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The storytelling craft of Science Fiction & Fantasy. Hosted by @AdronBuske.com. Listen on your fav podcasting app or YouTube. FictitiousPodcast.com Companion books news & reviews site: @FictionsAndFandoms.com
Luminous Dead is one of my absolute favorites! And, yeah, the back catalog is fairly extensive. I just had to dig through it (for boring technical reasons) and the show's style and sound has evolved a lot over the years. Some of the early episodes feel quite a bit different in tone and delivery.
My interview with Caitlin Starling is also available on YouTube — listen, comment, subscribe, smash that like button (*ugh*), hammer the notification bell, execute Order 66, punish the sinners, release the kraken... Y'know, the usual stuff: youtu.be/y2Uw9XU2lZs
Author Caitlin Starling (brunette woman with wavy hair, glasses, and tattoos) is shown next to the book cover for Last to Leave the Room. The cover shows a woman sitting at the bottom of a set of stairs in a large liminal space, surrounded by eight other versions of herself.
New Episode: Caitlin Starling ( @cstarling.bsky.social ) returns to Fictitious. We talk about her new sci-fi thriller, LAST TO LEAVE THE ROOM, writing "unlikeable" characters, creating surreal scenes, and using a "load-bearing cat" in her narrative.
Listen: www.fictitiouspodcast.com/last-to-leav...
Someone: *posts a selfie with a bookcase in the background*
Me:
Authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey are depicted on a vivid colored background, next to the cover art for their novel The Dead Take the A Train.
New Episode: Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social talk about their new collaboration, THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN. We dig into their co-authoring process for the horror-infused urban fantasy they describe as "a Rom-Com with entrails—LOTS of entrails".
www.fictitiouspodcast.com/cassanda-kha...
Fictitious is available on all the podcasting platforms, but you can also listen to this interview on YouTube: youtu.be/Scj7cO9YJ5c?...
Authors Cassandra Khaw and Richard Kadrey are depicted on a vivid colored background, next to the cover art for their novel The Dead Take the A Train.
New Episode: Cassandra Khaw & @richardkadrey.bsky.social talk about their new collaboration, THE DEAD TAKE THE A TRAIN. We dig into their co-authoring process for the horror-infused urban fantasy they describe as "a Rom-Com with entrails—LOTS of entrails".
www.fictitiouspodcast.com/cassanda-kha...
Tomorrow, KNOW YOUR STATION VOL 1 – the collected issues of the comic I created with legendary artist @lianakangas.bsky.social – comes out everywhere books are sold. If you want to see billionaires get what’s coming to them, this book is for you. Here’s all the places you can buy it 🧵
Screenshot of a YouTube comment by user @samk5396 that reads: "I loved your interview. The fact you let her speak and that you're into the book and 'get' it. And that you make a point to use 'it' to gender murderbot correctly. You can just tell hearing the interview that she's more comfortable here than I've seen in others, and I think it's at least partly due to the respect you give. Loved getting to hear more from her and gaining more depth to an amazing series!"
Received this lovely comment on my Martha Wells interview today. I'm currently muddling through a case of Covid (my first time, yay) but this really brightened my afternoon. I had such a great conversation with Martha about MurderBot, so glad people enjoy it.
I've reach 666 subscribers on YT. 😈
3 more subscribers and we can get some "Nice" posts going.
Spreading the word about this new specfic magazine opening to subs in October. You’ve got a month to polish your stories, writers! ✍️ ✍️✍️
Headshot of James L. Sutter (a smiling, thirty-something white man with brown hair, short beard, and glasses) pictured next to the covers of the Pathfinder and Starfinder tabletop RPG books, and his novel Darkhearts.
NEW EPISODE: Doing something a little different in this ep. I talk with PATHFINDER and STARFINDER co-creator James L. Sutter about writing for RPGs and media tie-ins, and switching genres to write his queer YA romance, DARKHEARTS.
Listen here: www.fictitiouspodcast.com/james-l-sutt...
Space Unicorn!
Please Repost! "Uncanny Magazine Is Looking for Submissions Editors Once Again!" We are taking applications until September 4! Come and join Team Uncanny! www.uncannymagazine.com/uncanny-maga...
Author Matt Wallace is depicted next to the covers of two of his books, SAVAGE CROWNS and SAVAGE BOUNTY.
Just occurred to me that I have not shared my interview with @mattfnwallace.bsky.social on Bluesky yet. Doh! Listen to our conversation about his SAVAGE REBELLION trilogy, writing process, a weird few years in publishing, and more! https://ficpod.link/wallace
The logo for Fictions & Fandoms is featured with the site tagline, "Real Talk About Make Believe". The text is displayed over a purple and pink hued, sci-fi tech background.
Fictions & Fandoms is a book news, reviews, and commentary site dedicated to Science Fiction & Fantasy. Created by @adronbuske.com as a companion site to @fictitiouspodcast.com. Learn more about the F&F mission and launch here: https://fictionsandfandoms.com/welcome-fictions-and-fandoms-site-launch/
You can listen to my conversation with Greta Kelly on YouTube, if that's your fancy:
https://youtu.be/2q6-9q4dt4Y
Author Greta Kelly (wavy blonde-haired, pale-complected woman whose hazel-eyed gaze appears to stare directly into your soul) is depicted next to the cover of her novel, The Queen of Days.
New episode! I talk with author Greta Kelly about her fantasy novel, THE QUEEN OF DAYS. We discuss its NaNoWriMo origin, developing a tightly-contained setting, and maintaining emotion in a fast-paced heist story.
https://www.fictitiouspodcast.com/greta-kelly-the-queen-of-days-author-interview/
Thanks! Yeah, I took a break that was supposed to be about 3-6 months... ended up being a 2 year hiatus. The last couple of years were just *a lot*.
But the show is back, I'm doing interviews again, and we are launching a sister-site for book reviews/news/more in the next week!
Hey readers & writers of Bluesky! Fictitious is a podcast about the storytelling craft of Science Fiction & Fantasy. The show is back after a long hiatus with new author interviews & deep dives into writing SFF (and all its adjacent sub-genres). Episodes & info at: https://www.fictitiouspodcast.com/