{"id":9123,"date":"2018-08-25T18:00:41","date_gmt":"2018-08-25T22:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9123"},"modified":"2018-08-24T14:19:57","modified_gmt":"2018-08-24T18:19:57","slug":"talkcast-391-the-dread-whimsy-of-rob-smales","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9123","title":{"rendered":"TalkCast 391 \u2013 The Dread Whimsy of Rob Smales"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-8533\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Rob-Smales.jpg\" alt=\"Rob Smales\" width=\"218\" height=\"164\" \/>This episode brings us <strong><em>Five Timers Club<\/em><\/strong> member <a href=\"https:\/\/robsmales.webs.com\" target=\"_blank\">Rob Smales<\/a> who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items.<\/p>\n<p>Rob got to talk about his involvement in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.kickstarter.com\/projects\/285514212\/my-peculiar-family-celebrations?ref=creator_nav\" target=\"_blank\">My Peculiar Family 2<\/a> as an author and as an editor. We got a rare glimpse of that the role of a good editor is and does. From a writing standpoint, he talked about how he used the writing prompt to shape his peculiar story and as an editor seeing the divergent roads others took.<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignright wp-image-9091\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/My-Peculiar-Family-2-3D-Cover-2-229x300.png\" alt=\"My Peculiar Family 2 3D Cover\" width=\"199\" height=\"261\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/My-Peculiar-Family-2-3D-Cover-2-229x300.png 229w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/My-Peculiar-Family-2-3D-Cover-2.png 344w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 199px) 100vw, 199px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We also talked about two upcoming projects.<\/p>\n<p>First is his editorial work on a new volume entitled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Sharp-Stick-other-funny-stories-ebook\/dp\/B07G3JW8R6\/\" target=\"_blank\">A Sharp Stick In the Eye (and Other Funny Stories)<\/a>\u201d, available now from <a href=\"https:\/\/booksandboospress.com\">Books &amp; Boos Press<\/a>. Rob seems to truly enjoy his role as<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_9125\" style=\"width: 174px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-9125\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-9125\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/A-Sharp-Stick-In-the-Eye-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"A Sharp Stick In the Eye\" width=\"164\" height=\"219\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/A-Sharp-Stick-In-the-Eye-225x300.jpg 225w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/08\/A-Sharp-Stick-In-the-Eye.jpg 260w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 164px) 100vw, 164px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-9125\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A Sharp Stick In the Eye<\/p><\/div>\n<p>editor and waxed almost poetically (I didn\u2019t know that was even possible) about the amazing stories in the book, including works by Jeff Strand and Wayne Faust among many others.<\/p>\n<p>Then he spoke about an upcoming novella, \u201cFriends In High Places\u201d being published by <a href=\"https:\/\/bloodshotbooks.wordpress.com\" target=\"_blank\">Bloodshot Books<\/a>, which he describes as \u2018a coming of age tale gone horribly wrong\u2019. The amazing <a href=\"https:\/\/lynnehansen.zenfolio.com\" target=\"_blank\">Lynn Hansen<\/a> is doing the cover art and it is due for a late September release.<\/p>\n<p>Rob is always a fun guest to have on, which is a prime attribute of our <em><strong>Five Timers Club<\/strong> <\/em>members,<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy the chao<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_8664\" style=\"width: 460px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-8664\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\" wp-image-8664\" src=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-timers-club-FINAL-300x150.jpg\" alt=\"A 5 Timers Club Inductee\" width=\"450\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-timers-club-FINAL-300x150.jpg 300w, http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/06\/5-timers-club-FINAL.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-8664\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A 5 Timers Club Inductee<\/p><\/div>\n<span id=\"pod_audio_1\">&nbsp;<\/span><!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-9123-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast391.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast391.mp3\">http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast391.mp3<\/a><\/audio><p><a href='http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast391.mp3'>Download<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/castplayer?castfile=http:\/\/www.scifisaturdaynight.com\/podcast\/talkcast391.mp3&id=9123\" rel=\"0\" class=\"newPlayerWindow\" >Open Player in New Window<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"sharedaddy sd-sharing-enabled\"><div class=\"robots-nocontent sd-block sd-social sd-social-official sd-sharing\"><h3 class=\"sd-title\">Share this:<\/h3><div class=\"sd-content\"><ul><li class=\"share-twitter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/share\" class=\"twitter-share-button\" data-url=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9123\" data-text=\"TalkCast 391 \u2013 The Dread Whimsy of Rob Smales\"  >Tweet<\/a><\/li><li class=\"share-facebook\"><div class=\"fb-share-button\" data-href=\"http:\/\/scifisaturdaynight.com\/?p=9123\" data-layout=\"button_count\"><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-pinterest\"><div class=\"pinterest_button\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pinterest.com\/pin\/create\/button\/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2F%3Fp%3D9123&#038;media=http%3A%2F%2Fscifisaturdaynight.com%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2017%2F06%2F5-timers-club-FINAL-300x150.jpg&#038;description=TalkCast%20391%20%E2%80%93%20The%20Dread%20Whimsy%20of%20Rob%20Smales\" data-pin-do=\"buttonPin\" data-pin-config=\"beside\"><img src=\"\/\/assets.pinterest.com\/images\/pidgets\/pinit_fg_en_rect_gray_20.png\" \/><\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"share-end\"><\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This episode brings us Five Timers Club member Rob Smales who converses with us about a swarm of horrifying items. 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