John Van Stry is the author of several military sci/fi series and other genres. His latest book, “End Game, Wolfhounds - Book 06 “was recently released. He’s also released a book in another series, ”Sometimes in the Fall”, which is Book Two of The Seasons. www.youtube.com/watch?v=n5rK...

I’m working on my 5th script for The Halfling’s Book Nook! Going to Mechanicsville to meet a costumer who will design and make my Halfling costume! I’m a little excited!

In our latest episode, we welcomed Nick Nethery! He’s written several short stories for various anthologies of various genres. His debut novel, Relics of the Fallen, was just released in August of 2025. www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXo2...

Enjoy our episode with J.M. Beal, author of series: Tales of a Watch Cat and the Guardian’s Circle series. We talk plotting to publishing! @bookwrm7.bsky.social www.youtube.com/watch?v=MyF8...

We had the privilege of talking with Becky-Lee Evans. She is a costumer, artist, seamstress, and maker. She’s also the founder of Going Ape Costume. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tuha... @going ape costume

Today we are pleased to talk with Vinnie Sirna of @sirnacosplay.bsky.social ! Vinnie Sirna is a cosplayer in the mid-Atlantic region of the US specializing in villains! (Oh My!) He frequents the conventions in the Del-Mar-Va area (Delaware, Maryland, and Virginia) .

We’re excited that with Fall will come the launch of The Halfling’s Book Nook! www.youtube.com/@thehalfling...

We were excited to have back with us Jonathan Bartholomew. He is one half of the podcast team behind Strange Stories with the Seeker and the Skeptic. He has recently published his first novel, Weird Scenes Inside the Gold Mine. www.youtube.com/watch?v=MR8E...

CrashCity Con was cancelled by the hotel. We were told at 9pm Friday night. We decided drive home. Got home about midnight. Contract dispute evidently

CrashCity Con was cancelled by the hotel. We were told at 9pm that the hotel had shut down the convention. There’s a contract dispute. We decided to make the drive home. Got home about midnight

The Halfling and The Spaceman are headed to Roanoke, VA this weekend for CrashCity Con. Should be a fun weekend of panels and gaming!

"Join Canin and his party of fellow Elenite (half-Human, half-Fairy) Thorn Brothers and Thorn Maidens as they complete their revenge mission..." Cover Artist: 100covers. com willowwraithpress.com/2025/08/22/c...

We were excited to have Dave Butler on our show! Dave is a speculative fiction writer, whose novel Witchy Kingdom won the Dragon Award for Best Alternate History Novel in 2020! He’s also written many novels in different genres www.youtube.com/watch?v=zIYe...

We did our first live stream making D&D characters as part of Applied Game Mastery!

Have the format for The Halfling’s Book Nook YouTube. Next item is writing a sample script to work out the timing

We were very excited to talk with Nichole Goodnight. She’s a voice actress that has lent her talents to the NoSleep horror fiction podcast as well as a ton of other horror podcasts! www.youtube.com/watch?v=dB1M...

Starting to get serious about my The Halfling’s Book Nook channel. Came up with the format. The next step is to time how long it will take me to read a book. This will help me determine how many episodes I should have in the can before I launch the channel

We had a great time talking with Ahmed Suffetty. He’ an Arab American writer, editor, project manager, and designer for tabletop RPGs. His latest work includes developmental editing for the Kingdom of Keshanar. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctwd... @suffety.com

Great conversation with Jennifer Povey! She has authored the Lost Guardians series. She’s written several short fiction stories www.youtube.com/watch?v=U5m_...

Recently, we got to talk with Dennis M Myers. He’s the writer of the Rise of the Automated Empire series and is working on other sci-fi and fantasy novels, and recently, he’s become a tee-shirt designer! Fun conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=cMTe...

Looking for creatives to come on our podcast! Email [email protected]

We’re on this side way home from @libertycon.bsky.social first time and it was great! Got to see old friends and make new ones. Had some great panels. Thanks to all those that make it happen and thanks for having us!

Good morning! The Halfling and The Spaceman are headed to Chattanooga, TN this weekend for Liberty Con www.libertycon.org. Come along and meet us!

We got to talk with Randee Dawn! She’s a journalist who’s also a writer, focusing on speculative fiction across the categories (science-fiction, fantasy, and horror) Great conversation! www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwxZ...

