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Drabblecast 142 – The Golden Age of Fire Escapes (Part I)

On December 19, 2009

In Action, Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy, Romance

This week The Drabblecast presents “The Golden Age of Fire Escapes” by John Aegard who lives in Seattle, Washington with his blind dog.

We also meet a slew of cryptids as we continue the adventures of Connor Choadsworth in “In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm.” A festive special, to be sure!

Story Excerpt:

The Fire Marshall took office with a mask, a slideshow, and some compelling statistics. One hundred fifty eight incinerated at the Double Diamond in New York.

Above and behind him a screen showed the ashen remains…

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Drabblecast 142 – The Golden Age of Fire Escapes (Part I)

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Drabblecast 141 – On the Destruction of Copenhagen by the War Machines of the Merfolk

By Drabblecast

On December 9, 2009

In Drabblecast, Drama, Sci-Fi

We see it happen: the great machines of the merfolk coming up over the shore, rampaging through the city with devastating effect. We watch a robotic mermaid hammer her fist into an apartment block, the dust cloud from the explosion engulfing the nearby camera. It’s quick, sudden, a surprise that’s ruined by the later repetition of the footage…

The Moviegoer
Cowry Catchers

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Drabblecast 140 – Trifecta X

By Drabblecast

On December 2, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Drama

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Drabblecast 139 – Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs

By Drabblecast

On November 25, 2009

In Action, Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi, Strange

Today’s story is Let Us Now Praise Awesome Dinosaurs by Leonard Richardson.

It’s a story about awesome dinosaurs from Mars doing radical things! Motocross? Drag racing? Murder?!

As a special treat, Norm Sherman, Sleaze Patrol and Gringo Motel write and perform all the music for this episode.

Drabblecast 138 – Kingdom Come

By Drabblecast

On November 19, 2009

In Action, Drabblecast, Drama, Sci-Fi

Oh, it’s been comin’. You can hear it at night when the refugee traffic quiets down. Distant crashes, muffled thuds. Those spindly trees fall over in the front lines and advance the jungle another 15 meters. Or sometimes, it just sounds like soap bubbles fizzing down to scum…

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Drabblecast 137 – Doubleheader V

By Drabblecast

On November 11, 2009

In Action, Comedy, Drabblecast, Mystery, Sci-Fi

Sam Android found Gail Galaxy skipping monopoles off the inactive accretion disk of a small black hole on the outskirts of the galaxy. Every once in a while, she shot one in at too large an angle, and it was captured by the black hole and, with a blinding burst of X-rays, swallowed up.

“I was wondering when you’d get here,” she narrowcast while he was still decelerating…”

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Drabblecast B-Sides 7 – Jeez Louise

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On November 11, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast B-Sides

“Jeez Louise,” Frank says to Delores, as he glances from his window at the long line of onlookers—Father Gomez among them. “They’re still out there.”
Across the room their six-year old Chihuahua , Shorty, lounges atop a penthouse of cushions. “I fixed Shorty something,” Delores says. “Should get him going again…”

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Drabblecast 136 – The Great Old Pumpkin

By Drabblecast

On October 31, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Horror, Mystery

You must know, Doctor, that I did not choose to seek psychiatric help. I have no faith that I shall exit this room a healed man; I know now that I have been destined for the asylum since childhood. No mere conversation with you can steer me clear of that fate. That said, let us proceed with this court-compelled farce before my mad prattle provokes your crabbiness further..

Madness abounds

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Drabblecast 135 – “Hello,” Said the Stick

By Drabblecast

On October 21, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi, Strange

“Hello,” said the stick.

The soldier stopped, and looked around. He did not touch the hilt of his sword, but he adjusted his stance so he could reach it quickly, if need be. But there was nothing to be seen. The moors stretched flat and empty for miles about. “Who said that?”

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Drabblecast 134 – Bone Sigh

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On October 16, 2009

In Action, Drabblecast, Drama, Horror

This week The Drabblecast brings you “Bone Sigh,” by legendary author Tim Pratt!

But first we bring you the continuing adventures of cryptozoologist Connor Choadsworth: In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm: Part Three.

Tim Pratt has written multiple stories for the Drabblecast and this one is quite horrific.

