HeyJaredJason Shannon
Jason Shannon is the author of 7 novels, including The Zimmer Insurgency, The Hounds of Harujin and Tiger Blues.
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- Sep 24, 2026
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101. Not Another Twilight w/ Mia Swan (author of Blood Struck) (opens the original)
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Mia Swan’s debut 2025 novel, BloodStruck, is a paranormal romance featuring a push and pull betweenmain characters Ashley Storm and Oliver Fraser, both attending afictional Toronto university, and Oliver is a vampire. Mia and I chatabout her writing process, how to pick and choose the tropes and makethat well-known to readers, how she puts a new spin on things to notrepeat what’s been done before, and how the self-publishing processwas different for her in 2025 than it was form me in 2013. Miaan
100. Taming the Laser Leopard: an ensemble cast performance (opens the original)
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Presenting my 8th novel: Taming the Laser Leopard. In post-WW2 Upper Burma, sky pirates crash a drug kingpin's arranged wedding. In this episode, we are performing the entire novella, unabridged. No ads, no paywalls. Myself, and 28 past guests, future guests, friends, and amazing authors are doing a full-cast audio-dramatization. Taming the Laser Leopard is coming to paperback and ebook later this year. If you enjoy this episode, please leave a review on Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/book
99. The Serial Killer's AI Companion w/ Felix ID Dimaro (author of Brain Dead Girls) (opens the original)
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FelixID Dimaro’s newest book, Brain Dead Girls, just dropped on August26th. It’s a story in his Daze of Dystopia universe,centred around tech mogul Leonard Prince, who has developed and AIpersonal assistant/therapist/friend named Maia who Leonard has fallenin love with. And Maia needs a body, prompting Leonard to track downsuitable candidates to download Maia into. Felix and I discuss thespectre of AI, alienation in a tech-heavy world, and what is in storefor his Daze of Dystopia world. Bornin N
98. The Spice Must Flow w/ Meg Lush (author of Two For the Love of One) (opens the original)
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MegLush is a contemporary spicy open door romance author. Her debutnovel, Two for the Love of One, was published in 2024. We discuss thevarious divisions within the romance genre – open door, closed door– we discuss levels of spice and how she determines what is neededin a novel, and how this was all new to her because she’d never setout to write a romance novel in the first place, but that this wasinstead something she needed to write to honour her late father. IG:@meglushwrites FB: https://www
97. Bruh, Do You Even Lift? w/ Alex Tilley (author of Mr. Strong) (opens the original)
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AlexTilley writes fiction that wanders the borderlands between folkhorror, magical realism, dark fantasy, and the psychological. Hisbooks include Meshkwadoon Books 1 and 2, the novella Mr. Strong, andthe forthcoming Sefira’s Gloom. Before self-publishing, he spentyears devouring everything from The Lord of the Rings to Shakespeare,Anne Rice, poetry, and Jane Austen. He was in the Canadian ArmedForces for five years, where he earned a humanities degree whileworking full-time in his trade. He wrot
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