Archives for February 2006
EP042: Practical Villainy
Published on 23 Feb 2006 at 6:30 am.
16 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->By Janni Lee Simner.
Read by Stephen Eley.
Musical guest: Jonathan Coulton.
The first thing I want you to know is that I drowned those kittens for a reason. Villains rarely do anything without purpose, and I’m no exception, to that or any other rule. Irrational, passionate acts are for heroes, with their bright armor and their grand ideas, their conviction that with enough heart they can right any wrong, unravel any curse. My dragons were once well-fed on their kind, and their skulls still decorate the spikes above my gates.
Rated PG. Fictional animals were harmed in the making of this podcast. Also knights, damsels, dragons, and medieval economies.
Referenced sites:
Dragon Page Wingin’ It
EP Flash: Fools Seldom Differ
Published on 21 Feb 2006 at 2:27 am.
4 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
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-->By Jeff Noyle.
Read by William Hopkins (of SF Sourcebook).
The thing about the Ice is, you can get really, really, really bored. I spent a whole week here yesterday. So, you know that giant slanting floe with the scoop-up at the end that I sent a picture of? Carls and I said “oh cool, that would make a great ski-jump.” Only I was dumb enough actually to try it. About two minutes ago.
Rated G. Kids, don’t try this at home.
EP041: Ambient Sleaze
Published on 16 Feb 2006 at 9:30 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated R.
By Jeffrey R. DeRego.
Read by Mur Lafferty (of Geek Fu Action Grip).
“Good god, who’d do something like that?” Sarah rummaged through her purse for a handkerchief but couldn’t seem to focus on the task. Her mind was consumed with images of Tony’s perforated body.
“Well, I’ve seen the Tony Autumn Show, so we’ve got an APB out on everyone with a sense of moral decency and every freak, transvestite, midget wrestler, incestuous dad, jilted lover…”
Rated R. Contains profanity, some physical violence, and violence against dignity.
EP Flash: One Million Years B.F.E.
Published on 14 Feb 2006 at 2:51 am.
8 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
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-->By Merrie Haskell.
Read by Deborah Green.
Am determined to become strong, lithe, deadly, noble cave-woman type figure, √° la Ayla of Clan of the Cave Bear. I will fashion stone tools, hunt and gather food and live pristine, pure life of Homo Erectus-type person–at one with nature. Ah. Air is so fresh. Quite lovely.
Rated G. Contains ignoble savagery and predomestic strife.
EP040: Even Vadsø Thaws
Published on 9 Feb 2006 at 5:20 am.
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Filed under Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->By Bruce Holland Rogers.
Read by Stephen Eley.
Musical guest: Red Hunter.
The only person who might understand is Sponheim, the Corrections Sociologist. He just arrived. It’s his job to understand me thoroughly and to write a report that his successors will use to decide if it’s safe to revive me. His report will help them decide if I am no longer a threat to society because society has changed enough to deal with me, or has learned to treat behaviors like mine.
“I am already remorseful!” I tell him at our first interview. “I won’t do it again!” We are sitting at a table by the water. A light mist falls. “I shouldn’t have done it, shouldn’t even have thought about it. Once, I was one of the people fighting to preserve the last wild polar bears! I wanted to protect the earth!” I get myself worked up. I am close to tears.
Rated PG. Contains themes of ecoterrorism and global disaster. If you can explain that to your kids, it’s family-safe.
Referenced sites:
Short-Short Stories by Bruce Holland Rogers
SciFi Dimensions
EP Flash: The Team-Mate Reference Problem in Final-Stage Demon Confrontation
Published on 6 Feb 2006 at 2:12 am.
11 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
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-->By Constance Cooper.
Read by Frank Key (of Hooting Yard On The Air).
Colleagues, ours is a uniquely demanding profession. In no other job do you endanger your coworker’s soul if you call out to him in the course of your duties. But since a demon has power over you once it knows your name, well-meant warnings such as “Buck! Behind you!” can have tragic consequences.
Rated G. Important safety tip. (Thanks, Egon.)
EP039: My Friend is a Lesbian Zombie
Published on 2 Feb 2006 at 4:40 am.
23 Comments.
Filed under Podcasts, Rated X.
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-->By Eugie Foster.
Read by the Word Whore (of Air Out My Shorts).
I don’t know how it happened. I’m the last person I’d go to if I were a zombie; I’m not into the occult thing at all. But I was the only friend Mandy had in this city, so she came to me with her sob story. Lucky me. So there she was, kicked back in my bed, having herself a good, long cry and I was stuck with her, wondering how long until she began stinking. That was really unfair of me, I know, but there was a goddamn walking, talking corpse snuggled up in my good sheets and I was a little concerned about it.
Rated X. Contains profanity, sexual situations, and the undead, in various combinations.
Referenced sites:
The Sci Phi Show
Tangent Short Fiction Review
The Town Drunk
Radio A.D.D.
