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Drabblecast 495 – Jared Chapel’s The First Car Ballet

Drabblecast cover for The First Car Ballet by John Sowder

Lights!

Wheels!

Wipers!

Curtain!

This week, a marvel of machines and carbureted choreography awaits you. 

Kay Vaindal (they/she) is a coastal ecologist and weird fiction writer. Her work has appeared in Seize the Press, Dark Matter, and anthologies including This World Belongs to Us and Death’s Other Kingdom: Horror Tales of WWI. Find them here

John Sowder (he/him) is an illustrator from Kentucky whose work can be seen in the comic book series HALLOWEEN MAN, as well as the recent anthology collection CRIMINOLLY PRESENTS GARBOLOGY. John’s pen and ink artwork has been selected to be part of a contest associated with THE MAGIC OF HORROR FILM FESTIVAL that will be held in Wakefield, Virginia on October 5th. Follow him here: Instagram 

Are you eager to see the tentacles and pulleys back stage? Sate your curiosity at the Drabblecast’s patreon. Looking for some strange dancers to duet you? Pirouette over to the Drabblecast Discord

Drabblecast 494 – Trifecta: The Sherman Evening Post

Cover for Trifecta by Bo Kaier

You have a ring on your door bell, and laid on your stoop is a brown papered parcel, tied with damp twine. You bring the package inside, noticing that the sky is tinged a weird green. You smell burning hair. 

You pull the ends of the twine, which is warm and wet and reminds you of manhandling spaghetti. Inside are dozens of magazines, “The Sherman Evening Post”, and as you move the issues, the covers invoke a strange feeling. The air around you is green now, and the last thing you see are the covers of these stories. 

Our authors are: Samir Sirk Morató, Christi Nogle, and Megan Kiekel Anderson. 

Our narrators: XioVox, Norm Sherman, and Nathaniel Matthews Lee

Our artist: Bo Kaier

Samir Sirk Morató (they/them) is a scientist, artist, and flesh heap. They are a 2022 Brave New Weird shortlister and a F(r)iction Fall 2022 Flash Fiction finalist. Some of their published and forthcoming work can be found in Rejection Letters, Seize the Press, and Neon Hemlock. They are on Twitter and Instagram @spicycloaca.

Christi Nogle (she/her) is the author of the Shirley Jackson Award nominated and Bram Stoker Award® winning First Novel Beulah (Cemetery Gates Media) and the collection The Best of Our Past, the Worst of Our Future (Flame Tree Press). She is co-editor with Willow Dawn Becker of the Bram Stoker Award® nominated anthology Mother: Tales of Love and Terror (Weird Little Worlds) and co-editor with Ai Jiang of Wilted Pages: An Anthology of Dark Academia (Shortwave Publishing). Follow her at https://christinogle.com and on Twitter @christinogle

Megan Kiekel Anderson (she/they) is a nerdy queer neurodivergent dark fiction writer. Her work can be found or is upcoming in such places as Flame Tree Press, The Arcanist, Nightmare, and Monstrous Books. They live in Kansas City with her chaotic family including too many cats, chickens, and foster kittens. You can find them on Twitter and Instagram under the handle @megan_nerdnest or at her website at www.megankiekelanderson.com.

XioVox (he/him) is a voice from the depths, haunting your day, and bringing you into a world unknown. Follow him here

Nathaniel Matthews Lee (he/him) puts words in various orders. Sometimes people give him money afterward. No one knows why.

Reach your full biological potential at the Drabblecast’s patreon. Share traffic updates with us on Discord!

Drabblecast 493 – China Doll

Drabblecast cover - China Doll by Matt Driver

Your curiosity and your inner voyeur are calling. Will you be able to meet their gaze?

This week on the Drabblecast we bring you “China Doll,”by Kelsea Yu.

Our artists is Matt Driver. Sydney based artist. Instagram @mdriverart

Read by the Word Whore.

Kelsea Yu (she/her) is a Taiwanese Chinese American writer and mother living in the Pacific Northwest. Her debut novella, Bound Feet, was nominated for a Shirley Jackson Award, and her debut novel, It’s Only a Game, is out now!. Over a dozen of her short stories and essays are published in (or forthcoming from) magazines such as Clarkesworld, Apex, Nightmare, Fantasy, and PseudoPod, and in various anthologies. Find her on Instagram and Twitter as @anovelescape and at kelseayu.com. 

