# author spotlight (podcasts) — RSS Amplifier Recent posts from the 4 feeds in the RSS Amplifier directory that cover author spotlight. Page: Feed: --- ## [Live Reading from Tarot: An Anthology Written From the Cards](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/live-reading-from-tarot-an-anthology) _2026-08-21 · The Butchered Writers · The Butchered Writers_ Watch now | “The Death Card” by Lyha Thompson [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/212181316/59edaf9f7228679ab5105f00d4045580.mp3) ## [The Girl in the Flowered Bonnet on Friday Night Reads](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/the-girl-in-the-flowered-bonnet-on) _2026-08-21 · The Butchered Writers · The Butchered Writers_ Making friends with ghosts since the beginning of time. ## [Fleshing Out the Extras](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/fleshing-out-the-extras) _2026-08-20 · The Butchered Writers · The Butchered Writers_ Why even the side characters need back stories. ## [20+ Perfect Horror Films](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/20-perfect-horror-films) _2026-08-19 · The Butchered Writers · The Butchered Writers_ According to a group of Horror Authors (and one guy who really likes movies) ## [Author Spotlight: Georgina Kamsika](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-georgina-kamsika/) _2026-08-19 · Alex Puncekar · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ I was also thinking of how predatory nostalgia can be. It can be comforting to sink into remakes and sequels and old favourites and I’m as guilty of this as anyone. But that comfort can also be a trap. Christie’s replica bedroom is one example, as are the other guests feasting on their past. The Concierge is a manifestation of the temptation to live in eternal stasis. ## [Room 602 at the Hotel In-Between](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/room-602-at-the-hotel-in-between/) _2026-08-19 · Georgina Kamsika · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ There is a place that doesn’t exist. Or rather, the hotel exists only in the moments where existence itself hesitates: between one time zone and the next, between the breath then the decision, between the life left and the one not found yet. It appears at the stroke of midnight for those who are neither here nor there. There are travellers mid-journey, refugees between borders. ## [The Gaze of Medusa](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/the-gaze-of-medusa) _2026-08-18 · The Butchered Writers · The Butchered Writers_ One tattoo. Two writers. Six flashes of horror, vengeance, beauty, and transformation. ## [Author Spotlight: Sarah Faxon](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-sarah-faxon) _2026-08-17 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ Ghosts, demons, final girls, and a whole lot of storytelling: Get to know horror and dark fantasy author Sarah Faxon. ## [Author Spotlight: James Patrick Riser](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-james-patrick-riser) _2026-08-17 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ From bootleg horror DVDs to splatterpunk and extreme fiction, a conversation about finding your niche and refusing to play it safe. ## [Horror Trivia Round 4](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/horror-trivia-round-4) _2026-08-16 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ All Flicks, no Books. ## [AI QA That Opens Fix PRs (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/wG1GRIqddLLC) _2026-08-16 · **Sponsored**_ Runs browser QA, files issues with repro evidence, and opens fix PRs. ## [The Butchered Writers News](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/the-butchered-writers-news) _2026-08-15 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ August TBW Updates ## [The February Pact by R. A. King - Friday Night Reads](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/the-february-pact-by-r-a-king-friday) _2026-08-14 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ Last week we visited Bedlam and questioned whether witches were ever real. This week, we’re following a family where someone seems to die every February. Coincidence? I’m not so sure. ## [Dark Whispers by Colt Henderson](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/dark-whispers-by-colt-henderson) _2026-08-14 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ Passed from hand to hand, the knife carried a darkness no one could control. ## [The Worst Horror Movies Ever?](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/the-worst-horror-movies-ever) _2026-08-13 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ The Butchered Writers name the worst horror movies they’ve ever seen. Do you agree with them? ## [The H Word: The Revolution Will Be Horrorized](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/the-h-word-the-revolution-will-be-horrorized/) _2026-08-12 · Kurt Fawver · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ We live in politically combustible