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Sci-Fi Snacks25. A Sci-Fi Christmas Special: Carols on CallistoEvery great sci-fi show has a Christmas Special, and Sci-Fi Snacks is no different! Join me as I eat my way through all the Little Debbie Christmas snacks and I gush about the amazing story, Carols on Callisto.To be notified when new episodes of Sci-Fi Snacks are live, follow the podcast, and sign up for the newsletter here. Thanks for listening!Let's connect on Socials! @lizjbradley.bsky.social | @lizjbradley This week's story: Carols on Callisto, by Deborah L. Davitt. Published in Escape Pod (Episode 711)
2025-12-2518 min
Foofaraw FrequenciesInterviews for the Magic Kingdom's New Royal Family by Deborah L. Davitt🏰 Interviews for the Magic Kingdom's New Royal Family by Deborah L. DavittRead the full story on Foofaraw PressNarrated by KeenanIntro music by lashmanArtwork by Hollowe StudiosAdditional art by Tony TranBrought to you by Public AnnouncementSay hello!Support the showBe kind, stay sane
2025-07-3107 min
LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)"Meditations from the Event Horizon" + "The Potter, His Daughter, and the Boy with Tribal Marks on his Face"This episode features "Meditations from the Event Horizon" by Deborah L. Davitt (©2025 by Deborah L. Davitt) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "The Potter, His Daughter, and the Boy with Tribal Marks on his Face" by Oyedotun Damilola Muees (©2025 by Oyedotun Damilola Muees) read by Mirron Willlis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Podcasts – Escape PodEscape Pod 977: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 2 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Mentions of sexual assault Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Mariana stood in the security room, listening to […]
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2025-01-2300 minEscape PodEscape Pod 977: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 2 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Mentions of sexual assault Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Mariana stood in the security room, listening to […]
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Escape PodEscape Pod 977: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 2 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Mentions of sexual assault Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Mariana stood in the security room, listening to […]
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2025-01-2330 minPodcasts – Escape PodEscape Pod 976: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 1 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Above them, stars; below, the endless roil of leaden clouds that engulfed […]
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2025-01-1600 minEscape PodEscape Pod 976: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 1 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Above them, stars; below, the endless roil of leaden clouds that engulfed […]
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2025-01-1600 minEscape PodEscape Pod 976: Reflected in Mirrored Skies (Part 1 of 2)Author : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Ibba Armancas Host : Mur Lafferty Audio Producer : Summer Brooks “Reflected in Mirrored Skies” was published by Compelling Science Fiction (Special Kickstarter Companion issue Nov. 6, 2018) Reflected in Mirrored Skies by Deborah L. Davitt Above them, stars; below, the endless roil of leaden clouds that engulfed […]
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2025-01-1625 minLIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)"Resistance" + "Under the Skin"This month's Lightspeed Science Fiction Short Shots episode features "Resistance" by Cat Rambo (© 2024 by Cat Rambo), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "Under the Skin" by Deborah L. Davitt (© 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt), narrated by Nan McNamara. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2024-08-1515 minLIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)In the Hands of the Mountain GodThe towering granite shoulders of the mountain god braced against the blue heavens above. Eero’s eyes remained closed beneath his glacial mask, his body swathed in a cloak of green trees. | © 2024 by Deborah L. Davitt. Narrated by Janina Edwards. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 41: Reading the Nebulas IIWith me today to read the novelette category for the Nebulas are Allen Dyen-Shapiro, Leigh Harlen, and Brent Lambert. Allan Dyen-Shapiro is a Ph.D. biochemist who enjoyed a 19-year research career. He now teaches in high-poverty schools in Southwest Florida and recently ramped up his union activism. He's sold short fiction to venues including Dark Matter Magazine, Flash Fiction Online, and numerous anthologies and co-edited an anthology of speculative fiction set in the Middle East. He's a member of SFWA and Codex and blogs at allandyenshapiro.com, where you'll also find links to his s...
2024-05-081h 02Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 40: Reading the Nebulas I; Short StoriesHello and welcome to Shining Moon, Episode 40. With me today are A.P. Howell, Sam W. Pisciotta, A.T. Sayre, and Risa Wolf. The voting for the Nebulas has just concluded, and we’re here to talk about the contenders on the ballot before the winners are revealed. Let’s get started with some introductions!A. P. Howell For information on published works, links to social media accounts, and similar things, visit her website aphowell.com Sam W. Pisciotta Connect with him at www.silo34.com and @silo34 on X and Instagr...
