and2021) as well as a 5-time Rhysling Science Fiction Award nominee. Recent publications include Poem Alone, Horror Writers Poetry Showcase X, Potter’s Field 8, and the soon to be published anthology The Lycanthropicon.
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Episode 74: "Model Home" by L. Marie Wood
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Host: L. Marie Wood is a Golden Stake Award and two-time Bookfest Award-winning, Ignyte Award and two-time Bram Stoker Award® nominated author. She is also a MICO Award-winning screenwriter, a Rhysling nominated poet, and accomplished essayist. Wood is the Vice President of the Horror Writers Association, founder of the Speculative Fiction Academy, an English/Creative Writing professor, and a horror scholar. Learn more at .
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Episode 73: "Redeem Your Sins" by Belinda Brady
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Host: A bookworm since childhood, Belinda Brady is passionate about stories and after years of procrastinating, has finally turned her hand to writing them, with a preference for supernatural and dark themes; her love of both often competing for her attention. She has had several stories published in a variety of publications, both online and in anthologies. Belinda lives in Australia with her family, one very grumpy cat and two super spoiled and super cute dachshunds. Belinda enjoys reading, writing, music and cocktails - often enjoyed together - and working out when she can have her...
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Episode 72: "Redemption in a Chocolate Box" by Karl Dandenell
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Host: 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 with milk and single malt whiskey. Karl’s fiction and poetry have appeared in publications and podcasts in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain. You can follow his occasional posts and read more of his fiction on his website, .
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Episode 71: "Evolving Empathy" by Lucretia Stanhope
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Host: Lucretia Stanhope, a neurodiverse, relentlessly optimistic chronic illness warrior with less grace than determination, navigates her crone stage in a quaint Midwest town surrounded by cornfields. Amidst enduring medical trials that could rival horror stories, her pen never rests. When not lost in the wonderful lands of her imagination, she finds solace in doting on her three chihuahuas and her endlessly patient husband.
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Episode 70: "Behind the Dark" by Kristin Kirby
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Host: Kristin Kirby is a Southwest writer and screenwriter whose short stories have appeared in the anthology Negative Space 2: A Return to Survival Horror, MYTHIC magazine, The Overcast podcast, the Sudden Fictions podcast, 365tomorrows, SERIAL magazine, and other publications. I’m also honored that my short story “Meat” was on the preliminary finalist ballot for the 2023 Bram Stoker Awards. My first collection of short stories will be published by Unnerving Books in January 2025.
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Episode 69: "Moth" by Charles Barouch
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Host: Journalism, Science Fiction, Fantasy, Horror, Western, and Humor are five of Charles Barouch's passions. His stories are in a cultural time capsule on the Moon. Read his work in anthologies published by Shebat Legion, Daniel Arthur Smith, Fantastic Books, Celestial Echo Press, Dusty Saddle, and others. Start with a novella like Tiago and the Masterless or perhaps the novel Adjacent Fields.
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Episode 68: "A Dangerous Meeting" by Alex S. Johnson
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Host: Alex S. Johnson is a retired English professor, human rights activist, journalist, editor, author and publisher. He is the author of Weird, Bizarro, dark erotica, horror and unclassified dark satire tales and poems. His work has been praised by such luminaries as John Shirley, Ray Garton, Robert Devereaux and Ellyn Maybe. In a 2017 column, Brian Keene listed him in a short list of Bizarro authors including Garrett Cook: "Alex S. Johnson is Bizarro." His upcoming books include The Doom Hippies III: Cancelled and Deleted Tales--"A Dangerous Meeting" was deleted post...
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Episode 67: "Forgiveness" by Lucretia Stanhope
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Host: Lucretia Stanhope, a neurodiverse, relentlessly optimistic chronic illness warrior with less grace than determination, navigates her crone stage in a quaint Midwest town surrounded by cornfields. Amidst enduring medical trials that could rival horror stories, her pen never rests. When not lost in the wonderful lands of her imagination, she finds solace in doting on her three chihuahuas and her endlessly patient husband, a fellow scribe who shares her love for storytelling, boundless enthusiasm for the adventures yet to unfold, and never denies her dessert first.
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Episode 66: "All the Fires in the Night" by Gary Robbe
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Host: Gary Robbe is an educator and writer currently living in Colorado. He has had numerous stories published in e-zines, magazines, anthologies, and podcasts. His debut collection of short stories, Not Buried Deep Enough, was published in October 2023. Gary is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the Rocky Mountain Fiction Writers, and a founding member of the Denver Horror Collective. He is also an associate editor with Bewildering Stories.
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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 more of his fiction at www.firewombats.com.