Episode 23: "What Remains" by Wicker Stone
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Host: Wicker Stone is a horror writer living in central Maine, where he spends much of his free time in Acadia Park, gathering locations for his current work in progress. Wicker’s work can be found in NEHW’s WICKED WEIRD, Northern Frights Halloween, & Love Issues. Follow on Facebook at AuthorWickerStone
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Episode 22: "Nemesis" by Sumiko Saulson
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Host: Sumiko Saulson is a Bram Stoker Nominated poet for their 2022 collection (), and an award-winning author of Afrosurrealist and multicultural sci-fi and horror whose latest novel is available on . Winner of the HWA Scholarship from Hell (2016) BCC Voice "Reframing the Other" contest (2017), Mixy Award (2017), Afrosurrealist Writer Award (2018), HWA Diversity Grant (2020), HWA Richard Laymon Presidents Award (2021), Ladies of Horror Fiction Readers Choice Award (2021) Sumiko has an AA in English from Berkeley City College, writes a column...
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Episode 21: "Good to the Last Drop" by Mike & Anita Allen
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Host: edits and publishes Mythic Delirium Books in Roanoke, Virginia, with his wife Anita and not-so-troublesome cat Pandora. His short stories have been gathered in three collections: Unseaming; The Spider Tapestries; and Aftermath of an Industrial Accident; with a fourth, Slow Burn, now in the works. His first dark fantasy novel, The Black Fire Concerto, appeared in 2013, with his second novel, Trail of Shadows, forthcoming from Broken Eye Books. A two-time finalist for the World Fantasy Award and the Shirley Jackson Award, Mike has also been a Nebula Award nominee and a three-time...
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Episode 20: "A Family Gift" by Belinda Brady
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Host: Enjoy this very "Twilight Zone-esque" story by the wonderful Belinda Brady, or you might end up in the Cornfield (With apologies to Bill Mumy). 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.
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Episode 19: "Stained Glass Scarlet" by Michael Burke
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Host: 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 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 short stories published in Whetstone:Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery, The Horror Zine, Northern Frights, Witch House, Swords...
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Episode 18: "Auto-Icon" by Jonathan Papernick
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Host: This is an exciting episode for me, as a former professor of mine, 17-year academic veteran, and Emerson Writer-in-Residence Jonathan Papernick kicks off the "Gift" prompt for the month of May with his story "Auto-Icon." Jonathan Papernick, born and raised in Toronto, Canada, is the author of two short story collections, The Ascent of Eli Israel and There Is No Other and three novels, the most recent being I Am My Beloveds. He serves as Senior Writer-in-Residence in the Writing, Literature and Publishing department at Emerson College in Boston where he has taught since 2007....
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Episode 17: "Surge" by Cindy O'Quinn
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Host: Cindy O'Quinn is a four-time HWA Bram Stoker nominated writer. Her dark poetry has been nominated for both the Rhysling and Dwarf Star Awards. Cindy lives a simple lifestyle on the old Tessier homestead in northern Maine.
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Episode 16: "Nail-Farer" by Yves Meynard
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Host: Born in 1964 in Québec City, Yves Meynard currently lives in Orléans, Ontario. He holds a Ph.D. in Computer Science from the Université de Montréal. Since 1986, he has published over 50 SF & Fantasy short stories in both English and French, and 19 books in French. His first book in English, a fantasy novel titled The Book of Knights, came out in January 1998 from . His second English-language book, , came out in March 2012. A collection of short stories, Angels & Exiles, was published in 2015. His writing has netted him several awards, most...
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Episode 15: "Summer '77" by Rose Blackthorn
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Host: Rose Blackthorn wrote this week's story, and it is a Twilight Zone-esque delightfully creepy, and beautiful tale! Rose Blackthorn lives in the desert but longs for the sea. She is a writer, dog-mom, jewelry-maker, avowed coffee drinker, and photographer. Her short fiction and poetry have appeared online and in print with a varied list of anthologies and magazines, including the collection .
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Episode 14: “The Oncoming Storm” by Bill Kirton
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Host: The April 2023 theme of "Storm" begins with a coming-of-age story by returning author Bill Kirton. Bill Kirton was born in Plymouth, England, studied French at Exeter University, and graduated in 1962. While teaching at Hardye’s School, Dorchester, he started his Ph.D. on the theatre of Victor Hugo and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University from 1968 to 1989. He’s also been a voice-over artist, TV presenter and has extensive experience of acting and directing. His directing credits include many French language plays as well as works by Shakespeare, Orton, Beckett, and...
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The last of our prophecy stories titled, fittingly enough, "The Prophecy," is by author Andrew Butters who also has a brand new non-fiction book releasing on April first. Give this rather satirical sudden fiction a listen.
Andrew Butters is a married father of two living in New Brunswick, Canada and he will tell you that his first published work was Losing Vern as part of the Orange Karen: A Tribute to a Warrior anthology. In reality, it was a 500-word anecdote about the time he lit himself on fire. That story made it into the third installment of the Darwin Awards books. He writes, creates, eats snacks, blogs, toils over his next novel, creates videos, is a huge fan of golf, hockey, science, EQUALITY, and the Oxford comma. Andrew sometimes lets his love of attention override common sense. You can find evidence of this pretty much anywhere you can find Andrew.