The Collidescope Podcast

In this episode, the writer Garielle Lutz and host George Salis discuss turning the quotidian into art, the epistolary work of writers, the limits of vocabulary and the mispronunciation of words, how…

In this episode, the writer Lee Siegel and host George Salis discuss Siegel's prolific work, his obsession with Orientalism, magic on the streets and on the page, Darconville’s Cat by Alexander Thero…

In this episode, the hermetic writer REYoung and host George Salis discuss the “Ponzi scheme” of Dalkey Archive, Young’s experiences as a student of the wonderful novelist Paul West, the perpetuity o…

In this episode, the writer Barton Smock and host George Salis discuss the essence of poetry, death metal, the fear of god, the state of contemporary poetry, and more.

Barton Smock lives in Columbus, …

In this episode, the writer Michael Brodsky and host George Salis discuss suffering in the writer’s external world and the internal world, reaching toward perfection and the impossibility of containi…

George Salis and guest Henry Gelinas discuss the invisible book Sweet Adversity by Donald Newlove.

Henry Gelinas is a stand-up comedian, filmmaker, and writer from Charlotte, North Carolina.

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George Salis and guest Jacob Pascoe discuss the invisible book Thou Worm Jacob by Mark Jay Mirsky.

Jacob Pascoe is a writer and filmmaker based in Vancouver. His work spans narrative film and music vi…

George Salis and guest Matthew Taylor Blais discuss the invisible book Movieland by Ramón Gómez de la Serna, translated by Ángel Flores.

Matthew Taylor Blais is a filmmaker currently based in Vancouve…

In this episode, the writer Alan Singer and host George Salis talk about whether or not an MFA is useful, the increasingly stifling atmosphere of universities, the question of free will versus ‘actin…

The story of a species of creature known as oono, so massive it can't be seen in full, and the ignook couple who is trying to start a family in the arctic wilderness. Their only hope is for the aspir…

The culinary stand-off between a potential son-in-law and a potential mother-in-law from hell, with hilarious results. This story is from Early Stories (Tough Poets Press).

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Welcome to The Collidescope Podcast!

I’m George Salis, founder and editor of The Collidescope, an online publication dedicated to promoting innovative fiction. I started this podcast as another way to…