Castle Talk with Castle Bridge Media

In Churl Yo's Isonation (due out April 1 from Castle Bridge Media) is an adventure that takes place in a world where social distancing has given way to total social isolation-- where people live in hermetically sealed apartments and rely on drones for all deliveries, and VR for all socialization. Yo, a writer in Seattle, talks about how his story suddenly became a prescient look at the future.

A chat with director Neasa Hardiman on her new film Sea Fever (due out April 10) starring Hermione Corfield (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) and Connie Nielsen (Wonder Woman), about a fishing trawler that discovers a mysterious, virus-like creature that threatens the entire crew.

This episode we’re talking to James Rollins, author of the new book The Last Odyssey, due out from William Morrow/HarperCollins on March 24. The Last Odyssey is the 15th thriller in the Sigma Force series about "scientists with guns" solving thrilling mysteries around the world.

Lorcan Finnegan is the director of Vivarium, a very strange, almost Twilight Zone-like movie starring Jesse Eisenberg and Imogen Poots as a young couple unable to escape the neighborhood where they went looking for a starter home.

This episode we’re chatting with KB Wagers, author of the new book A PALE LIGHT IN THE BLACK, it’s a SF book about the crew of a ship called Zuma’s Ghost, who are members of the Near Earth Orbital Guard—essentially the Coast Guard of Space. We talk about military sf, plotting your writing, and getting work done on deadline during the time of pandemic.

This episode we’re chatting with J. Suzanne Frank, author of the new book When Fire Loves Water Part 1 The Siren. The book comes out on Water Day, 3/22/20 -- and you can get the first three chapters free at jsuzannefrank.com.  J. Suzanne Frank is formerly a lot of things: among them, a journalist, a freelance writer, an editor, and a writing teacher. Her passion for history has taken her to Egypt, Greece, Israel and throughout Europe. But she's always returned to Texas, where generations of her family roots are. She's also always returned to the water. While she hasn't managed (yet) to become a mermaid, it was her #3 childhood goal. Visit her at jsuzannefrank.com.

This episode we’re chatting with Katherine Hall Page, author of the new book The Body in the Wake, the 25th Faith Fairchild Mystery, from William Morrow/HarperCollins.

This episode we’re chatting with Theresa Mercado, curator of the Scream Screen film series in Denver. They’re in the middle of their fifteenth run for four Fridays at the Sie FilmCenter with a new series, "Hell On Wheels", which began February 7 at 9:30pm at the Sie FilmCenter, featuring some of the best terror on two, four, and ten wheels! Psychomania! Crash! Sorcerer! Next up Feb 28 is Dead End Drive-In (1986) w/ director Brian Trenchard-Smith in person. Previous series include: "Treasury of Terror: A Decade of Horror Anthologies", "The Psychosexual Films of David Cronenberg," "Journey Into a Damaged Brain," "The Horror Films of John Carpenter," "When Animals Attack!", "The Giallo Films of Dario Argento", "The Films of the New French Extremity", "The Non-Zom Films Of George A. Romero", "As Seen On TV!", "Beyond Elm Street: A Tribute To Wes Craven", "The Truth Is Out There!", "Welcome To The Funhouse: A Birthday Slash-ebration of Tobe Hooper", "Christmas In July", and "Petrified Woods". Scream Screen is a four-time "Best of Denver" winner! Including 2019's "Best Live Music With A Horror Movie." We chat about the challenges of programming a theater series in the day of streaming.

This episode we’re chatting with Daniel Kraus, author of Bent Heavens, a new novel from Henry Holt/Macmillan Books. Bent Heavens tells a harrowing story about a pair of teens who capture an alien creature and begin to take out terrible revenge for one of the teens' father's abduction. It's a book that asks tough questions about grief, paranoia, and torture.  Hosted by Jason Henderson, author of Quest for the Nautilus, due in March from Feiwel & Friends/Macmillan.

This episode we’re chatting with Simon Cox, the writer, Director and producer of Invasion Planet Earth, a new film about a doctor who leads a group of patients at the clinic where he works in their journey to escape a massive alien invasion. The film comes out February 4, 2020 (VOD & Digital HD On Leading Digital Platforms & DVD).