times, when social media posts ignite wars and half of the Western world’s populace seems determined to usher in an apocalypse if only to spite their perceived enemies. Under such fraught circumstances, it might be tempting to disregard writing, reading, and viewing horror fiction and film as relatively feckless pursuits. ## [My Parts, Collected](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/my-parts-collected/) _2026-08-12 · Melissa A Watkins · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ My foot is hidden under a pile of fallen leaves in a ditch near the highway. My hand, a mile or so away, buried under a shallow layer of dirt in what will be someone’s tulip bed next spring. My head—I don’t know where it is. Strange. Surely it’s what I’m using to think? I focus and my hand lurches, shakes off a coating of soil, lifts onto its fingertips and straggles into the driveway. ## [A Murder of Crows - Melinda Pouncey](https://thebutcheredwriters.substack.com/p/a-murder-of-crows-melinda-pouncey) _2026-08-11 · Winona Morris - Author · The Butchered Writers_ A summer friendship. A deadly grudge. An unfinished business. ## [Episode 266 - Author Spotlight with Jennifer Putzi](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode266) _2026-08-11 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 266, featuring an Author Spotlight with Jennifer (Jenny) Putzi, a leading scholar of nineteenth-century American women's writing. She talks with us about her captivating new book, THE RECONSTRUCTION DIARY OF FRANCES ANNE ROLLIN: A Critical Edition, which is out now from UNC Press. Jenny is also co-director of the Black Women's Diaries Project, an exciting digital humanities… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a79e0f42f338d2636f8b973/1786372353762/Book+Cougars+Episode+266.mp3) ## [Editorial: August 2026](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/editorial/editorial-august-2026/) _2026-08-05 · Wendy N. Wagner · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ Gardens are pumping out the juiciest tomatoes, corn on the cob is at its peak, and every melon is bulging with sugar water. The days might be the hottest, but with fall on the horizon, the nights are growing longer—and there’s a real sense of eeriness in the lengthening darkness. This month’s offerings celebrate potent sensory experience set against a heightened light and dark. ## [Author Spotlight: Quincy Lee](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/author-spotlight/author-spotlight-quincy-lee/) _2026-08-05 · Alex Puncekar · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ I was one of the interpreters/co-navigators with a DeafBlind writer at a residency program, so we spent a lot of time together, and in between chatting about books and writing, we folded origami. I’d grown up folding paper cranes, but to fold with my DeafBlind friend required different techniques than making the folds by sight. ## [Accept your Doppler invite (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/K7D64CMh8mn1) _2026-08-05 · **Sponsored**_ Create your Doppler account using the invite code you received. ## [The Dark Follows Me](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/the-dark-follows-me/) _2026-08-05 · Quincy Lee · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ ANNOUNCEMENT: We’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 17 of Lightspeed and Year 15 of Nightmare. Clicking nightmare-magazine.com/kickstarter will take you to the campaign pre-launch page. Once you’re there, click the NOTIFY ME ON LAUNCH button so you’ll be notified when the campaign goes live on September \[…\] ## [Announcement: We’re Launching a New Kickstarter Soon. Sign up to be notified when it launches!](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/announcement-were-launching-a-new-kickstarter-soon-sign-up-to-be-notified-when-it-launches/) _2026-08-01 · John Joseph Adams · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ On September 15, 2026, we’ll be launching our first Kickstarter campaign in more than a decade, to fund Year 15 of Nightmare and Year 17 of Lightspeed. Join us for a year of new short fiction from some of the biggest stars in science fiction, fantasy, and horror, including: Travis Baldree Olivie Blake P. Djèlí \[…\] ## [Interview: Chloe Lauter](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/nonfiction/feature-interviews/interview-chloe-lauter/) _2026-07-29 · Alex Puncekar · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ Chloe Lauter is a writer and publicist based in Los Angeles. Her debut novel is The Flayed Man , a July 21, 2026 release from Penguin Random House’s Skull House Press imprint. ## [A Bargain Made in the Monster’s Shadow](https://www.nightmare-magazine.com/poetry/a-bargain-made-in-the-monsters-shadow/) _2026-07-29 · Sam W. Pisciotta · Nightmare MagazineRSS - Nightmare Magazine_ They say a mountain vista looks loveliest in the golden hour, and lunar landscapes most fully reveal themselves in quarter moons; light and dark embrace to