Jeff Deck

In this episode we are joined by author Jeff Deck to talk about his newest series City of Ports – The Shadow over Portsmouth (Book One) We got the chance to task with Jeff about the setting, Portsmouth, NH, the development of the characters, the use of internal monologue as a narrative tool and how when it all comes together into a wonderful urban paranormal science fiction detective story that virtually defies  definition (as well it should).  Jeff spoke with us about how and why the main character Divya Allard came into being and the four-year adventure before he found the right story to use her in.

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City of Ports – The Shadow over Portsmouth

Vermont Comic Con

And joining the show to talk about it are Jason and Natasha Moulton.

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Jay and Natasha got the chance to speak about a ton of stuff. We talked about how the Guests this year (it is year 5) were chosen and how the Artists Alley, Vendor Areas and Panels have a distinct Vermont flavor, so if you have been to other shows, chances are real good that you will get to see and experience a ton of new stuff as well. One of the interesting things Natasha talked about was the Gaming Pavilion and VCC’s affiliation with Steve Jackson Games (Munchkin). It should prove to be a jam packed show with something for literally everyone. Come down and visit the Sci Fi Saturday Night booth. We look forward to seeing you all there.

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The Double Midnight Gang

Joining the podcast for this episode is Chris Proulx, Owner of Double Midnight Comics (with locations in Manchester and Concord New Hampshire) and one of the main men behind the scenes of Double Midnight Productions and The Granite State Comicon being held on September 8 & 9 at the former Radisson Center of New Hampshire in Manchester. Tickets are available online and can also be purchased on the days of the event at the sales booths as the North and South Event Areas. Kids

GraniteCon 2018

under 10 are free when accompanied by a paid adult.

This year, the South Expo Hall will be host to Artists Alley, the Vendors Area, the Celebrity Meet and Greet and Photo Op. area. See special guests including Doug Jones Butch Patrick, Carol Spinney and many more.

The North Concourse will be home to The Kids Con, The Fan Zone (which will include The New England Brotherhood of Pirates, Stranger Things Feature Presentation, The 501stNew England, The Mass. Ghostbusters, Stark Expo v2.018, The Guardian Legion and so much more) a vast array of panels (you might even want to check out Geek Ears, Pointy & Otherwise with Nerd Audio) and even some of those plucky hosts from Sci Fi Saturday Night will be there.

In addition to the daily goings on there are number of pre and post events to make the weekend a truly fun experience. Join Chris and the whole Double Midnight gang for what has truly become a wonderful New Hampshire must see event.

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This episode brings us Five Timers Club member Rob Smales who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items.

Rob got to talk about his involvement in My Peculiar Family 2 as an author and as an editor. We got a rare glimpse of that the role of a good editor is and does. From a writing standpoint, he talked about how he used the writing prompt to shape his peculiar story and as an editor seeing the divergent roads others took.

We also talked about two upcoming projects.

First is his editorial work on a new volume entitled “A Sharp Stick In the Eye (and Other Funny Stories)”, available now from Books & Boos Press. Rob seems to truly enjoy his role as

A Sharp Stick In the Eye

editor and waxed almost poetically (I didn’t know that was even possible) about the amazing stories in the book, including works by Jeff Strand and Wayne Faust among many others.

Then he spoke about an upcoming novella, “Friends In High Places” being published by Bloodshot Books, which he describes as ‘a coming of age tale gone horribly wrong’. The amazing Lynn Hansen is doing the cover art and it is due for a late September release.

Rob is always a fun guest to have on, which is a prime attribute of our Five Timers Club members,

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V.S. Holmes

Our guest in this episode is returning author V.S. Holmes here to talk about some new interconnected projects of hers at Amphibian Press.

First is her inclusion in a Science fiction short story anthology ‘Beamed Up.’ Joining with fellow “Amphibian” writers Cameron J. Quinn, Ariele Sieling and Cullen McHael, V.S.’ contribution is a story called “Disciples”, written in the Nel Bently universe.

