This time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-john-wiswell/20241154'>Someone You Can Build a Nest In</a>, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the book, along with conversation about language, games, and a surprise musical performance!
 
Things mentioned in this episode:
 
<a href='https://www.premeemohamed.com/'>Premee Mohamed</a>
<a href='https://sarahgailey.com/'>Sarah Gailey</a>
<a href='https://www.caitlinstarling.com/'>Caitlin Starling</a>
“<a href='https://reactormag.com/d-i-y-john-wiswell/'>D.I.Y.</a>” by John Wiswell
“<a href='https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-64a-open-house-on-haunted-hill-by-john-wiswell/'>Open House on Haunted Hill</a>” and its Japanese cover

<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana'>Katakana and Hiragana</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter'>Hunter x Hunter</a> (2011)
<a href='https://sites.libsyn.com/484704/site'>Media Club Plus</a>
<a href='https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-1802313'>Starred review in The Library Journal</a>
<a href='https://mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co/'>Merc Fenn Wolfmoor</a>
“<a href='https://firesidefiction.com/issue29/chapter/this-is-not-a-wardrobe-door/'>This is Not a Wardrobe Door</a>,” by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
<a href='https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sickos-haha-yes'>Sickos yes</a>
<a href='https://4thstreetfantasy.com/'>4th Street Fantasy</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldcon'>Worldcon</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi'>John Scalzi</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chiang'>Ted Chiang</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-33-martha-wells-%E2%80%93-system-collapse/'>Martha Wells</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-29-chuck-tingle-%E2%80%93-camp-damascus/'>Chuck Tingle</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons'>The Simpsons</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/borderline-mishell-baker/10293034'>The Arcadia Project</a> trilogy, by Mishell Baker
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/camp-damascus-chuck-tingle/18738983'>Camp Damascus</a>, by Chuck Tingle
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-41-miri-baker-duel/'>Miri Baker</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bombadil'>Tom Bombadil</a>
<a href='https://howardtayler.com/'>Howard Tayler</a>
<a href='https://writingexcuses.com/'>Writing Excuses</a>
<a href='https://www.schlockmercenary.com/'>Schlock Mercenary</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson'>Brandon Sanderson</a>
<a href='https://maryrobinettekowal.com/'>Mary Robinette Kowal</a>
<a href='https://mauricebroaddus.com/'>Maurice Broaddus</a>
<a href='http://www.dongwonsong.com/'>Dongwon Song</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_Dogs'>Reservation Dogs</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/holly-stephen-king/19655404'>Holly</a>, by Stephen King
<a href='https://vacioscuerpos.bandcamp.com/album/doble-mente'>Vacíos Cuerpos</a>
<a href='https://www.playbalatro.com/'>Balatro</a>
<a href='https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-switch/'>The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom</a>
<a href='https://baldursgate3.game/'>Baldur’s Gate 3</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike'>Roguelike</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck-building_game'>Deck-builder</a>
<a href='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Calvinball'>Calvinball</a>
<a href='https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/'>Hades</a>
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0NLO8lnQI'>Friends at the Table Balatro stream</a>
<a href='https://cohost.org/austin'>Austin Walker</a>
<a href='https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/album/the-twilight-mirage-friends-at-the-table-soundtrack-season-four'>Twilight Mirage</a> and <a href='https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/track/spring-in-hieron'>Spring in Hieron</a> soundtracks
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandcamp'>Bandcamp</a>
<a href='https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deep-fried-memes'>Deep-fried jpegs</a>
<a href='https://isitbandcampfriday.com/'>Is It Bandcamp Friday?</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Web_1.0'>Web 1.0</a>
John’s <a href='https://twitter.com/wiswell?lang=en'>twitter</a>, <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/wiswell.bsky.social'>bluesky</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/john_wiswell/'>insta</a>, <a href='https://www.patreon.com/Wiswell'>patreon</a>, and <a href='https://johnwiswell.substack.com/'>substack</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/escape-velocity-victor-manibo/20299029'>Escape Velocity</a>, by Victor Manibo

