The Skiffy and Fanty Show

On today’s Signal Boosts, Shaun and Jen take a moment to squee about the fact that there are going to be THREE WHOLE NEW STAR WARS MOVIES AND A TV SHOW AND OMG! SQUEEEEEE!!! They’re moderately more coherent than that as they tackle what type of story Rian Johnson might tell. Then Jen moves them into both a squee about the new character, Rose, and a rant about jewelry. And then we get to our subliminal messaging mini-boosts! We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Signal Boost #26 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: All the Star Wars New ‘Star Wars’ Trilogy in Works With Rian Johnson, TV Series Also Coming to Disney Streaming Service What Star Wars History May Tell Us About Rian Johnson’s New Trilogy New Star Wars: The Last Jedi image reveals Rose’s mystery necklace Carrie Fisher is the Reason Star Wars: The Last Jedi is Filled With Space Jewelry Mini-Boosts Jen’s Boosts: Sword and Sonnet Anthology Kickstarter FIYAH Literary Magazine Subscription Preorder Special Shaun’s Boosts: Medieval Fantasy City Generator yWriter Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes. That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Digital loves, twisted techbros, and bees, oh my! Shaun and Paul join forces with special guest Marissa VU to discuss the long-anticipated Blade Runner 2049. They discuss the film’s “big questions,” what it means to love in a decaying world, Villeneuve’s remarkable ability to create visual spectacles, and so much more. Plus, we find out if Shaun could really love a non-human, why Paul likes a Vegas in ruins, and why Marissa thinks Jared Leto is just a bit strange in this movie. We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Shoot the WISB #64 — Download (MP3)   Show Notes: Blade Runner 2049 (IMDB) Marissa VU’s things: Marissa’s Website Marissa’s Twitter SFFaudio Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes. That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Mike Brooks about the third installment of his Keiko series, Dark Deeds. Mike gives us a recap of the the first two books, which he calls dirty space opera, and sets us up for the crew’s shenanigans as they try to pull off a heist and save a crew-member. He also discusses how he worked to make this series his own given its Firefly inspired origins. Then S.A. Chakraborty, debut author of The City of Brass, joins Jen to tell us about the medieval middle eastern inspirations of her novel, how it started out as historical fan fic, how a djinn (not the Disney version) might be influenced by a long-view of human history, and how Nahri is forced to make her way in Daevabad, the City of Brass. We also get a glimpse into how The City of Brass found a home through the #DVPit pitch process! (Apologies for the audio; sometimes the internet just doesn’t want to cooperate!) We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Signal Boost #25 — Download (MP3) Show Notes: Mike Brooks (00:55 – 14:25) Mike’s Website Mike’s Twitter Mike’s Patreon Dark Deeds (GO BUY IT!) S.A. Chakraborty (14:50 – 26:14) Shannon’s Website Shannon’s Twitter The City of Brass (GO BUY IT!) Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes. That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Monomyths, naval logistics, and porgs, oh my! Julia and Paul sit down with Ken Liu to talk about his new book, The Legends of Luke Skywalker! Ken shares how he first became a Star Wars fan as a child in China (bonus stories from Julia and Paul and how they became fans), somehow manages to make regulations and bureaucracy sound interesting, and talks about the differences between his work in the Dandelion Dynasty, his short stories, and the Star Wars Universe.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 340 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Ken Liu’s Things:

* Ken’s Website

* Ken’s Twitter

* The Legends of Luke Skywalker (GO BUY IT!)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Cocaine, man eating machines, and AC-DC, oh my! In this special Halloween Horror edition of Torture Cinema, Shaun, David, and Alex are joined by Zena, the Real Queen of Horror, to review the 1986 Stephen King written and directed “horror” film, Maximum Overdrive. Apparently, even Stephen King couldn’t get Stephen King right. The crew discusses how stupid the premise is, eviscerate the despicable characters, muse on where one might find a goblin semi-truck, and share a story that makes the reality of this coked out travesty even more horrifying than the movie. But at least Zena liked the movie, and that means our work here is done.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 339 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Maximum Overdrive (1986)(IMDB)

* The Real Queen of Horror

* Zena’s Twitter

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

This is the final episode of our month of focusing on horror writers, and it has been so much fun that we’ll be sure to do it again next year! Each of our guests had different reasons for why they write horror and how they use the conventions of horror to explore themes that are important and interesting to them, so make sure you listen to all of them!

