Somebody Write This

"John F. Kennedy has a series of surreal encounters with a brokenhearted English artist who died 10 years ago." Is JFK seeing a ghost? Is JFK a ghost at this point? And what artist would go by the name "Cryptic Greg"? Our guest Dan Sinker is here to figure out those details! Check out him and his co-host Maureen Johnson on Says Who Podcast, wherever you're listening to Some...

"3 friendly locals uncover a family secret in the local church." What is the family secret? Whose family is it? And whose loyalty is required? We've got our guest, B. McGraw, here to figure it out with us! Find his book "Et Al" on Amazon or follow him on jabde.com, @jabde6 on Twitter, or on his subreddit, r/immaterialscience. And our links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/...

"In 1960s Los Angeles, a new business partner, Hades, and the new Italian cowboys find the real killer." Who are the new Italian cowboys? Why are they in business with Hades? And is that... THE Mr. Rogers? Our guest Quinn Que is here to work through this with us! Follow him basically everywhere @edokwin and you can find his writing on his substack, "The Edokwin Editorial." And...

"In a microscopic community, Ichabod Argyle and his friend Graham Pease have obtained a custody battle and end up on a soul-searching journey across America." Those may be the best-named characters our podcast has ever seen, but what does the rest of it mean? Our guest Kylar Merrell is here to figure it out! You can read Outlaw Country, listen to the playlist, and follow his new work at...

"A drama centered on the efforts of an ex-mob lawyer to find an angry detective who might awaken to find strange horns sprouting from his forehead." Well, that's just a whole bunch of strangeness. Thankfully our guest John Lumgair is here to work everything out! Check out Jazz Cow on jazzcow.co.uk, and you can find John himself under either his name or under his company, Quirky Motion, on social m...

"Two British Agents ally with the Dark Lord to see booming business." Which Dark Lord is this? What kind of business are they hoping to boom? And which of them is Carly? Our guest Michael Todd Gallowglas is here to work through all of this! Find him and his work online at https://mtoddgallowglas.com/

"A group of beautiful yet troubled twenty-somethings rebuild her life after she is most understanding in bars." Whose life are they rebuilding? Why is she so understanding? Does this all take place in the late 1940? Our guest, author Esme Symes-Smith, is here to help us work out all these details! Check out their Sir Callie book series, starting with "Sir Callie and the Champions of...

"In the 1950s, Jerry's ambitious kid sister Cindy winds up undertaking a search for love and self in a quest to vanquish three teenagers." What did the teenagers do to deserve vanquishing? How does Jerry play into his sister's search for love and self? And what exactly is the Nile of New Orleans? Our guest Mary Mascari helps us answer these questions and more. Don't forget to...

"Two known counter-culture figures become dangerously rural after witnessing a multi-billion eternal life." How is that a thing you can witness? What makes being rural dangerous? And how does anti-government hysteria fit in? We’re joined by our guest Jason Luna (as well as guest co-host Bethany Megill, who jumped in when we weren’t sure Jennie would make it!) to unravel this story.

"When a family's maid gets himself killed, they escape from prison." How does he get himself killed? Why are they all in prison? And why do they want a book? Our guest storyteller Peter Fenton is here to work it out -- and largely without Hannah's help, as her audio only half saved on the recording. But Jennie and Peter have the story in capable hands and we were able to cobble t...

"Shortly after being involved in a web of corruption, Sarah becomes tied to a mysterious house." How is Sarah involved? How is the house involved? While we're at it, how is a school involved? Our guest Ally Liddell joins us on this episode to try to untangle this (sometimes literal) web. And our links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/somebodywritethis Facebook: https://facebook.com/...

We've hit 100 episodes and 4 years of podcasting, and to celebrate, we're inviting a couple of our previous guests to look back at some of our favorite episodes and read absolutely ridiculous AI-written scripts of them. Turns out we still need people for writing stories, because the computers do NOT get it. Here's to 100 more brainstorming sessions! Our links: Patreon: https://www.patr...

