{"id":5109,"date":"2024-12-27T09:10:09","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T14:10:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?post_type=sf-podcast&#038;p=5109"},"modified":"2024-12-27T09:10:13","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T14:10:13","slug":"episode-91-never-leave-the-house-without-your-purse-by-karl-dandenell","status":"publish","type":"sf-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/sf-podcast\/episode-91-never-leave-the-house-without-your-purse-by-karl-dandenell\/","title":{"rendered":"Episode 91: &#8220;Never Leave the House Without your Purse&#8221; by Karl Dandenell"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t<style type=\"text\/css\"><\/style>\n\t\t\t<div id=\"pp-podcast-6648\" class=\"pp-podcast has-header header-hidden has-featured playerview media-audio\"  data-teaser=\"\" data-elength=\"18\" data-eunit=\"\" data-ppsdata=\"{&quot;load_info&quot;:{&quot;loaded&quot;:0,&quot;displayed&quot;:10,&quot;offset&quot;:0,&quot;maxItems&quot;:92,&quot;src&quot;:&quot;7c7a33cbee7c72c80af4c36e4207d9c9&quot;,&quot;step&quot;:10,&quot;sortby&quot;:&quot;sort_date_desc&quot;,&quot;filterby&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;fixed&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;args&quot;:{&quot;imgurl&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-768x768.jpeg&quot;,&quot;imgset&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2024\\\/12\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198.jpeg 1800w&quot;,&quot;display&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;hddesc&quot;:0,&quot;hdfeat&quot;:0,&quot;oricov&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/static.libsyn.com\\\/p\\\/assets\\\/6\\\/5\\\/7\\\/e\\\/657e95f4f122538116c3140a3186d450\\\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198.jpeg&quot;,&quot;elength&quot;:18}},&quot;rdata&quot;:{&quot;permalink&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/rbwood.com\\\/dir\\\/wp-json\\\/wp\\\/v2\\\/sf-podcast\\\/5109&quot;,&quot;fprint&quot;:&quot;7c7a33cbee7c72c80af4c36e4207d9c9&quot;,&quot;from&quot;:&quot;feedurl&quot;,&quot;elen&quot;:18,&quot;eunit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;teaser&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;Sudden Fictions&quot;}}\"><div class=\"pp-podcast__wrapper\"><div class=\"pp-podcast__info pod-info\"><div class=\"pod-info__header pod-header\"><div class=\"pod-header__image\"><div class=\"pod-header__image-wrapper\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"podcast-cover-image\" src=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-768x768.jpeg\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-768x768.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-1024x1024.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-1536x1536.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-500x500.jpeg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-600x600.jpeg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/C3435F3F-36B3-43AD-BE54-11ABBDF11198.jpeg 1800w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 25vw\" alt=\"Sudden Fictions\" title=\"\"><\/div><span class=\"pod-header__image-style\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; padding-top: 100%\"><\/div><div class=\"pod-header__items pod-items\"><div class=\"pod-items__title\">Sudden Fictions<\/div><div class=\"pod-items__desc\"><p>&#8220;Sudden Fiction&#8221; is defined as flash fiction of between 750-1000 words that tells a complete story with a twist ending. Various artists share a new original prompt-based Sudden Fiction each week. <\/p>\n<p>R.B. Wood hosts the podcast.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pp-podcast__content pod-content\"><div class=\"pp-podcast__single\"><div class=\"pp-podcast__player\"><div class=\"pp-player-episode\"><audio id=\"pp-podcast-6648-player\" preload=\"none\" class=\"pp-podcast-episode hide-audio\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"b88936ce695ab58f3741560b5f0bffa6\" \/><\/audio><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pod-content__episode episode-single\"><button class=\"episode-single__close\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-label=\"Close Single Episode\"><span class=\"btn-icon-wrap\"><svg class=\"icon icon-pp-x\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\"><use href=\"#icon-pp-x\" xlink:href=\"#icon-pp-x\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/button><div class=\"episode-single__wrapper\"><div class=\"episode-single__header\"><div class=\"episode-single__title\">Episode 92: &#8220;Saved in Drafts&#8221; by Mike Allen<\/div><div class=\"episode-single__author\"><span class=\"byname\">by<\/span><span class=\"single-author\">R. B. Wood<\/span><\/div><\/div><div class=\"episode-single__description\"><p>Host: <a href=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/about-us\/\">R. B. Wood<\/a><\/p><p>Mike Allen wears many creative hats, at least one of them tailor-made by his wife and partner-in-crime Anita. An author, editor and publisher of science fiction, fantasy and horror, Mike has written, edited, or co-edited thirty-nine books, among them his sidearms, sorcery, and zombies sequence <em>The Black Fire Concerto<\/em> and <em>The Ghoulmaker&#8217;s Aria<\/em>, his forthcoming dark fantasy novel <em>Trail of Shadows<\/em>, and his newest horror collection, <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/slow-burn#Burn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Slow Burn<\/em><\/a>.