This is my 200th show!  It's also my last show for the decided future. I promised myself I would hit 200 shows and keep this show going for a year, and I have.  I hope you have enjoyed this show, and now let's go out with a bang. I'm so excited to welcome Ella Barnard onto the show for our 200th episode!  Woot!  Ella and I have been friends for a long time and I've been on her show multiple times. She's amazing. A successful author who helps other author be successful, and in this episode she basically lays out the step-by-step formula for jumpstarting your author career.&n ..read more

This week on the show we have author Christie Stratos. We did a deep, deep dive on one of her books, Anatomy of a Darkened Heart, which was just a phenomenal work that I loved so much. Here's her bio, straight from her website.  Christie Stratos is an award-winning writer who holds a degree in English Literature. She is the author of the psychological suspense novels Anatomy of a Darkened Heart and Brotherhood of Secrets, the first two books in the Dark Victoriana Collection. Also a poet and short story writer, Christie has been published in anthologies, literary journ ..read more

This week on the show we have my dear friend Barbra Dillon, editor-in-chief of Fanbase Press and my dear friend. Fanbase Press gave Ichabod Jones: Monster Hunter, my first book, its first review, and I have been honored to call her and Bryant friends for years.  Fanbase Press celebrates fandoms and creates new ones! As an award-winning comic book publisher and geek culture website, Fanbase Press produces new and distinctive works, as well as daily reviews, interviews, and podcasts, that span the pop culture spectrum and give voice to the themes, ideals, and people that make geekdom so exc ..read more

This week on the show I have artist and founder of PhantasMeow, Saturn Santiago. Here's here bio.  PhantasMeow, the new name of pastel goth, was conceived when Saturn Santiago blended pink, blue, and decay onto the canvas for the first time back in 2016. This riveting take on the occult, fantasy, and taxidermy-conceptual art became a place for her imagination to grow; and like most dead things left alone in the dark, her artwork was stripped to the emotional bones. What rose from the grave was the CATton Candy Nightmare Series, a chilling set that blends her favor ..read more

This week on the show I have my new friend Liz Manashil. I was introduced to Liz by previous guest Kris Wile, and I loved our conversation. Here's her bio.  Liz Manashil earned her B.A. in Film and Media Studies at Washington University in St. Louis, and her M.F.A. from USC's School of Cinematic Arts. Post-graduation, Liz spent several years as a film critic for the PBS/Hulu series JUST SEEN IT (which she also helped produce and direct). Overlapping this, Liz worked with distribution guru Peter Broderick. In 2016, Liz became the sole manager of Sundance's groundbreaking Creative Distribut ..read more

Today on the show I have my good friend Greg Anderson-Elysee, creator of Is'nana: The Were-Spider, which is on Kickstarter now. Here's a summary of the book straight from the Kickstarter page:  A horror-fantasy, coming of age story, Is'nana the Were-Spider: Showtime (64 page one-shot) is the fourth release of an on-going series of graphic novels and one-shots. Is'nana the Were-Spider has won 7 Glyph Awards (2018 Fan Award, Rising Star Award, & Best Male Character Award; 2019 Best Male Character Award, 2019 Best Writer Award, &  ..read more

Holy crap. This week I'm interviewing Shelly Bond. When I first set out to make this show, I made a dream list of people to get on my show and she was on the list! Then, friend of the pod Kris Simon edited an anthology with her called Insider Art that's RIGHT NOW on Kickstarter, and BOTH of them came on to geek out about editing and tell me all about this book.  So, this episode is a twofer, not only did one of my favorite humans, Kris Simon, co-editor of the Cthulhu is Hard to Spell: The Terrible Twos anthology, come on the show, but Shelly FRIGGING Bond came on the show, too.  If y ..read more

This week on the show I have my good friend David Pepose, creator of Spencer and Locke, Going to the Chapel, and The O.Z., which is live on Kickstarter right now.  Here's his Comixology bio:  After starting his career at DC Comics, David Pepose has gone on to write thousands of articles about comic book storytelling. SPENCER & LOCKE, Pepose's debut series with artist Jorge Santiago, Jr., has been praised by IGN as "a fiendishly fun take on an age-old classic." A St. Louis native, Pepose currently lives in Los Angeles, where he works in the television industry. I met David years a ..read more

This week on the show we have my good friend Jonas Saul, bestselling author of more than THREE MILLION BOOKS. Here's his Amazon bio:  Jonas Saul is the bestselling author of the Sarah Roberts Series and has written and published over thirty thrillers. After selling more than two million books, he signed with the Gandolfo Helin & Fountain Literary and Dramatic Rights Management.His recent releases are, THE FUTURE IS WRITTEN, published by pioneering media company Adaptive Studios, and THE IMMORTAL GENE, published by Vesuvian Books. Saul has traveled extensively throughout the world to s ..read more

Today on the show we have Travis Vengroff and Kaitlin Statz, the creative team behind The White Vault, Vast Horizon, Liberty, and Dark Dice audio dramas, and founders of Fool and Scholar Productions.  I've known Travis for YEARS, back when he was deep into trying to make a go of it as an independent comic creator. So, when he suddenly blew up with The White Vault, an audio drama, I took notice. I've been wanting to speak with him and Kaitlin for years, and I was so excited we could set this up. I know several indie comic creators and authors who have successfully transitioned into audio d ..read more