"When his girlfriend's family has a loving family to support him, he is transformed into pirates." What exactly is this family dynamic? What life choices is he feeling inferior about? And hold on, he's transformed into pirates, plural? Our guest Charlie Jane Anders helps to make sense of this bizarre beginning! Follow her on Instagram @charliejaneanders and check out her latest w...

"A shy retelling of Shakespeare's 'Macbeth' set at a major company." What major company? How is this retelling shy? And how does the title fit in? Our guest Tina Gallagher is here to make it fit! You can find her online @tinagallagherauthor, or at tinagallagherbooks.com.

"A slovenly cable repairman infiltrates the streets of Manhattan in order to reach his son." Where is the repairman's son? Which of them is a communist? And how exactly does he infilitrate Manhattan's streets? Our guest Chaz Hayden is here to help is work it all out! Follow him online at @thechazhayden and look for his debut novel, "The First Thing About You."

"When Russia's first nuclear submarine malfunctions, a group of beautiful yet troubled twenty-somethings must race to leave her lover." Who is her lover? Which one is the scheming ex? And how does a nuclear submarine fit into all this? Our guest, author Jacqueline Carey, is here to help us fit it all together! Check out more of her and her work at jacquelinecarey.com.

Hannah started a new job last week and completely blanked on getting this week's episode edited and posted -- gah! But just to make sure you still have something on this Thursday, here's a rerun of one of our favorite episodes from December 2021, a romance starring the actor Woody Harrelson as himself.

"A strange old man has a series of surreal encounters with a nurse while becoming torn between following his orders and protecting the world he feels is his home." Well, that sounds ominous... What are his orders? Is he Kay or Clarice? Melissa & Robert of The Haunted Tales Podcast join us to work it all out! You can find them and their work on Twitter @hauntedtalespod and on Instagra...

"The schemes of a professional monster hunter who will stop at nothing to celebrate the artistic work of their father." What artistic work? Why is it so important to the monster hunter? And who are the two roomies? Our guest Jeneta St. Clair helps us work through all of these questions! Find her on Instagram at @jenetastclair, her show @dryshow_wetcomics, and keep an eye out for the shor...

"The struggle of the peaceful settlers of a town destined for railroad greatness's legal feud over a robbery." What kind of legal feud involves a robbery? Are all the settlers involved? And WHAT do we do with that title? Our guest Heidi Voss is here to help answer those questions! You can follow her at authorheidivoss.com, and if you sign up for her newsletter you'll get a free s...

"The true story of pirates who spy on his boss's old mentor." Why are pirates spying on someone? What is the old mentor doing? And, well, this isn't actually a true story, right? Our guest Alexander Weinstein is here to help us work it all out! You can find him and his work at alexanderweinstein.com. You can also watch the film After Yang, which was based on his short story &quot...

"A professor of chemistry dates other women to distract a headstrong young girl." How is dating women a distraction? Is one of these women named Mona Lebowski? And how does the small town play into it? Our guest Cecelia Mecca is here to help us work it all out! You can find her medieval romance under her name here and her contemporary romance work under Bella Michaels. Find her @ceceliam...

"Two former secretaries come up with a money-making promotion to train Merlin's descendant." Who is Merlin's descendant? Why do they need money to train them? And what does this have to do with Hawaiian real estate? Our guest Rap Critic is here to help us work it all out! You can find him and his work here: https://www.youtube.com/@RapCritic https://www.patreon.com/rapcritic http...

"Big time show winners throw a sorrow party in a fascist, militaristic future." What's a sorrow party? Is every party in a fascist future a sorrow party? How are letters involved? Our guest Matthew Marcus is a Jeopardy champion, so something of a big time show winner himself, so hopefully he can shine some light on this. If Matthew's trivia journey inspired you, he suggests you g...

"An ensemble comedy about the meaning of the French throne." That's a much simpler synopsis than last week... Maybe too simple. What DOES the French throne mean? Who's in our ensemble? And who's involved in the espionage? Guest Josh Smith is here to unpack it all with us. You can follow him on Instagram @smyth_ology! And our links: Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/somebodywritethis Facebook: https...