2024-05-011h 18Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 39: Writing Games III, Cerebos the Crystal CityZach Welhouse is a librarian and game designer who lives in the Pacific Northwest. He enjoys hot drinks and meeting dogs who look like goblins. His work has appeared in the Costume Fairy Adventures and Deadlands RPGs, and Strange Beast: A Tarot Zine. Cerebos: The Crystal City, a game about crossing a surreal desert by train, is available through Penguin King Games on itch.io and Drivethru RPG Amelia Gorman lives in Eureka where she spends her free time exploring tidepools and redwoods with her dogs and foster dogs. Her fiction has appeared i...
2024-04-2453 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 38: Writing Games II--TEETH RPGHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 38. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about writing games, particularly roleplaying games. This is a subject dear to my heart, because I’ve spent twenty years of my life playing RPGs, mostly in written form, in play-by-post games. I am a big proponent of how they help to develop writers’ skills at worldbuilding, characterization, and plot. My guests today are Marsh Davies and Jim Rossignol of the game Teeth! Marsh Davies is a writer and illustrator who has worked in game...
2024-04-171h 08Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 37: Speculative Poetry IVDaniel Ausema is an educator and stay-at-home dad. His poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, Dreams & Nightmares, and many other places and have been nominated for the Rhysling Award. He is also the author of the Arcist Chronicles and the creator of the Spire City series, as well as the writer of many short stories, roughly a hundred of which have been published in places like Diabolical Plots and Strange Horizons. He lives in Colorado at the foot of the Rockies and can be found online at danielausema.com.Brian U. Garrison
2024-04-101h 02Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 36: Writing Real World ReligionsWelcome to Shining Moon Episode 36, Writing Real World Religions. Priya Chand is a California transplant living in the Midwest, where she regularly cuts down trees and sets them on fire (as a certified volunteer forest steward). When she's not reading, writing, or eating, she enjoys swimming, martial arts, and naps. Her current big project is co-editing Reckoning 9. Find her at priyachandwrites.wordpress.comR. K. Duncan is a fat queer polyamorous wizard and author of fantasy, horror, and occasional sci-fi. He writes from a few rooms of a venerable West Philadelphia r...
2024-04-0356 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 35: Writing Fantasy ReligionsSamantha Mills is a Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winning author from Southern California. You can find her short fiction in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and others, as well as the best-of anthologies The New Voices of Science Fiction and The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2023. Her debut novel, The Wings Upon Her Back is coming out in April 2024 through Tachyon Publications. You can find more at www.samtasticbooks.com.Risa Wolf is a multi-gendered water elemental disguised as an ink-stained lycanthrope. They come from the Burned-Over District in...
2024-03-2744 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 34: Writing Media Tie-insHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 34, Writing Media Tie-Ins. With me today are Marie Brennan, Kate Heartfield, and Caitlin J. Starling. Let’s get started with some introductions!Marie Brennan is a former anthropologist and folklorist who shamelessly leans on her academic fields for inspiration. In addition to her tie-in work for Legend of the Five Rings, she is the author of more than twenty novels, more than eighty short stories, and a grand total of three poems. As half of M.A. Carrick, she is also the author of the Rook and Rose epi...
2024-03-201h 22Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 33: Food and Foodways in FictionHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Epsidoe 33: Food and Foodways in Fiction. With me today are Beth Cato, P.A. Cornell, Amelia Gorman, Nibedita Sen, and D.A. Xiaolin Spires. Let’s get started with some introductions!Nebula Award-nominated Beth Cato is the author of A THOUSAND RECIPES FOR REVENGE and A FEAST FOR STARVING STONE from 47North. Follow her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato.P.A. Cornell is an award-winning Chilean-Canadian author who has published over thirty original pieces of short fiction in magazines like, Li...
2024-03-131h 25Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 32: Novella Writing Bendi Barrett is a queer Black creator of speculative work in both fiction and interactive game narratives. His debut novella, Empire of the Feast, was a 2023 Ignyte award finalist for Best Novella. His work has appeared in Baffling Mag, PANK magazine, and several anthologies including the BSFA awards long-listed Luminescent Machinations. He also writes erotic fiction and games under the pen name Benji Bright. Nonetheless, his mother has implied she is very proud of him. | Laurence Raphael Brothers is a writer and a technologist with five patents and a background in AI and Int...
