I had the unique opportunity to chat with author and tuba master Joshua Cutchin in person, as he was in my vicinity due to a presentation that he was giving at Paracon in KC. We met where he was staying and sat down to have a lovely conversation about his latest book, "Fourth Wall Phantoms: Reflections on the Paranormal, Narrative, and Fictions Becoming Fact", imbuing creations with autonomy, fictional characters appearing in the 3D, archetypes, retrocausality, ex nihilo, narrative, wondertales, our inner 12-year-olds, egregores, tulpas, metalepsis, and mucho more!   Joshua’s website: https://www.joshuacutchin.com/    Find The Melt on… Rumble: https://rumble.com/c/c-2365404 YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@TheMeltPodcast Check out our merch at: https://the-melt.creator-spring.com/   Music by The Godawful Joy: https://thegodawfuljoy.bandcamp.com/releases and Matt Presti: https://www.mattpresti.com/music.html