We welcomed Malory to our show for a fun conversation! Malory writes epic LitRPG and Progression Fantasy novels. His latest book The Weird Map in Mr. Glimm's Skull, was released in December of 2025.

References and Links:

https://raconteurpress.substack.com/p/meet-malory-newest-boys-book-author

Most socials:

@MaloryAuthor

We were excited to chat with Kara Dennison. She has credits at Crunchyroll, Discotek, Sekai Project, and others. She has written several short stories for anthologies and has written some stand-alone fiction and non-fiction. We couldn’t get it all in our intro!

References and Links:
https://karadennison.blogspot.com/p/about.html

P.A Cornell stopped by to catch us up on what’s happened since she was on our show in February of 2023. She is an award-winning, Chilean-Canadian, speculative fiction author. Her latest novella, SHOESHINE BOY & CIGARETTE GIRL, is now out.

References and Links:

https://www.pacornell.com/

We had a great conversation with G. Scott Huggins. Scott is the author of several short stories in various sci/fi and fantasy anthologies, as well as several books of his own. His latest book, Through the Spyglass Darkly, is the first of The Adventures of Jehanne Dark. It was released in January of 2026.

References and Links:
https://gscotthuggins.com/

https://raconteurpress.substack.com/p/g-scott-huggins-author-interview

The Spaceman catches up with Avery Wild, the organizer and convention chair for Ret-Con. Ret-Con is a literary-focused, speculative fiction convention serving the Raleigh-Durham Metro Area of North Carolina. Ret-Con this year will be held on the weekend of March 6-8, 2026, at the DoubleTree Hotel Raleigh-Durham Airport at Research Triangle Park. The Halfling and The Spaceman will be there!

https://www.ret-con.org/

We were happy to be joined by author James Young. He and his wife are friends of the show and were first on our show in January 2023. He’s an alternate history writer and stopped by to catch us up on what’s new with him. He talks about a new anthology, among other things.

References and Links:
https://us.amazon.com/Sea-Naval-Alternate-History-Ares/dp/1963830148

We had a great time talking with Stanley Wheeler! Stanley is the author of several self-published books spanning many genres. His most recent book, Accidental Pirates, was released in November of 2025.

References and Links:
https://stanleywheeler.com/
https://stanleywheeler.blogspot.com/
https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B00FN5I7T8?ccs_id=e329a5d7-14e1-4a6d-b30d-0fab2aa3ced1

We got to chat with Alexander Verbeek-van den Toren! Alexander is an author who writes and reads in English and Dutch. In the English language, his debut novel, Corruption was released January 13, 2026!

References and Links:

https://www.spacewizardsciencefantasy.com/author/alexander-verbeek-van-den-toren

Book Blurb:

Trapped on an island, surrounded by lava...with a secret.

When their ability to connect to the magical Flow disappears, Revan and the other students at his college’s island are stranded, surrounded by fiery seas separating habitable regions. Revan can’t retreat to his home island, only in contact with people who don’t know his true identity.

While most people only have one of the five crystals in their torso lit up—determining their role in society—Revan is among the few with more than one lit-up crystal. If anyone finds out, he’ll be considered Othercrystalled, and cast from society.

Torn between his feelings for his male best friend and a female classmate, with his secret close to being revealed, Revan discovers evidence the magic might not have been cut off naturally. Someone might be using the chaos to hunt Othercrystalled. Someone full of Corruption.