<description>&lt;p&gt;This time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-john-wiswell/20241154'&gt;Someone You Can Build a Nest In&lt;/a&gt;, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the book, along with conversation about language, games, and a surprise musical performance!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things mentioned in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.premeemohamed.com/'&gt;Premee Mohamed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://sarahgailey.com/'&gt;Sarah Gailey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.caitlinstarling.com/'&gt;Caitlin Starling&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://reactormag.com/d-i-y-john-wiswell/'&gt;D.I.Y.&lt;/a&gt;” by John Wiswell&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://www.diabolicalplots.com/dp-fiction-64a-open-house-on-haunted-hill-by-john-wiswell/'&gt;Open House on Haunted Hill&lt;/a&gt;” and its Japanese cover&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hiragana'&gt;Katakana and Hiragana&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunter_%C3%97_Hunter'&gt;Hunter x Hunter&lt;/a&gt; (2011)&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://sites.libsyn.com/484704/site'&gt;Media Club Plus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.libraryjournal.com/review/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-1802313'&gt;Starred review in The Library Journal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mercfennwolfmoor.carrd.co/'&gt;Merc Fenn Wolfmoor&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://firesidefiction.com/issue29/chapter/this-is-not-a-wardrobe-door/'&gt;This is Not a Wardrobe Door&lt;/a&gt;,” by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/sickos-haha-yes'&gt;Sickos yes&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://4thstreetfantasy.com/'&gt;4th Street Fantasy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Worldcon'&gt;Worldcon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Scalzi'&gt;John Scalzi&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ted_Chiang'&gt;Ted Chiang&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-33-martha-wells-%E2%80%93-system-collapse/'&gt;Martha Wells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-29-chuck-tingle-%E2%80%93-camp-damascus/'&gt;Chuck Tingle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Simpsons'&gt;The Simpsons&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/borderline-mishell-baker/10293034'&gt;The Arcadia Project&lt;/a&gt; trilogy, by Mishell Baker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/camp-damascus-chuck-tingle/18738983'&gt;Camp Damascus&lt;/a&gt;, by Chuck Tingle&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-41-miri-baker-duel/'&gt;Miri Baker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tom_Bombadil'&gt;Tom Bombadil&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://howardtayler.com/'&gt;Howard Tayler&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://writingexcuses.com/'&gt;Writing Excuses&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.schlockmercenary.com/'&gt;Schlock Mercenary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson'&gt;Brandon Sanderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://maryrobinettekowal.com/'&gt;Mary Robinette Kowal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://mauricebroaddus.com/'&gt;Maurice Broaddus&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='http://www.dongwonsong.com/'&gt;Dongwon Song&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reservation_Dogs'&gt;Reservation Dogs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/holly-stephen-king/19655404'&gt;Holly&lt;/a&gt;, by Stephen King&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://vacioscuerpos.bandcamp.com/album/doble-mente'&gt;Vacíos Cuerpos&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.playbalatro.com/'&gt;Balatro&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.nintendo.com/us/store/products/the-legend-of-zelda-tears-of-the-kingdom-switch/'&gt;The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://baldursgate3.game/'&gt;Baldur’s Gate 3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roguelike'&gt;Roguelike&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deck-building_game'&gt;Deck-builder&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Calvinball'&gt;Calvinball&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.supergiantgames.com/games/hades/'&gt;Hades&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VO0NLO8lnQI'&gt;Friends at the Table Balatro stream&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://cohost.org/austin'&gt;Austin Walker&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/album/the-twilight-mirage-friends-at-the-table-soundtrack-season-four'&gt;Twilight Mirage&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://notquitereal.bandcamp.com/track/spring-in-hieron'&gt;Spring in Hieron&lt;/a&gt; soundtracks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bandcamp'&gt;Bandcamp&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/deep-fried-memes'&gt;Deep-fried jpegs&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://isitbandcampfriday.com/'&gt;Is It Bandcamp Friday?&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Web_1.0'&gt;Web 1.0&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;John’s &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/wiswell?lang=en'&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/wiswell.bsky.social'&gt;bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/john_wiswell/'&gt;insta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/Wiswell'&gt;patreon&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://johnwiswell.substack.com/'&gt;substack&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/escape-velocity-victor-manibo/20299029'&gt;Escape Velocity&lt;/a&gt;, by Victor Manibo&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

This time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the bo...

This time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the book, along with conversation about language, games, and a surprise musical performance!
 
Things mentioned in this episode:
 
Premee Mohamed
Sarah Gailey
Caitlin Starling
“D.I.Y.” by John Wiswell
“Open House on Haunted Hill” and its Japanese cover

Katakana and Hiragana
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Media Club Plus
Starred review in The Library Journal
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
“This is Not a Wardrobe Door,” by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
Sickos yes
4th Street Fantasy
Worldcon
John Scalzi
Ted Chiang
Martha Wells
Chuck Tingle
The Simpsons
The Arcadia Project trilogy, by Mishell Baker
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
Miri Baker
Tom Bombadil
Howard Tayler
Writing Excuses
Schlock Mercenary
Brandon Sanderson
Mary Robinette Kowal
Maurice Broaddus
Dongwon Song
Reservation Dogs
Holly, by Stephen King
Vacíos Cuerpos
Balatro
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Baldur’s Gate 3
Roguelike
Deck-builder
Calvinball
Hades
Friends at the Table Balatro stream
Austin Walker
Twilight Mirage and Spring in Hieron soundtracks
Bandcamp
Deep-fried jpegs
Is It Bandcamp Friday?
Web 1.0
John’s twitter, bluesky, insta, patreon, and substack
Escape Velocity, by Victor Manibo

Book Tour 38: John Wiswell – Someone You Can Build a Nest In

This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome longtime friend of the show Laura Blackwell! Laura reads to us from her very very trunked story, “Poor Prisoners,” which leads us into a wide-ranging discussion of things we wish we’d learned sooner, writers whose work we admire, and kindness to our past selves.
 
