Writers, After Dark

It Starts with Writers Bringing Good Stories to Light

Recent Episodes
  • “Encounter at Owl Rock”: Rucker Moses on writing middle-grade scifi adventure
    Jun 1, 2025 – 31:58
  • “Shapers of Worlds Volume V”: Edward Willett on talking to speculative fiction authors
    May 25, 2025 – 34:03
  • “The Third Rule of Time Travel”: Philip Fracassi on the mechanics of moving in time
    May 4, 2025 – 41:27
  • “The Splinter Effect”: Andrew Ludington on time travel with a twist
    Apr 6, 2025 – 38:22
  • “Welcome to Scareville”: John Ward on writing scary stories for kids
    Mar 30, 2025 – 47:00
  • “What Fresh Hell Is This?”: Del Howison talks short fiction and Dark Delicacies
    Mar 16, 2025 – 44:35
  • “Shadows & Ink: Mastering the Art of Horror Writing and Publishing”
    Mar 2, 2025 – 50:23
  • “Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy” editor John Joseph Adams
    Nov 24, 2024 – 54:28
  • “The Relentless Legion”: J. S. Dewes on learning how to outline
    Nov 10, 2024 – 47:35
  • “The Dissonance”: Shaun Hamill on learning fantasy while writing it
    Oct 27, 2024 – 54:00
  • “Breath of Oblivion”: Maurice Broaddus on world-building from a different perspective
    Oct 20, 2024 – 55:10
  • “The Downloaded”: Robert J. Sawyer on digital consciousness
    May 19, 2024 – 55:43
  • “Catchpenny”: Charlie Huston blends fantasy with crime noir
    Apr 14, 2024 – 46:44
  • “One Last Breath”: Ginny Myers Sain and supernatural murder mysteries
    Mar 17, 2024 – 40:01
  • “Dark Star Burning, Ash Falls White”: Amélie Wen Zhao talks Chinese myths and magic
    Dec 10, 2023 – 35:15
  • “Dazzling”: Chikọdịlị Emelụmadụ talks folklore and myths
    Dec 3, 2023 – 46:50
  • “A Crown So Cursed”: L. L. McKinney on concluding the Nightmare-Verse
    Nov 12, 2023 – 54:38
  • “Legends of Norse Mythology”: Tom Birkett on Vikings, myths and legends
    Nov 5, 2023 – 33:49
  • “The Worlds of Dune”: Tom Huddleston on the structures of “Dune”
    Oct 8, 2023 – 1:08:20
  • “Never Whistle at Night”: Indigenous dark visions from Shane Hawk & Ted Van Alst, Jr
    Sep 24, 2023 – 45:31
  • “The Oppenheimer Alternative”: Robert J. Sawyer explores beyond the Manhattan Project
    Aug 20, 2023 – 39:24
  • “The Silent Planet”: Paul Salamoff on the journey needed to tell a story
    May 7, 2023 – 41:03
  • “A Sleight of Shadows”: Kat Howard dives deeper into stolen magic
    Apr 30, 2023 – 32:50
  • “Playing Dead”: Peggy Rothschild on mixing dogs and mysteries
    Mar 5, 2023 – 30:04
  • “Night of Demons and Saints”: Menna van Praag on trauma and healing
    Oct 30, 2022 – 28:18
  • “The Awoken”: Katelyn Monroe Howes on life and rights after cryogenic resurrection
    Aug 7, 2022 – 35:15
  • Mark Greaney and the right hero for “The Armored”
    Jul 24, 2022 – 34:16
  • Sarah Pearse and the ghosts of “The Retreat”
    Jul 17, 2022 – 37:52
  • Meg Hafdahl & Kelly Florence: The Science of Agatha Christie
    Jun 26, 2022 – 49:55
  • David Dalglish and the Appeal of Epic Fantasy
    Apr 10, 2022 – 36:53
  • “A Deadly Bone to Pick”: Peggy Rothschild on starting over, with dogs
    Mar 13, 2022 – 29:16
  • “The Paradox Hotel”: Exploring time travel as tech with Rob Hart
    Mar 6, 2022 – 34:13
  • Sue Lynn Tan: Retelling old myths using new stories
    Feb 6, 2022 – 30:42
  • Nick Petrie on “The Runaway” and extended series
    Jan 16, 2022 – 24:26
  • “The Witch’s Heart”: Genevieve Gornichec and the lure of fables
    Dec 21, 2021 – 26:54
  • M. A. Carrick talk about “The Liar’s Knot”
    Nov 26, 2021 – 38:23
  • Kevin Lucia and the lure of Halloween
    Oct 31, 2021 – 33:59
  • Spencer Quinn and his unreliable yet lovable canine detective
    Oct 17, 2021 – 29:00
  • Otto Penzler on mystery fiction from the Victorian Age
    Oct 10, 2021 – 40:32
  • Ginny Myers Sain’s Supernatural “Dark and Shallow Lies”
    Oct 3, 2021 – 41:36
  • Aaron French on Spiritualism and Horror
    Sep 26, 2021 – 35:10
  • Mark Edward Langley and the Joy of Learning to Tell Stories
    Sep 12, 2021 – 36:48
  • Diana Rodriguez Wallach: Writing Latinx Teen Horror
    Sep 5, 2021 – 38:24
  • Laurell K. Hamilton on angels, demons, and the gray areas between
    Aug 29, 2021 – 37:35
  • Richard Kadrey and the Sandman Slim Saga
    Aug 22, 2021 – 34:54
  • Joe Straczynski and The Writing Long Game
    Aug 15, 2021 – 59:05
  • Writers, After Dark #99: Bradley P. Beaulieu
    Aug 1, 2021 – 46:13
  • Writers, After Dark #98: Neil Sharpson
    Jul 19, 2021 – 42:11
  • Writers, After Dark #97: Jenn Northington & Swapna Krishna
    Jul 11, 2021 – 34:39
  • Writers, After Dark #96: P. Djèlí Clark
    Jun 20, 2021 – 27:50
Recent Reviews
  • Jeffrey Marraccini
    Late to the party but enjoying the back catalog!
    I subscribed to Babylon Podcast, Slice of SciFi, and Writers, After Dark recently after a great friend mentioned them to me. Wow, did I miss out, but I am super grateful to Summer and the supporters of Slice of SciFi for making the back catalog available! Summer and collaborators have produced a huge catalog of awesome author, cast, staff, and other interviews, along with their insightful commentary, on a vast variety of subjects. Babylon 5 fans are very well served, of course, but I am blown away by Summer’s explorations with her podcast collaborators and guests in other shows, books, and authors! Highly recommend! Check out the back catalog of many, many hours of some of the best interviews I have heard!
  • Jazzmine2023
    Fun & Enjoyable 📚🎨👍
    Summer has done it again & created a fun, enjoyable podcast with variety, creativity, & humor; discussing the writing process and interviews many authors of different mediums & genres. Two thumbs up 👍
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