Episode 54: Jessica Mary Best – Third Wheel

Tales from the Trunk

This time around, I’m delighted to introduce you to Jessica Mary Best! Jess and I do something a little different and perform for your listening pleasure part of the pilot episode of her trunked audio drama, Third Wheel! That reading leads us into a great conversation about the different approaches between written prose and writing for audio.

Things we mention this episode:

Stars, Hide Your Fires, by Jessica Mary Best

Chuck Tingle’s episode

Oliver!

Chekhov’s Gun

Brandon, Iowa

All Our Yesterdays, by Hilary B. Bisenieks

Sufjan Stevens

Fall Out Boy

Panic! At the Disco

Illinois, by Sufjan Stevens

“They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back From the Dead!! Ahhhh!” by Sufjan Stevens

“I Write Sins Not Tragedies,” by Panic! At The Disco

“Lying Is The Most Fun A Girl Can Have Without Taking Her Clothes Off,” by Panic! At The Disco

“Of All The Gin Joints In All The World,” by Fall Out Boy

“Stars, hide your fires”

Tor dot com writeup

The Strange Case of Starship Iris

Tom Swifties

Munch Squad

Friends at the Table

Sarah Gailey

Lillian Boyd

Welcome to Night Vale

Audacity

Keep it Steady

Unwell

The Bear

Phoebe Bridgers

Criminal

Radiotopia

99% Invisible

The Allusionist

Articles of Interest

Fearless (Taylor’s Version)

Jess’s website and insta