2024-03-061h 23Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 31: Non-Western FantasyHello and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 31, Non-Western Fantasy! With me today are Tina Zhu, Osahon Ize-iyamu, and Liza Wemakor. Let’s get started with some introductions!We had some audio problems with Osahon's feed in places. Please be patient with the technology. Osahon Ize-Iyamu is a Nigerian writer of speculative fiction. A graduate of the Alpha and Clarion Writers Workshop, he has been published in magazines like Clarkesworld, Nightmare, The Rumpus, and Strange Horizons. You can find him online @osahon4545.Liza Wemakor is a writer and a Ph.D...
2024-02-2854 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 30: A Walk in the Dark IITara Campbell : www.taracampbell.com.Kat Day writes regular flash for her blog, thefictionphial.wordpress.com. Lindz McLeod: https://lindzmcleod.co.uk/ Suzan Palumbo: suzanpalumbo.wordpress.com. Sam W. Pisciotta: www.silo34.com or @Silo34 on X and Instagram.Stories on this episodeTara Campbell“Spencer,” Speculative City #7. https://speculativecity.com/fiction/spencer/“Sasabonsam,” Strange Horizons, December 11, 2017 http://strangehorizons.com/fiction/sasabonsam/ Kat Day“When I Was Youn...
2024-02-211h 22Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 29: YA and Middle-grade FictionNote: There are some audio problems in this episode that I have been unable to correct. My apologies. David Anaxagoras is a writer and former teacher from southern California. His short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed and The Dread Machine. He is the creator and co-executive producer of the Amazon series Gortimer Gibbon's Life on Normal Street, for which he received a WGA Award nomination. He currently lives in Texas (but not on purpose) where he's at work on his second middle-grade novel. Visit his website at davidanaxagoras.com.Alicia Hilton...
2024-02-141h 18Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 28: Cozy Fantasy and HopepunkHello, and welcome to Shining Moon episode 28, Cozy Fantasy and Hopepunk. I’m your host, Deborah L. Davitt. This week we’ll be having a conversation with M. E. (Mary) Garber, Susan Kaye Quinn, and John Wiswell. Itinerant writer M. E. Garber currently lives halfway between the Kennedy Space Center and Disney World, an ideal place for writing speculative fiction. When not writing, she’s often sipping tea, snapping pics, or tending orchids, sometimes all at once. Visit her online at http://megarber.net or on Mastodon @megarber@wandering.shopSusan Kaye Quinn
2024-02-071h 24Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 27: Shared Visions, or Writing with a Co-AuthorHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 27, Shared Visions: Writing with a co-author. With me today are writing partners Kathy Bailey and Kurt Pankau as well as Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, who write together as M.A. Carrick. Let’s get started with some introductions!Kathy Bailey writes romance, poetry, science fiction, and women's kaiju. She's currently working on a series of romance novels set in national parks. Before focusing on fiction, she was a newspaper reporter at the Oakland Tribune and San Francisco Examiner. She's also written three guidebooks about exploring the outdoors on...
2024-01-311h 40Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 26: When the Fic is Quick IIAmanda Helms (she/her) is a biracial Black/white fantasy, science fiction, and sometimes horror writer whose stories have appeared in FIYAH, Lightspeed, Nature: Futures, and other fine venues. She lives with her family in Colorado. Though all of them are natives, none ski or snowboard, proving that such creatures indeed exist. Find her at amandahelms.com, on Instagram @amandaghelms, or Bluesky @amandaghelms.bsky.social. Vylar Kaftan has published over fifty short stories in magazines such as Asimov’s, Lightspeed, and Clarkesworld. Her alternate history novella “The Weight of the Sunrise” won the Nebula...
2024-01-241h 22Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 25: When the Fic is Quick IHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 25, Flash Fiction: When the Fic is Quick. I’m your host, Deborah L. Davitt. With me today are Kat Day and Michael Haynes as we’ll discuss the art of writing flash fiction—stories that are under 1,000 words in length. Let’s get started with some introductions. Kat Day is an editor and writer who lives in Oxfordshire. By day, she works as a medical editor, looks after her two children and wrangles the PseudoPod Towers tentacles into producing horror stories every week. By night she... does all the thing...