lift each other. ## [Episode 265 - In the grip of JAWS](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode265) _2026-07-28 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 265! Content warning: We talk a lot about JAWS in this episode, both the novel and the movie. We jest about the content warning (maybe), but there’ll be more JAWS talk in the next episode, too, because after we recorded this one, we jumped in our biblio-adventure-mobile and headed to Mystic Seaport for a related author event: Christopher Shaw Myers talking about his new… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a68abfa08cf6b14b26a877f/1785244676741/Book+Cougars+Episode+265.mp3) ## [Episode 264 - Author Spotlight with Claire Fuller](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode264) _2026-07-14 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 264! We were thrilled to have a chance to speak with CLAIRE FULLER about her new novel, HUNGER AND THIRST. If you’re looking for an atmospheric, creepy, twisty, coming-of-age novel that’ll keep you wondering what’s really going on, look no further! Claire’s Author Spotlight follows our regular segments. In our “Just Read” segment, we talk about: 📖 JAWS by Peter Benchley 📖… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a55528eb1cf394728d41cc8/1783976647619/Book+Cougars+Episode+264.mp3) ## [Episode 263 - Author Spotlight with Denise Kiernan](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode263) _2026-06-30 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 263! We were excited to talk with Denise Kiernan about her timely new book on the eve of America’s 250th birthday, OBSTINATE DAUGHTERS: The Rebels, Writers, and Renegade Women Who Ignited the American Revolution. In our “Just Read” segment, we talk about: TABLE 4 AT THE RIVER CAFE: Conversations about Food and Life by Ruthie Rogers 11/22/63 by Stephen King LAND by Maggie… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a42c2915f688a1c75d3fe8a/1782760087836/Book+Cougars+Episode+263.mp3) ## [Episode 262 - Q2 Readalong: Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe by Fannie Flagg](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode262) _2026-06-16 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ lcome to Episode 262! We had a fantastic discussion with an enthusiastic group of listeners about our second quarter readalong, Fannie Flagg’s novel FRIED GREEN TOMATOES AT THE WHISTLE STOP CAFE. We talk about both the book and the movie. If you’re curious about our Q3 readalong choice, you’ll have to wait a little longer; we will announce it on the next episode). In our “Just Read” segment, we… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a30a67242455d4644418cc4/1781573245275/Book+Cougars+Episode+262.mp3) ## [Episode 261 - Still in the Grip of Frankenstein, and Now Gyllenhaal's The Bride!](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode261) _2026-06-02 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 261! It looks like our first quarter readalong title, FRANKENSTEIN by Mary Shelley, has not lost its grip on us. We both finally watched and in this episode discuss The Bride!, written and directed by Maggie Gyllenhaal. Wow. It is a wild ride of a movie and, much like the original novel, not for the faint of heart. Emily watched Remarkably Bright Creatures, based on the novel of… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a1de8b1e3b62f7173dcd41a/1780345047738/Book+Cougars+Episode+261.mp3) ## [Episode 260 - Buddy Reading with Our Mystery Man John Valeri](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode260) _2026-05-19 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 260! It’s another 10th episode, which means we have a GIVEAWAY for newsletter subscribers. One lucky subscriber of our free monthly newsletter will win hardcover copies of: Agnes Sharp and the Wedding to Die For by Leonie Swann, translated by Amy Bojang Finlay Donovan Crosses the Line by Elle Cosimano Missing Sister by Joshilyn Jackson Subscribe by May 21 to be entered to… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/6a0c3c5619f7a938a2c11069/1779186830744/Book+Cougars+Episode+260.mp3) ## [Dissecting Series A Rounds (Sponsored)](https://crawlproof.com/a/S34gprG1LfDJ) _2026-05-19 · **Sponsored**_ Two real Series A cases: timelines, investor sequencing, and common founder mistakes. ## [Episode 259 - Busted by Nathaniel Hawthorne](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode259) _2026-05-05 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 259! We got a lot of reading done since the last episode: 📖 Welcome to the Hyunam-dong Bookshop by Hwang Bo-Reum, translated by Shanna Tan 📖 The Body Farm: Scarpetta #5 by Patricia Cornwell 📖 The Things We Never Say by Elizabeth Strout 📖 All the World Can Hold by Jung Yun 📖 Blunt Instrument by Amy Bloom 📖 Yesteryear by Caro Claire Burke In Biblio Adventures, Chris… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69f93bac47a92049840386ce/1777941454786/Book+Cougars+Episode+259.mp3) ## [Episode 