Shining Moon Episode 23: Mythology, Folklore, and Prehistoric Fiction

Shining Moon: A Speculative Fiction Podcast

Hello, and welcome to Shining Moon Episode 23. Today we’ll be talking about mythology, folklore, and prehistoric fiction. My guests today are Robin Duncan, Jelena Dunato, Sam W. Pisciotta. Let’s start with some introductions.

R. K. Duncan is a fat queer polyamorous wizard and author of fantasy, horror, and occasional sci-fi. He writes from a few rooms of a venerable West Philadelphia row home, where he dreams of travel and the demise of capitalism. His other full-time job is keeping house for himself and his live-in partner. Before settling on writing, he studied linguistics and philosophy at Haverford college. He attended Viable Paradise 23 in 2019. His occasional musings and links to other work can be found at rkduncan-author.com

Jelena Dunato is an art historian, curator, speculative fiction writer and lover of all things ancient. She grew up in Croatia on a steady diet of adventure novels and then wandered the world for a decade, building a career in the arts.

Jelena’s stories have been published in Beneath Ceaseless Skies, The Dark, Future SF and Mermaids Monthly, among others. Her debut novel, "Dark Woods, Deep Water” is available from Ghost Orchid Press. She is a member of SFWA and Codex.

Jelena lives on an island in the Adriatic with her husband, daughter and cat.

Twitter - @jelenawrites
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Sam W. Pisciotta holds an M.A. in Literary Studies from the University of Colorado. He is a recent graduate of the Odyssey Writing Workshop. He is a member of SFWA, HWA, and Codex Writers. His fiction has appeared in Analog, Asimov’s, F&SF, PodCastle, and other fine publications. His award-winning artwork has been shown throughout Colorado. Follow him at www.silo34.com.
Stories featured in this episode:
R.K. Duncan

"Clever Jack, Heavy with Stories," Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Issue #304, May 21, 2020 https://www.beneath-ceaseless-skies.com/stories/clever-jack-heavy-with-stories/
"Eat the World," Lackington’s, Issue 25, 2022. https://lackingtons.com/2022/08/03/eat-the-world-by-r-k-duncan/
Jelana Dunato

"Immortelle" The Dark. https://www.thedarkmagazine.com/immortelle/
“The Collector” Cossmass Infinities #6, December 12, 2021, https://www.cossmass.com/stories/the-collector/
Sam W. Pisciotta

“Song of Nyx” forthcoming in Analog, January 2024.
“The Island of Dolls” Ghostlore Anthology by Alternative Stories Podcast. April 1, 2022

"Don't tell me that the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." -- Anton Chekov

Piano music for closure

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