2024-01-171h 15Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShinging Moon Episode 24: Environmental and Cli-Fi IIHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 24. Today we’ll return to the themes of environmental fiction, cli-fi, and solarpunk, on what will be our last episode for the year. Joining me today are Priya Chand, Amelia Gorman, Floris Kleijne, and Tehnuka. Let’s get started with some introductions. Priya Chand is a California transplant living in the Midwest, where she regularly cuts down trees and sets them on fire (as a certified volunteer forest steward). When she's not reading, writing, or eating, she enjoys swimming, martial arts, and naps.Amelia Gorman liv...
2023-12-271h 09Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 23: Mythology, Folklore, and Prehistoric FictionHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 23. Today we’ll be talking about mythology, folklore, and prehistoric fiction. My guests today are Robin Duncan, Jelena Dunato, Sam W. Pisciotta. Let’s start with some introductions. R. K. Duncan is a fat queer polyamorous wizard and author of fantasy, horror, and occasional sci-fi. He writes from a few rooms of a venerable West Philadelphia row home, where he dreams of travel and the demise of capitalism. His other full-time job is keeping house for himself and his live-in partner. Before settling on writing, he studied linguistics and ph...
2023-12-201h 20Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 22: Environmental Fiction, Cli-Fi, and SolarpunkHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 22. Today we’ll be talking about environmental science fiction, cli-fi, solarpunk, and maybe even hopepunk. My guests today are Renan Bernado, Cecile Cristofari, and Susan Kaye Quinn. Stories featured in this episode:Renan Berando:"A Shoreline of Oil and Infinity," Escape Pod #863, https://escapepod.org/2022/11/17/escape-pod-863-a-shoreline-of-oil-and-infinity/ "Eight Steps to Steal a Yacht and Build a Hospital: Solarpunk Magazine issue #8.Cecile Cristofari:'Que la grenade est touchante' (Lackington's, Issue 24 (Fall 2021)) https://lackingtons.com/2022/08/03/que-la-grenade-est-touchante-by-cecile-cristofari/ "Th...
2023-12-131h 21Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 21: Editors and Editing IIIHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 21. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to be a magazine editor in this day and age—particularly when your magazine has a message and a role to play in the world at large. We’ll discover the process that takes hold of your story from the moment you click the ‘submit’ button till the moment it’s published. And we’ll talk about the biggest challenges facing editors today. Katrina Archer is an author of science fiction, fantasy, and romance. A form...
2023-12-0629 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 20: Self-Publishing EmpireHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 20. Today we’ll turn away from genre concerns to get into the nuts and bolts of independent publishing. Joining me today are science fiction writer Abby Goldsmith, and dark erotica author Cassie Alexander.Abby Goldsmith: https://AbbyGoldsmith.com/majority Cassie Alexander: https://cassiealexander.com "Don't tell me that the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -- Anton Chekov Piano music for closureThank you for listening to Shining Moon! You can reach the host, Deborah L. Davit...
2023-11-2943 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 19: Lovecraftian and WeirdHello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 19. With me today are Alicia Hilton, Kenneth Hite, and Dawn Vogel to discuss the topic of Lovecraftian and Weird Fiction. Do you have to be Lovecraftian to be weird? What *is* weird, and how do we go beyond the tropes that Lovecraft and his immediate successors set for us. Let’s get started with some introductions!Alicia Hilton's website is https://aliciahilton.com. Follow her on Twitter @aliciahilton01 and Bluesky @aliciahilton.bsky.social. Kenneth Hite is available at kennethhite.bsky.social....
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2023-11-173h 19Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 18: Speculative Poetry IIIHello and welcome to Shining Moon episode Number 18. Today we’ll once again turn our attention to the topic of speculative poetry with guests Rebecca Buchannan, Alicia Hilton, Lorraine Schein. Let’s get started with some introductions. Rebecca Buchanan is the editor of the Pagan literary ezine, Eternal Haunted Summer. She has released two collections of speculative poetry, as well as several short story collections and novellas. Her work has appeared in a variety of venues, including Abyss & Apex, Corvid Queen, Enchanted Conversation, Eye to the Telescope, Faerie Magazine, Mirror Dance, Star...
