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Alien Beer Podcast – Friends in Space

You may know that this podcast is named after my short story collection, Alien Beer and Other Stories. You may also know that I’ve already read every one of the stories in that book to you on this podcast.

However, I do have a secret cache of stories I wrote in 2019 when I attempted the Bradbury Challenge. Ray Bradbury famously wrote, “Write a story a week for a year. It’s impossible to write 52 bad stories in a row”. My author friend Kat Bradbury inspired me to do this when she took it up h...

Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – The Cat Came Back

I had always intended there to be a cat character in the Rosedale Pub, but recent events helped me decide the form that cat would take. That, and an old song that I repurposed to be kinder and more magical than it was intended to be.

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/7pitp4/Rosedale_004_-_The_Cat_Came_Backanvs5.mp3

https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-the-cat-came-back

I deal with grief and other hard emotions, in part, by channeling that energy into something else. Writi...

Alien Beer Podcast – Rosedale Pub – Me Time

Sometimes, it’s hard to let people go. It’s hard to accept that someone you once shared something special with has moved on, especially when you haven’t. In our visit to the inter-dimensional Rosedale Pub this week, we’ll meet someone who’s been led there by one last hope of making things work with their special someone.

https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-me-time

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/nzd952/Rosedale_003_-_Me_Timeb9mof.mp3

Flash story: Willow’s Heart

Antilived, CC BY-SA 3.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/, via Wikimedia Commons

I wrote this story in 2019 as part of a personal challenge; Ray Bradbury said that if you write a short story a week for a year, it’s impossible to write 52 bad stories in a row. My friend Kat Bradbury took this up in her podcast last year as well.

This story came about because I read in a scientific article that trees have a heartbeat. This led me to speculate that trees might perceive the world ...

Alien Beer – Rosedale Pub – Tall Tale

In this episode of Rosedale Pub, Alyssa meets True Colorado, a regular, who tells a rather tall tale.

https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/rosedale-pub-tall-tale

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ftizvm/Rosedale_002_-_Tall_Tale9a93v.mp3

I wrote this story in a café in Broad Ripple, a pretty part of my city. I was drawn to the cafe when I spotted a trans flag hanging from a balcony nearby. The café was open air, since one side of the building opened with garage doors. I sat at a table by m...

Trans Witch is now an AUDIOBOOK!!!!

I am full of squee and excitement this morning, because the audiobook for Trans Witch appeared on Audible a few weeks earlier than expected! I’d been trying to keep my cool, despite being absolutely thrilled with the job Danielle Muething did with my novel.

I met Danielle through my buddy R.J. Sullivan. R.J. and I have borrowed each others’ characters over the years, and now I’m stealing borrowing his spectacular voice talent. It might have been her rendition of the ole Transit King that convinc...

My appearance on the Mando Method Podcast

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I meant to post this much sooner, but I was pleased to be a guest on the Mando Method Podcast. Armand Rosamilia and his co-host Chuck Buda and my fellow guest author L.M. Archer were fun to talk with about writing methods, routines, plotting, and marketing fiction. I’ve included links to both the video and audio/podcast versions below.

Along with my Alien Beer Podcast, the Mando Method Podcast is a member of the Project Entertainment Network.

http://mandomethod.projectentertainment.libsy...

The Multiverse Blues is now a BOOK!

The Multiverse Blues ended yesterday; the last episode aired on the Alien Beer Podcast. But now it can be yours, as a paperback book (Amazon and Barnes & Noble) or ebook in Kindle format!

Follow jack-of-all-trades Jules Martin as they run away to join the crew of an inter-dimensional rock/blues band. Hope’s Tour travels from world to world through the Arch Gates, a network of portals that connect parallel universes. The band’s leader is a charismatic, mysterious, delphine alien diva named ...

Alien Beer – Ch 26 – The Multiverse Blues – Rambling on My Mind

In the final episode of The Multiverse Blues, Jules faces down two armies which threaten the lives of the refugee Tristellians, and the Theta Earth concert crowd that might get caught in the crossfire. How can Jules stop the oncoming slaughter?

https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ch-26-the-multiverse-blues-rambling-on-my-mind

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/x6ju8m/Ch_26_-The_Multiverse_Blues-_Rambling_on_My_Mind8l218.mp3

Well, dear listeners, this is it, the last episode of The Multive...

This Thursday: The Multiverse Blues release!

It’s here! The only copy of The Multiverse Blues in existence is in my hands! This Thursday, the last episode airs on my Alien Beer Podcast; on the same day, the paperback and Kindle editions drop as well. Click the image to pre-order the Kindle version right now, if you want!