On this episode, we're joined by Megan E. O'Keefe, author of Velocity Weapon and its forthcoming sequel, Chaos Vector. Megan reads the first chapter of her trunked novel, Conduit of Stone, which leads us into a lively conversation about our influences and Megan's thoughts on the parallels between writing and video game development.

A transcript of the episode, provided by D. H. Dunn, is available here.

Please join us again for our next Shelter in Place episode on July 3rd, and on July 17th, when our regular guest will be Merc Fenn Wolfmoor!

I thought for a long time about delaying this episode or simply not releasing it at all, but for all the darkness in the world, we still need art. We need voices of hope. It is Pride month, where we celebrate who we are and how far we’ve come, and where we honor and remember those who came before us.

Stonewall was a riot against police brutality, started by Marsha P. Johnson, a Black, trans woman. We would not have Pride without queer, Black activists.

This Pride in Place episode was inspired in part by the folx at Buddies in Bad Times Theater in Toronto, a space dedicated to the promotion of queer theatrical expression.

The contributors who wished to be named for this episode are:

K. B. Wagers, Twitter @kbwagers, Insta @midwaybrawler 

Jill Seidenstein, Slow Bloom 

You can find your local community bail funds at bit.ly/localbailfund 

Consider raising up Black spec-fic writers by subscribing to FIYAH Literary Magazine (@fiyahlitmag)

Join us again on June 19th, when our guest will be Megan E. O'Keefe

For this month's episode, we're joined by Annalee Flower Horne (@LeeFlower). They read the first chapter of their trunked novel, Diamonds in the Sky, and we talk about Esperanto-speaking space-Quakers, source control management, representation, appropriation, mental health, and test-driven development.

A transcript of the episode, provided by D. H. Dunn, is available here.

Things we mention this episode:

Esperanto 

"Seven Things Cadet Blanchard Learned from the Trade Summit Incident," by Annalee Flower Horne, The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction, July/Aug 2014 issue

Mary Robinette Kowal 

Star Trek 

Git 

thefuck

The Dazzle of Day, by Molly Goss

Quaker process 

Occupy Wall Street 

Mass Effect 2 

Civil Air Patrol 

Rejection Sensitive Dysphoria 

“Carborundorum > /dev/null,” by Annalee Flower Horne, Fireside Quarterly, July 2018

Test-driven development 

"The Great Divide," Avatar: the Last Airbender season 1, episode 11

Nineteen Eighty-Four, by George Orwell

Mary Sue 

Star Wars 

LiveJournal 

NaNoWriMo 

Futurescapes 

The MICE Quotient 

"it me, ur smol," by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor

it me, ur smol (Twitter bot)

The Bias 

Join us again on Friday, June 5th, for our Pride in Place special!