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A Fugitive's History of the Known Universe with Nadia Afifi (opens the original)
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TW: Violence, Child death In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer Nadia Afifi. They discuss Nadia's new duology, writing multiple timelines, improving as a writer, Palestine, history through different points of view, being radicalized, the imperial boomerang, and much more. You can find Naida's books here: https://www.flametreepress.com/ Nadia's website here: https://www.nadiaafifi.com/ "The Lonely Timetraveler of Kentish Town": https://clarkesworldmagazine.com/afifi_11_22/
The Cellar Below the Cellar with Ivy Grimes (opens the original)
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TW: Death In this episode, Alan and Diane talk to writer Ivy Grimes. They discuss Vasilisa the Beautiful, Baba Yaga, Weird Fiction, Frau Perchta, death, grieving rituals, writing communities, sitcom tropes in horror, forgiving evil characters, and much more. You can find Ivy's website here: https://ivyivyivyivy.com You can find the Cellar Below the Cellar here: https://www.apexbookcompany.com/products/the-cellar-below-the-cellar
Lying to tell the truth with Lili Saintcrow (opens the original)
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In this episode, Alan and Cat talk to author Lili Saintcrow. They discuss D&D, Tolkien, World Of Warcraft (WoW), Star Hacker, the popularization of nerd culture, Lili's 5th grade novella, action movies, writing in different genres, the demented orange king, and much more. You can find all Lili's work here: https://www.lilithsaintcrow.com/
Hope in Horror: The King (opens the original)
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In this epeisode of Hope in Horror, Paul Jessup tackles the the most iconic horror writer of our time, Stephen King . Paul discusses a number of King's most iconic works, as well as some of the movies based on his work. Be sure to check out Paul's new book Cancer Eats the Heart . https://firebirdcreative.myshopify.com/products/cancer-eats-the-heart
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