Things we mention in this episode:
 
<a href='https://www.storyhour2020.com/'>Story Hour</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal'>LiveJournal</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamwidth'>Dreamwidth</a>
<a href='https://www.wemakebookspodcast.com/e/episode-37-managing-mayhem-with-murderboards-an-interview-with-jennifer-mace/'>Macey’s Murderboard episode</a>
<a href='https://hbbisenieks.itch.io/all-our-yesterdays'>All Our Yesterdays</a>, by Hilary B. Bisenieks
<a href='https://www.friendsjournal.org/issue-category/2021/speculative-fiction-sci-fi/'>Quaker Spec Fic issue</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_of_Our_Own'>AO3</a>
<a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Alpha/Beta/Omega'>Omegaverse</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-homer/17147944'>The Iliad</a> and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775'>Odyssey</a>, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
Beowulf translated by <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beowulf-a-new-verse-translation-seamus-heaney/8810469'>Seamus Heaney</a> and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beowulf-a-new-translation-maria-dahvana-headley/9892043'>Maria Dahvana Headley</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales'>Grimms’ Fairy Tales</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-of-homer-richmond-lattimore/8928660'>Lattimore</a>, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-the-fitzgerald-translation-homer/15554371?ean=9780374529055'>Fitzgerald</a>, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-homer/18252346'>Fagles</a> Homers
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-aeneid-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-virgil/16825748'>The Aeneid</a>, by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost'>Paradise Lost</a>, by John Milton
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/translation-state/18928288'>Translation State</a> and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-imperial-radch-boxed-trilogy-ancillary-justice-ancillary-sword-and-ancillary-mercy-ann-leckie/114029'>the Imperial Radch trilogy</a>, by Ann Leckie
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-djinn-waits-a-hundred-years-shubnum-khan/19993809'>The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years</a>, by Shubnum Khan
<a href='https://www.amazon.com/Archival-Quality-Ivy-Noelle-Weir/dp/1620104709'>Archival Quality</a>, by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCtter_Museum'>The Mütter Museum</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-36-ivy-noelle-weir-archival-quality/'>Ivy’s episode</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-like-home-sarah-gailey/18672676'>Just Like Home</a>, by Sarah Gailey
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-death-of-jane-lawrence-caitlin-starling/17867570'>The Death of Jane Lawrence</a>, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/last-to-leave-the-room-caitlin-starling/19486410'>Last to Leave the Room</a>, <a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/yellow-jessamine'>Yellow Jessamine</a>, and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-luminous-dead-caitlin-starling/7982195'>The Luminous Dead</a>, by Caitlin Starling
<a href='https://www.meganokeefe.com/'>Megan E. O’Keefe</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-16-megan-e-okeefe-conduit-of-stone/'>Megan’s first episode</a>
<a href='https://stevetoase.wordpress.com/'>Steve Toase</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-40-amanda-cook-snow-day/'>Amanda Cook</a>
<a href='https://www.jomiles.com/'>Jo Miles</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy_Writers_Association'>SFWA</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Writers_Association'>HWA</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premee_Mohamed'>Premee Mohamed</a>
<a href='https://innsmouthfreepress.com/available-now/she-walks-in-shadows/'>She Walks in Shadows</a>, edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beneath-the-rising-premee-mohamed/9224913'>Beneath the Rising</a>, <a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/and-what-can-we-offer-you-tonight'>And What Can We Offer You Tonight</a>, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-annual-migration-of-clouds-premee-mohamed/18438241'>The Annual Migration of Clouds</a>, and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-butcher-of-the-forest-premee-mohamed/20001584'>The Butcher of the Forest</a>, by Premee Mohamed
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/system-collapse-martha-wells/19538545'>System Collapse</a>, by Martha Wells
<a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yuletide'>Yuletide (fic exchange)</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_of_the_North'>The Red River of the north</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz'>Lake Agassiz</a>
<a href='https://www.swantower.com/'>Marie Brennan</a>
<a href='https://www.marthawells.com/'>Martha Wells</a>
<a href='https://www.redwombatstudio.com/'>Ursula Vernon</a>
<a href='https://www.chucktingle.com/'>Chuck Tingle</a>
<a href='https://sarahgailey.com/'>Sarah Gailey</a>
<a href='https://www.patreon.com/posts/2023-hugo-awards-98498779'>Hugo Awards thing</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award'>Stoker Awards</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/edenville-sam-rebelein/19879260'>Edenville</a>, by Sam Rebelein
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/camp-damascus-chuck-tingle/18738983'>Camp Damascus</a>, by Chuck Tingle
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser'>Hellraiser</a>
Death Note <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note'>manga</a>, <a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2017_film)'>netflix</a>, and anime
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=perPAMpnvKk'>Potato chip eating scene</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note:_The_Musical'>Death Note: The Musical</a>
Laura’s <a href='http://www.pronouncedlahra.com/'>website</a>, <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/pronouncedlahra.bsky.social'>bluesky</a>, <a href='https://twitter.com/pronouncedlahra?lang=en'>twitter</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/pronouncedlahra/'>insta</a>, <a href='https://wandering.shop/@pronouncedlahra'>mastodon</a>
 
