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Wolf PodcastEpisode 030: Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O by Michael SwanwickWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz is doing the episode solo! He’s discussing Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O with the great Michael Swanwick! Michael is the award winning author of numerous books, including The Iron Dragon’s Daughter, The Dragons of Babel, and The Iron Dragon’s Mother. His short fiction has been published widely for decades, and he’s the winner of the Theodore Sturgeon Award, multiple Nebula, World Fantasy, Hugo, and Locus Awards, among many others. You can read Raggle Taggle Gypsy-O in the Tales of Old Earth collection.If you...2025-06-111h 27
Wolf PodcastEpisode 028: The Tugwort by Lincoln MichelWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story The Tugwort by Lincoln Michel! He’s the author of Upright Beasts, a short story collection, and the novels The Body Scout and The Metallic Realms. The Metallic Realms just came out on May 13th so go pick up a copy! You can find more at his website and his newsletter Counter Craft.Along with the story, we discuss the uncanny, surrealism, imagery as a narrative engine, and so much more.If you’d like...2025-05-281h 30
Wolf PodcastEpisode 027: The Goblin by Johan NohrWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, I’m talking with Johan Nohr! He’s the artistic vision behind Mork Borg, a doommetal TTRPG that has spawned an enormous community. He’s done quite a lot of art and design for other games as well, but today we’re talking about his short story The Goblin, which is available for free on his itch page, with a physical version available here.We spend a lot of time discussing creativity and the strengths of a community, process as art, and what can be learned...2025-05-211h 24
Wolf PodcastEpisode 026: Noah's Raven by Kij JohnsonWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Noah’s Raven by Kij Johnson! She’s an the author of dozens of short stories and novels, and the winner of Hugo, Nebula, World Fantasy Awards, along with the Theodore A Sturgeon Award, among others. Her most recent books are the short story collection The Privilege of the Happy Ending and her novel The River Bank, a sequel to one of my favorite novels, The Wind in the Willows. She’s also the designer of the Tabletop RPG Th...2025-05-141h 43
Wolf PodcastEpisode 024: Shadows Below Seaway Trains by Ai JiangWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Shadows Below Seaway Trains by Ai Jiang! She’s the author of dozens of short stories and some upcoming novels and novellas. Most recently, A Palace Near the Wind.Given the themes of the short story, we end up discussing parenthood quite a bit, along with a number of other things, including Kazuo Ishiguro’s Never Let Me Go, Pokemon, societal expectations, and so on.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to...2025-04-301h 33
Wolf PodcastEpisode 023: Jordan HoltWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, I’m speaking with J. Holt, an illustrator, comicbook writer and artist, gamemaker, and professor. I stumbled across his work on twitter and fell in love with the fact that he was sharing his process for developing and drawing a graphic novel set in Anglo-Saxon era England. You can follow him on his substack and twitter or check out Carthage Workshop, where you can order copies of his card game Panomachea or the first two volumes of his graphic novel Theseus. You can also read Theseus for fr...2025-04-231h 36
Wolf PodcastEpisode 022: Roller Coaster House by Kyle SeibelWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Roller Coaster House by Kyle Seibel, which was originally published at HAD. You can pick up his debut collection Hey You A******s right now!If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or wherever you listen to podcasts.Check out our SF series The Shattered Stars....2025-04-161h 25
Wolf PodcastEpisode 021: Gods Fare No Better by J David OsborneWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, I’m speaking with my good friend J David Osborne, the founder of Broken River Books. We’re speaking about his upcoming novel Gods Fare No Better, scheduled to be released April 17th.Along the way we discuss a host of topics, from editing, finding your voice, being an obsessive little freak, and, of course, the best novel of the year, Gods Fare No Better.Pre-order it here! Subscribe to David’s website here.If you’d like to recommend a story fo...2025-04-101h 22
Wolf PodcastEpisode 020: Shriek of the Week by Nick MamatasWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Shriek of the Week by Nick Mamatas. You can read this story in 120 Murders from Ruadan Books. You can get Nick’s story if you pre-order now! You can also pre-order his upcoming novel Kalivas! Or, Another Tempest from Clash Books.If you’d like to recommend a story for us to discuss, get in touch.Music by Bart Larsen. Everything else done by me, I guess.Listen on Spotify or Apple or w...2025-04-021h 31
Wolf PodcastEpisode 019: Whitefish for Luna by Charlene ElsbyWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Whitefish for Luna by Charlene Elsby! It’s the first story in her most recent collection Red Flags. Pick up her new novel The Organization is Here to Support You! And you should also check out Violent Faculties, which is fantastic.Kyle calls this the best pet story he’s ever read, which should give you an indication of how we feel about it! We touch on a wide array of topics, including the art of sitc...2025-03-191h 36
Wolf PodcastEpisode 018: Cursed Moon Queers by Natalia TheodoridouWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are discussing the short story Cursed Moon Queers by Natalia Theodoridou published by Uncanny Magazine in September 2024.This is our longest episode yet! We talk a lot about narrative payoff, stylistic choices, genre conventions between literary and science fiction, interpretive texts, and this leads us to a host of other topics, like queerness, Tales of Neveryon by Samuel R Delany, and on and on and on. I do think this is one of our most interesting episodes.If you’d...2025-03-051h 39
Wolf PodcastEpisode 017: The Sequence by Brian EvensonWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are speaking with award winning short story writer and novelist Brian Evenson! He’s the author of about twenty books, with his most recent being the collection Good Night, Sleep Tight. We’re discussing The Sequence, first published in Conjunctions and now collected in Good Night, Sleep Tight. Brian’s other books are available widely at Bookshop, Amazon, and bookstores near you.We discuss fairy stories, story structure, horror, genre styles and structures, and a host of other topics along the way. W...2025-02-191h 14
Wolf PodcastEpisode 016: Father, Son, Holy Rabbit by Stephen Graham JonesWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, Kyle Muntz and I are speaking with the great Stephen Graham Jones about his short story Father, Son, Holy Rabbit, which first appeared in The Ones That Got Away. Stephen is the bestselling author of a whole slew of books. My personal favorite is Ledfeather but he’s likely best known for his bestselling and award winning Indian Lake Trilogy.Many people recommended that we discuss this story specifically so I’m glad Stephen was willing to come and share his insight. Along with the stor...2025-02-051h 00
Wolf PodcastEpisode 015: The Wood at Midwinter by Susanna ClarkeWelcome to the new episode of the Wolf Podcast.Today, we’re premiering a new aspect to the show with my good friend Kyle Muntz. He’s the author of The Pain Eater and we cowrote The Shattered Stars and Sing, Behemoth, Sing. He also heads the Creative Writing program at NYU Shanghai.Today we are talking about Susanna Clarke’s new short story The Wood at Midwinter. We discuss children’s literature, 19th century literature, narrative techniques, point of view, Clarke’s oeuvre, Catholic saints, marketing, publishing as an industry, and so on. Come join us as...2025-01-221h 15