James W. Bennetts is an author, consultant, and Minnesota native. His newest novel, Catechisms, has been critically acclaimed, as has his previous work The Name Game. We were thrilled to be able to interview him, and we hope that you find his answers as thoughtful and enlightening as we did. TSM: To start off, tell […]
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Interview with Joseph Scapellato
TSM: Can you tell us a little bit about your works Big Lonesome and The Made-Up Man? JS: Big Lonesome, a story collection, attempts to challenge myths of America and the American West. The stories runs the gamut from realist tales about moody loners who live in Chicago to fabulist yarns about rampaging centaur cowboys. […]
Ten True Crime Podcasts that Inspired Our Fictional True Crime Podcast
By L.R. Dorn In developing the idea for and then writing With a Kiss We Die, the first in our unconventional new crime series, we listened to a lot of true crime podcasts. The ones that most influenced us break down into two categories. The “investigation” podcast has the crime journalist/host going out and actively […]