Sci-Fi

Drabblecast 44 – The Arc of Hronos

Feature: The Arc of Hronos by Anden Sharp
Drabble: Can You Guess My Name by Greg Gibby
Genre: Mystery Sci-Fi

Saturday, December 29th, 2007

I’ve almost finished checking those measurements. That tooth—it looks homo sapien. This could be huge…

Norm presents, in his inimitable style, a one-minute review of his long-awaited movie indulgence, “Aliens vs. Predator: Requiem.” The week’s Drabble concerns an auto thief reaching the top of his game through — what else — nefarious means. The feature story’s author, Anden Sharp, gifted the Drabbleverse with Episode #32, “The Warden’s Last Day.” In the feature story, tragedy strikes the marriage of an archaeologist and her time traveler husband. Feedback for Episode #38, the Drabblecast’s first “Trifecta,” debated how well suited the story concepts were for their broadcast length, and was generally positive.

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Episode Art: Unclaimed

Tagged alternate history, ancient, Author: Anden Sharp, Author: Greg Gibby, bones, crime, DARP available, existential, futuristic, love, mad scientists, mortality, relationships, robbery, time travel

Drabblecast 39 – The Beekeepers

Feature: The Beekeepers by J. Alan Pierce
Genre: Horror Sci-Fi

Wednesday, November 21st, 2007

The Tehtix move so damn fast – scientists can’t ever keep up… and populations never know what hit them…

In a mind-bending tale of parasitic worms, intelligent wasps and a symbiotic virus, author J. Alan Pierce describes an unusual alien invasion that preserves its victims forever. The story connects themes of dreams and communication. Mr. Pierce had previously written Episode #18, “The One that Got Away.” Finally, Drabble News recounts the story of an alleged alien virus, arising from a meteor falling in Andes. A real-life story of contamination in the same region as the feature story co-incidence or premonition? Feedback #34, “The Suit,” rounded out the episode.

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Episode Art: Brent Holmes

Tagged aliens, Artist: Brent Holmes, attack, Author: J. Alan Pierce, contamination, disease, gross, insects, invasion, parasites, psychics, transformations, worms

Drabblecast 38 – Trifecta

Feature: Witness by Susan McElheran
Feature: Wiggin’s General Store by Basil Godevenos
Feature Pork and Steak-Eye meet Phelan Sheppard by Graham Fielding
Genre: Fantasy Sci-Fi Strange

Thursday, November 15th, 2007

Trifecta – a run of three wins or grand events. Origin: 1970s from “tri” + “perfecta”

The Drabblecast’s first ever trifecta special, three short stories asking there interesting questions. Is best model, best witness? How much is a dream worth? And what would you do to get a pound of flesh?

This episode marked the first “Trifecta,” as Norm produced an anthology of three short-ish stories connected by a theme. Norm left the specific theme open for speculation by listeners. Was it perhaps, “lethal consumption?” In the first story, “Witness,” a cleaning robot recounts a mysterious incident from its uniquely prosaic point of view. Next, “Wiggin’s General Store,” turns out to be a place that sells dreams. No, really, sells dreams and not the safe kind. (The author, Basil Godevenos, wrote the poem “The Truth about the Reaper” in Episode #34.) The final story, “Pork and Steak Eye” ponders the ethics of willing organ-donor clones. Upon reading the feedback from Episode #33, “Dessert Storm,” a good laugh was had by all.

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Episode Art: Bo Kaier

Tagged anthology, Artist: Bo Kaier, Author: Basil Godevenos, Author: Graham Fielding, Author: Susan McElheran, blood, clones, crime, dreams, ethics, food, futuristic, gross, mad scientists, murder, organs, robots, trifecta, work

Drabblecast 37 – Luna Springs

Feature: Luna Springs by Patrick Hurley
Genre: Drama Romance Sci-Fi

Thursday, November 8th, 2007

They say the gravity’s lessened here, air’s purified, filtered with vitamins and proteins. Even the light’s better – Luna Springs is on a mobile foundation timed to keep optimum reflected sunlight at all hours…

In Drabble News: a young girl born with four arms and four legs in India, believed to be the incarnation of a Hindu goddess, underwent surgery to remove her irregularities. Norm speculates on her attitude towards baby pictures later in life. Continuing on the theme of physical infirmities, the feature story features a sickly and wheelchair-bound grandfather. A man who found a place in a retirement community on the Moon, where “memories come alive with the moonlight and dance with the stars” leaving his grandson with a painful memory of his own. The story author, Patrick Hurley, has been published in “The Horror Library” and other venues. Feedback for Episode #32, “The Warden’s Last Day,” closes out the episode.

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Episode Art: Richard K. Green

Tagged afterlife, Artist: Richard K. Green, Author: Patrick Hurley, disease, elderly, family, futuristic, morality, mortality, space

Drabblecast 32 – The Warden’s Last Day

Feature: The Warden's Last Day by Anden Sharp
Genre: Drama Sci-Fi

Wednesday, October 3rd, 2007

“It was 11 at night, and only a few shouts of men in the lifer block penetrated the concrete walls of death row. My name is Michael Zlocinac, and I am a warden of U.S. Federal Penitentiary at Magdalena, New Mexico…”

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Tagged Author: Anden Sharp, cops, crime, prison

Drabblecast 31 – Office Consultation

Feature: Office Consultation by Jeffery Scott Sims
Genre: Comedy Sci-Fi

Wednesday, September 26th, 2007

“What seems to be the problem John?”

“It’s difficult to explain Doctor. To put it in a nutshell, I’m increasingly unable to come to grips with being….

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Tagged Author: Jeffery Scott Sims, conversations, DARP available, existential, philosophy, witty

Drabblecast 30 – 2084

Feature: 2084 by Tom Williams
Genre: Comedy Sci-Fi

Wednesday, September 19th, 2007

“What are you doing tonight?” asked Julian, with a sly smirk on his face. He knew that Winston was prone to doing the most outrageous things.

Winston smiled in return. “You know me Rick, nothing too risky!”…

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Episode Art: Mary Mattice

Tagged Artist: Mary Mattice, Author: Tom Williams, dystopia, food, futuristic

Drabblecast 29 – Code Brown

Feature: Code Brown by Dermot Glennon
Genre: Comedy Sci-Fi

Wednesday, September 12th, 2007

Warning: Grossness

“We cannot destroy it- it’s too valuable” said Klugscheisser
“And yet, it would be dangerous to keep it. We must hide it in the last place that anyone would ever think of looking for it…”