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The Book You Find When You Really Can't Afford to Get Pregnant: A story by Jeana Jorgensen

"The Book You Find When You Really Can't Afford to Get Pregnant" by Jeana Jorgensen, a gorgeous story about information, healthcare, and bodily autonomy.

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OMG Julia, it's a podcast!

In this episode, I discuss: How an editor collaborates with a writer when editing stories, poems, and essays. How writers collaborate with the reader when they first sit down to write with a a reader in mind...

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Maya MacGregor Talks The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester (part 2)

Part two of my discussion with Maya MacGregor about their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character.

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Maya MacGregor Talks The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester (part 1)

Maya MacGregor joins me to discus their process in writing The Many Half-Lived Lives of Sam Sylvester. This book is a delightful YA mystery/ghost story with an autistic and non-binary main character.

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C. S. E. Cooney Talks Saint Death's Daughter (part 2)

This is part two of my interview with C. S. E. Cooney about her publishing journey for Saint Death’s Daughter.

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Child of Glass with Chia and Dan

Friends of the pod, Chia and Dan, join us to discuss a movie Chia remembered as VERY ROMANTIC! Child of Glass is an adaptation of the first Blossom Culp novel, The Ghost Belonged to Me.

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C. S. E. Cooney Talks St. Death's Daughter (part 1)

I invited the amazing C. S. E. Cooney to talk with me about her journey to publication (a journey that lasted 12 years!) for Saint Death’s Daughter.

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Story Process: A Mind Map for "Xtabay"

I'm going to talk about my own process in writing one specific story, “Xtabay” which appeared in Shadow Atlas: Dark Landscapes of the Americas...

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After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle

Gwynne Garfinkle is back with us to talk about obscure children’s shows from her youth. Specifically, we talk about Hobo Kelly, the magical hobo clown...

Transcript for After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle

Listen to "After These Messages: Hobo Kelly with Gwynne Garfinkle" on Spreaker. Geoffrey Welcome to this is why we're like this after these messages. I'm your host Geoffrey Pelton, sure and Begora Tis I. Julia Oh no! I'm your other host Julia Rios Geoffrey And joining us again today is

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Zoom With Gwynne Garfinkle

Gwynne Garfinkle grew up to become a writer of novels, stories, poems, and more, and it all started with Zoom.

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heat death: a poem by Jennifer Mace

In the last poll, paid subscribers voted for a poem! Here's one from the excellent Jennifer Mace.

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Donald's Snow Fight

With a potentially historic blizzard in Boston, we present you this very on topic podcast episode about a 1942 Disney short starring Donald Duck.

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All the Creative Work I Did in 2021

Here is a recap of my 2021. You can either listen, or read the transcript below, which I have also added links to! The TL;DR version is that everything I wrote and many things I edited are awards eligible. In addition to all the individual pieces being eligible for

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The Dog Who Stopped the War/La Guerre des Tuques

It’s a new year! And we are starting it off on a super downer note with a movie about a dog dying… Uh. Sorry?

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Happy New Year!

Here’s the last issue I edited of Mermaids Monthly with cover art by Lauren Raye Snow.

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Stovetop Gods: a story by D. A. Vorobyov

Happy New Year! I've brought you a gift! It's a delightful story featuring family, a cat, and the ups and downs of trying to navigate accepting your true identity.

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The Forbidden Door with Eugenia Triantafyllou

Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us again from Greece to talk about Greek television and a very specific episode of Storybook International: The Forbidden Door!

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Bridge to Elsewhere

Bridge to Eslewhere is an anthology I’m co-editing with Alana Joli Abbott for Outland Entertainment, and it is full of stories about space travel!

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Goosebumps: Welcome to Dead House with Eugenia Triantafyllou

Happy Halloween! We have a special spooky treat for you! Eugenia Triantafyllou joins us from Greece to talk about Goosebumps!

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Jim Henson's The Storyteller: The Soldier and Death

We’re back with another adaptation of Godfather Death, this time with Muppets!

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Macario

Geoffrey brings us a Mexican film from 1960, which he once watched in Spanish class.

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Speculative Fiction for Dreamers

Speculative Fiction for Dreamers is a stunning book full of stories, poems, comics, and short plays by Latinx creators.

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After These Messages: Peter O'Toole, Pan Am, and G-g-g-ghosts!

This episode goes many places, and one of them is to the Clown Motel in Tonopah, Nevada.

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Mid-Autumn Mice: art by Joyce Chng

I invited Singaporean writer and artist, Joyce Chng to create a Mid-Autumn Festival illustration.