As I told you before, I ate a lot of BBQ during this year’s Worldcon in Kansas City. Unsurprisingly, four of those meals became episodes of Eating the Fantastic. The first of those four, and one of my favorites, was recorded at Danny Edwards Blvd Barbecue. (Danny Edwards’ family, BTW, has been barbecuing in Kansas City since 1938.)

I was joined for lunch there by writer David D. Levine, who won the Hugo Award for his story “Tk’tk’tk,” and whose debut novel novel Arabella of Mars had been published the month more.

We talked about the things being a science fiction fan for so long taught him about being a professional science fiction writer, what it was like contributing to George R.R. Martin’s Wild Cards universe after having read the series since Day One, how pretending to live on Mars for two weeks helped him write his newly published novel Arabella of Mars, and much more.

Here’s how you can share the BBQ—

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As promised, here’s what David and I dove into for lunch.

My brisket and burnt ends sandwich (plus fries)

David’s burnt end sandwich—called “Ol’ Smokey” (and jambalaya)

After the meal, I posed with pitmaster Danny Edwards himself out front by the pink pig.

What’s next for Eating the Fantastic?

In two weeks, I’ll bring you another Kansas City BBQ episode, this one with Adam-Troy Castro, who’s published more than 100 short stories, including my all-time favorite zombie tale, “Dead Like Me.”

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