Join me next month when I’ll be talking to John Wiswell and Ivy Fox

<description>&lt;p&gt;This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome longtime friend of the show Laura Blackwell! Laura reads to us from her very very trunked story, “Poor Prisoners,” which leads us into a wide-ranging discussion of things we wish we’d learned sooner, writers whose work we admire, and kindness to our past selves.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things we mention in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.storyhour2020.com/'&gt;Story Hour&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/LiveJournal'&gt;LiveJournal&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dreamwidth'&gt;Dreamwidth&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.wemakebookspodcast.com/e/episode-37-managing-mayhem-with-murderboards-an-interview-with-jennifer-mace/'&gt;Macey’s Murderboard episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://hbbisenieks.itch.io/all-our-yesterdays'&gt;All Our Yesterdays&lt;/a&gt;, by Hilary B. Bisenieks&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.friendsjournal.org/issue-category/2021/speculative-fiction-sci-fi/'&gt;Quaker Spec Fic issue&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Archive_of_Our_Own'&gt;AO3&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Alpha/Beta/Omega'&gt;Omegaverse&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-homer/17147944'&gt;The Iliad&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-francis-caulfeild/18217775'&gt;Odyssey&lt;/a&gt;, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Beowulf translated by &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beowulf-a-new-verse-translation-seamus-heaney/8810469'&gt;Seamus Heaney&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beowulf-a-new-translation-maria-dahvana-headley/9892043'&gt;Maria Dahvana Headley&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grimms%27_Fairy_Tales'&gt;Grimms’ Fairy Tales&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-of-homer-richmond-lattimore/8928660'&gt;Lattimore&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-iliad-the-fitzgerald-translation-homer/15554371?ean=9780374529055'&gt;Fitzgerald&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-odyssey-homer/18252346'&gt;Fagles&lt;/a&gt; Homers&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-aeneid-penguin-classics-deluxe-edition-virgil/16825748'&gt;The Aeneid&lt;/a&gt;, by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paradise_Lost'&gt;Paradise Lost&lt;/a&gt;, by John Milton&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/translation-state/18928288'&gt;Translation State&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-imperial-radch-boxed-trilogy-ancillary-justice-ancillary-sword-and-ancillary-mercy-ann-leckie/114029'&gt;the Imperial Radch trilogy&lt;/a&gt;, by Ann Leckie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-djinn-waits-a-hundred-years-shubnum-khan/19993809'&gt;The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years&lt;/a&gt;, by Shubnum Khan&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.amazon.com/Archival-Quality-Ivy-Noelle-Weir/dp/1620104709'&gt;Archival Quality&lt;/a&gt;, by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%BCtter_Museum'&gt;The Mütter Museum&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-36-ivy-noelle-weir-archival-quality/'&gt;Ivy’s episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/just-like-home-sarah-gailey/18672676'&gt;Just Like Home&lt;/a&gt;, by Sarah Gailey&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-death-of-jane-lawrence-caitlin-starling/17867570'&gt;The Death of Jane Lawrence&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/last-to-leave-the-room-caitlin-starling/19486410'&gt;Last to Leave the Room&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/yellow-jessamine'&gt;Yellow Jessamine&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-luminous-dead-caitlin-starling/7982195'&gt;The Luminous Dead&lt;/a&gt;, by Caitlin Starling&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.meganokeefe.com/'&gt;Megan E. O’Keefe&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-16-megan-e-okeefe-conduit-of-stone/'&gt;Megan’s first episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://stevetoase.wordpress.com/'&gt;Steve Toase&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-40-amanda-cook-snow-day/'&gt;Amanda Cook&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.jomiles.com/'&gt;Jo Miles&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Science_Fiction_and_Fantasy_Writers_Association'&gt;SFWA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Horror_Writers_Association'&gt;HWA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Premee_Mohamed'&gt;Premee Mohamed&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://innsmouthfreepress.com/available-now/she-walks-in-shadows/'&gt;She Walks in Shadows&lt;/a&gt;, edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/beneath-the-rising-premee-mohamed/9224913'&gt;Beneath the Rising&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/books/and-what-can-we-offer-you-tonight'&gt;And What Can We Offer You Tonight&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-annual-migration-of-clouds-premee-mohamed/18438241'&gt;The Annual Migration of Clouds&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-butcher-of-the-forest-premee-mohamed/20001584'&gt;The Butcher of the Forest&lt;/a&gt;, by Premee Mohamed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/system-collapse-martha-wells/19538545'&gt;System Collapse&lt;/a&gt;, by Martha Wells&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Yuletide'&gt;Yuletide (fic exchange)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_River_of_the_North'&gt;The Red River of the north&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lake_Agassiz'&gt;Lake Agassiz&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.swantower.com/'&gt;Marie Brennan&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.marthawells.com/'&gt;Martha Wells&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.redwombatstudio.com/'&gt;Ursula Vernon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.chucktingle.com/'&gt;Chuck Tingle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://sarahgailey.com/'&gt;Sarah Gailey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.patreon.com/posts/2023-hugo-awards-98498779'&gt;Hugo Awards thing&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bram_Stoker_Award'&gt;Stoker Awards&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/edenville-sam-rebelein/19879260'&gt;Edenville&lt;/a&gt;, by Sam Rebelein&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/camp-damascus-chuck-tingle/18738983'&gt;Camp Damascus&lt;/a&gt;, by Chuck Tingle&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hellraiser'&gt;Hellraiser&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Death Note &lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note'&gt;manga&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note_(2017_film)'&gt;netflix&lt;/a&gt;, and anime&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=perPAMpnvKk'&gt;Potato chip eating scene&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_Note:_The_Musical'&gt;Death Note: The Musical&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Laura’s &lt;a href='http://www.pronouncedlahra.com/'&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/pronouncedlahra.bsky.social'&gt;bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/pronouncedlahra?lang=en'&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/pronouncedlahra/'&gt;insta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://wandering.shop/@pronouncedlahra'&gt;mastodon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Join me next month when I’ll be talking to John Wiswell and Ivy Fox&lt;/p&gt;
</description>

