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

492 - Elf With a 10-Page Backstory with Johnny Stanton IV (Adventuring Academy, Almost Friday TV D&D Series)

Johnny is a professional athlete, professional nerd, and ambassador for all things D&D and tabletop RPGs. You can catch him right now on the Almost Friday TV D&D series on YouTube, running the cast through their first-ever Dungeons & Dragons game. We sat down for an indulgent celebration of all things trope-y tabletop fantasy in a game of Elf With a 10-page Backstory, in which over-the-top TTRPG characters unleash their overwritten origins to stop apocalyptic threats. JOHNNY STANTON IV: https://www.stantoniv.com/ [https://www.stantoniv.com/] ALMOST FRIDAY TV PLAYS D&D: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlRcT8SBNc [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8AlRcT8SBNc] ELF WITH A 10-PAGE BACKSTORY: https://devindecibel.itch.io/elf-with-a-10-page-backstory [https://devindecibel.itch.io/elf-with-a-10-page-backstory] 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]

491 - The Long Shift with Andrew Sherman (Podcaster, ARGonauts, The Podcast Mines)

Andrew is not only one of my favorite people in the world, but he is also the host of some of my favorite podcasts, including ARGonauts [https://moonshotpods.com/argonauts/], The Podcast Mines [https://moonshotpods.com/the-podcast-mines-there-but-for-the-grace-of-pod-go-we/], and Mild Manor'd [https://moonshotpods.com/mild-manord/]. We're also sitting down THIS WEEKEND (at the release of this episode) at Moonshot.mov [https://moonshot.mov/] for MOONTROPOLIS, a three-day charity stream raising money for Advocates for Trans Equality We sat down to play The Long Shift [https://seaexcursion.itch.io/the-long-shift] by fellow Moonshot homie Caro Asercion to tell a slice-of-life story about aliens in a galactic diner. THE LONG SHIFT: https://seaexcursion.itch.io/the-long-shift [https://seaexcursion.itch.io/the-long-shift] MOONTROPOLIS: https://moonshot.mov/ [https://moonshot.mov/] ARGONAUTS: https://moonshotpods.com/argonauts/ [https://moonshotpods.com/argonauts/] THE PODCAST MINES: https://moonshotpods.com/the-podcast-mines-there-but-for-the-grace-of-pod-go-we/ [https://moonshotpods.com/the-podcast-mines-there-but-for-the-grace-of-pod-go-we/] MILD MANOR'D: https://moonshotpods.com/mild-manord/ [https://moonshotpods.com/mild-manord/] 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]

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]