Archives for the 'Flash' Category
EP Flash: Night Off
Published on 24 Dec 2005 at 2:12 am.
2 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated R.
By Jason Erik Lundberg.
Read by Stephen Eley.
The fat man coughed again and rolled over onto his side. He wheezed and his lungs rattled. A few thousand years of being overweight had caused innumerable cardiac and respiratory problems, but the job demanded it.
“Who can you think of to cover you?”
The fat man pondered for a moment, then said, “Lo ho ho?”
His wife frowned. “You know Loki would just cause a mess, and probably light some children on fire. Who else?”
Rated R. Contains profanity and some disturbing imagery.
(Note: Mr. Lundberg has directed that his payment for this story be directed toward Heifer International, providing impoverished people with animals and other resources to become economically self-sustaining.)
EP Poem: Making Monsters
Published on 15 Nov 2005 at 12:53 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->A Poem by Tim Pratt.
Read by Stephen Eley.
He is the reason clowns so often seem
sinister, the reason mannequins and dolls
can be so unsettling, the reason a child’s
tricycle
sitting unattended in a front yard can be an image
suffused with dread. If he goes on
this way, who knows what other objects
will attain an aura of menace?
Rated PG. May provoke disturbing thoughts.
This poem originally ran in Strange Horizons in July of 2004.
EP Flash: Mount Dragon
Published on 31 Oct 2005 at 1:00 am.
3 Comments.
Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Vera Nazarian.
Read by Stephen Eley.
“Go to hell, idiot,” I said, using an astringent tongue he’d understand. “I am but a monumental slab of granite, and you, mortality, are like one of the droppings of a fairly large corpulent deity–an ephemeral honor I would rather pass me by.”
“And yet, you speak to me, mountain,” said the mote of humanity. “Why is that?”
I considered that for a moment. The creature had a point.
“I don’t know,” I replied honestly.
Rated PG. Contains some profanity. Paradigms may shift without warning.
EP Flash: Wetting the Bed
Published on 17 Oct 2005 at 11:30 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
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-->By Heather Shaw.
Read by Anna Eley.
When the floods came, all us kids climbed into bed and pulled the covers up over our heads while our parents rushed about trying to do something to stop it. As the water level rose we could feel the beds lift off the floor, floating through our houses, bumping down our hallways and out our front doors.
We sat up in bed waved to one another as our beds merged onto the canal that now flowed between our houses. We shrieked and giggled as our beds spun and bumped along with the swirling water. Waves lapped at our boxsprings, but our covers were still warm and dry.
Rated G. It’s apocalyptic fantasy — for kids!
EP Flash: Troy Trooper
Published on 5 Oct 2005 at 12:12 am.
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By Alex Holden.
Read by Stephen Eley.
“Piece of crap!” The boy kicked the toy soldier hard and it flew across the room.
“Ow,” said Troy, as he warily checked himself for damage, “what was that for?”
EP Flash: The God of the Goblins
Published on 11 Sep 2005 at 11:43 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
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-->By Eric Marin.
Read by Stephen Eley.
The campaign had begun well. The Alarians swept south into goblin territory, and Alarian rifles quickly overmatched goblin bows and crossbows.
In just a few weeks of fighting, the goblin population was halved. The goblin chieftains realized that they were doomed without help and did the only thing they could.
They asked their god, Twenty Claw, for help.
EP Flash: Pennywhistle
Published on 30 Aug 2005 at 12:25 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated R.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Anna Eley.
“Piper,” I screamed, fumbling in my purse. Too late. He brought his pipe to his lips and blew a note that almost made my eyeglasses shatter. Over at the sandbox, Nathan rose to his feet. He started moving towards the man. All the children did.
Rated R. Contains graphic violence and disturbing images.
EP Flash: Friday Night Gods
Published on 1 Aug 2005 at 10:38 am.
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-->By Josh Rountree.
Read by Stephen Eley.
Brodie approached the line of scrimmage and both sides of the field erupted. The red-robed fans in the visitor’s stands surged like a crimson wave, swaying in unison as they began the Rite of Interception. They stamped their feet against the aluminum bleachers, chanting as they drew gleaming blades across the bellies of countless doomed rattlesnakes. Their blood spilled, the snakes were then hurled onto the field. The rain of reptiles sounded like bacon burning in a skillet as the animals protested their own sacrifice.
EP Flash: Virus
Published on 24 Jul 2005 at 11:46 pm.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated PG.
By Greg van Eekhout.
Read by Deborah Green.
Drawn by the sound of the propellers, the lunchtime crowd looked to the sky. An airship passed over the skyscrapers, plumes of black, virus-laden smoke spewing behind it. Traffic below stopped. People paused on the sidewalks and watched the cloud sink slowly towards them.
EP Flash: Paradox
Published on 18 Jul 2005 at 12:41 am.
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Filed under Flash, Podcasts, Rated G.
By Scott Janssens.
Read by Paul S. Jenkins (of Rev Up Review).
I saw nothing when I looked through the eyepiece Franz handed me and told him so.
“Of course not,” said Franz. “Right now, the time sight is set to look into the future. From this point in time, the future doesn’t exist yet, not in any meaningful way, so it can’t be seen.”
