Fermented Fiction

What up Fermented Folks!  Sorry for the sporadic posting schedule this season... we've been figuring some things out with production, but we're certainly moving in the right direction and we appreciate your patience. To reward you for your loyal service, we have a special double feature for this holiday season! Two Christmas films, the first releasing Christmas Eve and the second Christmas...

What up Fermented Folks!  Welcome to another Featured Author episode! This week we have the wonderful and wicked Rae Knowles, author of The Stradavirus and Merciless Waters . Rae's seamless mix of horror and erotica has made her a true rising star in the modern horror scene. We're very privileged to have her on the show! If you like what she's got going on as much as we do, make sure t...

What up Fermented Folks!  As we remember those who lost their cultural identities, land, and ways of life so that the United States could become a thing, let's try taking a look at colonial encroachment as an entire species (humans) looking through the proverbial glass at visitors from another planet--or I guess, a whole other dimension, really. This film by Good ol' Villeneuve has a star-...

What up Fermented Folks!  This week we discuss John Scalzi's covid novel, The Kaiju Preservation Society. Who will love it? Who will hate it? How many beers must you drink to enjoy the ride? Find out all that and more over here with us :) As always, thank you so much for listening! If you like what we’re getting up to you can check out more of our stuff and follow us at these links: Want to ac...

What up Fermented Folks!  This week we have a very special episode because we're trying something a little new this season. It has always been part of our mission to collaborate with our fellow authors and to shout out their work from the highest rooftops we can reach, but this year, we are also inviting onto our regular episodes to debate with us during the Forced Entrollment segment! That&#3...

What up Fermented Folks! This month we are featuring two fantastic horror authors. Earlier, we chatted with JP Barnett and now we have the honor of welcoming Gordon B. White to the show! Gordon is a prolific writer of horror with publications all over the place, including Pseudopod and Nightmare Magazine. Most recently he released a short story collection titled Gordon B. White is Creating Hauntin...

What up Fermented Folks! Today we talk to YOU about one of A24's newest hit horror films, 'Talk to Me.' This film explores coming of age, party culture, and drug addiction through the horror mechanic of possession and a cursed object... but there is a bit of a twist, as those being possessed are volunteering for the displeasure and filming it as they do so. Hello, viral TikToks! One of...

What up Fermented Folks! In honor of Halloween and too many awesome book releases, we are featuring TWO... that's right, TWO authors this month. The first: JP Barnett. Author of the Lorestalker Series from Evolved Publishing. Come join us as we talk all things cryptids, horror, the autism spectrum, and giant otters! If you like what you hear and/or you love creature features, monster hunters,...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we are back for our second season! Thank you so much for tuning all last year and to those of you who followed along on the live recording in August, we were so stoked to have you there! We will definitely be doing one next summer as well.  So, on to the start of Season 2!  Today we have the second installment in our journey across the Galaxy, as imagined by the...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we have another Featured Author of the Month. Spencer Ellsworth is a writer of sci-fi and fantasy from the Pacific Northwest. A longtime friend of Cascade Writers, of the show, and of writers across the region in general, Spencer dedicates himself to helping others reach their writing potential daily. If he isn't teaching classes or hanging out with his famil...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we explore the world of Leopoldo Gout's "Ghost Radio," narrated by a close and personal friend of the show, Pedro Pascal. Check out this chilling tale of sound, art, and the paranormal, and listen to the sweet, sultry tones of Pascal's delightfully accented baritone. SPOILER WARNING: If you want to watch this movie spoiler free, and we highly su...

What up Fermented Folks, This week we discuss the HBO hit The Last of Us. Inspired by the internationally acclaimed video game of the same name, this series starring our boy Pedro Pascal and the astoundingly talented Bella Ramsey explores the post-apocalyptic/zombie-infested landscape of America after an international fungal pandemic wipes out the majority of the human race. If you've listened...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the smashing Disney Plus success, The Mandalorian. Not only does this show revolutionize modern special effects, but it's popularity made Disney think that the world wanted literally EVERY Star Wars Story ever, to be made into an entire show. Find out what we thought of this epic space-cowboy romp through hyperspace, right here, right now! SPOILER...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we have another Featured Author of the Month. For April 2023, we have the profound privilege and pleasure of interviewing Alma Katsu, award-winning author of The Hunger, The Fervor, The Deep, Red Widow, Red London, and many more novels, shorts, etc. A thirty-year veteran of the CIA, a graduate of John Hopkins University, and one of the most talented horror author...

