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Back on episode 657, John spoke with Griffin Dunne at Miami Books Fair 2024. Here is a video of that interview. Continue reading

The broccoli-headed boy was about to dial out on his cellular phone, no doubt calling the cops because Edwige, my kangaroo companion from my misadventures in North America, trashed his Subaru Outback. Before he could dial the first digit, a shuriken split his iPhone in two. That flying star came from the Revenging Manta, the Continue reading

At the end of each residency at the Kerouac Project of Orlando, each writer reads from recent work. Steve Chang was our most recent resident. Head over to YouTube to subscribe to The Drunken Odyssey’s YouTube channel. Go here to learn more about The Kerouac Project of Orlando. Continue reading

Does your work feel limp? Is it aimless? Do your plots ramble? Are they just a series of scattershot events? Join the fiction editor of Okay Donkey! This workshop is for fiction writers of all levels. We will work on writing exercises to create new material. 3pm, Sunday, December 8th $10 per ticket Click the link to Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a Continue reading

Sublime eclectic mayhem. That’s been my playlist project and musical life, one that begins with The Muppet Movie soundtrack and later involves performing hymns, death metal, surf, and bluegrass. I’ve played in theaters, tents, and basements, for multi-stage festivals and squirrel rodeos. I’ve written and recorded music for The Drunken Odyssey. Sublime eclectic mayhem. A warning and a Continue reading

Driblets of blood fell from my hand, a reminder of the sorry state of Waldo, my red and white striped compatriot in the fight against the Goose Lord and his gang, who was bleeding out from a bullet wound to the gut. I scrambled looking for gauze, but all I saw were rows of candy Continue reading

In this week’s replay episode, John talks with the writer, publisher, and podcaster, Michael Wheaton. NOTES Check out Michael Wheaton’s magazine and press, autofocus. If you are an amazon customer, one way to support this show is to begin shopping with this affiliate link, so that the podcast is granted a small commission on anything you purchase Continue reading

After diving into the multiversal oddities of Justice League Incarnate last week—and not realizing it was a prequel book to the next big event—I dug deeper into my backlog. From its depths, I pulled the event at the end of that multiversal journey: Dark Crisis on Infinite Earths by Joshua Williamson, Daniel Sampere, Alejandro Sánchez, Daniel Henriques, Danny Miki, Continue reading

I have just gotten engaged and I’m so excited to spend the rest of my life with my fiancé. Since the engagement, however, my future mother-in-law has been absolutely unbearable.  I constantly hear unsolicited advice on how I should watch my figure before the wedding, what the decorations should be, and how I can be Continue reading