We hosted a crowdcast with authors from the anthology Trouble No More - crime fiction inspired by the Allman Brothers. We speak with Mark Westmoreland about the process of putting the anthology together, and see we're all really just a bunch of music nerds, then hear readings from Mark, James D.F. Hannah, Michel Lee Garrett, Brodie Lowe, Rob Pierce, and N.B. Turner. We suggest following them all on Twitter.

We get the chance to chat with the wonderful Tori Eldridge about the Lily Wong mystery thriller series, and her upcoming book Dance Among the Flames, as well as previous lives in other artistic fields, what even is a schedule, genre-bending, the importance of diverse voices in literature, and the destroying monolithic views of culture.

We are joined by the wonderful Scott Cumming to discuss his whirlwind year of writing, his new book A Chapbook About Nothing, finding seconds in the day to jot down poems, and how it all started with a single review. We also go through his story Beach Body, and mental health in the time of Corona.

This story has since been published in Apocalypse Confidential.

We are joined by the wonderful and wonderfully cynical Allison Sutton to discuss Nathan's WIP, Enemy of the Enemies, the need for emotional support Diet Coke, making crude scenes cruder, and the intricacies of Catholic funerals.

Allison Sutton is a former gifted kid turned art student turned corporate drone. She is the mother of fourteen house plants, one cat, and unknowable unfinished drafts. She is currently working on both short historical horror and historical romance because she contains multitudes. Her motto is “actually” and she has strong opinions on the Great Lakes. She is also awake, but at what cost?

You can find her on Twitter. 

Special thanks to Chase Potter for helping with the audio editing of this episode. You can find him on his website and on Instagram.

We're joined by the immensely talented J.B. Stevens, and talk about balancing humor in dark fiction, getting through the slush pile, edits worth listening to, and certain types of infinity loops. We also talk about his new release A Therapeutic Death: Violent Short Stories.

We're joined by Joshua Chaplinky to discuss the fallacy of human memory, incorporating scientific theories into fiction, and the happy medium between finding inspiration from and trying to copy our favorite authors. We also discuss his novel The Paradox Twins.

We're joined by Max Thrax to discuss religious indoctrination, originality in writing, classic noir characterization, and proper terms for apocalyptic death cults. We also discuss his upcoming release God Is A Killer.

So, we really loved The Silent Patient.

We talk about Alex Michaelides 2021 release The Maidens, the trappings of having too many ideas in a piece, unsatisfying endings, universe tie-ins, mental health, and Facebook statuses.