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
71 episodes
Patrick Abbott Tests Savannah Vampires, Alien Religions, and UFOs
Patrick Abbott takes St. Paul’s advice to "test everything" seriously, whether the subject is a scheming flapper vampire, an alien civilization’s faith or a 1946 ghost rocket over Scandinavia. Patrick returns to the Science Fiction and Fant...
Robert Biehn Casts The First Stone of His Exousia Chronicles, One Reader at a Time
Robert Biehn first dreamed up The First Stone at fifteen. Twenty years and eight rewrites later, he's finally launching a novel that's also building a world readers can step into and claim as their own.On the 70th episode of the...
Sebastian Howarth's The Synthetic Hunger: Starving Humanity's Future into Rebellion
Space is infinite. The menu is not. Sebastian Howarth joins Mookie in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory from Johannesburg, South Africa, to break down The Synthetic Hunger, his debut novel built on a premise that should'...
Blake Anderson's The Great Awakening Sounds the Alarm with a Cautionary Tale
Blake Anderson joins Mookie in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory to talk about The Great Awakening, his debut novel built around an amazing premise: every person on Earth shares the exact same near-death-style dream over...
Dungeon Crawler Mookie: How Indie Authors Become Publishing Sensations
Mookie flies solo on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory podcast to unpack why Matt Dinniman's Dungeon Crawler Carl has become the decade's breakout indie sensation, and why the rise looks almost identical to one that happened ten years ear...
Vinx the Mercenary Minx: Ranting and Reading Chapter 2
Vinx the Mercenary Minx is a prequel spinoff of Mookie's flagship series, Jonnie Fazoolie and the Transfinite Reality Engine, and it answers a question the main story never stops to ask: how did Jonnie's tantalizing, savage lo...
Gus James' The Xeno Files: Alien Sex, Bad Decisions, and a Damn Good Time
Gus James, author of The Xeno File and The Terra File, joins Mookie on the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory podcast to talk about his evolving trilogy. Gus is an Oregon attorney by day, spending his hours fighting insurance...
A.G. Meier's Champions Awakening: Interstellar War, Settled One Duel at a Time
A.G. Meier joins Mookie on the 64th episode of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory to talk about Champions Awakening, his debut novel and the first book in the True Power saga. Adam's been telling stories his whole life...
Dennison Smith's The Westward Hours: Nightmare of a Sacrificial America
Dennison Smith joins Mookie in the Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory to talk about The Westward Hours, a genre-blending literary dystopia landing in the US and Canada on September 8th. The premise starts from something genui...
Vinx the Mercenary Minx: A Bloody Good Prequel to the Infiniverse
Mookie steps away from interviews for a moment for a solo episode of Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory, revealing a new project and reading its opening chapter live: Vinx the Mercenary Minx, a prequel spinoff from his debut ...
Matt Witten's 51%: How Debt and AI Fuel American Authoritarianism
Matt Witten's writing career spans shows including Homicide, Law & Order, and CSI: Miami, a series of Jacob Burns mysteries, and a novel optioned by Leonardo DiCaprio. On this episode of Science Fiction and Fantasy Factory, he joins Mookie ...
Dave Freer Ignites YA Sci-Fi with Storm-Dragon
The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory opens today the way you'd hope a conversation with an Australian ichthyologist-turned-novelist would: an extended riff on cell phones versus mobile phones, why Australians call beer "piss," and Dave's d...
Elliot Blake: Skip the Permission, Launch the Sci-Fi Novella
Elliot Blake has spent his career inside the entertainment industry, directing Sir Ben Kingsley and Helen Mirren on Audible's Moriarty trilogy, executive producing Apple TV's The Sisters Grimm, working on an Emmy-winning T...
James Stuart Kinsey: Crime Scenes to Fantasy Kingdoms
What happens when thirty-two years of walking into crime scenes collides with a lifelong love of Tolkien, Zelazny, and Edgar Rice Burroughs? You get James Stuart Kinsey — retired forensics investigator, Navy submariner, and the world-builder be...
Jef & Mindy on the Liberating Power of Comedy, Creativity, and The Ridiculous
What if the biggest obstacle to living a more creative, fulfilled life isn't talent or opportunity—but the fear of looking ridiculous?Mookie sits down with Jef & Mindy, the married co-creators of The Ridiculous, to explore a...
Cedar Sanderson: Prolific Pulp Pantser
What do gardening, balloon animals, pulp fiction, Japanese manga, military science fiction, homeschooling, cover design, Edgar Rice Burroughs, and peeing basset hounds have in common? Cedar Sanderson, obviously.In this lively and often h...
Debbie Bishop on Creativity, Entrepreneurship, and Never Waiting for Permission
Stepping into the 55th episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory, Debbie Bishop has spent decades doing what most creators only talk about doing: building her own path. Author, comic book creator, publisher, entrepreneur, ma...
Leanna Renee Hieber: Gothic Storyteller and Haunted History Tour Guide
The 54th episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory has Mookie talking ghosts, gothic fiction, generational trauma, creativity, labor politics, and the thin membrane between the living and the dead with acclaimed author, actr...
B.K. Gibson Debuts with Freedom's Vow
Ben and Karen Gibson have been quietly building an entire fantasy universe for years — not one book, not two, but an entire pipeline of stories forged through late-night collaboration, technical day jobs, parenting chaos, RPG design, and a shar...
D. Scott Allen Goes Skyborne with The Aerie Protocol
Scott Allen has spent years voicing other people’s stories — grimdark warriors, space captains, assassins, at least one traumatized wizard — and now he’s finally thrown his own brain into the ring with The Aerie Protocol. So he's excit...
Sam Robb Brings A Sense of Murder to Selene Press
Sam Robb steps into The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory to talk with Mookie about his new fantasy novel A Sense of Murder, the launch of Selene Press as the fantasy extension of Cannon Publishing, and how he somehow mana...
Marc Neuffer: From Naval Nuclear Engineer to Starship Captain
Mookie's Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory launches its 50th episode with fellow anthology contributor, former naval engineer, and prolific author Marc Neuffer. They met through the 2026 SciFi Anthology, going ...
J. Kenton Pierce Unleashes Freedom, Firepower, and Frontier Science Fiction
Some writers build stories. J. Kenton Pierce seems to have stories stalking him until he writes them down.He joins Mookie in the 49th episode of The Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory for a lively, sharp-edged discussion abou...
Matthew Kent Powers Up the LitRPG Revolution
What happens when a LitRPG writer walks into the Science Fiction & Fantasy Factory and casually reveals that one of the fastest-growing corners of modern fantasy has also built the best ecosystem in publishing? You get this fascinating conv...
Mike Robinson: Renaissance Author, Editor, and Writing Coach
What happens when two writing obsessives lock themselves in a room and start talking craft, money, madness, creativity, publishing, best (and worst) practices, and the questionable life choice known as “becoming an author”? You get this lively,...
