This week we're joined by WM Akers to promote his new novel, Westside Saints ( ). Bee and WM talk Westside Saints (and its predecessor, Westside), an alternate history detective novel about a woman who solves "tiny mysteries" until they get much bigger. They also talk about how tabletop RPG design reflects and influences novel writing, the uprising in Philadelphia (Lakay Nou has since been renamed Camp JTD and is still regularly facing evictions), the scope of sequels, and more. * Westside Saints on bookshop: * Westside Saints on Amazon: --- Make sure to follow Bee at their twitter & patreon . As always, we'd love to hear from you! Chat with us on twitter at @spectologypod , send us an email at [redacted], or submit the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast if we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! To find links to all the books we've read, check us out on Bookshop . Many thanks to Dubby J our music.