22Dec/23

Ryan States

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December 22, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 53 Interview – Ryan States

Ryan States introduces us to his latest novel Someone Else’s Story. We discuss what happens when an immortal secondary character from a previous book gets his own book and meets a monster of literary legend, as well as feeling like a supporting character in real life.

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Ryan States was born in Calgary Alberta, but spent his childhood in Saskatoon, then returned to Alberta as adult. He lives with his platonic life partner, another writer, Gayleen Froese, and a great many animals. In addition to his writing, he is an actor and occasional standup comedian, and is employed as a corporate trainer. He self published two books, Souria, and Silver Bullets, and then published two others with The Seventh Terrace press: Sleeping Underwater, and Somebody Else’s Story.

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15Dec/23

AE Lister

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December 15, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 52 Interview – A.E. Lister

A.E. Lister shares their latest novel A Port Essington Christmas. We discuss where the inspiration for the series originated, as well as previewing Alison’s next project.

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Alison Lister is a Canadian non-binary author. They write graphic erotic romance (contemporary/historical/paranormal) as AE Lister, and sweet Young Adult LGBTQ+ romance as Alison Lister.

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08Dec/23

Bailey Merlin

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December 8, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 51 Interview – Bailey Merlin

Bailey Merlin shares her debut novel A Lot of People Live in This House. We discuss how Bailey’s actual experience living in an intentional community inspired the book.

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Bailey Merlin is a talented writer with a rich background in fiction and media, medicine, and health. She holds an MFA in fiction from Butler University and an MS from Harvard Medical School, and her writing has been published in numerous literary magazines. In addition to her writing, Bailey has co-performed a spoken word short story album, Bug Eyes, with award-winning jazz guitarist Richie Smith. She is also the librettist of the opera ¡Dime! An Opera in Four Acts. Based in Boston, Bailey lives in an intentional community with a dynamic cast of humans, a toddler, a dog, a cat, and a friendly ghost.

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24Nov/23

Mary Burns

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November 24, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 49 Interview – Mary P. Burns

Mary P. Burns introduces us to her murder mystery Cold Case Heat, and shares that it’s based on real world events in such a way that she had to dip into memoir-writing skills to put this story together.

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Mary Burns is a long-time resident of New York City, sharing the best life ever with her wife of over twenty years. After receiving a Master of Fine Arts in Playwriting from Columbia University in 1991, she experienced a twenty-year bout of writer’s block. During that time, she carved out a career as an executive assistant. Finally taking a sabbatical to assess things and perhaps try writing a play again, what came out instead was a novel. “Forging a Desire Line” was published by Bold Strokes Books in 2020, followed by “Suspecting Her” in Sept. ’21. “Cold Case Heat,” a murder mystery, arrived this September.
She has also published short stories in Sinclair Sexsmith’s award-winning Best Lesbian Erotica, volumes 4 (Dec. 2019) and the non-award winning volume 5 (Dec. 2020 / both Cleis Press)..

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17Nov/23

Damian Serbu

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November 17, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 48 Interview – Damian Serbu

Damian Serbu returns for a great discussion of his latest release, The Vampire’s War. We talk about author works mirroring author lives and why the freedom of the monster calls to us as readers.

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Damian Serbu is an author of gay horror/speculative fiction. After over twenty years of teaching history at the collegiate level, he now writes full time. He lives in the Chicagoland area with his husband and two dogs.

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April 30, 2021

It gives us great pleasure to welcome Damian Serbu as the guest on Season 6, Episode 17 – Loyal, Humorous, and Passionate!

Damian Serbu joins Vance and Baz for a great discussion of his latest release, The Vampire’s Witch. This leads to discussing queer representation in the horror genre and how a queer perspective can provide some unique perspectives.

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Damian Serbu lives in the Chicago area with his husband and two dogs, Akasha and Chewbacca. The dogs control his life, tell him what to write, and threaten to eat him in the middle of the night if he disobeys. His love for gay vampires led to his series, The Realm of the Vampire Council.

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10Nov/23

Judy Kiehart

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November 10, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 47 Interview – Judy Kiehart

Judy Kiehart introduces us to her memoir Calico Lane, and shares her journey through other people’s expectations on her life to where she arrived at the life that’s authentically her own.

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When Judy was little her mom told her, “Stop making things up.” She didn’t listen. In fact, she cannot remember a time when there wasn’t a story rambling around in her head leading her to scribble an idea into a notebook, a diary, or onto loose-leaf paper.

For a long time, the ideas remained scribbles. As the years passed, some of the ideas were crafted into short stories. Some of the short stories were adapted for the stage. Then, the scribbles became memory triggers for her latest journey: her memoir: Calico Lane.

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03Nov/23

Daniel M. Jaffe

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November 3, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 46 Interview – Daniel M. Jaffe

Daniel M. Jaffe introduces us to his book The Grand Sex Tour Murders, and shares the book’s satirical poke at the world as well as the story behind the banning of the first cover.

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Daniel grew up and attended college in New Jersey, then moved to the Boston area for law school. He worked for several years as a corporate/securities attorney before throwing caution to the winds and pursuing a career in creative writing. After his partner (and future husband), Leo Cabranes-Grant, accepted a university teaching position in California, Daniel moved with him to Santa Barbara.

Several of Daniel’s short stories have been nominated for a Pushcart Prize, and dozens of his stories, essays, and articles have appeared in anthologies, literary journals and newspapers in many countries and languages. His work has been taught in college and university courses. He holds degrees from Princeton University (A.B.), Harvard Law School (J.D.), and Vermont College (M.F.A.).

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01Nov/23

Bodies Review

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November 1, 2023

Vance Bastian and SA “Baz” Collins give their thoughts and reviews of the Netflix series Bodies. They explore how it relates to queer life and discuss its strengths and flaws.

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27Oct/23

Richard D. Mohr

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October 20, 2023

It gives us great pleasure to present a Season 8, Episode 45 Interview – Richard D. Mohr

Richard D. Mohr introduces us to his book The Splendid Disarray of Beauty: The Boys, the Tiles, the Joy of Cathedral Oaks ― A Study in Arts and Crafts Community, and shares how he came across information of these historic men and the community they built.

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Richard D. Mohr is an academically trained author with extensive journalistic experience and literary flair. He publishes books in three widely diverse fields: ancient Greek metaphysics, American ceramics, and gay studies along with queer theory, focusing on ethical, social, political, and legal issues. His book Gay Ideas: Outing and Other Controversies was banned in Canada and won the 1992 Lambda Literary Awards’ Editor’s Choice Award. The chapter on gay marriage in his book A More Perfect Union, in its treatment of privacy law and understanding of what marriage is, lay the conceptual groundwork for the Supreme Court’s 2015 gay marriage ruling. He and his hubby of 45 years live in Urbana, Illinois.

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25Oct/23

Werewolves Within Review

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October 25, 2023

Vance Bastian and SA “Baz” Collins give their thoughts and reviews of Werewolves Within. They explore how it relates to queer life and discuss its strengths and flaws.

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