Hello, 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' (Analog, 2023)

Marie Brennan's "At the Heart of Each Pearl Lies a Grain of Sand" (Sunday Morning Transport, 2023) and "Oak Apple Night," (Beneath Ceaseless Skies)

and  “Glass Moon Water” by Linda Niehoff in Diabolical Plots:
https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-101-glass-moon-water-by-linda-niehoff/

(Please also see: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mariebrennan/rook-and-rose-pattern-deck/ )

"Don't tell me that the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -- Anton Chekov

Piano music for closure

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