This episode, we are joined by Nebula-nominated author and journalist extraordinaire, Jason Sanford (@jasonsanford). Jason reads us his story, "The Wheels on the Torture Bus Go Round and Round," and we discuss progress in the science fiction, fantasy, and horror community, the joys of short fiction, and Jason's Genre Grapevine column on his patreon, where he covers news in the field.

Things discussed in this episode:

Meadowbrook Press 

Shel Silverstein 

Newfangled Fairy Tales, edited by Bruce Lansky

"Rumplestiltskin, Private Eye," by Jason Sanford, in Newfangled Fairy Tales #2 

A. J. Hackwith on Tales from the Trunk 

"May Our Voices Sing Like Blood from Open Wounds," by Jason Sanford, in Intergalactic Medicine Show

"The Eight-Thousanders," by Jason Sanford, in the September/October, 2020, issue of Asimov's 

Locus 

The Society of Professional Journalists 

Lady Whistledown's Society Papers 

Sad Puppies and Rabid Puppies (the sad/rabids)

Under Everest, by D. H. Dunn

Uncanny Magazine 

Analog Magazine 

Randall Kenan 

Let the Dead Bury Their Dead, by Randall Kenan

"Run, Mourner, Run," by Randall Kenan, in Let the Dead Bury Their Dead

The Peace Corps 

If I Had Two Wings, by Randall Kenan

The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells

Sarah Gailey on Tales from the Trunk

Tor.com Publishing 

"Sublimation Angels," by Jason Sanford

Plague Birds, by Jason Sanford

Join us again next month, when our guest will be Kelly Robson