Fermented Fiction

Tonight we debate the Halloween?....Christmas?... animated musical in Tim Burton's Nightmare Before Christmas! Our guest, the co-chair of the HWA, Erik Keevan! Come join the fun as we debate the two greatest holidays of all time being smashed together in this macabre classic. Psssstttt... have you liked, commented, subscribed, and shared? Well, don't worry... It's not too late! DO IT NOW! Also, ha...

Join us tonight as we debate the possible king of all "member berries" shows, as Travis likes to call it. But does Alyssa agree that this show's primary function is mere nostalgia, or does it effectively bring it's own unique contribution to the stage, regardless of those noticeable 80's tropes? You'll have to tune in to find out! Psssstttt... have you liked, commented, subscribed, and shared? Wel...

What up, Fermented Folks?! In this episode, we take you to the ‘last blank spot on the map’ with Jack Black, Naomi Watts, Adrien Brody, and of course Peter Jackson in the 2005 remake of King Kong. Joining us tonight is avid kaiju enthusiast and Seattle-based filmmaker Justin Robert Vinall! I know how much this man loves Godzilla and so does that make him bias against King Kong? Well he doesn’t rea...

Join us as we debate Osgood Perkins’ latest addition to the horror genre in Keeper, the story of a young woman who, against the judgment of her best friend, goes to her new boyfriend’s cabin in the woods. What could go wrong there? What shall the Dice Gods have in store for her...or for us? Tune in to find out! Psssstttt... have you liked, commented, subscribed, and shared? Well, don’t worry... It...

Hello, Fermented Folks! Tonight we debate the OG Thing from Another World, the 1950s film which inspired John Carpenter’s The Thing and the 2011 prequel film. Our guest this evening is Robert P. Ottone, the 2x Bram Stoker Award-winning author of The Triangle, The Deep, The Vile Thing We’ve Created, There’s Something Sinister in Center Field, and much more. This film doubtlessly inspired one of the...

What up Fermented Folks?! This week, we welcome back one of our very first author guests. MJ was a guest back when we were still called Sinister Soup...back when we did our featured author of the month episodes. We were fans of her back when she first put out 𝘈𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘛𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘷𝘦𝘴! Thanks so much for coming back on the show, MJ! We cannot wait to chat with you about this incredible film...Which film, you...

What up, Fermented Folks? This week, we welcome back one of our favorite horror authors from across the pond, in France! A huge shoutout and thank you to Thomas Olde Heuvelt, author of Darker Days, Oracle, Hex, and Echo. And just as his work tends to do, he’s coming on our show to debate some ethical and philosophical quandaries and scenarios as presented through Apple TV’s The Good Place. Dice Go...

What up, Fermented Folks?! Tonight we debate GRRM’s 1982 southern-steamboat-vampire novel Fevre Dream! And our guest is none other than veteran master debater, friend of the show, and decorated horror author CS Humble! But will the dice gods favor CS this time, as they certainly did not during his debate of his beloved Lord of the Rings? Is this horror novel his cup of tea...or his bloodthirsty cu...

You know our stance on AI on this pod. We don’t wanna say we saw this coming back in 2004... but like Alex Proyas, we totally did. Still... guess we’re on this death train, so let’s talk about it with this week’s awesome guest. Greg Marks is a rising star in the PNW film industry who is producing a film we’re VERY excited about, as it’s a feature film about wrestling -- obviously a huge topic of i...

What up, Fermented Folks? This week we invite our favorite punk-rock author, Keith Rosson. Hailing from the war-torn ruins of Portland, Keith seeks to turn his debate opponent into smoking rubble...at least where the topic of the James Gunn-written Scooby Doo movie. But shall he debate for or against? Which side shall Travis be assigned by the dice gods? Will this be the moon on which we all find...

What up, Fermented Folks? This week, we’re getting into a very topical, hyped up 2025 horror film in Weapons. Indeed, this has been one of the most talked-about horror films of the year, with many hailing it as an instant classic and some calling it the best horror movie of the year. But what do the Dice Gods think about all that? More importantly, what does Josh Rountree, our amazing guest for th...

Oh.....man.... this is gonna be a hell of a ride, folks... Not only are we debating the hit horror film of the year in Sinners, but we are doing so with the best possible guest for this particular discussion. By day, P. Djeli Clark is an academic historian studying emancipation and African American history. By night, he is a horror and dark fantasy author with a plethora of lauded publications und...