2023-11-1547 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 17: WorldbuildingHello, and welcome to Shining Moon, Episode 17. Today, we’re departing from genre concerns to talk about the art and craft of worldbuilding. My guests today are Marie Brennan, Beth Cato, Rachel Handley, and Kenneth Hite. For more information on Marie Brennan, visit swantower.com, Twitter @swan_tower, or her Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/swan_tower.For more information on Beth Cato, visit her at BethCato.com and on Twitter at @BethCato.Stories in this episode:Marie Brennan: “The Naming of Knots” Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue...
2023-11-081h 26Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 16: Military Science Fiction and MoreHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 16. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about military science fiction and military fantasy. We’ll talk about the history of military science fiction, what it takes to write in this subgenre with authentic voice and respect. My guests today are Derrick Boden, Jonathan Brazee, and P. A. Cornell. A fourth guest was originally included in this interview, but has been edited out.Derrick Boden is at derrickboden.com and on Twitter as @derrickboden. P.A. Cornell is at pacornell.com
2023-11-011h 01Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 15: Editors and Editing IIHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 15. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to be a magazine editor in this day and age. We’ll discover the process that takes hold of your story from the moment you click the ‘submit’ button till the moment it’s published. And we’ll talk about the biggest challenges facing editors today. My guests this week are Stephen Granade and Cislyn Smith of Small Wonders! Stephen Granade is a writer, editor, and XYZZY-awarded game designer whose works have appeared...
2023-10-2543 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 14: Editors and Editing IHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 14. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to be a magazine editor in this day and age. We’ll discover the process that takes hold of your story from the moment you click the ‘submit’ button till the moment it’s published. And we’ll talk about the biggest challenges facing editors today. My guests this week are Eleanor R. Wood and Shingai Njeri Kagunda of the audio magazine PODCASTLE.Mentioned in today's episode: https://podcastle.org/2023/02/14/podcastle-774-yung-lich-and-the-dance-of-death/"Don't tel...
2023-10-1843 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 13: Speculative Poetry IIHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast Episode 13. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about speculative poetry before doing a little poetry reading, and then a holding poetry thunderdome. My guests today are Brian Hugenbruch and Dawn Vogel. Brian Hugenbruch can be found at a variety of places online, including:https://the-lettersea.com IG: https://www.instagram.com/the_lettersea/ Threads: https://www.threads.net/@the_letterseaBluesky: @the-lettersea.bsky.socialMastodon: https://wandering.shop/@the_letterseaTwitter: @BwhugenDawn Vogel can be v...
2023-10-1142 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 12: Contemporary vs. Urban FantasyHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 12. Today we’ll continue our series by talking about what differentiates contemporary fantasy as a genre from urban fantasy, and more. My guests this week are Laurence Brothers, Michael Haynes, and Sheila Massie.Find Michael Haynes at michaelhaynes.infoFind Sheila Massie at sheilamassie.comFind Deborah L. Davitt at www.edda-earth.com Stories in today's episode:Laurence Brothers:The Demons of Wall Street, Mirror World Publishing in March 2020 "Captured by the Dragon...
2023-10-041h 18Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 11: Interactive FictionHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 11. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to write interactive fiction and visual novels. We’ll talk plotting, choices, lack of choices, and more. My guests this week are Stewart C. Baker, Alexei Collier, Tina Connolly, and Stephen Granade.Tina Connolly is at tinaconnolly.com Alexei Collier is at alexeicollier.com. Stephen Granade is at sgranade.itch.io."Don't tell me that the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -- Anton...
2023-09-271h 19Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 10: Alternate History vs. Secret HistoryHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 10. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to write Alternate History and Secret History, what the differences between those two terms are, and we’ll explore some examples of each.My guests this week are Anatoly Belilovsky, Marie Brennan, Laurence Brothers, and Kate Heartfield. Anatoly Belilovsky tweets occasionally at @loldoc. Marie Brennan can be found online at swantower.com, on Mastodon @swan_tower@wandering.shop, or on Patreon as swan_tower Stories discussed:Marie Brennan...
2023-09-201h 34Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 09: Dark Fantasy vs. HorrorHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 9. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about the genres of dark fantasy and dark science fiction, and where to draw the line between them and horror. My guests this week are P.A. Cornell and Alicia Hilton. Let’s start with some introductions! P.A. Cornell is an award-winning Chilean-Canadian author whose short fiction has appeared in numerous speculative fiction publications. In 2022 she published her SF novella, Lost Cargo. When not writing, Cornell can be found assembling intricate Lego builds...