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Ian Muneshwar, a queer writer of Indo-Guyanese descent, about how he uses his work to explore his cultural history of forced diaspora, how he works with language in his stories, and how his queer identity influences his writing.

Then Zin E. Rocklyn, a writer of Trinidadian descent, talks to Jen about the childhood stories (CW: Gore) that inspired her love of horror, how she juxtaposes the sacred and the profane, and how important it was to her to be included alongside other black women in the horror anthology Sycorax’s Daughters.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #24 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Ian Muneshwar (00:55 – 16:20)

* Ian’s Website

* Ian’s Twitter

* “Ravana’s Children” in Podcastle

* “Skins Smooth as Plantains, Hearts Soft as Mango” in The Dark Magazine

* “Ossuary” in Clarkesworld

* “The Falling Game” in Liminal Stories

* Zin E. Rocklyn (16:45 – 33:45)

* Zin’s Websites: Here and Here

* Zin’s Twitter

* “Razorfangs”

* Sycorax’s Daughters edited by Kinitra Brooks, PhD, Linda D. Addison & Susana Morris, PhD

* Forever Vacancy edited by Mya Lairis

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Eden Royce, a southern black woman transplanted to jolly old England, about the differences between horror and the Southern Gothic, the influences of her rootwork and hoodoo cultural background, the challenges of getting published in horror given the kinds of stories she writes, and so much more.

Then Karolina Fedyk, a non-binary Polish writer, talks to Jen about why they write horror, the importance of representing marginalized people in stories about Polish history, the challenges to writing in two different languages, and how their stories are different depending on which language they write in.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #23 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Eden Royce (00:55 – 18:48)

* Eden’s Website

* Eden’s Twitter

* “Crickets Sing for Naomi” in Podcastle (GO LISTEN OR READ!)

* Karolina Fedyk (19:11 – 33:01)

* Karolina’s Twitter

* “Seams” in The Dark Magazine

* “The Early History of the Moon” in Metaphorosis

* “Następcy tronu” in Esensja

* “Serce Vann” in Zabawa w Boga Anthology

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time

Jump scares, sacred stories, and contractions, oh my! Darcie Little Badger, Nathan Adler, and Stephen Graham Jones join Shaun Duke and David Annandale to discuss Indigenous Representation in Horror. Our guests share why they enjoy horror, who the real monsters of horror often are, especially given colonial history, what not to do when representing Indigenous stories, the violence inherent in cultural appropriation, and what both brings our guests hope and excites them about the horror genre.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Episode 338 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Darcie Little Badger’s Things

* Darcie’s Website

* Darcie’s Twitter

* “The Whalebone Parrot” in The Dark Magazine (GO READ IT!)

* Nathan Adler’s Things:

* Nathan’s Website

* Nathan’s Twitter

* Wrist (GO BUY IT!)

* Stephen Graham Jones’ Things:

* Stephen’s Website

* Stephen’s Twitter

* Demon Theory (GO BUY IT!)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

In today’s episode of Signal Boost, Jen talks to Canadian-Born Trinidadian horror writer, Tonya Liburd, about the horror of losing identity, how horror allows you to talk about taboo subjects, and her short story, “A Question of Faith.”

Then Stephen Graham Jones — award winning author — joins Jen to talk about how he first got into horror, his first published horror novel, Demon, and about the compact between horror writer and reader.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Signal Boost #22 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Tonya Liburd (00:55 – 17:18)

* Tonya’s Website

* Tonya’s Twitter

* “A Question of Faith” at Book Smugglers (GO READ/BUY IT!)

* Stephen Graham Jones(17:41 – 30:49)

* Stephen’s Website

* Stephen’s Twitter

* Demon Theory (GO BUY IT!)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next time.

Pinocchio, man-children, and mashed potato towers, oh my! In honor of the film’s 40th anniversary digitally remastered theater release, Shaun, Jen, David, and Joyce discuss the 1977 Spielberg classic, Close Encounters of the Third Kind. They explore how this film still evokes the science fictional “sense of wonder”, how it fits into Spielberg’s career within the context of America in the 1970s, how the French New Wave played a role in the concept, and how communication is a consistent theme throughout the film. We go a bit longer than usual, but only so we could really dig into all the bits and pieces.

We hope you enjoy the episode!

Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show!

Here’s the episode (show notes are below):

Shoot the WISB #63 — Download (MP3)

Show Notes:

* Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977)

Our new intro music comes “The Launch” by Chronox (CC BY 4.0), which has been slightly modified to include sound effects and for length purposes.

That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.