Hello Fermented Folks! Welcome to another episode of Fermented Fiction and thank you for tuning in! This week we discuss one of the most highly acclaimed shows of the streaming age in Severance. This show is Westworld meets the modern-day office and the corporate environment, which brings those social-sci-fi elements all the more to the forefront and pushes this into near horror genre territory. F...

What up, Fermented Folks? In this episode, we have no guest, as one of our scheduled episodes had to be rescheduled. So, we’re going old school — back to the first days of Fermented Fiction, where Travis and I debated every single film from the claustrophobic confines of our respective closets. But we’re new men now, in bigger closets. And we’ve grown much more powerful in our debate abilities and...

Tonight on Fermented Fiction, we debate one of the most 90s-ass trilogies of all time. You’ve got katanas, sexy vampires, one-man armies taking on corrupt corporate entities bent on ressurecting old gods... what else could you need? How about an appearance from Brian McAuley?! Author of slashers, films, short stories, and non-fiction around the horror genre? That’d be pretty damn sick, eh? Our Fer...

On this episode of Fermented Fiction, we welcome acclaimed author CJ Leede, best known for her novels Maeve Fly and American Rapture. As CJ is well known for her seamless blending of spicy eroticism and horror, she is the absolute perfect guest to discuss this saga, which, in many ways, has shaped the horror-romance genre for the better part of a decade. Just as CJ puts little-known Wisconsin tour...

Well, Fermented Folks, we have a special one here for you today. In the official kickoff episode of our 4th season, we welcome back veteran guest and acclaimed author of Spite House and Devils Kill Devils , Johnny Compton, to debate one of the greatest (or perhaps worst) adventure-horror films of all time. That’s right, ya’ll. It’s time to get into The Mummy. If you’re like many of us on this show...

Hello Fermented Folks, This week, we debate James Gunn’s newest addition to the Superman universe with a returning guest to the show, Arley Sorg of Locus Magazine , Fantasy Magazine , where he is an editor, and KT Literary, where he works as a literary agent. Arley is a highly regarded member of the literary community in every genre and stage of the publishing realm, so we are very thankful he’s t...

What up, Fermented Folks?! For this week’s special, summer episode, we have an incredibly fortuitous appearance from none other than Paul Tremblay, author of Cabin at the End of the World, The Beast You Are, Head Full of Ghosts, Another, and Horror Movie. And if that wasn’t exciting enough, we are also debating one of horror’s most classic and iconic entries, especially if you consider comedy horr...

What Up, Fermented Folks? Thanks for riding with us this season. We’ve had a wonderful time with all our extraordinary guests, with you, the listeners, and with each and every piece of art we’ve had the pleasure of reviewing. That said, we certainly didn’t enjoy each movie, book, and show equally…there are levels to this s**t…tiers, if you will, and through a tremendous feat of camaraderie, we sha...

Hello, Fermented Folks, This week we welcome TJ Price, author and editor of horror novellas, short fiction, anthologies, and much more to the show! We will be debating the controversial Adam Neville novel The Ritual, which has also been adapted to a highly successful feature film by the same name. What do we think? Who shall the Dice Gods ordain as their champions? You’ll have to listen to find ou...

This week we welcome Fermented Fiction veteran, Rae Wilde-Knowles back to the show where she shall surely bring some villainous energy, wisdom, creativity, and badassery we all expect to the debate floor. But, what does she, or an of us think of our topic this week, Big Fish? That’s the for the dice gods to decide… Rae’s work is an awesome and brutal collision of feminist-rage themes, speculative...

What up, Fermented Folk? This week we debate the foundational, classic zombie juggernaut that is 28 Days Later, directed by Danny Boyle and written by Alex Garland, both of modern Hollywood legend… but when they created this film, were they even good yet? Is it reeeeeaaaalllllyyyy a masterpiece? The dice gods shall decide our fate, our opinions, the course of your next two hours… That is, if you s...

What up, Fermented Folks? This week, we have the honor of hosting Sadie Hartmann, Stoker Award-winning author of 101 Horror Books to Read Before You’re Murdered. And we shall be discussing Pan’s Labyrinth, which many consider the best dark fantasy of all time. This film received a 20-minute standing ovation after its premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, but the dice gods don’t care about that, an...

Hello Fermented Folks, Welcome to another episode of Fermented Fiction! Tonight, we discuss the powerhouse film from Neon — Academy Award-nominated The Substance starring Demi Moore and Margaret Qualley. And we have the privilege of doing so with Tamara Kaye Sellman, accomplished author, poet, editor, and filmmaker with over twenty years of experience in the publishing industry. Tamara has been wr...