[ISBW] The Haunted Mask: Exploring Volatile Memory With Seth Haddon I Should Be Writing podcast

[ISBW] The Haunted Mask: Exploring Volatile Memory with Seth Haddon

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'Reformed Pantser' is one of the most difficult things to be. -Seth Haddon

In this episode, we welcome Seth Haddon, the talented Australian author behind Volatile Memory. We cover hybrid publishing, writing routines, and pursuing nuns.

Volatile Memory explores themes of transhumanism and identity within a corporate-dominated future. Also haunted masks. And love.

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August 25, 2025 | Season 21 Ep 13 | murverse.com "The Haunted Mask: Exploring Volatile Memory with Seth Haddon" by Mur Lafferty is licensed under CC BY-NC-SA 4.0

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