{"id":7289,"date":"2013-12-15T00:42:32","date_gmt":"2013-12-15T05:42:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7289"},"modified":"2013-12-15T00:42:32","modified_gmt":"2013-12-15T05:42:32","slug":"talkcast-211-rob-smales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=7289","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 211 &#8211; Rob Smales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-15-at-12.40.23-AM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-7292\" alt=\"Screen Shot 2013-12-15 at 12.40.23 AM\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/12\/Screen-Shot-2013-12-15-at-12.40.23-AM-192x300.png\" width=\"192\" height=\"300\" \/><\/a><strong>Holiday Gift Guide:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Dome: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/smarty-ring\">The Smarty Ring<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Kriana: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thinkgeek.com\/product\/14d5\/?pfm=Search&amp;t=technomancer%20digital%20wizard%20hoodie\">Technomancer Digital Wizard Hoodie<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Zombrarian: Anything from <a href=\"http:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/comicsans\/gifts-for-fans-of-things\/\">Gifts for Fans of Things<\/a> (Especially this <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/dp\/0739047469\/?colid=2LRVE7CLMP6TV&amp;_encoding=UTF8&amp;coliid=I24SDKF23K9ES2&amp;ref=gl_it_dp_o_nS_ttl\">Harry Potter Recorder Songbook<\/a>)<\/li>\n<li>Dead RedHead:<b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e988-1af3-2bb1-274e5fed03ba\"> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.examiner.com\/article\/amazon-customers-review-ufo-detector-and-it-s-hilarious\">A UFO Detector<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>News!<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e989-1eef-8158-84377c3a86fc\"><a href=\"http:\/\/observationdeck.io9.com\/those-spandex-uniforms-on-tng-were-worse-than-you-thoug-1480434755\/@charliejane\">Those spandex uniforms on TNG were worse than you thought&#8230;<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e989-62a5-02a6-3b1e584a63e9\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tvequals.com\/2013\/12\/11\/arrow-cw-interview-grant-gustin-on-whats-coming-up-for-barry-allen-the-flash\/\">The Flash debuts on Arrow<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e98a-a4d5-930d-42510dfdb7c9\"><a href=\"http:\/\/comicsbeat.com\/archie-donate-1-million-worth-of-comics-to-toys-for-tots\/\">Archie Comics comes through for kids again<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e98d-4ff2-47da-546a556019b7\"><a href=\"http:\/\/cbldf.org\/2013\/12\/last-day-to-order-signed-gifts-for-holiday-delivery\/\">Give to the Comic Book Legal Defense Fund and get some cool stuff\u2026<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e98d-27e3-6a65-e49376320866\"><a href=\"http:\/\/io9.com\/this-fan-edit-of-the-dark-crystal-is-creepier-than-you-1477868217\">This fan-edit of The Dark Crystal is creepier than you can imagine<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<li><b id=\"docs-internal-guid-218fb72e-e98f-6225-068e-36d03e2ff7ac\"><a href=\"http:\/\/youbentmywookie.com\/entertainment\/simon-pegg-set-to-join-monty-python-in-sci-fi-comedy-absolutely-anything-19886\">Simon Pegg Set To Join Monty Python in Sci-Fi Comedy ABSOLUTELY ANYTHING<\/a><\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Tonight&#8217;s guest is Rob Smales, one of the New England Horror Writers. He not only gave Zombrarian a chance say the phrase, &#8220;utterly charming Christmas ghost story,&#8221; but also provided a lovely bio that I&#8217;ll just leave here for you:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Rob Smales, though 42, is a new writer who just enjoys telling stories. His newer short fiction can be found in <em>Wicked Seasons: the Journal of New England Horror Writers<\/em>, <em>Dark Bits<\/em>, <em>Death by Drive-In<\/em>, and the <em>Demonic Visions<\/em> series. When not spending time with his young son or writing short, somewhat random fiction, he spends his spare time working on a series of original ghost story anthologies, the first of which is titled <em>The Dead of Winter<\/em>.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><em>Dead of Winter<\/em>\u00a0will be available soon. 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