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
No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 5: Closer in My Heart to Thee
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Nikka Coffey whiskey while he discusses his short story 'Closer in My Heart to Thee,' originally published in GUD Magazine in 2008. Then when the bottle's half empty he…
No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 4: The Shattered Gears
Author Jeff Somers drinks some Mellow Corn while he discusses the origins of the short story that evolved into the sixth Avery Cates novel, "The Shattered Gears." Then when the bottle's half empty he…
No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 3: Glad and Big
Author Jeff Somers opens a bottle of Jack Daniels to discuss and read the first short story he ever sold for money, "Glad and Big," originally published in Aberrations #34, 1995.
No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 2: In This Slowly Rising City, So Bereft of Company
Author Jeff Somers opens a bottle of Redbreast to discuss and read his short story "In This Slowly Rising City, So Bereft of Company," originally published in The Whirligig #5, 2002.
No Pants Cocktail Hour Episode 1: Ringing the Changes
Author Jeff Somers discusses and reads his short story "Ringing the Changes," which was selected for Best American Mystery Stories 2006.