This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome longtime friend of the show Laura Blackwell! Laura reads to us from her very very trunked story, “Poor Prisoners,” which leads us into a wide-ranging discussion of things we wish we’d learned sooner, writ...

This time around, it’s my pleasure to welcome longtime friend of the show Laura Blackwell! Laura reads to us from her very very trunked story, “Poor Prisoners,” which leads us into a wide-ranging discussion of things we wish we’d learned sooner, writers whose work we admire, and kindness to our past selves.
 
Things we mention in this episode:
 
Story Hour
LiveJournal
Dreamwidth
Macey’s Murderboard episode
All Our Yesterdays, by Hilary B. Bisenieks
Quaker Spec Fic issue
AO3
Omegaverse
The Iliad and Odyssey, by Homer, translated by Emily Wilson
Beowulf translated by Seamus Heaney and Maria Dahvana Headley
Grimms’ Fairy Tales
Lattimore, Fitzgerald, Fagles Homers
The Aeneid, by Virgil, translated by Robert Fagles
Paradise Lost, by John Milton
Translation State and the Imperial Radch trilogy, by Ann Leckie
The Djinn Waits a Hundred Years, by Shubnum Khan
Archival Quality, by Ivy Noelle Weir and Steenz
The Mütter Museum
Ivy’s episode
Just Like Home, by Sarah Gailey
The Death of Jane Lawrence, Last to Leave the Room, Yellow Jessamine, and The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling
Megan E. O’Keefe
Megan’s first episode
Steve Toase
Amanda Cook
Jo Miles
SFWA
HWA
Premee Mohamed
She Walks in Shadows, edited by Silvia Moreno-Garcia and Paula R. Stiles
Beneath the Rising, And What Can We Offer You Tonight, The Annual Migration of Clouds, and The Butcher of the Forest, by Premee Mohamed
System Collapse, by Martha Wells
Yuletide (fic exchange)
The Red River of the north
Lake Agassiz
Marie Brennan
Martha Wells
Ursula Vernon
Chuck Tingle
Sarah Gailey
Hugo Awards thing
Stoker Awards
Edenville, by Sam Rebelein
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
Hellraiser
Death Note manga, netflix, and anime
Potato chip eating scene
Death Note: The Musical
Laura’s website, bluesky, twitter, insta, mastodon
 
Join me next month when I’ll be talking to John Wiswell and Ivy Fox

Episode 59: Laura Blackwell – "Poor Prisoners"

To open this show’s sixth season, it is my total delight to welcome A.D. Sui to talk about her forthcoming novella, <a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davering/neon-hemlocks-2024-novella-series'>The Dragonfly Gambit</a>, available later this year!
 
Things we mention in this episode:
 
<a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/'>Neon Hemlock Press</a>
<a href='https://www.dave-ring.com/'>dave ring</a>
:unhinged_vibrating:

:shaking_eyes:

