Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” --Anton Chekov
Interviews and readings with authors and editors of science fiction, fantasy, horror, and speculative poetry. Hosted by Deborah L. Davitt.
Episodes
41 episodes
Shining Moon Episode 41: Reading the Nebulas II
With me today to read the novelette category for the Nebulas are Allen Dyen-Shapiro, Leigh Harlen, and Brent Lambert. Allan Dyen-Shapiro is a Ph.D. biochemist who enjoyed a 19-year research career. He now teaches in high-pove...
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Shining Moon Episode 40: Reading the Nebulas I; Short Stories
Hello and welcome to Shining Moon, Episode 40. With me today are A.P. Howell, Sam W. Pisciotta, A.T. Sayre, and Risa Wolf. The voting for the Nebulas has just concluded, and we’re here to talk about the contenders on the ballot before the winne...
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1:18:22
Shining Moon Episode 39: Writing Games III, Cerebos the Crystal City
Zach Welhouse is a librarian and game designer who lives in the Pacific Northwest. He enjoys hot drinks and meeting dogs who look like goblins. His work has appeared in the Costume Fairy Adventures and Deadlands RPGs, a...
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Shining Moon Episode 38: Writing Games II--TEETH RPG
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 38. Today we’ll continue our series by asking questions about writing games, particularly roleplaying games. This is a subject dear to my heart, because I’ve spent...
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Shining Moon Episode 37: Speculative Poetry IV
Daniel Ausema is an educator and stay-at-home dad. His poems have appeared in Strange Horizons, Fantasy Magazine, Dreams & Nightmares, and many other places and have been nominated for the Rhysling Award. He is also the author of the...
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1:02:40
Shining Moon Episode 36: Writing Real World Religions
Welcome to Shining Moon Episode 36, Writing Real World Religions. Priya Chand is a California transplant living in the Midwest, where she regularly cuts down trees and sets them on fire (as a certified volunteer forest stewar...
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Episode 36
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56:48
Shining Moon Episode 35: Writing Fantasy Religions
Samantha Mills is a Nebula, Locus, and Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award winning author from Southern California. You can find her short fiction in Uncanny Magazine, Strange Horizons, Escape Pod, and others, as well as the best-of antholo...
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Shining Moon Episode 34: Writing Media Tie-ins
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 34, Writing Media Tie-Ins. With me today are Marie Brennan, Kate Heartfield, and Caitlin J. Starling. Let’s get started with some introductions!Marie Brennan is a former anthropolog...
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Episode 34
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1:22:47
Shining Moon Episode 33: Food and Foodways in Fiction
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Epsidoe 33: Food and Foodways in Fiction. With me today are Beth Cato, P.A. Cornell, Amelia Gorman, Nibedita Sen, and D.A. Xiaolin Spires. Let’s get started with some introductions!Nebula Award-n...
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Episode 33
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1:25:36
Shining Moon Episode 32: Novella Writing
Bendi Barrett is a queer Black creator of speculative work in both fiction and interactive game narratives. His debut novella, Empire of the Feast, was a 2023 Ignyte award finalist for Best Novella. His work has appeared i...
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Episode 32
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1:23:17
Shining Moon Episode 31: Non-Western Fantasy
Hello and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 31, Non-Western Fantasy! With me today are Tina Zhu, Osahon Ize-iyamu, and Liza Wemakor. Let’s get started with some introductions!We had some audio problems with Osahon's feed in places. Please...
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54:52
Shining Moon Episode 30: A Walk in the Dark II
Tara Campbell : www.taracampbell.com.Kat Day writes regular flash for her blog, thefictionphial.wordpress.com. ...
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Episode 30
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1:22:45
Shining Moon Episode 29: YA and Middle-grade Fiction
Note: There are some audio problems in this episode that I have been unable to correct. My apologies. David Anaxagoras is a writer and former teacher from southern California. His short fiction has appeared in Lightspeed...
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1:18:28
Shining Moon Episode 28: Cozy Fantasy and Hopepunk
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon episode 28, Cozy Fantasy and Hopepunk. I’m your host, Deborah L. Davitt. This week we’ll be having a conversation with M. E. (Mary) Garber, Susan Kaye...
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1:24:39
Shining Moon Episode 27: Shared Visions, or Writing with a Co-Author
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 27, Shared Visions: Writing with a co-author. With me today are writing partners Kathy Bailey and Kurt Pankau as well as Marie Brennan and Alyc Helms, who write together as M.A. Carrick. Let’s ge...
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Episode 27
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Shining Moon Episode 26: When the Fic is Quick II
Amanda Helms (she/her) is a biracial Black/white fantasy, science fiction, and sometimes horror writer whose stories have appeared in FIYAH, Lightspeed, Nature: Futures, and other fine venues. She lives with her family in Colorado. Thoug...
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Shining Moon Episode 25: When the Fic is Quick I
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 25, Flash Fiction: When the Fic is Quick. I’m your host, Deborah L. Davitt. With me today are Kat Day and Michael Haynes as we’ll discuss the art of writing flash fiction—stories that are under 1,000 w...
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Shinging Moon Episode 24: Environmental and Cli-Fi II
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 24. Today we’ll return to the themes of environmental fiction, cli-fi, and solarpunk, on what will be our last episode for the year. Joining me today are Priya Chand, Amelia Gorman, Floris Kleijn...
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Episode 24
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1:09:50
Shining Moon Episode 23: Mythology, Folklore, and Prehistoric Fiction
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 23. Today we’ll be talking about mythology, folklore, and prehistoric fiction. My guests today are Robin Duncan, Jelena Dunato, Sam W. Pisciotta<...
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Episode 23
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1:20:12
Shining Moon Episode 22: Environmental Fiction, Cli-Fi, and Solarpunk
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 22. Today we’ll be talking about environmental science fiction, cli-fi, solarpunk, and maybe even hopepunk. My guests today are Renan Bernado, Cecile Cristofari, and Susan Kaye Quinn. Stories f...
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Episode 22
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1:21:37
Shining Moon Episode 21: Editors and Editing III
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast, Episode 21. Today we’ll continue our series by asking what it takes to be a magazine editor in this day and age—particularly when your magazine has a message and a role to play ...
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Episode 21
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29:15
Shining Moon Episode 20: Self-Publishing Empire
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 20. Today we’ll turn away from genre concerns to get into the nuts and bolts of independent publishing. Joining me today are science fiction writer Abby Goldsmith, and dark erotica author Cassie Alexan...
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Episode 20
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43:08
Shining Moon Episode 19: Lovecraftian and Weird
Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 19. With me today are Alicia Hilton, Kenneth Hite, and Dawn Vogel to discuss the topic of Lovecraftian and Weird Fiction. Do you have to be Lovecraftian to be weird? What *is* weird, and how do we go b...
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Shining Moon Episode 18: Speculative Poetry III
Hello and welcome to Shining Moon episode Number 18. Today we’ll once again turn our attention to the topic of speculative poetry with guests Rebecca Buchannan, Alicia Hilton, Lorraine Schein. Let’s get started with some introductions.
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Episode 18
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