We were excited to have Dave Butler on our show! Dave is a speculative fiction writer whose novel Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020! He’s also written many other novels. In addition, he became the senior editor at Ark Press in January of 2025.

References and Links:

https://davidjohnbutler.com/about-dave/

Roger and Janet take a few minutes to talk about changes to the format of "The Halfling and the Spaceman" and announce two new shows coming to YouTube.

Applied Game Mastery - Roger explores what it takes to become a legendary TTRPG game master.

The Halfling's Book Nook - Janet reviews and comments on books from various nerdy genres.

Join us next week for the start of Season 7

We were very excited to talk with Nichole Goodnight. She’s a voice actress that has lent her talents to the NoSleep horror fiction podcast as well as a ton of other horror podcasts and games!

We had a great time talking with Ahmed Suffety. He’s an Arab American writer, editor, project manager, and designer for tabletop RPGs. His latest work includes developmental editing for the Kingdom of Keshanar.

References and Links:

https://www.suffety.com/

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Jennifer Povey has authored the Lost Guardians series. She’s written several short fiction stories published in science fiction/fantasy magazines. She also has several credited works in the RPG industry.

References and Links:

https://www.jenniferrpovey.com/

Recently, we got to talk with Dennis M Myers. He’s the writer of the Rise of the Automated Empire series and is working on other sci-fi and fantasy novels, and recently, he’s become a tee-shirt designer! Fun conversation!

References and Links:

https://automatedempire.com/home

We were able to talk with Randee Dawn! She’s a journalist who’s also a writer, focusing on speculative fiction across the categories (science fiction, fantasy, and horror). Great conversation!

References and Links:

https://randeedawn.com/

We got to talk with JC Kang! JC is a fantasy author, perhaps best known for his award-winning Legends of Tivara series. In addition to being a fantasy writer, he is an acupuncturist, a martial arts instructor, and has been a technical writer.

References and Links:

https://jckang.dragonstonepress.us/

https://www.instagram.com/jc.kang/

https://www.tiktok.com/@authorjckang

https://www.facebook.com/LegendsOfTivara

https://x.com/JCKang804