In the SALOON with Jake Dean and Adam Dunn

In our latest 'In the SALOON with…', host Jane Messer talks with writer Jake Dean and actor and film writer Adam Dunn.   We take a deep dive into Jake Dean's short story ‘Apocalypse, then?’, performed by Adam Dunn at StorySALOON’s September 2025 live show.  Dean speaks about the writing of ‘Apocalypse, then?’, the unique aspects of the short story as a genre, while Dunn discusses acting and preparing for the role, along with what makes a story or line comedic and what it is that apocalypse themed stories have to offer creatively.     Jake Dean writes shorts stories and rides waves on Kaurna Country in South Australia. He’s been published widely in Australian journals including Griffith Review, Going Down Swinging, The Guardian, The Saturday Paper, Overland, Kill Your Darlings, Crikey, and Surfing World. Listen to Adam Dunn's reading of ‘Apocalypse, then?’ in Episode 15 of StorySALOON Podcast.   Adam Dunn is an actor and filmmaker whose short films having been winning awards in the US and Europe. Dunn is widely known and acclaimed for his roles in Australian and American films and tv roles including The Rising, Play Dirty, The Fall Guy and Elvis.   Read ‘Apocalypse, then?’ in Griffith Review 83: Past Perfect, 2024. https://www.griffithreview.com/articles/apocalypse-then/   StorySALOON Podcast has been produced with funding from Copyright Agency, Create NSW and Creative Australia. Find out more about StorySALOON at https://www.storysaloon.com.au