2023-09-1354 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 08: Space OperaHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 8. I’m your host, Deborah L. Davitt. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about the subgenre of space opera. How does it differ from Hard Science fiction, which was the focus of Episode 3? What are some of the commonalities that mark this genre? What’s the history of space opera? Who’s currently going beyond endless adaptations of Star Wars and Star Trek? My guests today are Michael Johnston, M.V. Melcer, and Dave Walsh. Michael had some audio problems, so please refe...
2023-09-061h 01Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 07: Writing Games IHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 7. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about writing games, particularly roleplaying games. This is a subject dear to my heart, because I’ve spent twenty years of my life playing RPGs, mostly in written form, in play-by-post games. I am a big proponent of how they help to develop writers’ skills at worldbuilding, characterization, and plot. My guest today is Eran Aviram. Eran's been part of the gaming industry since 2002, as a writer, editor, translator, designer, shop owner, publisher, event organizer and pro...
2023-08-301h 04Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 06: Translations and Writing in English as Your Second Language IIHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 6. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about translation and writing in English as your second language. We’ll find out how difficult it is to write in your second (or third) language, what the advantages of writing in another language are, how you deal with reader expectations, and how to go about getting reputable translations for your work.My guests today are Cecile Cristofari, Jelena Dunato, and Floris Kleijne. Let’s start with some introductions!Jelena Dunato: Twitter - @jelenawrites, Bluesky - @jel...
2023-08-2349 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 04: Speculative Poetry IHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast Episode 4. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about speculative poetry. We’ll talk a little about the history of speculative poetry, what it takes to write genre poetry and regular poetry, and where you can find poetry in the wild. My guests today are Elgin-winning poet Amelia Gorman, Michelle Muenzler, and Lynne Sargent. Truth be told, I owe a lot of my success as a writer to Michelle getting me started with the Submission Grinder and telling me that poetry could actually be written and s...
2023-08-1641 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 05: Translations and Writing in English as Your Second Language IHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 5. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about translation and writing in English as your second language. We’ll find out how difficult it is to write in your second (or third) language, what the advantages of writing in another language are, how you deal with reader expectations, and how to go about getting reputable translations for your work. My guests today are Alex Shvartsman and Anatoly Belilovsky. www.alexshvartsman.com, @AShvartsman on Twitter, @alexshvartsman.bsky.social on Bluesky, or Alex Shvartsman on Face...
2023-08-1635 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 03: Hard Science FictionHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 3. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about hard science fiction. We’ll talk a little about the history of this subgenre, what it takes to write fiction that crunches between your teeth, the research required, and more. My guests today are William Ledbetter, M.V. Melcer, and A.T. Sayer. Stories discussed are:William Ledbetter, "Vigilance" (Analog) and "Broken Wings" (F&SF)M.V. Melcer, "The Falling" (Clarkesworld 2021) https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/melce...
2023-08-121h 22Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 02: Reading and the Working WriterHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 2. Today we’ll continue our series by asking a question not about genre or craft, but about how to keep reading, when you’re a working writer. We’ll discuss the impact working as a writer has on our reading time, choices, and pleasure, and we’ll discuss several stories we all read together. My guests today are Chloe Smith and Brian Hugenbruch. Stories discussed: "A Long Spoon," Jonathan E. Howard, https://www.amazon.com/Long-Spoon-Tor-Com-Original-Johannes-ebook/dp/B00N6LRIHS “Give us the Swords” by Carlie St...
