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Jason Shannon

Hosted by Jason Shannon · 🇺🇸 US · EN · 85 episodes

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85
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67m
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About this podcast

Jason Shannon is the author of 7 novels, including The Zimmer Insurgency, The Hounds of Harujin and Tiger Blues. This is a podcast about indie writing, featuring exceptional, sample chapters, upcoming news, and interviews with other authors.Follow Jason Shannon on social media @harujinshoundsVisit his website at www.jasonmshannon.com

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Jason Shannon hosts Jason Shannon, a arts show with 85 episodes published.

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35. CM Forest (Christian Laforet) - author of Infested and The Roots Run Deep

May 31, 202640m

Coming 2025 – Tiger Blues: a novel 2 transmen try to keep a Buddhist amulet out of Mao’s hands in 1940s Tibet. Those transmen (or genderqueer/nonbinary – not my place to say) are real life badasses Olive Yang (Burmese dr

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84. No Women in Refrigerators w/ Arthur Barillas (author of The Sisterhood of Light series)

May 28, 20261h 12mEp. 84S1

Arthur Barillas is the author of the Sisterhood of Light Series, an ongoing series featuring teenage vampire hunters growing up in a world of vampires, ghosts and demons. There are currently 3 books in the series: Legend

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83. Space Corporatocracy w/ AJ Calvin (author of Exile and Wraith and the Revolution)

May 21, 202658mEp. 83S1

A.J. Calvin is a science fiction/fantasy novelist from Loveland, Colorado known best for The Caein Legacy series and The Relics of War series. A former microbiologist, A.J. lives with her husband, along with a turtle, a

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82. Jane Austen's Dildo w/ Melissa Yi (author of Pride and Provocateur)

May 14, 202658mEp. 82S1

May 14 virtual party ⁠https://www.facebook.com/events/1670005701128555/⁠ Melissa Yi is an emergency physician and award-winning writer, best known for writing the Hope Sze medical thrillers featuring the titles Code Blue

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81. Live on Kickstarter - The Fidalian Chronicles by Emma K. C. Couette

May 7, 202657mEp. 81S1

After 13 years of development and writing, Emma Couette’s epic trilogy The Fidalian Chronicles is now finished. Book 3, Season of Ruin, just released on May 1st, and the entire trilogy is being released in special editio

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80. A World Where Love is Banned w/ JA Merkel (author of The Fourth Portal)

Apr 30, 20261h 25mEp. 80S1

JA Merkel is the author of the Fall Gauntlet novella series, as well as The Fourth Portal, a dystopian science fiction novel kicking off the Song of Saudade series. Here we mostly discuss the Fourth Portal, set in a dist

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79. A Sri Lankan Dystopia with VK Thiran (author of The Accursed Venge Seeker)

Apr 23, 20261h 13mEp. 79S1

VKThiran is a Tamil-Canadian author of 3 books: When LighteningStrikes, The Accursed Venge Seeker, and Us or Them: a Venge Seeker’sTale. He has been obsessed with books of various genres ever since hewas a child. His viv

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78. BOOK LAUNCH: Eye-Spied by Crystal Quast w/ Ryan David Gerard and Matthew Gabrielson

Apr 16, 20261h 9mEp. 78S1

Eye-Spied is the third installment in Crystal Quast's Serenity Acres series, newly released April 15th, 2026. This episode goes back to post-war Europe, illuminating some of the threads that lead to the modern-day Sereni

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77. Rod Carley (author of Ruff)

Apr 9, 20261h 16mEp. 77S1

Rod Carley is the award-winning Author of 4 books: A Master of Will, Kinmount, Grin Reaping, and his newest book, Ruff, which was long-listed for the Leacock Medal of Humour and the silver medal winner for best European

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76. Hannah Manders (author of Time, Swords, and Blood)

Apr 2, 20261h 10mEp. 76S1

Hannah Manders is a lover of fantasy, a writer of books, and (in her words) a mighty fine cook. She also identifies as a slow reader and tea lover. In her free time she enjoys playing video games, reading, gardening, dra

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75. Booktuber Matthew Gabrielson (author of Small Town Chaos)

Mar 26, 20261h 12mEp. 75S1

Matthew Gabrielson is author of the book Small Town Chaos and Host of the Matt’s Indie Book Club Youtube channel. Small Town Chaos: https://books2read.com/u/b60l0A YT Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@MattsIndieBookClub

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74. Isaac Fernandes (author of Beneath Nevada)

Mar 19, 202639m

Today I'm talking with Isaac Fernandes. Isaac is a brand new author who just published his first novel in February of this year. It's called Beneath Nevada, and is a western thriller about a man following an ancient map

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73. The St. Lawrence Writer's Fest w/ Michael Parkes (author of Cheryl)

Mar 12, 20261h 30mEp. 73S1

Michael Parkes is the author of Cheryl and Gnomes and Knights, as well as some short stories, which wediscuss in the second half of the episode. Michael is also on the board of the organizing committee for the St Lawrenc

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72. Allen Steele (author of the Coyote series)

Mar 5, 20261h 5mEp. 72S1

Allen Steele is a three-time Hugo Award-winning who has been publishing since the 80s. He’s well-known for his Near Space Series, the revival of Edmond Hamilton’s Captain Future series, numerous standalones (including on

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71. Tiger Blues (Matt's Indie Book Club interview w/ Matt Gabrielson)

Mar 2, 202630mEp. 70S1

Matthew Gabrielson, host of the Youtube channel Matt's Indie Book Club, had me on his channel for an interview, which aired March 1st. We discuss Tiger Blues, my writing journey, and my cats. Matt's channel: https://www.

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70. RW Duder and Damian Richard (authors of Trapped Souls)

Feb 26, 202648mEp. 70S1

RW Duder and Damian Richard have teamed up for the Guns and Gatesseries, an alt-history urban fantasy/western. Trapped Souls in theintroductory novella, a sort of Book 0.5, acting as an origin storyfor the antagonist. We

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69. Operation Salon Kitty (a Kawashima Yoshiko novelette)

Feb 19, 20262h 12mEp. 69S1

Episode 69--yes, I'm juvenile enough to say "noice". Of course, I cannot miss the opportunity to capitalize on this moment. There will never be another 69th episode of this podcast. And so today, you, my valued listener,

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68. Writing Olive Yang with Brian Klingborg (author of the Lu Fei trilogy)

Feb 12, 202659mEp. 68S1

Brian Klingborg is the author of the Lu Fei mystery series. Today we are mostly speaking about Book 2 in that series, Wild Prey, wherein detective Lu Fei investigates wildlife trafficking, eventually landing him in Myanm

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67. Ryan David Gerard (author of The Baptist and Born Again)

Feb 5, 20261h 33mEp. 67S1

Ryan David Gerard is the author of 8 novels, includingthe Baptist trilogy and the Born Again trilogy, as well as thestandalones Wildmen and The Things that are Not. We talk about his writing, his journey as an author, qu

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66. Robert Hough (author of Anarchists in Love)

Jan 22, 202650mEp. 66S1

Robert Hough is the author of eight novels, including The Final Confession of Mabel Stark, The Culprits, and The Marriage of Rose Camilleri. Today we are discussing his newest book, Anarchists in Love, an historical nove

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Jason Shannon is hosted by Jason Shannon. The show is categorised under arts (books) and has published 85 episodes.

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Jason Shannon has published 85 episodes.

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