It’s here! The trailer for my brand new audiodrama, The Greatest Matter, is out now! Have a listen below and you can subscribe on your favourite podcast player. You can read all the details about what I’ve been up to with WTTE and an intro to the show in my read more…
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Ep 60: Dungeons & Dragons
Dungeons & Dragons plays a huge part in fiction and popular culture more generally, but it is often overlooked or misunderstood. In this episode I gather together an experienced Dungeon Master and some complete novices (including myself) to play D&D for the first time. Joining me to explore this new read more…
Ep 47: Alternate History
In one sense the alternate history tale is a very specific kind of story: a type of speculative fiction in which a certain, often key, moment of history has been changed. In another sense, though, alternate history has a much broader appeal. We are all curious, we all think about read more…
It’s coming, it’s coming, it’s coming…
Words To That Effect Season 3 Words To That Effect Season 3 is coming soon! It’s been a bit longer in the making than expected but there’s a whole new season of episodes under construction and coming soon. There’s a recording of September’s live show and plenty of brand new read more…
Two Announcements and an Update
No new episode this week I’m afraid. But, I do have two very exciting WTTE-related announcements: 1. I’ve just published a book! And it has lots of the stories from this show in much more detail. Find out more here 2. There’s going to be a Words To That Effect read more…
The Science and Fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs
My Book Has Been Published! I am extremely excited to say that my book has just been published with Gylphi Press! The Science and Fiction of Edgar Rice Burroughs looks at the American pulp fiction writer Edgar Rice Burroughs – most famous for creating Tarzan and, if you’re into classic read more…
Episode 0: Introduction
An Introduction and a Preview Welcome to Words To That Effect, a new podcast of the intriguing, the curious, and the unexplored. This is Episode 0 – really just a short introduction to the podcast, telling you a little bit about the format, the guests, and what you can expect read more…