Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A man stands before a massive swirling vortex that is consumeing an entire city into an inky black void. It's horrific, eldritch chaos, and naturally someone is going to try to profit from it.

Ben has a chat with a corporate villain. It's Chapter Twelve of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 441, "Trying to Monetize It" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/3QrEcAb #readalong #bookclub

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A young woman of Asian ethnicity with reddish hair wearing a mustard yellow summer dress with white polka-dots sits alone in a summer garden.

A meeting with a kindly old widower reveals something rotten. It's Chapter Eleven of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 440, "Keeping Her Memory Alive" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/47X2lES #readalong #bookclub

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A man in army fatigues stands in a jungle, and shoots a flamethrower at some plants. The stream of orange flame is burning away some tall grass. Truly, it is an extreme form of gardening.

Ben discovers a shocking new superpower. It's Chapter Ten of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 439, "Extreme Gardening" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4m6CUGC #readalong #bookclub

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A screenshot from the animated film "Aladdin." Jafar, in the form of a big angry black and red cobra, holds Aladdin in his coiled clutches. They say you should never turn into a giant snake, because it never helps.

A big angry snake and his fortune telling daughter. It's Chapter Nine of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 438, "Taken to the Big Snake" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/3NIVUyi #readalong #bookclub

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A tarot spread with Rider-Waite cards on a fancy floral rug. The cards showing include the Knight of Cups, the Knight of Swords, the Ace of Cups, the Five of Swords, the Nine of Pentacles, the Seven of Cups, the World, and the Emperor. The obvious reading: someone's secret mission just got totally exposed.

A covert mission to the pasar bayang is blown wide open by an innocent visit to a fortune teller. It's Chapter Eight of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 437, "Anti-Government" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4uI6dTJ #readalong #bookclub

The main character and his boyfriend in our feature novel, "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social are named Ben and Adam.

Every time we talk about them, Scott automatically thinks of the hosts of @greatesttrek.com, Ben and Adam, and is amused. (@benjaminahr.mobi and @cutfortime.bsky.social.)

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

The interior of a NTUC store in Singapore, looking toward the pharmacy, with purple balloons and a few shoppers in the aisle.

The totally normal activity of visiting the local grocery store to enact an occult ritual. It's Chapter Seven of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 436, "Cut To: Grocery Store. INT." is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4sJkq15 #readalong #bookclub

Consider joining us on Discord: discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A long, wooden conference table surrounded by ten rolling office chairs, encased in a glass room. A whiteboard hangs on the far wall. Anyone walking by can easily see what's going on in the meeting room. True, fishbowl style office design.

The team meets to come up with project objectives and a productive work flow. It's Chapter Six of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 435, "Fishbowl Conference Room" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4rYwJqi #readalong #bookclub

Have we mentioned our new Discord server? It's just getting started, and we'd love to have you join us for some literary conversations! discord.gg/rKrZ3MVu68

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A page with a D&D-style random encounter table sits on a wooden table, with a green d12 showing a "9" sitting on top of it. The table is labeled for Parking Lot encounters, and has 12 items on the list. The rolled 9 indicates a wyvern will be encountered in the parking lot. Other options include an abandoned shopping cart full of treasure, teenagers doing skateboard tricks, gremlins sabotaging cars, a seductive penanggalan, and 1d6 hobgoblin fighters.

Adam and Ben reconnect over shared monster fighting. It's Chapter Five of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 434, "Random Encounter Table" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4scRRbQ #readalong #bookclub

This is a good read and well worth picking up!

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

Leslie Knope from "Parks and Recreation" sits in her office looking competent and upbeat. She is a blonde woman in a sharp grey suit and a red shirt, her hands folded in front of her on the desk. An American and Pawnee town flag are on either side of her, and the seal of Indiana hangs on the wall behind her.

An afterhours meet up with his romantic interest turns into just more work for Ben. It's Chapter Four of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 433, "The Leslie Knope" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4asKGq9 #readalong #bookclub

When we’re not reading or parenting, sometimes we find the time to play games together!

What Elegant Stars Queer Tales of Impossible Style, a fashionable space opera anthology.

Three days, slightly under $3k to go in order to fund WHAT ELEGANT STARS, a space opera & fashion anthology that I am deeply, deeply excited to write for ... if it gets funded.

www.kickstarter.com/projects/dav...

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A small human figure plunges into a vast watery abyss. It could be bottomless, as it just fades into darkness.

Ben holds a casual meeting, takes a personal call, and has some mystical "me time." It's Chapter Three of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 432, "Damp" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/46EGFwp #readalong #bookclub

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

A well-dressed man wearing brown shoes, khaki chinos, a blue buttoned up shirt, and a navy blazer. He stands outside on a sunny day. He looks good, but if he only owned several versions of this same outfit, he's probably be described as "boring."

Ben and his new internet get swept up in an occult mystery. It's Chapter Two of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 431, "'By the Book' Kind of Guy" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/46pWOpn #readalong #bookclub

And, as always, a shout-out to @levarburton.bsky.social for inspiring us to read when we were young.

Art of a man in a black suit running through a sewer, while another man is knocked down by a rampaging mass of flesh, teeth, and tentacles. It might be a shoggoth. The Delta Green RPG logo is front and center but has been modified to read "Delta Greening."

There's only so much an occult beaurocrat can do in one day. It's Chapter One of "City of Others" by @jaredpoon.bsky.social! Episode 430, "Delta Greening" is now available wherever podcasts can be found! bit.ly/4qQj0RR #readalong #bookclub

Just launching a little Discord channel for the podcast, no big deal. Link in our profile!