<a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Fix-it'>Fix-it fic</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net'>Fanfiction dot net</a>
Even Though I Knew the End <a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-24-cl-polk-%E2%80%93-even-though-i-knew-the-end/'>book tour episode</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)'>Supernatural</a>
<a href='https://twitter.com/englelaird?lang=en'>Carl Engle-Laird</a>
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-55-celebrating-one-hundred-trunkcasts-with-sarah-gailey/'>100th episode</a>
<a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCCBohjaqA'>Jared can’t read vine</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Eye_Samurai'>Blue Eye Samurai</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy'>Family Guy</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty'>Rick and Morty</a>
Anna’s <a href='https://twitter.com/TheSuiWay'>twitter</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/thesuiway'>insta</a>, <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/thesuiway.bsky.social'>bluesky</a>, and <a href='https://thesuiway.ca/'>website</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wiswell'>John Wiswell</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon'>Ursula T. Kingfisher Vernon</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;To open this show’s sixth season, it is my total delight to welcome A.D. Sui to talk about her forthcoming novella, &lt;a href='https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/davering/neon-hemlocks-2024-novella-series'&gt;The Dragonfly Gambit&lt;/a&gt;, available later this year!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things we mention in this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.neonhemlock.com/'&gt;Neon Hemlock Press&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.dave-ring.com/'&gt;dave ring&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;:unhinged_vibrating:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;:shaking_eyes:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://fanlore.org/wiki/Fix-it'&gt;Fix-it fic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FanFiction.Net'&gt;Fanfiction dot net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Even Though I Knew the End &lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/book-tour-24-cl-polk-%E2%80%93-even-though-i-knew-the-end/'&gt;book tour episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supernatural_(American_TV_series)'&gt;Supernatural&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://twitter.com/englelaird?lang=en'&gt;Carl Engle-Laird&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-55-celebrating-one-hundred-trunkcasts-with-sarah-gailey/'&gt;100th episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqCCBohjaqA'&gt;Jared can’t read vine&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blue_Eye_Samurai'&gt;Blue Eye Samurai&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Family_Guy'&gt;Family Guy&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_and_Morty'&gt;Rick and Morty&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Anna’s &lt;a href='https://twitter.com/TheSuiWay'&gt;twitter&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/thesuiway'&gt;insta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/thesuiway.bsky.social'&gt;bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://thesuiway.ca/'&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Wiswell'&gt;John Wiswell&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ursula_Vernon'&gt;Ursula T. Kingfisher Vernon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

To open this show’s sixth season, it is my total delight to welcome A.D. Sui to talk about her forthcoming novella, The Dragonfly Gambit, available later this year!
 
Things we mention in this episode:
 
Neon Hemlock Press
dave ring
:unhinged_vibrati...

To open this show’s sixth season, it is my total delight to welcome A.D. Sui to talk about her forthcoming novella, The Dragonfly Gambit, available later this year!
 
Things we mention in this episode:
 
Neon Hemlock Press
dave ring
:unhinged_vibrating:

:shaking_eyes:

Fix-it fic
Fanfiction dot net
Even Though I Knew the End book tour episode
Supernatural
Carl Engle-Laird
100th episode
Jared can’t read vine
Blue Eye Samurai
Family Guy
Rick and Morty
Anna’s twitter, insta, bluesky, and website
John Wiswell
Ursula T. Kingfisher Vernon
 

Book Tour 37: A.D. Sui – The Dragonfly Gambit

This time around, to close out season 5 of Tales from the Trunk, I’m thrilled to welcome Jo Miles to talk about the excellent conclusion to their <a href='https://bookshop.org/contributors/jo-miles'>Gifted of Brennex</a> trilogy, <a href='https://www.jomiles.com/ravenous-state/'>Ravenous State</a>! 
 
Things we mention this episode: 
 
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_World_Science_Fiction_Convention'>Worldcon 76</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/ancillary-justice-ann-leckie/110863'>Ancillary Justice</a>, by Ann Leckie
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/ninefox-gambit-lee-yoon-ha/14182346'>Ninefox Gambit</a>, by Yoon Ha Lee
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-book-one-george-r-r-martin/15542384'>Game of Thrones</a>, by George R.R. Martin
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson'>Brandon Sanderson</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-wizard-of-earthsea-1-ursula-k-le-guin/6389611'>A Wizard of Earthsea</a>, by Ursula K. Le Guin
<a href='https://antifandom.com/murderbot/wiki/Perihelion'>ART</a> and <a href='https://antifandom.com/murderbot/wiki/Murderbot'>Murderbot</a> from <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-murderbot-diaries-all-systems-red-artificial-condition-rogue-protocol-exit-strategy-martha-wells/14469574'>The Murderbot Diaries</a>, by Martha Wells
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/starling-house-alix-e-harrow/19538409'>Starling House</a>, by Alix E. Harrow
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/system-collapse-martha-wells/19538545'>System Collapse</a>, by Martha Wells
<a href='https://www.jomiles.com/books/warped-state/'>Warped State</a> and <a href='https://www.jomiles.com/books/dissonant-state/'>Dissonant State</a>, by Jo Miles
Jo’s <a href='https://www.jomiles.com/'>mailing list</a>, <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/jomiles.bsky.social'>bluesky</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/jomileswrites/'>insta</a>, and <a href='https://wandering.shop/@josmiles'>mastodon</a>

<description>&lt;p&gt;This time around, to close out season 5 of Tales from the Trunk, I’m thrilled to welcome Jo Miles to talk about the excellent conclusion to their &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/contributors/jo-miles'&gt;Gifted of Brennex&lt;/a&gt; trilogy, &lt;a href='https://www.jomiles.com/ravenous-state/'&gt;Ravenous State&lt;/a&gt;! &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things we mention this episode:

