Moonshine Murmurs is a podcast from Stillhouse Press, part of Watershed Lit. As a small press publisher, we specialize in the primal craft of the written word. Here, we talk in-depth with authors about the stories behind their books, the writing process, and their journey to publication.
Necronauts: Moonshine Murmurs Podcast, Episode #14
In this episode, host Carol Mitchell and Ryan Habermeyer discuss Habermeyer’s novel Necronauts, the role of form in story writing, and more.
Carol Mitchell is a consulting editor with Stillhouse Press and a term professor in the English Department at George Mason University. She holds an MFA from George Mason and is the author of several books for children, one novel for adults: What Start Bad a Mornin' and the short story collection, A Good Haunting.
Ryan Habermeyer is the author of the novel Necronauts and the short story collections Salt Folk and The Science of Lost Futures. His award-winning stories and essays have appeared in Conjunctions, Alaska Quarterly Review, Copper Nickel, Massachusetts Review, DIAGRAM and others. A Fulbright Scholar who has lived, studied, and taught in Poland, Scotland, Spain, and Mexico, he is Associate Professor of Creative Writing at Salisbury University in Maryland.
A transcript of this episode is available here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1VE1hf08vZhZ1rr31G-Fvg8velGUOnVgC/view?usp=share_link).
18 Nov 2025
Mining the Horrific
In this episode, host Carol Mitchell and Kristina Ten discuss Ten’s short story collection Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine, the origin of the stories, Ten’s influences, and more.
Carol Mitchell is a consulting editor with Stillhouse Press and a term professor in the English Department at George Mason University. She holds an MFA from George Mason and is the author of several books for children and one novel for adults: What Start Bad a Mornin'.
Kristina Ten’s debut short story collection Tell Me Yours, I'll Tell You Mine was published in 2025 by Stillhouse Press after winning our horror fiction contest. Kristina's stories appear in The Best American Science Fiction and Fantasy, We're Here: The Best Queer Speculative Fiction, The Best Weird Fiction of the Year, and elsewhere. She has won the McSweeney's Stephen Dixon Award for Short Fiction, the Subjective Chaos Kind of Award, and the F(r)iction Writing Contest, and has been a finalist for the Shirley Jackson Award and the Locus Award. Ten is a graduate of Clarion West Writers Workshop and the University of Colorado Boulder's MFA program in fiction, and has received fellowships from the Ragdale Foundation and the Martha's Vineyard Institute of Creative Writing.
A transcript of this episode is available here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/135nmhYuO5WcYJF9-D3yMmoTjeBl3weO2/view?usp=share_link).
20 Jul 2025
Throughlines: From Poetry and Community to Healing
In this episode, host Carol Mitchell and Alicia Elkort discuss A Map of Every Undoing, Alicia's beautiful poetry collection; writing through trauma; and the importance of community in writing.
Carol Mitchell is a consulting editor with Stillhouse Press and a term professor in the English Department at George Mason University. She holds an MFA from George Mason and is the author of several books for children and one novel for adults: What Start Bad a Mornin'.
Alicia Elkort’s first book A Map of Every Undoing was published in 2022 by Stillhouse Press after winning our book contest. Her second book of poetry recently won the Two Sylvias Press Wilder Poetry Book Prize and will be published in 2026. Alicia's poetry has been nominated several times for the Pushcart, Best of the Net, and the Orison Anthology, and her work appears in numerous journals and anthologies. She reads for Tinderbox Poetry Journal where she also writes reviews. For more info or to watch her two video poems: https://aliciaelkort.mystrikingly.com/ (https://secure-web.cisco.com/12G5YYWyQC5As587qN_dxZdgzywqd04ErP3zdr-yCQOffGYu6eEPBMCMHJbSkR6wq3L4_sXZaD5i4Yus5BZH4ebzlI7w4ilKOnAeL3xRCwJHQ_LcSoE7hnqlbhJJ3B1mS2-4WNQ2_qWtNygPRYetCOOQh9rviOXZ5iGHMVp5zSWIKS7yFx5SzjfX-FiiEpQbf4zJrLlAXbJjCH5ikF82xWk60GVzRYuln_TJEUeo8JfmLzUZQu3eIh55VJg0SnJ-Fmb71Jw7VU0MfiIo_NnHrbLK1FW2UlmbqxA_H5fFY5OG2AFhPDDaVYLjyHmbb5_L-C0j5cCE6phgGtR_xaVP_Yr8tOvQszcO5Jw_NIlWrIj5jfky2YR-nkcTO_IfXCOYFvDEbLwVOzwiLcIKUOAU6wng4f2vs4KXSisGOdru0Ud_lddi4rB8lpwda4kC5_ioV/https%3A%2F%2Faliciaelkort.mystrikingly.com%2F)
A transcript of this episode is available here (https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Mi9qTb4Lek9xXv-2ltxFRqreRtu5obwt/view?usp=share_link).
3 Jun 2025
More than Human: Moonshine Murmurs Podcast, Episode #11
Author Miranda Schmidt discusses their book Leafskin with host Carol Mitchell, exploring the deep connections between humans and nature through folklore and queer themes in this interview.
12 May 2025
Patience is a Weapon, an interview with author Samuel Ashworth
Author Samuel Ashworth discusses his novel and paths to success as a working author with host Carol Mitchell in this interview, offering insights into the writing process.
27 Jan 2025
Building Community with Reading Series (& strobe lights)
Host Carol Mitchell interviews Billy Howell, Erika Ostergaard, and Michael Don of Fox City Lit about how reading series foster community, exploring creative ideas like incorporating strobe lights, in this interview episode.
30 Nov 2024
Short Story Exposé, an interview with author Amy Stuber
Author Amy Stuber discusses her short story collection, *Sad Grownups*, with host Carol Mitchell, exploring her writing process and journey to publication in this interview.
2 Oct 2024
Memory and Place
Author Paul Jaskunas discusses his new book, *The Atlas of Remedies*, with host Carol Mitchell, exploring the themes of memory and place in his writing in this interview.
17 Sept 2024
Taking Chances: A discussion with T.N. Eyer
Author T.N. Eyer discusses her new book with host Carol Mitchell, exploring themes of class in America and the writer's life in this interview.
16 May 2024
Moonshine Murmurs: When Real Life Knocks
Host Carol Mitchell interviews author Morgan Christie about her book, "Liddle Deaths," exploring themes of southern African American experience, familial values, grief, and parent-child relationships.
6 Dec 2023
Moonshine Murmurs: Drafting and Redrafting
Carol Mitchell and Josh Denslow explore the extensive redrafting process behind Denslow's novel, Super Normal, highlighting the collaborative editing journey and the evolution of a story through multiple iterations in this interview.
17 Oct 2023
Moonshine Murmurs: Small Fiction, Small Presses
Author Michelle Ross interviews Taylor Schaefer about writing flash fiction, collaborating with Kim McGowan, and weighing the advantages of publishing with small presses.
2 Dec 2022
Moonshine Murmurs: Poetry and Disability
Latif Askia Ba and Tommy Sheffield explore disability, community, and poetic form in Ba's debut collection, revealing the body's possibilities and human compassion in this interview.
7 Apr 2022
Moonshine Murmurs: Re-vision (Episode One)
Poet Phil Goldstein discusses his debut book, HtBaBaS, detailing childhood sexual abuse survival and the art of revision, revealing how memory inquiry helps revise and restore lives in this interview.
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Miranda Schmidt
Samuel Ashworth
Billy Howell
Erika Ostergaard
Michael Don
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