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In this episode, Damon LaTorella sits down with Taj Bin John.  Taj is a podcaster, DJ, and ice cream lover.

We listen to “Ogre in the Vly,” originally published in If, July 1959. 

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In this episode we sit down with Scott Bradfield.  

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scott_Bradfield  

We  listen to “The Hills Behind Hollywood High” and discuss the story. Originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, April 1983. It was written by Grania Davis and Avram Davidson.  

Scott has a new "audio book" being read on Substack.  It was written in 1994 and concerned a world where all the political parties agreed on treating animals as badly as human beings and vice versa. And a stupid celebrity thug who takes over the world (about the same time he's bought out by corporate villains.) 

Here's the link:

https://masterbather.substack.com/p/animal-planet-as-read-by-the-authorpart?r=bk78w

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In this episode we sit down with a fantastic returning guest Tim Anderson. Tim Newton Anderson is a former journalist and PR manager. He started writing fiction seriously three years ago and has now placed more than 50 pieces in a wide variety of genres and publications. He has been reading science fiction and fantasy from an early age.

His blog is at https://atjentertainments.wordpress.com/ and his author Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/timnewtonanderson

He also has an Amazon author profile as Tim Newton Anderson.

We listen to "Milord Sir Smiht, the English Wizard" originally published in The Enquiries of Doctor Eszterhazy December of 1975.

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Today we celebrate Avram Davidson's 101st birthday.

In this episode, we sit down with one of our favorite repeat guests, Richard Horton. Rich Horton is a distinguished editor and columnist, known for his contributions to Locus as a short fiction columnist. He also curated "The Year's Best Science Fiction and Fantasy" anthology series for Prime Books. Rich shares his insights and passion for speculative literature on his blog, Strange at Ecbatan.

https://rrhorton.blogspot.com/

We listen to "Polly Charms, the Sleeping Woman," originally published in The Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction in February 1975 and nominated for a Locus and Nebula Award. It is the first published story in "The Adventures of Doctor Eszterhazy."

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In this episode we sit down Tim Anderson.   Tim Newton Anderson is a former journalist and PR manager. He started writing fiction seriously three years ago and has now placed more than 50 pieces in a wide variety of genres and publications. He has been reading science fiction and fantasy from an early age.

His blog is at https://atjentertainments.wordpress.com/ and his author Facebook page is https://www.facebook.com/timnewtonanderson

He also has an Amazon author profile as Tim Newton Anderson.

We listen to "Bumberboom" originally published in F&SF December of 1966.

At the end of the podcast we listen to a symphony adaptation of Bumberboom: Scherzo Diablique  - Sidney Hodkinson.

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In this episode we sit down once again with Josh Pachter.  Josh is a writer, editor, and translator, and the 2020 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement. Almost a hundred of his short crime stories have appeared in EQMM, AHMM, and many other places.

We listen to "The Last Wizard" originally published in EQMM, December of 1972. 

You can find more information about Josh at https://joshpachter.com/.  

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In this episode we sit down  with Josh Pachter.  Josh is a writer, editor, and translator, and the 2020 recipient of the Short Mystery Fiction Society's Edward D. Hoch Memorial Golden Derringer Award for Lifetime Achievement. Almost a hundred of his short crime stories have appeared in EQMM, AHMM, and many other places.

We listen to "The Trefoil Company" originally published in EQMM, August 1971. 

You can find more information about Josh at https://joshpachter.com/. 

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In this episode we sit down  with Kory Christensen - Kory is a patent attorney and an aspiring writer, who recently completed three novels of speculative fiction set in the San Francisco Bay Area.  His current project is a historical fiction novel, which takes place in renaissance Italy.

We listen to "Pebble in Time" originally published in F&SF, August 1970 and written  with Cynthia Goldstone.

Cynthia Goldstone was a highly regarded San Francisco artist. Ray Bradbury once wrote her a letter of appreciation. Cynthia and her late husband, artist Lou Goldstone, exhibited their work at many science fiction conventions, and were a much-loved couple in the Bay Area science fiction community.  Avram and the Goldstones were good friends in San Francisco during the lively 1960s and 1970s. 

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In this episode we sit down once again with Jack Seabrook -  The author of two books on popular fiction: Martians and Misplaced Clues: The Life and Work of Fredric Brown (1993) and Stealing Through Time: On the Writings of Jack Finney (2003).  He has had articles published in crime fiction magazines such as The Armchair Detective and he is a lifelong reader of comic books! Among other things he intends to educate the world to the joys of Alfred Hitchcock Presents and DC War and Horror comics.

We listen to "Thou Still Unravished Bride" originally published in EQMM,  October 1958.  I would also encourage you to watch the Alfred Hitchcock episode so you can compare and contrast the story and adaptation. 

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In this episode, we sit down with Joseph D'Agnese to discuss "Captain Pasharooney" originally published in The Saint Detective Magazine in May, 1967.

Joseph D'Agnese is a journalist, author, ghostwriter and editor who has written books for kids and adults. He has written for publications such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, Discover, Wired, Saveur, This Old House, and other publications for both for adults and children. He has won Educational Press Awards, and been featured twice in the annual anthology, Best American Science Writing.  His short stories have been finalists for the Derringer Award for short mystery fiction three times since 2014. (He won the award once, in 2015.)

To learn more about Joseph D'Agnese, visit his website: Joseph D'Agnese (josephdagnese.com).