Never Bring a Pen to a Sword Fight
OnThey say the pen is mightier than the sword, but it is way easier to kill a guy with a sword than with a pen.
Three 1990s Pink Dots Compilations
OnEdward Ka-Spel’s brilliance with The Legendary Pink Dots is to introduce us to isolated characters and then immerse us in their world-view through expansive and mysterious soundscapes. He begins with the most restricted, infinitesimal point of consciousness and then slowly expands it…
A Rite Gud Minifesto
OnThe changing of the guard in the early 2000s and the euthanization of the reactionary Sad Puppy movement in the early 2010s should have ushered in a new era of speculative fiction, an era of creative freedom and experimentation.
A Tribute to Garth Marenghi, World’s Greatest Author/Visionary/Dreamweaver
OnIn this very serious episode, we honor the most important writer of the 20th century, a man forty years ahead of his time: author, visionary, dreamweaver plus actor, Garth Marenghi.
More than the Sum of its Parts: Writing Beyond Tropes and Easter Eggs
On“Here’s my new novel, A Groan of Stone and Bone. It has enemies to lovers, a chaotic bisexual, BIPOC representation, elemental magic, and tons of ‘Buffy’ references!”
Rite Gud: The Squeequel
OnBecause ‘squeecore’ got so big, we decided to revisit it to address some of the discourse it generated—the good, the bad, and the ugly.
Rite Gud: A Bear-y Special Episode
OnIt is time to talk about Bear, Marian Engel’s 1976 Canadian novel about a mousy librarian who falls in love with a bear.
Rite Gud: A Guide to Squeecore—Transcript
OnThanks to Rite Gud listener @gynoidgearhead, we now have a “Guide to Squeecore” transcript—read along with the audio!
A Guide to Squeecore
OnWhat is squeecore? You’re soaking in it! Squeecore is the dominant literary movement in contemporary SFF, a movement so ubiquitous it’s nearly invisible.
HeadClog in the Operator: Tux & Fanny: The Game Creators Albert Birney & Gabriel Koenig
OnJeremiah Aulwurm talks to Albert Birney and Gabriel Koenig, the creators of the Tux and Fanny Video Game (Kittysneezes 2021 Game of the Year).