The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory
Hosted by writer and ranter Mookie Spitz, the SFFF is where science fiction & fantasy creators, fans, and technologists transform imagination into reality. Each episode explores how writers, filmmakers, and world-builders bring their universes to life, with personal stories about turning wild ideas into finished projects that connect, inspire, and thrill. From indie authors to visionary engineers, Mookie uncovers the creative engines powering the future of sci-fi & fantasy storytelling!
Episodes
21 episodes
Matthew Kressel Seeds Sci-Fi Optimism in The Rainseekers
In this episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory, host Mookie Spitz sits down with the prolific and acclaimed science fiction author Matthew Kressel to dissect his new novella Rainseekers, a deeply human, quietly r...
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Episode 21
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1:23:10
Bruno Rothgiesser Unveils Dark Matter: When AI Reclaims the Earth
The 20th episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory features host Mookie Spitz welcoming debut science-fiction author and AI technologist Bruno Rothgiesser onto the factory floor. The authors dissect Dark Matter—Brun...
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Episode 20
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1:04:48
Don Ellis Aguillo: Color in Motion, Emotion Unleashed
Mookie welcomes to the Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory the acclaimed comic artist and storyteller Don Ellis Aguillo, known for his striking emotional style, energy-charged imagery, and powerful storytelling across Spawn, Supe...
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Episode 19
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1:06:22
Ingrid Moon Wins 1st Place at the 2025 Outstanding Creator Awards
Welcome to a celebration of indie writing recognition! The Outstanding Creator Awards is one of the most visible and influential platforms recognizing independent authors who deliver quality, originality, and emotional punch. These ...
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Episode 18
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1:00:17
The 2026 Sci-Fi Anthology: Steve Gibson Shares New Voices, New Futures
In the 17th episode of Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory, Mookie Spitz chats with Steve Gibson (S.A. Gibson), the prolific indie science-fiction author, editor-in-chief of a globally sourced science-fiction anthology, and writer wh...
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Episode 17
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1:00:28
Daniel P. Douglas: Two Minds United Against the Machine
The 16th episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory has Mookie sitting down with Daniel P. Douglas: the shared pen name of Paul and Phil Garver, prolific multi-genre writers who are also identical twins.Together, they ...
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Episode 16
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1:30:55
Voicing the Infiniverse: A Cornish Poet Becomes the Spider Genius
Out on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Factor floor is Cornish poet and performer Bert Biscoe, who voices two sections from Jonnie Fazoolie and the Transfinite Reality Engine audiobook as a teaser reel. The first reading...
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Episode 15
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57:17
Phasers Set to Snark: Warp-Speed Smartassery
What happens when two Gen-X science-fiction lifers turn on the mic, set themselves loose, and argue about everything?You get the 14th episode of SFFF.Host Mookie Spitz welcomes longtime friend and fellow sci-fi heretic Le...
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Episode 14
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1:30:41
Virtual Rebel J.Z. Pitts Unwraps His Christmas Demons
J.Z. Pitts doesn’t posture, pretend, or pose behind “author brand” theatrics. He comes on the Factory floor to pod with Mookie Spitz, where they tell the truth about what it costs to write, to fail, to get back up, and to self-publish when the ...
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Episode 13
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1:11:47
The Astrophysicist Who Loves Space Operas
The twelfth episode of the SFFF features Mookie chatting up the genre with Princeton astrophysics grad student turned tech consultant Ed Powell, where they immediately launch into hard science, bad science, and unraveling state of a genre that ...
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Episode 12
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1:12:13
Robert Reif Debuts Frontier One
This episode of the SFFF drops you straight onto the factory floor with Robert Reif, the Zoomer indie author who somehow writes like a pulp-era wanderer inebriated on optimism. His debut novel, Frontier One, feels like Tarzan meets Sal...
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Episode 11
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1:01:06
Rare Earth Elegance with Lou Iovino
Mookie gets chatty with speculative-fiction author Lou Iovino about the long, uneven road to becoming a working writer. Lou shares how his creative life started in comics through co-authoring a ten-issue graphic novel on his commute to Manhatta...
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Episode 10
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Blake & Sherry Shimshock Rock the Derek Fade Series
Mookie is thrilled to chat with Blake and Sherry Shimshock, the husband-and-wife team behind the Chronicles of Derek Fade: a fast-paced sci-fi adventure series that fuses James Bond swagger, Star Wars style, and F...
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Episode 9
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1:04:35
Nathan J Pearce Launches Faith Faraday & the Cyber Samurai
The engines of creativity are humming, the publishing lights are flickering, and an electrifying story just streamed off the line. On this launch-day episode of The Science Fiction Factory, host Mookie Spitz welcomes indie author Nathan J. Pear...
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Episode 8
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3:02:19
Polishing Diamond Dragons: Welcome to Matthew Carauddo's World
The seventh episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory explores how speculative fiction actually gets made — the grind, the vision, and the madness behind the worlds we can’t stop dreaming about. Hosted by writer, ranter, ...
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Episode 7
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2:40:32
A Sci-Fi Novel Comes to Life: Engineering the Transfinite Reality Engine
What do you get when a dopamine-deficient bald guy, a stack of manuscript pages, and an accidental reader with a doctorate walk into a podcast? You get this wild, heartfelt, and honest episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Fa...
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Episode 6
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2:35:59
Sounds of the Biohunter: Making of a Sci-Fi Audiobook
Sci-fi author Ingrid Moon and voiceover wizard Scott Allen join your host, Mookie Spitz, for an unfiltered ride through the making of audiobook for Biohunter—a post-apocalyptic sci-fi love story between a deadly alien tracker and...
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Season 1
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Episode 5
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1:04:07
Ingrid's Moonstruck Musings on Indie Sci-Fi
Your sci-fi obsessed host Mookie Spitz sits down with science educator, technologist, and multi-genre author Ingrid Moon to dissect writing and self-publishing — and why it’s so damn hard to do it well.They start with Ingrid’s journey fr...
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Season 1
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Episode 4
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1:25:06
Mechhaven Dreams: Talking Indie Shop with Greg Sorber
Step back inside The Science Fiction Factory, where host Mookie Spitz joins fellow indie author Greg Sorber as they transform vivid imagination into great storytelling. Recorded fresh off LA Comic Con 2025, this episode dives into what...
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Episode 3
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1:40:46
Top 10 Reasons We Love Science Fiction
We can't get enough science fiction! But why...? Science fiction isn’t just a genre, but the way we see the world and ourselves. Great science fiction is where philosophy meets spectacle, where we project our fears, fantasies...
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Episode 2
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