Writer’s Chair W/ James Kennedy

The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

Luke Kondor

Drama, Science Fiction, Nosleep, Fiction, Scary Stories, Horror Fiction, Horror Audio Drama

4.4 • 848 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Produced by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes))))

Special feature

Interview by Daniel Willcocks (https://www.danielwillcocks.com/))))

With James Kennedy (https://jameskennedy.com/)

James Kennedy is the author of the horror thriller Bride of the Tornado, which the Guardian named one of the “Best Recent Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror Novels” in September 2023. James‘s previous books include the sci-fi novel Dare to Know, which was named by the Times Saturday Review as a Best Sci-Fi Book of 2021, and the young adult fantasy The Order of Odd-Fish. In addition, James is the founder of the 90-Second Newbery Film Festival, an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies that tell the entire stories of Newbery-winning books in about 90 seconds. He also hosts the Secrets of Story podcast with Matt Bird. James lives in Chicago.

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0:00.0	These aren't the stories your mother told you.
0:03.0	No, these are the other stories.
0:07.0	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha.
0:13.0	Ha ha ha ha.
0:15.0	...the.
0:16.0	...poh.
0:17.0	...poh. ... Welcome back to the other stories writer's chair, where we chat with the minds behind the words, the storytellers, the tenders of nightmares about what makes them tick, what makes them scream,
0:40.7	and or what makes them gaze into the darkest pits of their souls, all in the name of
0:47.2	writing weird and scary fiction. Okay, let's go. Hi, it's me, Daniel Wilcox.
1:03.0	And joining me this week in the other stories writer's chair, I've got the wonderfully twisted James Kennedy.
1:08.0	James is the author of the horror thriller, Bride of the Tornado, which the Guardian
1:11.3	named as one of the best science fiction fantasy and horror novels of September 2023. James's
1:16.5	previous books include the sci-fi novel Dare to Know, which was named by the Times-Saturday
1:20.7	Review as their best sci-fi book of 2021, and the Young Adult Fantasy, The Order of Oddfish.
1:26.3	In addition, James is the founder of the 92nd Newbury Film Festival,
1:30.2	an annual video contest in which kid filmmakers create short movies
1:33.4	that tell the entire stories of Newbury winning books in about 90 seconds.
1:37.3	He also hosts The Secrets of Story Podcasts with Matt Bird,
1:39.8	and, most importantly, lives in Chicago.
1:42.4	James, welcome to the show.
1:43.9	Thank you so much for having me, Dan.
1:45.3	I'm really excited to be here.
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