Story Excerpt:

I put the tenderizer down on the white formica table and look at my bonsai scar. It is like a flower, a jellyfish, a pinwheel of raised flesh, yellow bruises, subcutaneous hemorrhaging…

Drabblecast 133 – Over the Walls of Eden

By Drabblecast

On October 7, 2009

In Drabblecast, Fantasy, Mystery, Sci-Fi

“Why do you remember the books?” he finally asks.
She smiles again. “O Sun, to tell thee how I hate thy beams, That bring to my remembrance from what state I fell, how glorious once above thy sphere, Till pride and worse ambition threw me down…”

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Drabblecast 132 – Doubleheader IV

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On October 1, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Strange

On this episode of the Drabblecast podcast, a pair of stories from decorated author Bruce Holland Rogers. Each deals with perception and the invisible rules that run our lives.

Also on this episode, crytozoologist Connor Choadsworth returns with: In Search of the Mongolian Death Worm: Part Two.

We have two feature stories for you today: “A Baker’s Dozen,” and “The Wrong Cart.”

Story Excerpt:

People don’t like to admit mistakes. You know how it is. Sometimes it’s just easier to act like you didn’t make a mistake at all, like you’re doing exactly what you meant to do all along…

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Drabblecast 132 – Doubleheader IV

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Drabblecast 131 – Storm Comes A’ Callin’

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On September 25, 2009

In Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy

The Drabblecast presents “Storm Comes A’ Callin'” by Jeremiah Tolbert.

We also introduce cryptozoologist Connor Choadsworth in his hunt across the Gobi Desert for the Mongolian Deathworm.

Jeremiah has had an impact in the Science Fiction world since 2001 and is currently the editor of Escape Pod.

Story Excerpt:

I heft the axe. Lighter now, and warm in my palms. My old bones creak, I lift it over my head. I stare at the groove in the ground, beaten into the land. Many a storm been broke here. Too many, maybe…

Drabble:

Our Drabble this week is “Hanging” by Doug McIntire. You can submit your Drabbles to us in our Drabblecast Forums.

Enjoy the show!

Drabblecast #131 – Storm Comes A’ Callin’

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Drabblecast 130 – Trifecta IX

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On September 16, 2009

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, Romance, Sci-Fi

Trifecta 9, dinosaurs, love, monsters, everything you need. Featuring works by Bruce Holland Rogers, Steve Calvert and Bruce Boston.

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Drabblecast 129 – Annabelle’s Alphabet

By Drabblecast

On September 10, 2009

In Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy

Annabelle’s mother closed her eyes. “Get it sharp,” she said. “Very sharp, so it doesn’t hurt much. I’ll boil some water.”

Somewhere in the house, far from the green places she’d known, baby Annabelle lay on her stomach and cried…

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Drabblecast 128 – The End of the Universe

By Drabblecast

On September 2, 2009

In Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

“Countdown commencing,” the computer announced. “Termination of the universe in 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .”

Eight seconds until the end of everything. No Earth, no galaxy, no existence…

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Drabblecast 127 – Nanuq

By Drabblecast

On August 26, 2009

In Action, Drabblecast, Fantasy, Horror

His years away from me had bled any belief he once had in the old ways. I had thought to educate him, to make him wise in the ways of science and the world. I thought after he graduated he would return and learn the way of the angatquq, the shaman, and take his place in the secret circles of the People, as his mother had.
But the University had narrowed his mind instead of widening it. He had turned his back on his people…

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Drabblecast 126 – Dagon

By Drabblecast

On August 19, 2009

In Drabblecast, Horror, Mystery

As I crawled into the stranded boat I realized that only one theory could explain my position. Through some unprecedented volcanic upheaval, a portion of the ocean floor must have been thrown to the surface, exposing regions which for innumerable millions of years had lain hidden under unfathomable watery depths…

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Drabblecast B-Sides 6 – The Horror at Martin’s Beach

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On August 19, 2009

In Drabblecast B-Sides, Horror, Mystery

Its extraordinary mouth, its thick and scaly hide, and its single, deep-set eye were wonders scarcely less remarkable than its colossal dimensions; and when the naturalists pronounced it an infant organism, which could not have been hatched more than a few days, public interest mounted to extraordinary heights…

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Drabblecast 125 – Little Brother™

By Drabblecast

On August 5, 2009

In Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

This year when Peter ran into the living room, there sat Little Brother™ among all the wrapped presents, babbling baby talk, smiling his happy smile, and patting one of the packages with his fat little hand. Peter was so excited that he ran up and gave Little Brother™ a big hug around the neck. That was how he found out about the button.

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