&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/76th_World_Science_Fiction_Convention'&gt;Worldcon 76&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/ancillary-justice-ann-leckie/110863'&gt;Ancillary Justice&lt;/a&gt;, by Ann Leckie&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/ninefox-gambit-lee-yoon-ha/14182346'&gt;Ninefox Gambit&lt;/a&gt;, by Yoon Ha Lee&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-game-of-thrones-a-song-of-ice-and-fire-book-one-george-r-r-martin/15542384'&gt;Game of Thrones&lt;/a&gt;, by George R.R. Martin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brandon_Sanderson'&gt;Brandon Sanderson&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/a-wizard-of-earthsea-1-ursula-k-le-guin/6389611'&gt;A Wizard of Earthsea&lt;/a&gt;, by Ursula K. Le Guin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://antifandom.com/murderbot/wiki/Perihelion'&gt;ART&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://antifandom.com/murderbot/wiki/Murderbot'&gt;Murderbot&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-murderbot-diaries-all-systems-red-artificial-condition-rogue-protocol-exit-strategy-martha-wells/14469574'&gt;The Murderbot Diaries&lt;/a&gt;, by Martha Wells&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/starling-house-alix-e-harrow/19538409'&gt;Starling House&lt;/a&gt;, by Alix E. Harrow&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/system-collapse-martha-wells/19538545'&gt;System Collapse&lt;/a&gt;, by Martha Wells&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.jomiles.com/books/warped-state/'&gt;Warped State&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://www.jomiles.com/books/dissonant-state/'&gt;Dissonant State&lt;/a&gt;, by Jo Miles&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Jo’s &lt;a href='https://www.jomiles.com/'&gt;mailing list&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/jomiles.bsky.social'&gt;bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/jomileswrites/'&gt;insta&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://wandering.shop/@josmiles'&gt;mastodon&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
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This time around, to close out season 5 of Tales from the Trunk, I’m thrilled to welcome Jo Miles to talk about the excellent conclusion to their Gifted of Brennex trilogy, Ravenous State! 
 
Things we mention this episode:Worldcon 76
Ancillary Justi...

This time around, to close out season 5 of Tales from the Trunk, I’m thrilled to welcome Jo Miles to talk about the excellent conclusion to their Gifted of Brennex trilogy, Ravenous State! 
 
Things we mention this episode:Worldcon 76
Ancillary Justice, by Ann Leckie
Ninefox Gambit, by Yoon Ha Lee
Game of Thrones, by George R.R. Martin
Brandon Sanderson
A Wizard of Earthsea, by Ursula K. Le Guin
ART and Murderbot from The Murderbot Diaries, by Martha Wells
Starling House, by Alix E. Harrow
System Collapse, by Martha Wells
Warped State and Dissonant State, by Jo Miles
Jo’s mailing list, bluesky, insta, and mastodon

Book Tour 36: Jo Miles – Ravenous State

Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-butcher-of-the-forest-premee-mohamed/20001584'>The Butcher of the Forest</a>, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk.
 
Things we mention this episode:
 
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fifth-season-n-k-jemisin/110692'>The Fifth Season</a>, by N.K. Jemisin
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel'>Hansel &amp; Gretel</a>
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/annihilation-jeff-vandermeer/8487011'>Annihilation</a>, by Jeff Vandermeer
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_L.A.'>Escape from LA</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene'>The Faerie Queene</a>, by Edmund Spenser
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Plissken'>Snake Plissken</a>
<a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/C3CB6nlr7It/'>LSBM</a>

<a href='https://tanoraqui.tumblr.com/post/695607070424170496'>Van Helsing post</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula'>Dracula</a>, by Bram Stoker
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer_Polytechnic'>Red Deer Polytechnic</a>
<a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Next'>Thursday Next books</a>, by Jasper Fforde
<a href='https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Siege-of-Burning-Grass/Premee-Mohamed/9781837860463'>The Siege of Burning Grass</a>, <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-annual-migration-of-clouds-premee-mohamed/18438241'>The Annual Migration of Clouds</a>, and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-speak-through-the-mountain-premee-mohamed/20603263'>We Speak Through the Mountain</a>, by Premee Mohamed
The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife, by Premee Mohamed
<a href='https://psychopomp.com/novella-announcement-one-message-remains/'>One Message Remains</a>
“<a href='https://thedeadlands.com/issue-03/the-generals-turn/'>The General’s Turn</a>,” by Premee Mohamed in The Deadlands
<a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-57-sean-markey-%E2%80%93-the-deadlands/'>Sean Markey’s episode</a>
<a href='https://www.mystgalaxy.com/22924Mohamed'>Mysterious Galaxy event with John Wiswell</a>, on February 28th 2024
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-john-wiswell/20241154'>Someone you Can Build a Nest In</a>, by John Wiswell
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-two-doctors-gorski-isaac-fellman/17868232'>The Two Doctors Górski</a>, by Isaac Fellman
<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-vanished-birds-simon-jimenez/12112735'>The Vanished Birds</a> and <a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-spear-cuts-through-water-simon-jimenez/15671411'>The Spear Cuts Through Water</a>, by Simon Jimenez
Premee’s <a href='https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.com'>bluesky</a>, <a href='https://www.instagram.com/premeesaurus/'>insta</a>, <a href='https://patreon.com/premee'>patreon</a>, and <a href='https://www.premeemohamed.com/'>website</a>
 
Stick around next week, when I’ll be talking to Jo Miles!

