For the final episode of the year I am again joined by Adam Greenfield and Gene Morgan. 

Brittany Ackerman is the guest. Her debut memoir, The Perpetual Motion Machine, is available now from Red Hen Press.

In today's monologue, I talk about what's for sale and the wisdom of youth and the wisdom of nature and I read some mail.

Katya Apekina is the guest. Her debut novel, The Deeper the Water the Uglier the Fish, is available now from Two Dollar Radio. Buzzfeed, Kirkus, and Entropy call it one of the best books of 2018.

In today's monologue, I talk about coyotes and charity. 

Anita Felicelli is the guest. Her debut story collection, Love Songs for a Lost Continent, is available now from Stillhouse Press.

In today's monologue, I make an announcement about The Nervous Breakdown (dot com).  

John Wray is the guest. A recipient of a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim fellowship, his new novel, Godsend, is available now from Farrar, Straus, & Giroux. 

In today's monologue, I thank listeners for the good wishes re: the new LitHub partnership and talk briefly and unremarkably about having a cold.