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Short and Sublime: January 2015 Round-Up

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Short and Sublime is a new column spotlighting great short fiction. January stories include optimistic sci-fi tales, feminist subversions of problematic tropes in fantasy, and creatures from mythologies both real and imagined. Michaëlle-Isabelle, Michaëlle-Isabelle, Don’t get close, or you will smell. Michaëlle-Isabelle, Michaëlle-Isabelle, Here she comes, go run and tell. Michaëlle-Isabelle, Michaëlle-Isabelle, Her mama casts them voodoo spells. Michaëlle-Isabelle, Michaëlle-Isabelle, Take your Haitian tail to Hell!

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249. Introductions: Our Theme and Our Most Anticipated Things in 2015 w/ Renay and Natalie Luhrs

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/archive.org/download/SandFEpisode249OurThemeAndOurAnticipatedThingsIn2015/SandF%20–%20Episode%20249%20–%20Our%20Theme%20and%20Our%20Anticipated%20Things%20in%202015.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWomen, non-binary, and far too many things to love in 2015, oh my!  Natalie Luhrs and Renay join us to talk about our 2015 theme and all the movies, books, TV shows, and comics we’re looking forward to this year.  Well, not all of the things, but certainly a few of them.  Feel free to add your own anticipated things in the comments! This is just the beginning… We hope you enjoy the episode! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 249 — Download (MP3) Show Notes:

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Around the Podosphere #5: Podcasts of Note for 1/25/15

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As always, the podcast world is full of interesting things.  Here are some episodes we’ve enjoyed last week: On Writing: The Coode Street Podcast brings together Bill Schafer of Subterranean Press and the infamous Harlan Ellison to talk about small presses and writing things. Jeanne Cavelos joins the folks on Speculate! to talk about the Odyssey Writing Workshop. Mahvesh Murad’s excellent podcast, Midnight in Karachi, brings on Adam Roberts to talk about his various novels, including some of his recent satirical work. On Books: The fine folks at Sword & Laser wrap up their discussion of The Sparrow and talk about some exciting book-related news. On Movies: Curious about Dracula Untold?  We Hate Movies covers it in their latest episode.  You may or may not have second thoughts… On Conspiracies: The latest episode of The Doorway to the Hidden World exposes the totally unknown secrets of the Pyramids.

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The 2015 “Women and Non-Binary in SFF” Theme Begins: Announcements, Details, and Guest/Author Calls

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As you may well be aware by now, we have a new theme in 2015:  Women and Non-Binary in SFF.  This post will serve as a handy guide to our show for the next 11.5 months and as a nice place to go in case you want to be a part of the show or the blog at some point in 2015. The Theme:  What We’re Doing Throughout 2015, we are going to put particular focus on the contributions of women and non-binary people to science fiction and fantasy.  The majority of our interviewees, as such, will be women and non-binary; additionally, a good portion of movies, tv, and discussion episodes will be in some way related to this theme.  Though we’re not setting a hard quota for the year, we expect that roughly 75% of our content will be women- and non-binary-centered. As such, we have two levels of “open calls” for guests:

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Around the Podosphere #4: Podcasts of Note for 1/19/15

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The holidays are long over, but there’s still time to catch up on some of your favorite podcasts!  Here are some of our favorites from the last week or so: On Genre: The latest Coode Street Podcast features legendary author Guy Gavriel Kay as a special guest to talk about writing and genre history. The first episode of a brand new podcast entitled The Adventures of Yellow Peril and the Magical Negro just dropped. It’s all about representation and sf/f media, so it’s sure to provide the fix you’ve been craving. Interviews: The fine folks at Sword and Laser talk to Daniel H. Wilson about his new story/app, Mayday: Deep Space. Lev Grossman joins the Speculate! podcast to talk about his trilogy of novels and writing genre. Susan Jane Bigelow joins Julia on The Outer Alliance Podcast to talk about her latest novel, The Seeker Star. Justin Landon uses his magic to interview Brian Staveley on Rocket Talk. The latest episode of Midnight in Karachi features an interview with Megan Abbott, the Queen of Noir. On Movies: The latest episode of We Hate Movies tackles the film adaptation of Winter’s Tale. On Games: The Incomparable dedicates an entire episode to a discussion about Portal.  A whole friggin’ episode! On Comics:  Rachel and Miles X-Plain the X-Men have as a guest G Willow Wilson, creator of the Ms. Marvel comic. And there you have it.  What are you listening to?

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