Party of One Podcast

490 - We Did Start The Fire with Sarah Gailey (author, Spread Me, Make Me Better)

Sarah is a Hugo Award Winning and Bestselling author of speculative fiction, short stories, essays, comics, and more. Their 2025 novel Spread Me [https://bookshop.org/p/books/spread-me-sarah-gailey/585b1bcdcfb45512?ean=9781250387332], a darkly seductive tale of an otherworldly intruder at an arctic research station, was named one of the Best Horror Books of 2025 by Vulture, and their new book, Make Me Better [https://bookshop.org/p/books/make-me-better-a-novel-sarah-gailey/f4adb70f82360936?ean=9781250851758&next=t], just dropped in stores this week. We sat down to play We Did Start the Fire [https://morganeilish.itch.io/we-did-start-the-fire], an RPG of the people who ended the world, and how they live with themselves after the fact. 🐸 ALL HAIL MARIGOLD. 🐸 SARAH GAILEY: https://sarahgailey.com/ [https://sarahgailey.com/] MAKE ME BETTER: https://bookshop.org/p/books/make-me-better-a-novel-sarah-gailey/f4adb70f82360936?ean=9781250851758&next=t [https://bookshop.org/p/books/make-me-better-a-novel-sarah-gailey/f4adb70f82360936?ean=9781250851758&next=t] WE DID START THE FIRE: https://morganeilish.itch.io/we-did-start-the-fire [https://morganeilish.itch.io/we-did-start-the-fire] ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/ [https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/] PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK [https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK] SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer [https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer] FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer [https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer] THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands]

Party of One (Plus One) - 001 - Galaxy: A Super-Story with Jadzia Axelrod (Author, Galaxy: As The World Falls Down)

Jadzia is a three-time guest on the show(!), as well as the creator of the smash-hit graphic novel Galaxy: The Prettiest Star [https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/galaxy-the-prettiest-star], and its brand-new sequel, Galaxy: As the World Falls Down [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756/galaxy-2-as-the-world-falls-down-by-jadzia-axelrod/]. We sit down to talk superhero comics, "Go Birds," and more as we tell a Galaxy fanfiction story using a bespoke Powered by the Apocalypse system! JADZIA AXELROD: https://www.twitter.com/planetx [https://www.twitter.com/planetx] GALAXY: AS THE WORLD FALLS DOWN: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756/galaxy-2-as-the-world-falls-down-by-jadzia-axelrod/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/799756/galaxy-2-as-the-world-falls-down-by-jadzia-axelrod/] GALAXY: THE PRETTIEST STAR: https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/galaxy-the-prettiest-star [https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/galaxy-the-prettiest-star] HAWKGIRL: ONCE UPON A GALAXY: https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/hawkgirl-2023/hawkgirl-once-upon-a-galaxy [https://www.dc.com/graphic-novels/hawkgirl-2023/hawkgirl-once-upon-a-galaxy] THE DC BOOK OF PRIDE: https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723869/the-dc-book-of-pride-by-dk/ [https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/723869/the-dc-book-of-pride-by-dk/] PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK [https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK] SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: www.patreon.com/jeffstormer [https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer] Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands]

489 - Death of the Author with Isabel J. Kim (Author, Sublimation)

Isabel is a speculative fiction writer and podcast host (Wow If True [https://www.wowiftrue.com/]), whose debut novel, Sublimation [https://torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation], a story of Doppelgängers, corporate intrigue, heartbreak, betrayal, and the harsh permanence of the border, hits stores on June 2, 2026. We dig deep into the well of metafiction in a game of superhero vs. author in a game of Death of the Author [https://blinkingbirchgames.itch.io/death-of-the-author] by Blinking Birch Games. ISABEL J. KIM: https://www.isabel.kim/ [https://www.isabel.kim/] SUBLIMATION: https://torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation [https://torpublishinggroup.com/sublimation] WOW IF TRUE: https://www.wowiftrue.com/ [https://www.wowiftrue.com/] DEATH OF THE AUTHOR: https://blinkingbirchgames.itch.io/death-of-the-author [https://blinkingbirchgames.itch.io/death-of-the-author] ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/ [https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/] PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK [https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK] SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer [https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer] FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer [https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer] THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands]

488 - Not A Tabloid with John Allison (Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery, Solver)

John is a prolific comics writer and artist, and the creator of Scary Go Round, Bad Machinery, Giant Days, and Solver. We sat down to play Not a Tabloid, an interview game about an overworked, underqualified tabloid writer trying to guess why they're interviewing their peculiar suspect. It goes places. JOHN ALLISON: https://scarygoround.com/index.html [https://scarygoround.com/index.html] NOT A TABLOID: https://psychhound.itch.io/not-a-tabloid [https://psychhound.itch.io/not-a-tabloid] ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/ [https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/] PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK [https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK] SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer [https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer] FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer [https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer] THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands]

Party of One Says Go Birds (LIVE) - Insatiable Cravings with Jacqueline Bryk

Jax is a freelance game designer, writer, sensitivity reader, editor, and one of the organizers of NotACon: Revenge of the Con! [https://sites.google.com/view/revenge-of-the-con/], a three-day summit of games, feelings, and hot-tubbing happening in Millerstown, PA from October 22-25, 2026 (which I'll be attending as a special guest!). We sat down live at Unity Java in Philadelphia, PA, for a weird, intimate, horrific but beautiful game of Insatiable Cravings [https://strautmaskreplica.itch.io/insatiablecravings] by friend of the show j strautman! NOTACON: https://sites.google.com/view/revenge-of-the-con/ [https://sites.google.com/view/revenge-of-the-con/] JACQUELINE BRYK: https://www.jacquelinebryk.design/ [https://www.jacquelinebryk.design/] INSATIABLE CRAVINGS: https://strautmaskreplica.itch.io/insatiablecravings [https://strautmaskreplica.itch.io/insatiablecravings] ALL MY FANTASY CHILDREN: https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/ [https://moonshotpods.com/all-my-fantasy-children/] PARTY OF ONE DISCORD: https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK [https://discordapp.com/invite/SxpQKmK] SUPPORT JEFF ON PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer [https://www.patreon.com/jeffstormer] FOLLOW JEFF ON TWITCH: https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer [https://www.twitch.tv/gmjeffstormer] THEME SONG: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, “Infinite Lives,” RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands [https://redcircle.com/brands]