<description>&lt;p&gt;Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-butcher-of-the-forest-premee-mohamed/20001584'&gt;The Butcher of the Forest&lt;/a&gt;, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk.&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Things we mention this episode:&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-fifth-season-n-k-jemisin/110692'&gt;The Fifth Season&lt;/a&gt;, by N.K. Jemisin&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hansel_and_Gretel'&gt;Hansel &amp;amp; Gretel&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/annihilation-jeff-vandermeer/8487011'&gt;Annihilation&lt;/a&gt;, by Jeff Vandermeer&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Escape_from_L.A.'&gt;Escape from LA&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Faerie_Queene'&gt;The Faerie Queene&lt;/a&gt;, by Edmund Spenser&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snake_Plissken'&gt;Snake Plissken&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/p/C3CB6nlr7It/'&gt;LSBM&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://tanoraqui.tumblr.com/post/695607070424170496'&gt;Van Helsing post&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dracula'&gt;Dracula&lt;/a&gt;, by Bram Stoker&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Red_Deer_Polytechnic'&gt;Red Deer Polytechnic&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thursday_Next'&gt;Thursday Next books&lt;/a&gt;, by Jasper Fforde&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.simonandschuster.com/books/The-Siege-of-Burning-Grass/Premee-Mohamed/9781837860463'&gt;The Siege of Burning Grass&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-annual-migration-of-clouds-premee-mohamed/18438241'&gt;The Annual Migration of Clouds&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/we-speak-through-the-mountain-premee-mohamed/20603263'&gt;We Speak Through the Mountain&lt;/a&gt;, by Premee Mohamed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife, by Premee Mohamed&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://psychopomp.com/novella-announcement-one-message-remains/'&gt;One Message Remains&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;“&lt;a href='https://thedeadlands.com/issue-03/the-generals-turn/'&gt;The General’s Turn&lt;/a&gt;,” by Premee Mohamed in The Deadlands&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.talesfromthetrunk.com/e/episode-57-sean-markey-%E2%80%93-the-deadlands/'&gt;Sean Markey’s episode&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://www.mystgalaxy.com/22924Mohamed'&gt;Mysterious Galaxy event with John Wiswell&lt;/a&gt;, on February 28th 2024&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/someone-you-can-build-a-nest-in-john-wiswell/20241154'&gt;Someone you Can Build a Nest In&lt;/a&gt;, by John Wiswell&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-two-doctors-gorski-isaac-fellman/17868232'&gt;The Two Doctors Górski&lt;/a&gt;, by Isaac Fellman&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-vanished-birds-simon-jimenez/12112735'&gt;The Vanished Birds&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-spear-cuts-through-water-simon-jimenez/15671411'&gt;The Spear Cuts Through Water&lt;/a&gt;, by Simon Jimenez&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Premee’s &lt;a href='https://bsky.app/profile/premeemohamed.com'&gt;bluesky&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://www.instagram.com/premeesaurus/'&gt;insta&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href='https://patreon.com/premee'&gt;patreon&lt;/a&gt;, and &lt;a href='https://www.premeemohamed.com/'&gt;website&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt;Stick around next week, when I’ll be talking to Jo Miles!&lt;/p&gt;
&lt;p&gt; &lt;/p&gt;
</description>

Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, The Butcher of the Forest, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk.
 
Things we mention this episode:
 
The Fift...

Today, it’s my pleasure to welcome back to the show Premee Mohamed! We talk about her new novella, The Butcher of the Forest, out February 27th from Tor.com books, and then feed something new to the trunk.
 
Things we mention this episode:
 
The Fifth Season, by N.K. Jemisin
Hansel &amp; Gretel
Annihilation, by Jeff Vandermeer
Escape from LA
The Faerie Queene, by Edmund Spenser
Snake Plissken
LSBM

Van Helsing post
Dracula, by Bram Stoker
Red Deer Polytechnic
Thursday Next books, by Jasper Fforde
The Siege of Burning Grass, The Annual Migration of Clouds, and We Speak Through the Mountain, by Premee Mohamed
The Rider, The Ride, The Rich Man’s Wife, by Premee Mohamed
One Message Remains
“The General’s Turn,” by Premee Mohamed in The Deadlands
Sean Markey’s episode
Mysterious Galaxy event with John Wiswell, on February 28th 2024
Someone you Can Build a Nest In, by John Wiswell
The Two Doctors Górski, by Isaac Fellman
The Vanished Birds and The Spear Cuts Through Water, by Simon Jimenez
Premee’s bluesky, insta, patreon, and website
 
Stick around next week, when I’ll be talking to Jo Miles!
 

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