Episode 55: "Rain in the Nightmarket" by Melissa Burkart
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Host: 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 or Instagram @writinginterrupted.
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Episode 54: "Through a Quagmire of Doubt and Fog" by Huxley Ravenwood
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Host: 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.
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Episode 53: "A Single Drop" by Naching T. Kassa
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Host: 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.
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Episode 52: "She's Coming for Me, You Know" by J. Edwin Buja
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Host: 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 King of the Wood and The Consort. His next novel, Enough Time, will be released in 2025....
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Episode 51: "The Mystery Girl of Doheny Boulevard" 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 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 his occasional posts and read more of his fiction at .
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Episode 50 "Give Me Shelter" by Cindy O'Quinn
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Host: 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. It’s the ideal backdrop for writing dark stories and poetry.
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Episode 49: "Darkling I Listen; and, For Many a Time" by Michael Ehart
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Host: 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 wife and youngest daughter.
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Episode 48 "The Sea Woman" 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 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 Whetstone:Amateur Magazine of Pulp Sword and Sorcery, The Horror Zine, Witch House, Northern...
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Episode 47: "Harry, the Ice Man" 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 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 his occasional posts and read more of his fiction at .
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Episode 46: "A Nice Bit of Ice" By Michael Ehart
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Host: 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 wife and youngest daughter. NOTE" The Thumbnail photo is of Michael at the Savoy!
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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 Tor Books. His second English-language book, Chrysanthe, came out in March 2012. A collection of short stories, Angels & Exiles, was published in 2015. His writing has netted him several awards, most notably the Grand Prix de la Science-Fiction et du Fantastique Québécois in 1994.
Yves was fiction editor from 1994 to 2001 for the Québécois SF magazine Solaris; he has been an anthologist for several projects, including the anthology Tesseracts5, published by Tesseract Books. He is one of the founding members of SF Canada. A Macintosh enthusiast from the instant he laid eyes on the machine, he has written several applications for the Mac and is developing more.
Né en 1964 à Québec, Yves Meynard demeure à Orléans, en banlieue d'Ottawa. Il détient un doctorat en informatique de l’Université de Montréal. Depuis 1986, il a publié plus de 50 nouvelles de science-fiction et fantastique, en anglais comme en français, et 19 livres en français. Il a également à son actif deux romans en anglais, The Book of Knights et Chrysanthe.
Yves fut directeur littéraire de la revue Solaris de 1994 à 2001, et a agi comme anthologiste pour divers projets, dont Tesseracts 5 et Escales sur Solaris. Fan du Macintosh de la première heure, il a créé plusieurs applications pour le Mac et s’affaire à en développer d’autres.