David Barr Kirtley

In this special 600th episode David Barr Kirtley interviews his wife Steph Grossman, short story writer and co-host of the Basement Girls horror podcast. Ad-free episodes are available to our paid supporters over at patreon.com/geeks. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

With Bianca Pérez out for her Hallowedding (!), WIRED 's Geek's Guide to the Galaxy podcast host David Barr Kirtley joins Steph Grossman in the basement to discuss the '90s animated Halloween classic, The Halloween Tree (1993), as well as Ray Bradbury’s 1972 novella of the same name that inspired it. SHOW NOTES Geek's Guide to the Galaxy Podcast | geeksguideshow.com & wired.com/author/geeks-guide-to-the-galaxy David Barr Kirtley | davidbarrkirtley.com Save Me Plz and Other Stories by David Barr Kirtley | amazon.com/Save-Me-Plz-Other-Stories/dp/B09S65RZF5 ADDITIONAL SHOW NOTES ⁠Gemini Gospel⁠⁠ | Bianca Pérez's debut poetry chapbook, published by Host Publications ⁠⁠hostpublications.com/products/gemini-gospel⁠⁠ . Can't buy right now? ⁠⁠Shelve it on Goodreads⁠⁠ ! " ⁠Likeness⁠ "⁠ | Steph Grossman's latest horror-tinged short story, published in Joyland Magazine . Free to read. Bitly link: ⁠⁠bit.ly/mirrorstory⁠⁠ Basement Girls Podcast Store on Bookshop.org | ⁠⁠bookshop.org/shop/basementgirls

In this special bonus episode we celebrate the release of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy host David Barr Kirtley’s first book Save Me Plz and Other Stories . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

ATREON SUPPORT NOW STANDING AT 432 – LAST WEEK 428 HELP US GET TO 500 PATREON SUPPORTERS. Main Fiction: "Veil of Ignorance" by David Barr Kirtley Originally published in Lightspeed. "David Barr Kirtley is the host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast on Wired.com , for which he’s interviewed well over 300 guests, including Neil Gaiman, George R. R. Martin, Margaret Atwood, Richard Dawkins, Paul Krugman, Simon Pegg, Joyce Carol Oates, Neil deGrasse Tyson, and Ursula K. Le Guin. His short fiction appears in magazines such as Realms of Fantasy , Weird Tales , Lightspeed , and Intergalactic Medicine Show , on podcasts such as Escape Pod and Pseudopod , and in books such as The Living Dead , New Cthulhu , The Way of the Wizard , and New Voices in Science Fiction . His story “Save Me Plz” was picked by editor Rich Horton for the 2008 edition of the anthology series Fantasy: The Best of the Year ." Narrated by: Paul Cram Paul Cram is an American actor who performs in indie films and narrates short stories & the occasional audio book as time allows. His latest film role is in " Tuscaloosa ” which had him as the lovable mental patient, Earl, which brought him alongside one of the women from the hit show "Stanger Things”. Keep an eye out for that film. Paul credits the library as the starting point for his acting career, so it's no surprise that he spends a lot of time there still researching roles; but even more important to Paul is that since 2013 he has been volunteering at his local library reading with people who speak english-as-a-second-language.When not on a movie set, recording booth, or at the library- Paul can be found deep-frying chicken wings & cream cheese wontons with his older sister, or arguing about pop culture with his brother around one of the 10,000 lakes of Minnesota. You can find Paul online at www.PaulCramActor.com . Fact: Science News by J J Campanella Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams celebrate 300 episodes of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy with listeners Jesse Colton, Tyler Lutz, Crissy Lutz, and Juhan Raud. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Jesse’s guest is David Barr Kirtley, SciFi author and host of the Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy podcast. They discuss falling in love with SciFi, getting into podcasting and how SciFi can shape your mind. Jesse performs an acoustic version of ‘Battle Cry of the Browncoats.’

David Barr Kirtley and John Joseph Adams celebrate 200 episodes of Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy with listeners Zach Chapman, Nicolette Stewart, and Bruno Hanquier. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Military vets Myke Cole and Weston Ochse join John Joseph Adams and David Barr Kirtley to discuss the military fantasy subgenre and John’s new anthology Operation Arcana . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

First Story: “ Save Me Plz” by David Barr Kirtley Meg hadn’t heard from Devon in four months, and she realized that she missed him. So on a whim she tossed her sword and scabbard into the back seat of her car and drove over to campus to visit him. She’d always thought that she and Devon would be one of those couples who really did stay friends afterward. They’d been close for so long, and things hadn’t ended that badly. Actually, the whole incident seemed pretty silly to her now. Still, she’d been telling herself that the split had been for the best — with her working full-time and him still an undergrad. It was like they were in two different worlds. She’d been busy with work, and he’d always been careless about answering email, and now somehow four months had passed without a word. David Barr Kirtley is the author of several dozen fantasy & science fiction short stories, including “Save Me Plz,” which was featured in the anthology FANTASY:... 
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ON SALE NOW! The Transcribe Project The Captain’s Logs Coming Up This Week 01:10 Accept / Reject: Matt Sanborn Smith 03:40 Intro to Fiction by David Barr Kirtley 05:50 Main Fiction: Cats In Victory by David Barr Kirtley 11:38 Intro to Fiction by http://www.jverse.com/ 49:00 Main Fiction: Pressure by Jeff Carlson 55:30 Closing Remarks: Big Announcement by Tony C. Smith 01:27:00 Narrators: Geoff Michelli , Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/starshipsofa . Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.