Episode 34: Victor Manibo - ”The Casket”

This time around, I'm joined by the amazing Victor Manibo (@VictorManibo), author of The Sleepless, coming out in June of 2022 from Erewhon Books! Victor reads his trunked Poe retelling before we launch into a discussion of life after NaNoWriMo and how he went from never having heard of the event to getting his book onto store shelves.   Things we mention in this episode:   NaNoWriMo  "The Cask of Amontillado," by Edgar Allan Poe Favelas  The Luminous Dead, by Caitlin Starling "There is no there there" Publishers Weekly (PW) Nina Niskanen  Mary Robinette Kowal  Viable Paradise  Rubber ducky debugging  Jennifer "Macey" Mace  Valerie Valdez  Brass Goggles  Tor.com  Fae's purrs  Worldcon  Cowboy Bebop (anime and live-action) Firefly  Animal Crossing: New Horizons  The Expanse  Victor's website and insta  Obviously, Aliens, by Jennie Goloboy Queen of Swords Press    Join us again next month, when my guests will be Jennie Goloboy and Sam J. Miller!