All Episodes

049: Caroline Bicks - Stephen E. King Chair In Literature, "Monsters In the Archives" author

048: David O'Leary - "Project Blue Book" TV show creator/writer

047: Nick Mamatas - "I Am Providence", "Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest"; Novelist, Editor

046: Joe Bond - "Hope House," Debut Novelist

045: R.L. Maizes - "A Complete Fiction" author, NY Times, Oprah Magazine & more

044: Juliette Lin - Screenwriter, Hillman Grad Foundation graduate, cancer survivor

043: Lincoln Michel - "Metallic Realms" and "The Body Scout", Author; Teacher

042: Kathy Fish - Flash fiction author, teacher; Ploughshares, Smokelong Quarterly & more!

041: Kyle Winkler - Author of "The Ship of Death", "Tone-Bone", "Grasshands" and more

040: Ira Rat - Filthy Loot Press publisher, graphic designer, and editor

039: Joshua Hull - Screenwriter and Novelist, "Mouth," "Glorious," and "8114"

038: Andre Dubus III - Author, "House of Sand and Fog," "Townie," "Ghost Dogs: On Killers and Kin"

037: Jamarcus Turner - Writer/Story Editor, "Bob Hearts Abishola"

Short Fiction - "Hate to Meet You" by Austin Wilson

036: Brent Forrester -The Office, Writer/Exec. Producer; Writer, The Simpsons, Ben Stiller Show

035: Laura Kroeger - 2024 Final Draft Big Break grand prize winner, Screenwriter

034: Christine Wenc - Author, Writer for The Onion; "Funny Because It's True: How The Onion Created Modern American News Satire"

033: Jessica Berg - Literary Agent, Rosecliff Literary

The Most Important and Revealing Question a Writer Can Ask

Ledger's Fun Future with New Interviews and Audio Fiction

032: Alex Wrekk - Writer, "Stolen Sharpie Revolution," "Brainscan," and more

031: Carolyn J. Carpenter - Screenwriter, "You Can't Run Forever"; Script reader

030: Jim Burnstein, Screenwriter, "Renaissance Man," "Mighty Ducks 3"

029: Drew Larimore - Playwright, UPSTATE

028: Ryan Claytor - Cartoonist and Teacher; One Bite At a Time

027: Rana Tahir - Author, Heroes and Monsters: The Stranger Things Choose Your Own Adventure novel

026: Glenn Stout - Author, The Young Woman and the Sea; Editor, The Best American Sports Writing

025: Eugenio Volpe - Author; I, Caravaggio

024: Stephanie Pearre and Vaughn A. Jackson - Writers and Editors, Beyond the Bounds of Infinity

023: Ken Lowery - Game writer/creator, VOID 1680 AM, No-Tell Motel

022: Brian Allen Carr - Author; Sip; Opioid, Indiana; Bad Foundations

021: David Connor - Author; Oh God, the Sun Goes

020: Brock Swinson - Author, Ink By the Barrel: Secrets from Prolific Writers

019: Albert Wendland - Author, Haunted Stars

018: Lor Gislason - Author, Inside Out

017: Emily Marie Passos Duffy - Poet, Hemorrhaging Want & Water

016: James Spooner - Cartoonist, The High Desert

015: Matt Bors and Ben Clarkson - Writer/Cartoonist and Cartoonist, Justice Warriors

014: Daniel Joshua Rubin - Author and Screenwriter, 27 Essential Principles of Story

013: Bella Poynton - Playwright, director, actor

012: Max Booth III - Author and Publisher

011: Stephanie M. Wytovich - Author/Poet and Editor

010: EV Knight - Author, The Fourth Whore

Bookstores to Visit: Bucket O’ Blood

009: Brenda Tolian - Author, Blood Mountain

008: Jessica McHugh - Author/Poet, A Complex Accident of Life

007: Tim Waggoner - Author, Writing In the Dark, X novelization

006: Keely Shinners - Author, How To Build a Home for the End of the World

005: Daniel Kraus - Author, The Ghost That Ate Us; The Living Dead; Trollhunters; Whalefall

004: Tommy Dean - Writer/Editor

003: Robin Sloan - Author, Sourdough, Moonbound

002: Alec Nevala-Lee - Author, Astounding: John W. Campbell, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein, L. Ron Hubbard, and the Golden Age of Science Fiction

001: Erika Swyler - Author, Light From Other Stars

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