If you like what we do here, please consider joining in the weird on the Drabblecast’s patreon. You can also come hang out with us on Discord

Drabblecast 492 – Doubleheader: Christine Nogle

This week on the Drabblecast, become something new!  We bring you two stories about transformation by author Christine Nogle.  Narrated by The Word Whore.

Reach your full biological potential at the Drabblecast’s patreon

Drabblecast 491 – Learn to Count With the Doomed Expedition

Cover for Learn to Count with the Doomed Expedition

One, two, three, what’s that staring back at me? Four, five, six, I know what this viscera predicts…

This week on the Drabblecast, we are going on a journey. Pack your bags, and bring extra socks for the clown.

“Learn to Count with the Doomed Expedition” is a reprint story by T.B. Jeremiah.

T. B. Jeremiah lives near the ocean with an AI researcher, some small children, and some medium-sized trees; she writes sad stories and draws silly pictures of monsters. Previously she has been a janitor, history instructor, nonprofit marketing drone, and freelance illustrator and designer. Her short fiction has been published in Mysterion, Amazing Stories, and Bourbon Penn. Find her here.

Our drabble, “Totally Normal Treasure” is by Chris Clemens. Chris Clemens lives in Toronto, surrounded by raccoons. His stories have appeared in Invisible City Lit, Apex Magazine, and elsewhere.

Secure your spot on the next expedition at the Drabblecast’s patreon

The sounds from the deep are coalescing, writhing through to your screen. Norm Sherman’s THIRD studio album: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drabblecast/the-instruction-book

Drabblecast 490 – Slime on my Hackles

Drabblecast cover Slime On My Hackles by Jen Czaja

This week on the Drabblecast, we have arrived in the seedy side of space. The sign on the front says, “Boffel’s”, and the sensation on your back you don’t recognize. 

“Slime on My Hackles” is an original story by Jessica Jewell. Jessica Jewell (she/her) is a science fiction writer. She lives in Hamilton, Ontario with her husband and two daughters.

Our artist is Jen Czaja. 

The sounds from the deep are coalescing, writhing through to your screen. Norm Sherman’s THIRD studio album: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drabblecast/the-instruction-book

Drabblecast 489- The Black Waters of Lethe

Drabblecast cover for the Black Waters of Lethe by Bo Kaier

This week on the Drabblecast, we bring you a dark ancient tale from a distant lost land called “The Black Waters of Lethe,” by Oliver Buckram.

Also, exciting news!  Norm is launching a new Kickstarter for his 3rd album, “The Instruction Book.” 

And how!

Follow the upcoming campaign here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/drabblecast/the-instruction-book

Drabblecast 488- From Earth to Io, with Love

Drabblecast cover for From Earth to Io with Love by Anike Kirsten

 

Tickets, please! Tickets! Right this way! Coupons to the right, and fast passes to left. NO pushing, folks. Watch your tendrils! Keep your goo to yourself. All lines will get you to the newest episode, “From Earth, to Io with Love. ” by Adelehin Ijasan!

 

 

Adelehin Ijasan is a Nigerian writer living in Scotland. He’s also an eye surgeon. His short stories have appeared in Fiyah, Interzone, Omenana and other venues. He was nominated for the Commonwealth short story award in 2014 and, more recently, was on the Nommos Award longlist for speculative fiction. Adelehin made the Locus recommended reading list in 2020 and is one of the co-creators of the Sauútiverse, a sci-fi fantasy shared project published by Android Press in November 2023

Cover art by Anike Kirsten

Do you want insider emails and bonus episodes? Interviews and behind the scenes diagrams of how the “sausage” is made? Then come to the Drabblecast Patreon!

The Tentaculum Issue 04 (Available now)

The special Weird West issue of The Tentaculum is now available for all to download for free.

Featuring short fiction from Cedrick May, Arthur H. Manners, Sasha Brown, and Avra Margariti. This issue also includes nonfiction from Cedrick May and returning contributor Bobby Derie.

Edited by Cameron Howard and designed by Braulio Tellez. Cover and story illustrations by Tristan Tolhurst.

This edition is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.

