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Greetings all! This week’s episode is about uncanny horror. As I mentioned in the introduction, be sure to check out the live stream I co-hosted with Indie Ink Fund and remember you can donate to Maryellen Brady 💗📚 at this link here . And, don’t forget to check out the recording of my LIVE Poetry reading for October with co-host Stefan Pasek . Find that link here . And last but not least, shout...

Thank you to everyone who attended our monthly LIVE poetry reading this month! We’ll be back in November for our next one, so stayed tuned for when submissions open. Here’s everything we read during this stream: * Glass Shards by Lisa Anne Snowe * There Is a Chair for You Here by Tavis Ferguson * Shake Me Out by Hallie Jules * The Meeting of the Fronts by Casey Taylor * Do I wish or dare? by Nimit...

Hello everyone! Welcome to Episode 91 of The Saved as Draft Podcast. This week’s episode was sponsored by The BookStack Catalog ’s Halloween Giveaway! Click below to learn more and enter: Below you’ll find links to all the things from this week’s episode. Community Spotlight This week’s community spotlight is on The Circus Dragon ! Be sure to check out her art and her work, especially the pieces s...

Hello everyone, and welcome to a very special episode of the Saved as Draft podcast. This week, I’m joined by writer, artist, and animator James Nethery, who runs BrewBob the (not so) Beer Snob here on Substack. You can also find BrewBob on TikTok and Instagram if you’d like to check out more of James’ videos and craft beer reviews. Here are your timestamps for this week if you’d like to jump to a...

Hello everyone! This week’s episode of The Saved as Draft podcast is packed with all kinds of good stuff. The Second Indulgence Horror writing challenge is also underway. If you’d like, you can check out my Day 1 entry here . You can find the Week 1 prompts here , and our Aperitif prompt is still open here as well . Find links to everything else from this week’s episode below: Community Spotlight...

Hello everyone! This week’s episode is massive, so make sure to check the links and timestamps below so you can find what you’re looking for. Today also marks the launch of our Aperitif Prompt in The Second Indulgence Challenge. Find that prompt here if you’re interested , or click here to learn about the challenge as a whole. Our sponsor this week is also real! Check out the first episode of a ne...

Please enjoy this narration of my poem titled "How do we know this isn't hell?" Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

Welcome everyone, to episode 87 of the Saved as Draft Podcast. Lots going on this week, so please find a list of time stamps below if you’d like to quickly navigate to your favorite segments: * Writing Discussion: 7:30 * Challenge Announcement: 36:55 * Story Shout Outs: 43:00 * Power up Prompt Stories: 56:05 Find all the links from the show below: Helpful Links * DREADtober Year 2 hosted by Derek...

Note: Several Poems in this month’s live contain themes of suicidal ideation, depression, and the loss of a loved one. Please consider this before watching or listening. Another month, another LIVE poetry reading with my friend Stefan Pasek , and if we’re lucky, a new portrait of us both from Nimita Kaul . If you weren’t able to make the LIVE, don’t worry! We have all 2.5 hours of glorious poetry...

Welcome everyone to this week’s episode of The Saved as Draft Podcast. We’re switching things up this week in terms of order and structure, so please let me know what you like (and what you don’t like) in the comments. In the meantime, find links to all the things featured in the show below: Community Spotlight This week the spotlight is on Loke Vreding ! Loke’s latest post is an amazing piece abo...

Hello everyone! As many of you know, my birthday was this week, and as is tradition here, I wrote an article about that . I also took some time this week to look back on the show here, and I recorded the longest stretch of unscripted audio I’ve ever done, where I reflect on why I started this podcast and what I hope to do with it in the next year. I’d love to hear your thoughts and feedback as wel...

Hello my friends! Welcome to episode 84 of the Saved as Draft Podcast. This episode features a full interview with Halls of Pandemonium Middleweight Bracket winner Nimita Kaul ! Her interview begins at 34:58 if you’d like to skip right to it. As part of our interview, Nimita also discusses the meaning of the word “Chaukhat “ in Hindi, which means “doorpost” or “Threshold” in English. This is the d...

