Stories: the true and the fictional
The author friendly podcast that chats with storytellers from all around the world as well as talking all things movies, video games, pop culture and more.
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14 hours ago
#166 - Tim Mckay and The Fall of Selvandrea
14 hours ago
14 hours ago
On today’s episode, we talk to Fantasy author Tim McKay about his book The Fall of Selvandrea, his writing journey, the best and worst of faith-based films, horror (again) and a whole lot more.
Follow Tim on the socials: @timmkay52
Buy his book: https://amzn.asia/d/a1v6oE7
Featured Music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
#165 - Implausibly Hot nerds
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Wednesday Mar 26, 2025
Jamie, Chris and Neil discuss those actors who are just a little too attractive to pass as nerds.
Featured Music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
#164 - Don Campbell and Midnight Harvest
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
Wednesday Mar 19, 2025
On today’s episode, we talk to Horror author Don Campbell about his book of short stories, ‘Midnight Harvest’, Children in horror, AI, the baby Hitler dilemma and a whole lot more.
Grab Midnight Harvest: https://amzn.asia/d/ekuRzoS
Follow Don on IG: @Don_campbell_author
Featured music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
Mentioned in the show:
Ai dino Oscar Bait film: https://youtu.be/tKPRSVKFgGA?si=PoDTFWhDjj1CjUeX
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Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
#163 - Unlikely Couples
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
Wednesday Mar 12, 2025
On this week’s episode, we talk about the husbands that punch well above their weight and other unlikely couples of TV and film, as well as pitching our own sitcom and wandering off on the usual tangents.
Featured music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
#162 - V.F. Aubrey and August of the People
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Wednesday Mar 05, 2025
Ryan and Jamie chat with Archeologist and author V.F. Aubrey about his book August of the People and a whole lot more.
Find out more about our guest at Vfaubrey.com
Featured music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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Sponsor 1: Rebecca Cassells
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Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
#161 - The One-Liners Club
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Wednesday Feb 26, 2025
Reacher season 3, Great One-liners from the movies, Happy Gilmore 2, A pitch for a Disney Rivals game and why they will never make live-action Pocahontas are just a handful of the topics we get into on this episode of stories the true and the fictional. Contact the show: thetrueandthefictional@gmail.com Support the show or become a sponsor: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/sttatf Follow us on the socials: FB: Facebook.com/storiesthetrueandthefictional IG: @stories_podcast X: @stories_ttatf Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzIXhRcUvPPAzpCL-_a9N4w Sponsor 1: Rebecca Cassells Buy her books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/.../e/B08WCH6RHG/ IG: Rebecca.cassells.92 FB: Rebecca Cassells books Sponsor 2: Martin Kearns: https://www.readkearns.com IG: @readkearns Sponsor 3: J.A. Bryden Jabryden.com Socials: @jabryden
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
#160 - Jonathan Weiss and The Droughtlands
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
Wednesday Feb 19, 2025
We talk to Aussie sci-fi fantasy author Jonathan Weiss about his writing journey, his recent success at selling his books, his multiple series of books based in ‘The Droughtlands’ and a whole lot more.
Jonathan’s websites: jonathanweiss.com.au
Featured music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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Sponsor 1: Rebecca Cassells
Buy her books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/.../e/B08WCH6RHG/
IG: Rebecca.cassells.92
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Sponsor 2: Martin Kearns:
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Sponsor 3: J.A. Bryden Jabryden.com
Socials: @jabryden
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
159 - Justifiable Villains
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
Wednesday Feb 12, 2025
On today’s episode: Our next instalment of Appreciating Cavill, reacting to an old-school video game promo, our main topic of Justifiable villains and a whole lot more.
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Sponsor 1: Rebecca Cassells, Author of the Rising Dawn series.
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Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
#158 - Dante Terese Returns
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Wednesday Feb 05, 2025
Dante Terese returns to talk about book 2 in ‘The Base’ series plus a whole lot more.
Keep up to date with all things Dante Terese: Danteterese.com
Featured music: New Beginnings by Scott Buckley
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This episode is sponsored by Rebecca Cassells, Author of the rising dawn series.
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Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
#157 - Yes, Mr President (The best fictional Presidents)
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Wednesday Jan 29, 2025
Things get political in this tangent-filled episode about the best fictional U.S. Presidents.
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This episode is sponsored by Rebecca Cassells, Author of the rising dawn series.
Buy her books on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/.../e/B08WCH6RHG/
Follow her on the socials:
IG: Rebecca.cassells.92
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Our 2nd sponsor is Martin Kearns: https://www.readkearns.com
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IG: @readkearns
Buy Jamie’s books: Jabryden.com
Amazon: https://www.amazon.com.au/stores/author/B09N9VDG94/allbooks?ingress=0&visitId=d1e7cd48-1e0f-4046-9d2b-1a6f22076f71&ref_=ap_rdr