<\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/our-books-7#Unseaming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Unseaming<\/em><\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/our-books-9#Aftermath\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Aftermath of an Industrial Accident<\/em><\/a>, his first two volumes of horror tales, were both finalists for the Shirley Jackson Award for Best Story Collection, and his dark fable &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/apex-magazine.com\/short-fiction\/the-button-bin\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Button Bin<\/a>&#8221; was a nominee for the Nebula Award for Best Short Story. Another collection, <em><a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/our-books-3#Spider\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Spider Tapestries<\/a><\/em>, contains experiments in weird science fiction and fantasy. <\/p><p>As an editor and publisher, Mike has been nominated twice for the World Fantasy Award: first, for his anthology <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/our-newest-clockwork-phoenix-anthology\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Clockwork Phoenix 5<\/em><\/a>, the culmination of the <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/about-the-clockwork-phoenix-anthologies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Clockwork Phoenix series<\/a> showcasing tales of beauty and strangeness that defy genre classification; and then, for <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/about-mythic-delirium-magazine\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Mythic Delirium<\/em><\/a>, the magazine of poetry and fiction he edited for twenty years.<\/p><p>He&#8217;s a three-time winner of the Rhysling Award for poetry. His six poetry collections include <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Strange-Wisdoms-Dead-Mike-Allen\/dp\/098891249X\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Strange Wisdoms of the Dead<\/a><\/em>, a <em>Philadelphia Inquirer<\/em> Editor&#8217;s Choice selection, and <a href=\"https:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/our-books#Hungry\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><em>Hungry Constellations<\/em><\/a>, a Suzette Haden Elgin Award nominee. <\/p><p>With Anita, he runs <a href=\"http:\/\/mythicdelirium.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Mythic Delirium Books<\/a>, based in Roanoke, Virginia. Their cat Pandora assists. You can find him on Instagram at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/mythicdelirium\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mythicdelirium<\/a> and Bluesky at <a href=\"https:\/\/bsky.app\/profile\/mythicdelirium.bsky.social\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mythicdelirium.bsky.social<\/a>.<\/p><\/div><\/div><div class=\"ppjs__img-wrapper \"><div class=\"ppjs__img-btn-cover\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"ppjs__img-btn\" src=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-768x576.png\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-768x576.png 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-1024x768.png 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-1536x1152.png 1536w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color-600x450.png 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/Mike_Allen_new_selfie_pic_color.png 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 300px\" alt=\"Episode 92: &#8220;Saved in Drafts&#8221; by Mike Allen\" title=\"\"><\/div><span class=\"ppjs__img-btn-style\" style=\"display: block; width: 100%; padding-top: 75%\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><div class=\"pod-content__list episode-list\"><div class=\"episode-list__filters\"><div class=\"episode-list__search\"><label class=\"label-episode-search\"><span class=\"ppjs__offscreen\">Search Episodes<\/span><input type=\"text\" placeholder=\"Search Episodes\" title=\"Search Podcast Episodes\"\/><\/label><span class=\"episode-list__search-icon\"><svg class=\"icon icon-pp-search\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\"><use href=\"#icon-pp-search\" xlink:href=\"#icon-pp-search\"><\/use><\/svg><\/span><\/div><button class=\"episode-list__clear-search pod-button\"><svg class=\"icon icon-pp-x\" aria-hidden=\"true\" role=\"img\" focusable=\"false\"><use href=\"#icon-pp-x\" xlink:href=\"#icon-pp-x\"><\/use><\/svg><span class=\"ppjs__offscreen\">Clear Search<\/span><\/button><\/div><div class=\"episode-list__wrapper\">\n<div id=\"ppe-6648-1\" class=\"episode-list__entry pod-entry\" data-search-term=\"episode 92: &#8220;saved in drafts&#8221; by mike allen\" data-cats=\"\">\n\t<div class=\"pod-entry__wrapper\">\n\t\t<div class=\"pod-entry__content\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pod-entry__title\">\n\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/25def952-773a-4bbb-9563-9ca20abc6b6a.libsyn.com\/episode-92-saved-in-drafts-by-mike-allen\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Episode 92: &#8220;Saved in Drafts&#8221; by Mike Allen<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<div class=\"pod-entry__date\">January 4, 2025<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"pod-entry__author\">R. 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