Another month, another LIVE Poetry reading featuring work from Substack authors! This was Stefan’s and my third time hosting one of these, and they truly get better every time. A huge thank you to everyone who joined, and to the authors who submitted work. Find links to everything read on this month’s stream below: * Sylvan by Kate M. Sine * The Dog Who Never Asked me to Audition by Tavis Ferguson...

Welcome everyone to episode 83 of the Saved as Draft podcast. This week’s episode is all about Week 3 of the Smogust’s Story Hoard challenge I’m hosting alongside The Circus Dragon ! Don’t forget to also check out the new Autumn Anthology publication from Gracie Autumn . You can learn more and submit your work here . Find links to all the people and stories mentioned in the episode below: Communit...

Please enjoy this reading of my poem, "Prison of Ink." Find more poems and short fiction on my Substack! Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

My friends! I am back, and we are midway through this month’s Smogust’s Story Hoard challenge that I’m co-hosting alongside The Circus Dragon . It’s time for a look at who is in the lead for each bracket, and of course, a few stories from the Unranked bracket as well. Curious to learn more about the challenge? Click here . Looking for the latest prompts? Click here . Find all of that and more belo...

Quantum Immortality is a theoretical concept that suggests we never experience death . Instead, every time our lives end, we jump to another universe. Another timeline where we’re still alive. This poem is inspired by that concept. Audio + headphones recommended. Please enjoy. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

Hello Saved as Draft listeners! Finton Merrybrook here, the greatest storyteller in all of D’veen! I’m once more back to help host his podcast while he spends time with family. Mercifully for us all, he’ll be back next week to recap the first two weeks of the Smogust’s Story Hoard challenge, so please look forward to that! This week, my friends and I looked back at stories from The Halls of Pandem...

Please enjoy this immersive narration of The Order of the Pawn: Chapter 12. Find more chapters and D'veen Tales on my Substack. Get full access to The Writer's Journey at bradleyramsey.substack.com/subscribe

Greetings, one and all! Lord Devereaux here. I have been tasked with writing up what you humans call “Show Notes.” Not to worry, I have watched several tutorials online on how to do this. Let us begin! Flash Fiction February Stories * Crashing, Together! by Richard Pack * The Playpen Incident by ReBe * Mountain Music by Sarah Tinney * I do Adore a Rebrand by Wendy Russell * A Helpy Home Hand by Le...

Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 79 of the Saved as Draft podcast. This week’s episode is packed, and it includes stories written for a Power up Prompt by J.M. Gooding ! He also took the time to review all of the entries submitted before Friday night. Find links to everything from this week’s episode below, and if you’re curious about my next big writing challenge in partnership with The Cir...

Hello everyone, and welcome to episode 78 of the Saved as Draft podcast! This week, my guest is the lightweight bracket winner of the Halls of Pandemonium challenge, M. Brandon Robbins ! Find a few links to his work from the challenge below, followed by all the links for stories and people mentioned in this episode: * Flesh Consumed * The Thing Inside * The Downward Spiral Community Spotlight This...

This is an experience. An experiment. Part poem, part audio, part confession, part reflection, and all of my soul on the page. This is for the ones who are struggling. For the ones who can’t see the light at the end of the tunnel. For the ones who have spent years drowning like me. Grab a pair of headphones, listen along as you read, and then check out the playlist at the end. I didn’t know the di...

And that’s a wrap on Stefan Pasek and I’s third-ever LIVE Poetry Reading here on Substack! As with the first two, we were able to read and discuss some absolutely amazing poems alongside the lovely folks in the chat. At nearly two hours, we still didn’t manage to get through all the submissions, but don’t fret! We’re exploring ways to utilize prior submissions while also accepting new ones in futu...

Welcome to episode 77 of the Saved as Draft Podcast! A big thank you to J.M. Gooding for writing this week’s intro, based on a joke between us and Hazel in my subscriber chat earlier this week. You can read the entire story here . Here are a few other links to items mentioned in the show’s intro/outro as well: * Click here to submit poetry links for my LIVE poetry reading with Stefan Pasek next we...