PKDheads Podcast Creators & Guests

Molly Tanzer is an American fantasy, horror, and science fiction writer, novelist, and social worker.

Weston Ochse is an author and educator.Ochse has published more than 26 books in multiple genres, won the Bram Stoker Award for Best First Novel. His novel "SEAL Team 666" is currently under development by MGM Films. His work has also won the Bram Stoker Award, been nominated for the Pushcart Prize, and won multiple New Mexico-Arizona Book Awards. Weston Ochse is a former intelligence officer and special operations soldier who has engaged enemy combatants, terrorists, narco smugglers, and human traffickers. his military supernatural series SEAL Team 666 has been optioned to be a movie starring Dwayne Johnson. His military sci fi series, which starts with Grunt Life, has been praised for its PTSD-positive depiction of soldiers at peace and at war. Weston likes to be called a chaotic good paladin and challenges anyone to disagree. After all, no one can really stand a goody two-shoes lawful good character. They can be so annoying. It's so much more fun to be chaotic, even when you're striving to save the world. You can argue with him about this and other things online at Living Dangerously or on Facebook at Badasswriter. All content of this blog is copywrited by Weston Ochse.

Lavie Tidhar is a writer and columnist for The Washington Post.Tidhar's novel "Osama" won the 2012 World Fantasy Award for Best Novel, and his novel "Central Station" won the 2017 John W. Campbell Memorial Award for Best Science Fiction Novel. His writing has also appeared in Additional bylines have appeared in The Independent, Nature, SFX, io9, and The Vanuatu Daily Post.Tidhar grew up in an Israeli Kibbutz. He began to travel extensively from the age of 15.

Sam J. Miller is the science fiction, fantasy, and horror short fiction author. His stories have appeared in publications such as Clarkesworld, Asimov's Science Fiction and Lightspeed, along with over fifteen "year's best" story collections.

Carrie Vaughn is an American writer, author of the urban fantasy Kitty Norville series. She has published more than 60 short stories in science fiction and fantasy magazines as well as short story anthologies and internet magazines.

John Shirley is a writer of fantasy, science fiction, dark street fiction, and songs. He has also written historical fiction, western fiction, and non-fiction book.Shirley has written novels, short stories, TV scripts, and screenplays. He has published over 70 books and 8 short-story collections. His first novel, "Transmaniacon," was published in 1979.As a musician, Shirley has fronted bands and written lyrics for other bands.

Nick Mamatas is an author of horror, science fiction and fantasy.Mamatas's fiction and editorial work has been nominated for a number of awards, including the Bram Stoker Awards, World Fantasy Awards, and Hugo Awards. His first novel, "Northern Gothic," was published in 2001.Mamatas is also the editor for Haikasoru's line of translated Japanese science fiction novels for Viz Media.Mamatas attended Stony Brook University and New School University, and received his M.F.A. in Creative and Professional Writing from Western Connecticut State University.