258 - Author Spotlight with Heather Harper Ellett](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode258) _2026-04-21 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ Welcome to Episode 258! In a first for Book Cougars Author Spotlights, we welcome back an author not to discuss their next book, but to learn about why and how their first novel is being published for a second time – with a new publisher and a new ending! We enjoyed Heather Harper Ellett’s debut novel, AIN’T NOBODY NOBODY, and were thrilled to invite her back to talk about the new life being… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69e63ed5e4802b555a8204d6/1776697190992/Book+Cougars+Episode+258.mp3) ## [Episode 257 - Author Spotlight with Emily Franklin](https://www.bookcougars.com/blog-1/2026/episode257) _2026-04-07 · Emily Fine · Book Cougars Podcast: Two Middle-Aged Women on the Hunt for a Good Read_ We have a fascinating Author Spotlight with EMILY FRANKLIN whose new novel comes out today! LOVE AND OTHER MONSTERS is historical fiction at its finest – engaging and well researched – that tells the story of Claire Clairmont, Mary Shelley’s stepsister, who was very much a part of the group that spent time in that Swiss villa writing (or not writing) ghost stories to pass the time during the Year… [Listen](https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5842f4bbf7e0ab54ad8102f0/t/69d3d31444efa47e5bd4156a/1775489850576/Book+Cougars+Episode+257.mp3) ## [Author Spotlight: D.P. Martinez on Son of the Axe](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-dp-martinez-on-son) _2026-03-31 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Listen now | Magical realism with a psychological twist [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/192706026/d77bc33e24a9efcc45b37e295b80ba5d.mp3) ## [How Algorithms Shape What We Read (and What We Miss)](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/how-algorithms-shape-what-we-read) _2026-03-24 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Have you ever noticed how the same books keep appearing everywhere? [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191853194/48b287e1bc870c610a0b2f3c7e78cdfa.mp3) ## [Publisher Spotlight: Tom Conaghan and the Art of the Short Story](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/publisher-spotlight-tom-conaghan) _2026-03-17 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ A look into Scratch Books, an indie short fiction publisher [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/191112706/a1c8168f6e58ec17ebaa90a407f66aa4.mp3) ## [Books That Would Never Survive Traditional Publishing](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/books-that-would-never-survive-traditional) _2026-03-10 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Or what makes indie publishing so attractive [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/190404639/694f951e81ef199d664cbe5620c14b4e.mp3) ## [Author Spotlight: Jesse Karjalainen on The Broken Crown](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-jesse-karjalainen) _2026-03-03 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ A fast-paced thriller with lots of history [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/189640575/39978cb0f4eeed8bf0ab738a795fbb52.mp3) ## [Publisher Spotlight: Sinoist Books with Daniel Li](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/publisher-spotlight-sinoist-books) _2026-02-24 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Discovering hidden gems in Chinese literature [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188881740/cbd17a8c3fab478f89480f2e9dcdd8cb.mp3) ## [Author Spotlight: Jennifer Taylor-Gray on The Old Crones Club](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-jennifer-taylor) _2026-02-17 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Retelling classic fairy tales [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/188123373/8f0e847f0b6dafae212ad76dfb267b42.mp3) ## [How to Find a Great Indie Book (Without Wasting Your Time)](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/how-to-find-a-great-indie-book-without) _2026-02-10 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ A simple discovery sequence for your next read [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/187388538/4000dc406696eb66ae05afc11e947e9f.mp3) ## [Publisher Spotlight: Heloise Press with Aina Marti Balcells](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/publisher-spotlight-heloise-press) _2026-02-03 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Finding unique books by female authors [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/186595552/d6e711473615bfcb9f3920f9c9e59070.mp3) ## [Author Spotlight: Jay Neil on The Terminus of All Things](https://dpmartinez.substack.com/p/author-spotlight-jay-neil-on-the) _2026-01-27 · Diego Pineda · Contemporary Fantasy Reads_ Discover a clever and nostalgic urban fantasy novel [Listen](https://api.substack.com/feed/podcast/185815840/94db3fb3096f7581c63298db6daaeffd.mp3)