The No Pants Cocktail Hour: Jeff Somers Talks & Reads
Jeff Somers is the author of the Avery Cates series, the Ustari Cycle, Chum, and Writing Without Rules. He also generates 45% of all the freelance writing in the universe. In each episode, Jeff will pour a drink and discuss one of his works of short fiction, from inspiration to publication, and then read the damn thing with sound effects and asides. He invites you to pour a drink and settle in with him for a self-centered and self-deprecating tour of his literary universe. Also, take off your pants. They're a legacy of older, less illuminated times.
- Update frequency
- every 28 days
- Average duration
- 42 minutes
- Episodes
- 85
- Years Active
- 2018 - 2025
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 46: The Electric Church Chapter One Through the Years
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The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 45: And Still Insists He Sees the Ghosts
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 44: "The Defragmentation of Thomas Crane"
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 43: Lifers Chapter 10, "Angel-Headed Hipsters"
Author Jeff Somers drinks Compass Box Artists' Blend and discusses Chapter 10 of his debut novel "Lifers."
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 42: Rolls Upon Prank
Author Jeff Somers drinks Adnams Single Malt and discusses his short story "Rolls Upon Prank," which is about cats solving a mysterious death and was published in Mystery Weekly in 2018.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 41: Up The Crazy
Author Jeff Somers drinks Mellow Corn whiskey and discusses his short story "Up The Crazy," which he wrote to promote his novel "Chum" and its connection to his debut novel "Lifers" via a shared univ…
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 40: Self-Inflicted, Glorified
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Matsui Sakura Cask whiskey and discusses his short story "Self-Inflicted, Glorified," which is really two stories in one.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 39: When the Man Comes Around
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Floki Icelandic whiskey and discusses his short story "When the Man Comes Around."
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 38: The Bunker
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Glendalough Cask-strength Irish whiskey and discusses "The Bunker," a short story he wrote in May.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 37: Watch the World Die
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Tin Cup Rye and discusses his short story "Watch the World Die."
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 36: And I Don't Know the People Who Will Feed Me
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Glenmorangie Lasanta and discusses the first short story to appear in his zine "The Inner Swine," "And I Don't Know the People Who Will Feed Me."
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 35: Chum Chapter 10
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Yamazaki 12 Year and discusses Chapter 10 of his novel "Chum," published 2013.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 34: Supply and Demand
Known sophisticate and author Jeff Somers drinks some basic Wild Turkey and discusses his short story "Supply and Demand," which appeared in "No Bars and A Dead Battery."
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 33: Zilla, 2015
Author Jeff Somers drinks a Kane Sneak Box or 4 and discusses his short story "Zilla, 2015," which appeared in The Lascaux Review in 2019.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 32: Writing Without Rules
Author Jeff Somers drinks OEC Brewing's Coolship Lager and discusses how and why his book "Writing Without Rules" came to be, then reads Chapter 1 with a minimum amount of drunkenness.
Nigsu ga Tesgu
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Redbreast Cask Strength and discusses the Ustari Cycle short story "Nigsu ga Tesgu," which appeared in the anthology Urban Enemies in 2017.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 30: Three Cups of Tea
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Macallan Double Cask Gold and discusses his short story "Three Cups of Tea," which appeared in the anthology Hanzai Japan in 2015.
No Great Trick
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Green Spot pot still whiskey and discusses his short story "No Great Trick," which was published by the Drexel Online journal in 2003.
Fixer
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Michter's American Whiskey and engages in some blatant self-promotion by reading and discussing his novella "Fixer," part of his Ustari Cycle series.
The No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 27: The Hideous Children of Mike Palmerton
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Four Roses, struggles with the world's worst memory, and reads his short story "The Hideous Children of Mike Palmerton," which he wrote in 2003 and promptly forgot all …