Scot Noel On this edition of Sci Fi Saturday Night we go old school and talk about a new print magazine. To be fair, Dreamforge is much much more than just a print magazine. It is in fact a print,/digital hybrid quarterly event of Science Fiction with its own voice, its own look and its own outlook. That outlook is one of positivity for the hum ...…

The Sirens Song In this episode we speak again with multi-talented Nick Shakespeare about what’s he’s currently working on, what his new projects are, the state of his current projects. Nick gets to talk about the current state of his personal project The Sirens Song Parts One and Two, as well as his day job as storyboard artist and how his cur ...…

Doctor-The-Who Welcome to a new season of Sci Fi Saturday Night, whatever that means. As part of our renewed pledge to only talk about stuff we like, in this episode we are pleased to introduce our vast listening audience, the marvelous mind and talents of Scott Wauchope. Scott brings a lot to the “Artists Alley” table, so to speak. He is a tal ...…

Erik Radvon When I go to a convention there is no real idea of who I might meet. It might be someone from my other work in such outrageously inventive cosplay you don’t even recognize them, it might be a long-lost friend from school days past who is now an artisan and produces the most amazing monster jars or it just might be someone so differe ...…

Ceara Comeau As has been mentioned over and over, one of the best things about setting up at conventions is not only the chance to talk to our fans and listeners but also to meet old friend as well as new talented people. Terry Thomas, from Keene Comic Con came by our booth at Granite Con to talk to us about some of the guests that were going t ...…

Noah Whippie One of the best parts of conventioning is getting to see and meet new and emerging talents, Not just artists and writers but also artisans. Every one in a blue moon you meet all three in one. At the first Keene Comic Con I had the chance to meet Noah Whippie and we talked for a bit about his art, his knives, his cards and stuff. We ...…

Stephen Lomer On this episode we get the opportunity to talk with Stephen Lomer as he attempts to make his wonderful book Typo Squad into a short film. Steve has an interesting literary career, beginning as an editor and copywriter and transforming to a genuinely funny and effective writer who has chosen to defy genres and write as he pleases. ...…

Charleigh Brennan It’s kind of rare to be introduced to an up and coming author of whom cool and great things can be expected. In this edition, the listeners get such a chance. A month or so back, at Vermont Comic Con, we had a chance meeting with a new young writer at her table, selling an anthology that she was a part of. Though the cover ill ...…

Kristi McDowell Kristi McDowell of Gamer Girl and Vixen joins us. In 2013, she co-founded Eden Park Tales with Jay Moores to publish her own comic, A Planet’s Cry and she was one of the authors in the first edition of My Peculiar Family In 2014, she co-founded Joy Cat Comics to publish Gamer Girl & Vixen. The Joy Cat Team is: Writers: Kristi Mc ...…

Keene Comic Con In this episode we talk with Terry Thomas, the force behind Keene Comic Con, in anticipation of their second year. It will be Saturday, October 20 from 9:00 to 5:30. Admission is $ 10.00 and kids 10 and under are free when accompanied by an adult. It will once again be held at the Keene Rec. Center with plenty of free parking. T ...…

Hey, It’s Spence! In this podcast we get to spend time with Laura Nicole “Spence” Spencer. I had the extreme good fortune to meet Spence when we were both on a panel at Granite Con this year. She is the epitome of an all around person: Voice Actor, Entrepreneur, Fan Girl, owner of Resonant Moon Audio Book Solutions, a voracious crochet mavin an ...…

Team Synergy We talk with the newest inductees into the Sci Fi Saturday Night Five Timers Club, Alan and Chris Hebert. SFSN spent much time at Vermont Comic Con with our friends from HB Comics. They join the show to talk about the state of the independent comic creator and how it has changed over the past years. They are also here to talk about ...…