Her other project is the soon to be released Book 3 in the Nel Bently series “Strangers”. For those unfamiliar with the series, you can read the first book for free here. V.S. talked about Nel, where she came from how she developed and the parallels between Nel and herself.

After that, we talked about the unique perspective that “Disciples” brings to the Nel Bently universe, allowing the reader the rare ability to see this from the opposite perspective, from the eyes of the “alien”, Lin Nalawangsa (but is Lin actually an alien?). This is an extremely enjoyable well-written series and we had a lot of fun talking about it with V.S., aside from not  having to do so in a truck stop with negligible internet access.

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Strangers

Beamed Up

My Peculiar Family 2

In this episode we are joined by author Vlad Vaslyn and artist, writer and coloratura soprano Karen Gosselin to talk about their contributions to My Peculiar Family 2, currently on Kickstarter.

Karen gets the chance to talk about how she has been with this project since the beginning and why she felt it was important to continue to Book Two.

Vlad, who has been so very helpful behind the scenes in the book, talks about the “exercise” aspect of these books and how it lets all the assembled writers work within the same project and have such wildly inventive and different story’s.

It’s a fun night with two of the shows very good friends.

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Karen Gosselin

Vlad Vaslyn

Dale T. Phillips

In this podcast, Dale Phillips, who certainly has some stuff to talk about, joins us once again. We get a chance to talk about his newest works as well as his time as a student when Stephen King was his teacher, his time as a mall Santa, his upcoming trip to The Killer Nashville Annual Writers Conference and his IMDB credit for the movie Throg. We then got to talk about volume two of My Peculiar Family now out on Kickstarter. Dale talks bout why he wanted to be involved in this project and what he brings to it, including a nifty audio book reward offering. Come join us on Kickstarter and sit back and relax here as well.

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My Peculiar Family 2

David Dewane

In a wide-ranging conversation we spoke with David Dewane. He is an architect, entrepreneur, publisher, journalist, and educator. He is also the co-founder and president of Mouse Books. We talked about the concept of publishing in an electronic world, what Mouse Books has to offer  and the scope Mouse Books has. From theory to Kickstarter, to establishing a presence, the story of what Mouse Books is and is becoming is a compelling story. Join us for an interesting hour

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Skies Over Superior

A few months back, friend of SFSN Josh Dahl and I spoke at Plastic City Comic Con and he was super psyched to show me his newest comic collaboration, “Skies Over Superior”, a story about Merilee Fite, a young girl facing ghosts and monsters on the icy shores of Lake Superior. At the time I found the art and story both quite a departure from Josh’s previous work and commented on the stunning visuals. We decided he should come on and talk about it and the Kickstarter.

Well. joining the ‘cast tonight were supposed to be Josh Dahl writer  and Laura Bearl artist but as time drew near for the interview to begin we all became acutely aware that Josh was going to be unable to make the show and has in essence thrown Laura to the wolves. Laura, but being a trooper, she decided to carry on and we had a lovely conversation about her input into Skies Over Superior, how she and Josh met up to do this project, what her background is and the way her work is evolving since she moved to New England from Florida.

Harlan Ellison

In our second segment we hit the wayback machine, to talk about Harlan Ellison. Harlan passed away a few weeks back and we took some time to look back at the interview we did with him over 8 years ago. As provocative and evocative an individual in death as he was in life, Harlan always created and provoked controversy. His is a voice that will be missed

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Fictional Alignment

On this episode, we are joined by multi faceted human Mike French who comes by to talk with us about book two in his series dealing with the coming devaluation of humans ‘Fictional Alignment’. While this is the second book in the series, it does function quite well as a stand-alone (I know this only because I read book 1 well afterwards). We got a rare glimpse into the very “interesting mind of Mike and got the opportunity to talk on a multitude of subjects including:

Join in the lively conversation, or maybe just listen.

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I Chose Not To Die