What up Fermented folks! This week we discuss the newest film from one of our all-time most successful, if not beloved, horror directors M. Night Shyamalan. Based on the award-winning novel The Cabin at the End of the World by acclaimed horror author Paul Tremblay, this terrifying story pits the fate of humanity against the love and kinship of family. Which would you choose? Would you kill your cl...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the mind-bending, history-making, sci-fi/thriller/social commentary A24 masterpiece Everything, Everywhere, All at Once. This film is highly significant for Asian Americans in film, but also for films in general. Nominated for over 400 total major awards, EEAO swept the Emmys, winning Best Actress (making Michelle Yeoh the first Asian woman to be both...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we have another featured author of the month episode! For this beautiful March, we have the honor of speaking with Indie author, entrepreneur, and wonderful human being, Dylan West! Dylan is the author of Scribe's Descent which has done well out there for sales, largely because of his incredible amount of hustle and his ability to connect with his audience bo...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the first book of the acclaimed Farseer Trilogy by Female Fantasy Powerhouse Robin Hobb! Come find out how many beers you'll need to get through this heartwrenching tale of heroics, political intrigue, vicious sea raiders, bizarre naming rituals, and systemic poverty brought about by the feudal system. As always, thank you so much for listening! If...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the animated triumph that is The Owl House. But one amongst is a big fat hater... well two of us... there is always Collin. Who could dislike this wholesome, wonderful show? Join us to find out!  As always, thank you so much for listening! If you like what we’re getting up to you can check out more of our stuff and follow us at these links: Want to act...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the 2007 Thriller ‘Disturbia,’ starring Shia LaBeouf, Sarah Roemer, David Morse, Aaron You, and Carrie-Anne Moss. Is this a good horror film with well portrayed characters or does Clay just have nostalgia fever, because he happened to be the EXACT target audience for this movie when it came out… tune in and find out. As always, thank you so much for li...

What up Fermented Folks! Welcome to another Featured Author of the Month segment!  This month we feature the amazing, genre-bending Maquel Jacobs from the PNW! Maquel writes sci-fi, horror, fantasy, and whatever-the-heck else she feels like and has an uncanny knack for knocking out of the park, regardless where she sets her sights. We are so honored to have her on our show. I hope ya'll enjoy this...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the genre-bending, absolutely mind-melting sci-fi/horror that is (or rather, was) Lovecraft Country.  Did this show deserve a second season?  Does Jonathan Majors have the finest butt in fiction?  Or is this just another example of Cosmic Horror overreaching into too many contextual spaces and therefore, losing its narrative traction?  These are the bi...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we continue to amplify our fellow creatives from the African American community. We shall do so by discussing one of the most legendary and foundational Black Authors OF ALL TIME: Octavia Butler.  Come on over and join us for thoughts, debates, and beers!  As always, thank you so much for listening! If you like what we’re getting up to you can check out more of o...

What up Fermented Folks! This week we discuss the fabled animated triumph that is Into the Spiderverse. But as always, there is a troll amongst us… Who could hate this movie? How? Why? Where? Come join us to find out ;) As always, thank you so much for listening! If you like what we’re getting up to you can check out more of our stuff and follow us at these links: Want to actually WATCH us do this...

What up Fermented Folks! Thanks for tuning into another featured author of the month episode.  This week we have the great honor of interviewing the incredible Travis Baldree, author of the bestselling fantasy novel 'Legends and Lattes.'  Not only is Travis a talented author, but he is also a narrator of hundreds of books and a video game creator. In other words, he's essentially a millennial rena...