Jeff Deck In this episode we are joined by author Jeff Deck to talk about his newest series City of Ports – The Shadow over Portsmouth (Book One) We got the chance to task with Jeff about the setting, Portsmouth, NH, the development of the characters, the use of internal monologue as a narrative tool and how when it all comes together into a wo ...…

Vermont Comic Con And joining the show to talk about it are Jason and Natasha Moulton. First the bullet points: The con runs September 15 & 16 at the Barre Civic Center. The venue has wifi and tons of parking. Ticket prices are quite reasonable. There are also VIP Passes, discounts for Student, Senior, Military and First Responders. There is a ...…

The Double Midnight Gang Joining the podcast for this episode is Chris Proulx, Owner of Double Midnight Comics (with locations in Manchester and Concord New Hampshire) and one of the main men behind the scenes of Double Midnight Productions and The Granite State Comicon being held on September 8 & 9 at the former Radisson Center of New Hampshir ...…

This episode brings us Five Timers Club member Rob Smales who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items. Rob got to talk about his involvement in My Peculiar Family 2 as an author and as an editor. We got a rare glimpse of that the role of a good editor is and does. From a writing standpoint, he talked about how he used the writing pr ...…

V.S. Holmes Our guest in this episode is returning author V.S. Holmes here to talk about some new interconnected projects of hers at Amphibian Press. First is her inclusion in a Science fiction short story anthology ‘Beamed Up.’ Joining with fellow “Amphibian” writers Cameron J. Quinn, Ariele Sieling and Cullen McHael, V.S.’ contribution is a s ...…

My Peculiar Family 2 In this episode we are joined by author Vlad Vaslyn and artist, writer and coloratura soprano Karen Gosselin to talk about their contributions to My Peculiar Family 2, currently on Kickstarter. Karen gets the chance to talk about how she has been with this project since the beginning and why she felt it was important to con ...…

Dale T. Phillips In this podcast, Dale Phillips, who certainly has some stuff to talk about, joins us once again. We get a chance to talk about his newest works as well as his time as a student when Stephen King was his teacher, his time as a mall Santa, his upcoming trip to The Killer Nashville Annual Writers Conference and his IMDB credit for ...…

David Dewane In a wide-ranging conversation we spoke with David Dewane. He is an architect, entrepreneur, publisher, journalist, and educator. He is also the co-founder and president of Mouse Books. We talked about the concept of publishing in an electronic world, what Mouse Books has to offer and the scope Mouse Books has. From theory to Kicks ...…

Skies Over Superior A few months back, friend of SFSN Josh Dahl and I spoke at Plastic City Comic Con and he was super psyched to show me his newest comic collaboration, “Skies Over Superior”, a story about Merilee Fite, a young girl facing ghosts and monsters on the icy shores of Lake Superior. At the time I found the art and story both quite ...…

Fictional Alignment On this episode, we are joined by multi faceted human Mike French who comes by to talk with us about book two in his series dealing with the coming devaluation of humans ‘Fictional Alignment’. While this is the second book in the series, it does function quite well as a stand-alone (I know this only because I read book 1 wel ...…

Beamed Up In this edition, we get a chance to talk again with Cameron J. Quinn, Author, Publisher, Entrepreneur from Amphibian Press. Ostensibly, Cameron is here to talk about her story In Amphibians’ newest anthology, Beamed Up (faithful listeners of the podcast will remember Ariele Sielings recent appearance to discuss her story in the book, ...…

Tentacles and Teeth This TalkCast is a case study in what happens when one of our favorite writers asks to come on the show to talk about her newest stuff and you’re expecting really nice fantasy with inventive quirky universes and instead get a review copy for a post apocalyptic dystopia with poisonous monsters and icky gooey deaths. Ariel Sie ...…

Ayesha DeRaville & Sonise Lumbaca In this episode we talk with the Ayesha DeRaville and her twin sister and collaborator Sonise Lumbaca about their most recent re-collaboration, Space Aliens, Bad Mothers and Guns: Volume 2. These sisters are articulate, intelligent talented writers and artists an have come up with a refreshing twist on the idea ...…