2023-08-1144 minShining Moon: A Speculative Fiction PodcastShining Moon Episode 01: Literary vs. GenreHello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode One. Today we’ll begin our series by grappling with the questions of “what is literary fiction, and what is genre? And can the two ever be satisfyingly combined?” My guests for this episode are Marie Brennan, Jennifer Hudak, and A.T. Sayre. We discuss the following stories:Jennifer Hudak's “Topography of Memory” (Fusion Fragment, 2022) and "The Weight of it All" (Fantasy, September 2022)A.T. Sayre's 'The Angles' (Andromeda Spaceways, 2019) and 'Playtime' (
2023-08-111h 15LIGHTSPEED MAGAZINE - Science Fiction and Fantasy Story Podcast (Sci-Fi | Audiobook | Short Stories)Philoctetes in KabulCall me Philoctetes. My real name doesn’t matter, and I wouldn’t be allowed to tell you what it is, anyway. Security concerns, you understand. What you need to know about me is that I was a US Army Green Beret---one of the Quiet Professionals. Usually tasked with working with the locals in counterinsurgency efforts and the like. The stuff that doesn’t---or shouldn’t---make the newspapers. | © 2023 Deborah L. Davitt. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
2023-06-2939 min
PodCastlePodCastle 778: A Thousand Echoes in One VoiceAuthor : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Dave Robison Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Devin Martin Discuss on Forums Previously published by The Overcast Rated PG-13 A Thousand Echoes in One Voice by Deborah L. Davitt You’ve snuck through doors that should have been locked to get here. Here, the subway station […]
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2023-03-1433 minPodCastlePodCastle 750: We Are All of UsAuthor : Deborah L. Davitt Narrator : Karen Menzel (née Bovenmyer) Host : Matt Dovey Audio Producer : Eric Valdes Discuss on Forums Previously published by NewMyths #51 Content Warning for loss of a spouse Rated PG-13 We Are All of Us by Deborah L. Davitt They wore white armor, sleek and chitinous — […]
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2022-08-3057 min
Gallery of CuriositiesTo Our Own Ghosts by Deborah L. DavittConsidering everything else that has happened this year, how would you react to a ghost in your home? #ghosts #1920s
Author Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. She’s known for her Pushcart-nominated poetry, short stories, and novels. Her work has appeared in Fantasy and Science Fiction Magazine, and Asimov’s among other venues. For more about her work, please see edda-earth.com/bibliography.
Narrator Sarah Golding has created a huge range of character types for indie audio drama, and been in such wonderous podcasts as Amelia Project, Edict Zero...
2020-11-1814 min
Tales to TerrifyTales to Terrify 459 Buck Hanno Deborah L. DavittWelcome to Episode 459. This week we’re back in Cypress Hills Park to visit everyone’s favourite horror destination: summer camp. For fiction, we have two tales for you: about a retirement home at the end of the world and a family who endures centuries… but not without cost.Coming UpGood Evening: Happy Friday the 13th: 00:01:06Dark Travels: Cypress Hills Summer Camps: 00:02:24Buck Hanno’s The Really Old Ones as read by David Darke: 00:19:14Deborah L. Davitt’s Two in One as read by Sarah Mehra: 00:32:14Pert...
2020-11-131h 15
StarShipSofaStarShipSofa No 614 Deborah L. DavittMain Fiction: "Glass Eyes, Steel Hands, Metal Mind"This story is original to StarShipSofa.Deborah L. Davitt was raised in Nevada, but currently lives in Houston, Texas with her husband and son. Her poetry has received Rhysling, Dwarf Star, and Pushcart nominations; her short fiction has appeared in InterGalactic Medicine Show, Compelling Science Fiction, and Pseudopod. For more about her work, including her Edda-Earth novels and her forthcoming poetry collection, The Gates of Never, please see edda-earth.com.Narrated by David D. LevineDavid D. Levine is the author of Andre Nort...
2019-11-271h 14
New Books in PoetryDeborah L. Davitt, "The Gates of Never" (Finishing Line Press, 2018)Drawing on the author’s deep knowledge of classical literature, Deborah L. Davitt’s book of poetry The Gates of Never (Finishing Line Press, 2018) explores the intersections of myth, science, and humanity through her beautifully accessible poems, reflecting a variety of forms and linguistic styles. These poems morph between being moving, irreverent, unsettling, and erotic — offering up a richly textured collection of work.“He writes me upside downand backwards, so thatI hardly know myself yet,but my hundred newly-open mouthswhisper secret meanings,and offer atrament...
2019-09-2046 min
Gallery of CuriositiesHoneyed Tongue by Deborah L. Davitt and Seeded by Susan TaitelAs Valentine's Day approaches, we present a timely double feature for the season. Richard Elen and Gabrielle Riel narrate.
Deborah L. Davitt's website: www.edda-earth.com
Susan Taitel's website: susantaitel.com
Gabrielle Riel's website: radioriel.org
Story Music: Kevin MacLeod
Theme Music: Ashes Ashes by Deus Ex Vapore Machina
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2018-02-1230 min