This time around it is my absolute delight to welcome John Wiswell back to the show to talk about his debut novel, Someone You Can Build a Nest In, which just released this very week! We talk about John’s favorite bits both in and no longer in the book, along with conversation about language, games, and a surprise musical performance!
Things mentioned in this episode:
Premee Mohamed
Sarah Gailey
Caitlin Starling
“D.I.Y.” by John Wiswell
“Open House on Haunted Hill” and its Japanese cover
Katakana and Hiragana
Hunter x Hunter (2011)
Media Club Plus
Starred review in The Library Journal
Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
“This is Not a Wardrobe Door,” by Merc Fenn Wolfmoor
Sickos yes
4th Street Fantasy
Worldcon
John Scalzi
Ted Chiang
Martha Wells
Chuck Tingle
The Simpsons
The Arcadia Project trilogy, by Mishell Baker
Camp Damascus, by Chuck Tingle
Miri Baker
Tom Bombadil
Howard Tayler
Writing Excuses
Schlock Mercenary
Brandon Sanderson
Mary Robinette Kowal
Maurice Broaddus
Dongwon Song
Reservation Dogs
Holly, by Stephen King
Vacíos Cuerpos
Balatro
The Legend of Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom
Baldur’s Gate 3
Roguelike
Deck-builder
Calvinball
Hades
Friends at the Table Balatro stream
Austin Walker
Twilight Mirage and Spring in Hieron soundtracks
Bandcamp
Deep-fried jpegs
Is It Bandcamp Friday?
Web 1.0
John’s twitter, bluesky, insta, patreon, and substack
Escape Velocity, by Victor Manibo
Episode 60: Ivy Fox – Strapped
Episode 59: Laura Blackwell – "Poor Prisoners"
Book Tour 37: A.D. Sui – The Dragonfly Gambit
Book Tour 36: Jo Miles – Ravenous State
Book Tour 35: Premee Mohamed – The Butcher of the Forest
2023 Awards Eligibility Roundup
Book Tour 34: Juliet Kemp – Song, Stone, Scale, Bone
Episode 58: Josh Storey – The Wolf That Waits at the End of All Things
Episode 57: Sean Markey – The Deadlands
Book Tour 33: Martha Wells – System Collapse
Episode 56: Best of the Trunk – Episode 37 with Lillian Boyd
Book Tour 32: Caitlin Starling – Last to Leave the Room
Episode 55: Celebrating One Hundred Trunkcasts with Sarah Gailey
Book Tour 31: Sarah Hollowell – What Stalks Among Us
Episode 54: Jessica Mary Best – Third Wheel
Book Tour 30: Aimee Ogden – Emergent Properties
Episode 53: Lor Gislason – ”My Body, My Body, and Me”
Book Tour 29: Chuck Tingle – Camp Damascus
Episode 52: Foz Meadows – ”Blood Penance”
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