James Azrael This episode is all about how a hobby becomes an obsession and morphs into, of all things, a museum. Our guest for this episode is James Azrael of The HSPPA (Horror & Science Fiction Prop Preservation Association). Musician/producer/actor James leads the HSPPA as Head Curator at all events and is accompanied by an incredible team o ...…

C.T. Phipps Continuing with our on again off again theme, what’s so funny about science fiction, on this episode our guest is C.T. Phipps, author of, among many other things, The Rules of Supervillainy series that features the unlikely anti-hero Gary Karkofsky. The discussion is a typical author interview, talking about bizarre pop culture refe ...…

Alexander Jablokov In this episode we spend time talking with science futurist and science fiction writer Alex Jablokov. We spent the show talking about various facets of his life; how and why he found his love for science fiction, when he began writing, why he stopped writing and why he restarted his writing career. It’s a fascinating hour of ...…

Little Giant Comics OLD School COMIC SHOW It is yet another two-guest show for us. Our first guest is Jason Brodnick. Jason is the force behind the Little Giant Comics OLD SCHOOL COMIC SHOW being held on April 28th. in Concord New Hampshire. Jason talked with us about the reasons behind an large, one day event in a central location wit a family ...…

It’s another two-guest episode. Nicole Dubuc An actress, a show runner, a voice actor and a comic book writer all walk into a podcast. Well tonight that’s one person, the multi talented writer of Darby Pop Publishing’s Bruce Lee comic, Nicole Dubuc. We get a chance to talk about all of her past and current roles and the many things she is doing ...…

My Peculiar Family II In this episode we have a discussion with three people with unique responsibilities in the production of My Peculiar Family II: Co-Editor Stacey Longo, Co-Editor and Story Contributor Rob Smales, And Cover Illustrator and Artist Karen Gosselin. Each talks about their introduction to the project and what, in their mind, mak ...…

Drew Hayes Have you ever read a book and said to yourself, “Self, I would love to talk to the guy who wrote this stuff.” Well, in this episode I get that chance. I first found a copy of The Utterly Uninteresting and Unadventurous Tales of Fred, the Vampire Accountant in a books store a few years back. It was so different and amusing and so unli ...…

Plastic City Comic Con In this episode we are joined by Keith Gleason to talk about Plastic City Comic Con 2018. It’s being held at the Wallace Civic Center in Fitchburg Ma. again this year on Saturday April 21st from10am to 6pm. One of the best of the new breed of Micro-Cons, Plastic City is now 3 years old and because of its size and place ha ...…

Dan Abella It all started with a book. For our guest, in 2012, the book was Valis. The author of the book was Philip Kindred Dick. Our guest on this episode is the mind behind The Philip K. Dick Science Fiction Film Festival in New York City, Dan Abella. We got to talk with Dan on a wide range of subject that touched upon the origin of his fasc ...…

Our guests for this episode are Rick and Julia Ingham creators of the Mad Max Minute Podcast. This is a podcast dedicated to watching every Mad Max movie one minute at a time and dissecting it in excruciating detail. We get some history on this genre, from its beginnings, as a podcast about an examination of “The Big Lebowski” to what is now po ...…

H.P.Mallory It’s always delightful to catch up with an old friend. As our Queen of Paranormal Romance, every Valentines Day H.P. Mallory has had a standing invitation to join us. This year she accepted and we couldn’t have been more pleased. It seems that as the years have gone on, she has become more prolific than ever. Author of: The Jolie Wi ...…

A funny story about this weeks show. George O”Connor joins me to talk all about his beautiful obsession with Japanese Professional Wresting and in particular Jyushin Thunder Liger. It is all chronicled in his recent whirlwind trip to Japan to see him the G1 Climax. This is an amazing and entertaining story. We hope you enjoy it as much as we di ...…

