Episode 79: The Monsters we Make

Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 79 of the Saved as Draft podcast. This week’s episode is packed, and it includes stories written for a Power up Prompt by J.M. Gooding! He also took the time to review all of the entries submitted before Friday night.

Find links to everything from this week’s episode below, and if you’re curious about my next big writing challenge in partnership with The Circus Dragon, you can find all the details about that right here.

This week’s community spotlight is on L.G. Wells! L.G. is a wonderful horror author with a range range of work here on Substack. He’s also a fellow AudioMazes author! Learn more about him in the episode, and hear from our favorite hired hitman as well.

This week’s Wandering Prompt winner was Nimita Kaul with her piece The Music in Me. Since Wandering prompts will be on hold during August, I read the full poem on the show.

Check out the full post (and the art she did for it) right here.

Our Writing Discussion thread this week was all about the monsters in our stories. Some absolutely amazing responses here, and a few new faces as well! Click here to check out the full thread.

• Queen’s Quest: Final Route by Anton Anderson

• The Day I Learned I Won a Book Award by Chital Mehta

• Learning to Keep Still by Valentina Starling

• Well Known and Beloved by E. H. Lau

• Legacy of the Solar Order: Volume One by J. Alleyn Winchester

A huge thank you to J.M. Gooding for writing this week’s prompt and reviewing the stories!

• The One Time Kira Took Me to Meet The Architect of the Universe…or Something Like That by J.M. Gooding

• The Mute Princess Breaks the Beaker by The Taint3d Quill

• Those You Would Call Gods by M. Brandon Robbins

• Chapter 12: The Eye in the Well by Every Root, Every Thorn

• Round and Round by Mina Howell

• The Risky Betrayal by Bradley Hurt

• Knights of Memory, Carry On by E. H. Lau

• The Human Factor by Hallie Jules

• Waking up… by Maryellen Brady 💗📚

• Purple by Johnathan Vance