Drabblecast 487- Bad Meat

Our story this week is spoiling for a good time. Enjoy a delicious exploration of the human condition, “Bad Meat” by Chip Houser!

Chip Houser (he/him) has stories in Bourbon Penn, PodCastle, Daily Science Fiction, and various other markets. “Dark Morsels,” a chapbook of his very short fiction, is forthcoming from Red Bird Chapbooks. He’s a graduate of Odyssey, a practicing architect, and an avid walker of slow dogs and an equally avid yet even slower hiker of mountains. Links to his stories and other oddities can be found at chiphouser.com.

Cover art by Bo Kaier

Do you want bonus episodes and content, including a secret Norm Sherman podcast? Then come to the Drabblecast Patreon!

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Drabblecast 486- Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish

Our story this week is “Those Who Forget and Those Who Perish” by K. W. Colyard. Enjoy!

Cover art by Steve Lillie

Do you long to be a part of the mob? Did this week’s story give you mob-envy? Then do we have something akin to a mob, but less angry, and less muddy, and also sort of just a rough collection of like-minded people who like similar things, and also it smells better. It’s the Drabblecast Patreon! Where you can meet your fellow less muddy, less angry, and collected new friends and get things like early access to ad-free episodes and bonus episodes! Plus with something new brewing in the dark coming to Patreon only.

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Drabblecast 485- He Who Ruined Everything

Let us quell your unease with our favorite platitude, “When God closes a door, he opens a window, but when Tom Floss squints at the mob through his window, Roy boards up the door for him.”

Our story this week is “He Who Ruined Everything” by L. N. Clarke. Cover art by Bo Kaier

Do you long to be a part of the mob? Did this week’s story give you mob-envy? Then do we have something akin to a mob, but less angry, and less muddy, and also sort of just a rough collection of like-minded people who like similar things, and also it smells better. It’s the Drabblecast Patreon! Where you can meet your fellow less muddy, less angry, and collected new friends and get things like early access to ad-free episodes and bonus episodes! Plus with something new brewing in the dark coming to Patreon only.

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Drabblecast 484- Cosmic Bowling

The Drabblecast hits the lanes this week with original story, “Cosmic Bowling” by Mike James Davis.  Cover art by Shane Bevin!

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Drabblecast 483- Snow

Cover for Drabblecast episode Snow by Bo Kaier

The Drabblecast wraps up 2023 with a Drabbleganza, followed by a story about tough decisions and leaving things behind– a Drabblecast original by Em Liu, called “Snow.”  Happy New Year!

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Cover art by Bo Kaier

Drabblecast 482- That Bloody Frontier

The Drabblecast Weird West Event closes out this week with another original story– this time with epic train shoot-outs, centaurs, and manifest destiny! We bring you, “That Bloody Frontier” by Sasha Brown.

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Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst

 

 

Drabblecast 481- The Alamo

The Alamo cover, color version, by Tristan Tolhurst

The Drabblecast Weird Wild West continues, with “The Alamo” by Cedrick May.

Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst

Drabblecast 480- Rusty Sue

Rust Sue cover, color version, by Tristan Tolhurst

The Drabblecast Weird West event continues, with “Rusty Sue” by Arthur H. Manners.

Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst

Drabblecast 479-Headhunting

Headhunting cover, color version, by Tristan Tolhurst

The Drabblecast kicks off the Weird West event, with Avra Margariti’s story “Headhunting” and 100 word Drabble Quickdraw Contest winner “Taming the Larvalands” by Matt Blairstone. Enjoy!

Cover art by Tristan Tolhurst

Drabblecast 478- Cool Air

Catriel Tallarico cover art for Drabblecast Cool Air, a story by HP Lovecraft

As the summer winds down and things cool down, the Drabblecast brings you a story that will give you chills! We present, “Cool Air” by H.P. Lovecraft. 

Cover art by Catriel Tallarico

The Tentaculum Issue 03 (Available now)

The third issue of The Tentaculum is now available for all to download for free.

Featuring short fiction from Porsche B. Yeary, Andrew Giffin, Bob McHugh, and Chris Campbell. This issue also includes nonfiction from returning contributors Alex Woodroe and Bobby Derie.

Edited by Cameron Howard and designed by Braulio Tellez. Cover and story illustrations by Bo Kaier.

This edition is licensed under a CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 license.

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