Jay Mooers In this episode, we welcome back Jay Mooers. Jay is here to talk about volume 6 of his serialized comic Autumn Grey and where the second half of this episodic adventure is going to go. Jay also introduces two new projects he is currently working on: HUSH with Jason Moulton and Gang of Two with Steve Offord. We talk about the new norm ...…

Brian James Author Brian James joins the show to talk about his newest book Mjolnir. The Viking gods have been banished from Asgard by Odin. Today they make the best of life on Earth. Thor is a professional athlete, Freya a prostitute, and Loki sells cheap products on QVC. Lurking in the background of their lives is a prophecy; one that declare ...…

Nick Shakespeare Nick Shakespeare joins the show to talk about the difference between a storyboard artist and a comic creator. We met Nick at Keene Comic Con earlier this year and had a wonderful discussion about his latest creation, The Siren’s Song as well as his work in television and film as a storyboard artist. Surprisingly (perhaps only t ...…

In this episode, we talk with our old friend and multi-talented bon vivant, George O’Connor whose latest invention is a new comic based on what Santa does the other 364 days of the year. In a venture whose inception was the result of a conversation in 2016, this story came alive with the help of DaFu Yu doing ink and penciling, Lesley Atlansky ...…

The Jewish Comics Anthology Volume 2 In this episode we are joined by Andy Stanleigh to discuss his new Kickstarter, SCI: The Jewish Comics Anthology Volume 2. It’s a more than interesting process as to where and when this series began, where it is today and the product that his small press publishing house AH Press has been producing since 201 ...…

On this episode we have a wonderful; conversation with Cameron J. Quinn and explore the many sides of her artistic career. Cameron writes in many genres including Paranormal Romance, Horror, Urban Fantasy, and Thrillers. We talk about the beginning of her new series She explains how and why she delves into each genre as well as how the writing ...…

In this episode we talk about the web-comic Mag Na Mell with its creators Emily Rhain Andrews and Christian Konczal, co-creators of a new Worldbuilding community based on an alternate world filled with Gods and monsters and war. We discuss how it began and why it came to light. We also got insight into what “Worldbuilding” in gaming means for p ...…

We are joined by Terry Thomas, the main organizer of Keene Comic Con, which will have its premiere event on Saturday October 14th. in Keene, NH. Terry is here to talk about the how and why of the birth of this event, the unique nature of the Mini Con and the role that it plays among the conventions. The Keene Con is being produced in collaborat ...…

On this edition, our guest is Keith Gleason of Reckless Sidekick Productions. Keith has been a frequent Convention companion of ours for years. He joins us to talk about a bunch of new projects including updating Hero Envy, and new titles Swamp Tales, Reckless Chronicles and Kid Switch. We also talk about the resurgence of the “Small Convention ...…

Our first guest is Chris Proulx chief mastermind of Granite State Comic Con. We get a behind the scenes look at the amazing amount of work that goers into putting the show together. Chris talks about some of the many special guests for this years event. We also talk about the many wonderful participants in Artists Alley and Vendor Row, the usua ...…

Laurie Moran It’s a guest packed show. We begin with Laurie Moran and Amber Newberry Amber Newberry from FunDead Publications in Salem, New Hampshire. The ladies join us to talk about their company, who they are, what they do , why they do it and what’s coming up in the “World of the Fundead”. We discuss their newest anthology, ‘One Night In Sa ...…

Colby Elliott In the Geekosphere, there are many kinds of actors. In this episode we talk with Colby Elliott, and his very unique role as voice artist for audio books. How does one begin or become introduced to this trade? Colby and the cast talk about how he started, what he learned and did along the way, his founding of Last Word Audio, some ...…

Richard Paolinelli On this edition we meet renowned author Richard Paolinelli. We get the chance to talk about how he and the podcast met and the about his many fields of work including sports journalism for many newspapers culminating with his tenure at the San Francisco Examiner which ended in 2010 and how that reignited his interest in ficti ...…