The Halfling and The Spaceman are hitting the road to ConCarolinas in Charlotte, NC. Come on out and say Hi! concarolinas.org

The Halfling and The Spaceman will be on the road to Charlotte, NC this Friday for ConCarolinas! You should meet us there! It's a great con and we're looking forward to doing fun/informative panels and some shorts for our YouTube channel concarolinas.org

We were excited to talk with Alma Alexander. A native of Yugoslavia, she’s a fantasy author, who’s also published book reviews, travelogues, essays, and poetry. www.youtube.com/watch?v=J3oY...

We were at AtomaCon in North Charleston, SC this weekend and got to speak with the wonderful Janet I, the founder and con-chair! youtube.com/shorts/-IMWb...

No new audio podcast today, but we are thrilled to present our live chat with Best Selling author Sherrilyn Kenyon at 2024’s ConGregate in Winson Salem, NC! She’s probably best known for her Dark-Hunter Universe series. youtu.be/kdpwh4HGn-A

We were happy to talk with Tara Tai. They are an Asian American writer. Their love of video games and tabletop RPGs has led to their first novel, “Single Player”, which has just come out. Check us out on YouTube! @taratai.com youtu.be/D1r7rzVZzA4

There is a problem with the audio from this morning's interview with author Tara Tai. We are working to resolve the issue, and hope to have a corrected version of the podcast posted within the hour.

Our interview with @piratemonkie.bsky.social is up on YouTube! We had such a fun time talking to Lee Roberts, or as his fans know him “PirateMonkie”. He is a voice artist, streamer, and all-around media generalist! youtu.be/EX8JZHURTgA?...

We are pleased to announce our new project, Applied Game Mastery. We're starting off with a series of shorts, asking people who play tabletop role-playing games, "What Makes A Legendary Game Master?" www.youtube.com/shorts/Dl4be... Follow the project at: bsky.app/@appliedgm.b...

If you're in the Raleigh-Durham, NC Metro area this weekend (2/21/2025), consider coming to retconnc ! The Halfling and the Spaceman will be there doing panels, and interviews for our new project @appliedgm.bsky.social !

Friends, we are diligently working towards the launch of Season 6! It's taking the Spaceman a little longer that expected to get the video for the first episode edited, but we have two episodes in the can! See you soon!

No show this week, but we're ramping up for Season 6! We are excited that YouTube will be added to the many places you can find The Halfling and the Spaceman! Stay Tuned!

We got to talk with author Diane Billus. Diane is an award-winning author of the YA sapphic contemporary romance novel Does Love Always Win? featured in Parents Magazine, and the YA superhero novel, Superficial. podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis... @dianebillas.bsky.social

Today's episode of the podcast is a replay of an episode we recorded in August 2023 with Howard Andrew Jones. He was a writer of fantasy and a genuine person, willing to share the skills of his craft with others. Sadly, Howard passed away last week podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

We had such a fun conversation with creator J.R. Steele. J.R. wears many creative hats including animator, audio artist, writer, and actor! We don’t think we even covered it all! podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

It was fun talking with artist and storyteller Tiffany Petitt. She’s done it all… from children's books, video games, apps, and merchandise, to murals and comics. She brings other people's ideas to life through the fun of visual storytelling, podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

We had a great time talking with award-winning cosplayer Lili J Cosplay! We talked about all things cosplay! Check it out! podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

We had a great conversation with author Kristina Kelly! She is the co-author of the epic fantasy and sci-fi fusing series, the Etherea Cycle including Trials of the Innermost. We also talked poetry and photography! podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

Hello, Halfling and Spaceman fans and listeners! We’re taking the week off in preparation for the upcoming holidays. But we’ll be back next week with another great conversation with another great creator. So, be sure to tune in! Have a great week!

We were super excited to have with us Shami Stovall. Shami is an award-winning author of fantasy, sci/fi, and crime thrillers. She’s also a history professor and comic illustrator! podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

We got to talk with Robert C. Murray, poet and author. Robert is the author of the Titan Run Trilogy, which he describes as "Forward-Looking Science Fiction with an Old-School feel." In addition, Robert is also a podcaster and musician! podcast.halflingandspaceman.com/2014291/epis...

Spaceman here. After a 28-year hiatus from writing reviews, I have written a review of Shami Stoval's Astra Academy series. halflingandspaceman.com/review-astra...