Drabblecast 268 – I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee

  •  Feature:  I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee  by  Christopher Reynaga
  •  Drabble:  The Sea Gods  by  Lawrence Simon
  •  Genre:  Drama  Horror
Tuesday, January 8th, 2013

Cover for Drabblecast episode 268, I Only Am Escaped Alone to Tell Thee, by Steve Santiago Whatever you do, don’t call me Ishmael.

Don’t call me anything at all. Give me my pint of piss-poor ale and leave me be in this yellowed corner where men relieve themselves when they are too lazy to make three extra stumbling steps to the streets of Nantucket. I am done. Finished. Come to this hole to die—and if you insist on speaking to me, I’ll find a deeper hole than this dying excuse of a whaling town can offer…

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Episode Art:  Steve Santiago
Read by:  Graeme Dunlop
Twabble:  “The cabin attendant said that Infant Buoyancy Devices Were Available. In the water, four babies kept me nicely afloat. ”  by  HR Duff and Stuff
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Drabblecast B-Sides 18 – On the Vinegar Valves of Venus

Wednesday, December 19th, 2012

Cover for Drabblecast B-Sides 18, On the Vinegar Valves of Venus, by Bo KaierMonsignor’s Log, stardate the Millennium Feast of Saints Blot & Cugat…

It was a very special day, so I wore the least tatty of my vestments. The chasuble is only slightly frayed, the stains on the cincture have faded, the alb, granted, is little better than a rag.  I cannot get the grease out of the amice, and the stole is in tatters. The less said about the maniple the better. But by adjusting the lighting so it played through the cobwebs I think only the sharpest-eyed of congregants will have noticed. I did my best to disguise the stink by spraying the chapel with an aerosol can of Essence of Blood of the Lamb. It was decocted, of course, not from the real blood of a real lamb, but from chemical compounds manufactured in the lab by boffins. I have seen pictures of so-called “real” lambs in a codex. They look like tinier versions of sheep, if, that is, they were drawn to scale. Who knows?

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Episode Art:  Bo Kaier
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Drabblecast 266 – Little Grace of the House of Death

  •  Feature:  Little Grace of the House of Death  by  Eugie Foster
  •  Drabble:  Visitation Rights  by  Lewis Davies
  •  Genre:  Fantasy  Horror
Tuesday, December 18th, 2012

Cover for Drabblecast episode 266, Little Grace of the House of Death, by Caroline ParkinsonThe niece of King Death had not yet chosen a name.  She was the only daughter and youngest child of Death’s sister, Merciful Grace, and everyone still called her by her baby name, Little Grace…

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Episode Art:  Caroline Parkinson
Read by:  Bryan Lincoln Starla Huchton Veronica Giguere and Pat Krane
Music by:   KraftiM and Alexander Scriabin
Twabble:  “Zombies will always leave you alone if they think you're one of them. And that's why I've been eating people, Your Honor. ”  by  PhineasQP
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Drabblecast 262 – My True Lovecraft Gave to Me

  •  Feature:  My True Lovecraft Gave to Me  by  Eric Lis
  •  Drabble:  Trolling  by  Jeff Johnston
  •  Genre:  Comedy  Horror
Wednesday, October 31st, 2012
Warning:  Some explicit language

Cover for Drabblecast episode 262, My True Lovecraft Gave to Me, by Rodolfo ArredondoDear Mr. Kugelmacher,

This letter is to inform you of my resignation. As you know, I have spent the last fifteen years of my life working in your department store, from the age of twelve when I was hired as a stock boy, to my years spent in the jewellery department, to my time in management. I have loved working here, and I am very sorry to leave, but I fear that if I remain any longer, my health and my sanity will be forfeit. Perhaps if I explain the events of weeks, it will become clearer why I have to quit.

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Episode Art:  Rodolfo Arredondo
Twabble:  “The heroine of the story, was a caretaker at a cemetery. The character was not well received but she kept the plot intact. ”  by  Algernon Sydney is Dead
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Drabblecast 260 – Trifecta XXIII

Friday, October 19th, 2012

Cover for Drabblecast episode 260, Trifecta XXIII, by Bo KaierYou don’t remember anything, do you? Selective memory loss; what an achievement for a mind as young as yours. Locked in a cupboard of your consciousness, the guilt will eat at you from the inside…

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Episode Art:  Bo Kaier
Read by:  Jacob Boris, Peter Piazza
Twabble:  “I've recently began caring for my grandparents. Cooking, cleaning, bathing. The funeral director was terrible at it. ”  by  SgtCrispy
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Drabblecast 259 – The Last of the O-Forms

Tuesday, October 9th, 2012

Cover for Drabblecast episode 259, The Last of the O-Forms, by Jacob Wayne BrynerAt the sack’s bottom, beneath an empty donut box, he found the beef jerky. It tasted mostly of pepper, but underneath it had a tingly, metallic flavor he tried not to think about. Who knew what it might have been made from? He doubted there were any original-form cows, the o-cows, left to slaughter…

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Episode Art:  Jacob Wayne Bryner
Read by:  Ken Jordan
Twabble:  “I could feel her eyes on the back of my neck. Then I turned around and her green eyestalks adjusted, pushing into my chest. ”  by  loyaleagle
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Drabblecast 255 – The Wreck of the Charles Dexter Ward pt. 2

Thursday, September 6th, 2012

Cover for Drabblecast episode 255, The Wreck of the Dexter Ward pt. 2, by Bo KaierLooking away from the light that showed the Charles Dexter Ward was no longer entirely dead was as hard as opening a rusted zipper. But Cynthia did it, and didn’t let herself look back She pulled Hester a little further down the corridor and said, “Now we really need to know how she killed him. And whether it’ll work a second time…”

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Episode Art:  Bo Kaier
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