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June 2025

Midnight Dispatch: Shadow on the Moon Blasts into Pre-Release Tonight!
Pre-release sales begin tonight for my vintage-styled "Moon Man" novelette, "Shadow on the Moon." Find out more at lucinapress.com.
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Sara Light-Waller
1:06
Counter-Earth in Early Sci-Fi: Edison Marshall’s Lost Classic
On this week’s Rocketeer Podcast, I dive into Edison Marshall’s “Who is Charles Avison?” (1916)—a long-overlooked gem of early science fiction.
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Sara Light-Waller
17
12:02
"Shadow on the Moon" is here
He’s back! The Moon Man storms out of the shadows in a brand-new pulp caper—and the cover’s just been revealed!
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Sara Light-Waller
7
2:09
Crafting Clear Pulp Heroes in a Morally Grey World
Listen now | Reviving the Pulps: From Sketch to Story, Episode 3. This week I'm talking about what makes pulp heroes compelling. If you’re a fiction…
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Sara Light-Waller
7
17:07
Reviving the Pulps: From Sketch to Story
Listen now | Episode 2: My Journey as a Pulp Illustrator — and Why You Should Keep Creating. In this episode, I share how I create vintage-style pulp…
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Sara Light-Waller
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11:39

May 2025

Reviving the Pulps: From Sketch to Story
Listen now I Episode 1: Starting a New Pulp Project. I'm kicking off a new series exploring how pulp-style fiction comes to life—layered like a canvas…
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Sara Light-Waller
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11:27
Bug-Eyed and Beloved: Fredric Brown’s Strange Offer of Creative Success
Listen now | A cartoonist makes it big … on another world. But is it still your dream if you’re not you anymore?
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Sara Light-Waller
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12:51
Jack Finney’s Alternate Futures
Listen now | Time Travel, Liminal Worlds, and Lost Timelines. Whether you’re a fan of vintage speculative fiction, mid-century fiction, or Fortean time…
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Sara Light-Waller
12
12:14
Before Star Wars: Raw Visionaries of 1930s Sci-Fi Fan Art
Before Star Wars, before even Buck Rogers hit the big screen, fan artists were imagining space from scratch.
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Sara Light-Waller
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12:49

April 2025

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