This week we settle a burning physics question; can an inflatable pool "self-level" on a hillside, or is it doomed? To answer this very important question, we welcome scientist, science teacher, and zombie sci-fi author Jill N. Davies. Jill writes the kind of body horror that will make you cringe in her Kara Mason Story series, a world rebuilt after the outbreak where the promise of a cure becomes a power structure, fear becomes policy, and the "safe" choice can quietly cost you your humanity.

We get into why there's rarely one clean "right" decision, how the fear of being wrong fuels everything from authoritarian control to cringe culture, and why constant surveillance drains the joy out of learning and living. Jill also shares how the devastatingly premature birth of her first child pushed her toward publishing, how writing has carried her through hard times, and why she believes AI threatens markets but never human storytelling.

Guest Contact & Social Links

• Website: https://jillndavies.com
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jillndavies_books/
• Goodreads (author page): https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/20334595.Jill_N_Davies

Relevant Links from the Episode

• The Kara Mason Story books (all editions): browse from https://jillndavies.com/index.php/books/
• Due North (Book 1): https://www.amazon.com/Due-North-Kara-Mason-Story/dp/B089267Y5Q
• Into the Deadlands (Book 2): https://www.amazon.com/Into-Deadlands-Book-Mason-Story/dp/B0CH1XVPNW
• Hearts of a Vanishing City (Prequel, 2025): https://www.amazon.com/Hearts-Vanishing-City-Prequel-Mason/dp/B0F4B3WJBH
• Due North audiobook (narrated by Samantha Norbury): https://www.audible.com/pd/Due-North-Audiobook/B0DD5MQKW7

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