Strange – Page 8 – The Drabblecast

Cover for Drabblecast episode 41, Set Another Place at the Table I'm Bringing My Pimple, by Bo Kaier

It starts off like any normal bout of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. I’m constipated, I’m depressed and I’ve got a pimple the size of a hazelnut on my chin…

This week’s Drabble details a junk mail scam, betraying Norm’s deep interest in e-mail spam scams, later manifesting itself in the Drabblecast’s signature “Nigerian Scam Spam Contest.” Norm wholeheartedly plugs “Between the Cracks Fiction,” the website archive of the feature story’s author, Kim McDougall. Norm issues a warning, that the feature is the grossest story Drabblecast has aired since “The Worm Within.” In it, a young woman spends a very difficult week dealing with a delicate medical condition. Feedback from Episode #36, “Pumpkin Seeds,” a Halloween special, was universally positive.

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Drabblecast 40 – Marbles

By Drabblecast

On November 28, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Horror, Strange

“Michael…” his mother said, smiling and bending toward him. “Don’t you think we should invite your new neighbor over to play?”

In Drabble News: the field of Taxidermy triumphs with the successful recovery of a famous cryptozoological (mystery) animal. This week’s Drabble, “Shark attack,” provides a surprising role reversal. The feature story, also by author Ayn Sauer, continues the theme of vicious youth. “Marbles” tells the tale of young Michael and a precocious young collector named Alice. It details a kiddie cross, the sort of thing that scars for life, or elicits a frightful smile. Head-scratcher feedback for Episode #35, “The Guilt Trader,” follows.

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Drabblecast 38 – Trifecta

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On November 15, 2007

In Drabblecast, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strange

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.

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

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Drabblecast 25 – The Worm Within

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On August 15, 2007

In Drabblecast, Strange

Today we bring to you The Worm Within, by Vincent Eaton.

It’s a strange tale. A rather gross tale… about a tail. It’s a tale about a worm tail and a man’s tail area. And meat.

Have you ever felt something was off inside your body? Have you ever racked your brain straining to remember what you put into your body? Something that may have gone terribly wrong?

I’ve already said too much.

Drabblecast 21 – The Metamorphosis of the Phosphorescent Avenger

By Drabblecast

On July 18, 2007

In Action, Drabblecast, Fantasy, Strange

Jell, Porp and Oct decide to stick it to the man…

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Drabblecast 20 – A Day with Daddy

By Drabblecast

On July 11, 2007

In Drabblecast, Strange

A man and his daughter encounter trouble at the local grocery store….

On this episode of the Drabblecast, an eccentric parent takes his ‘child’ out for a day of shopping… complications ensue.

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Drabblecast 18 – The One That Got Away

By Drabblecast

On June 20, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Fantasy, Strange

“Christ, what the hell is that thing?”
“Hell if I know, but it ain’t no speckled perch- I can say that much…”

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Drabblecast 17 – Morton

By Drabblecast

On June 13, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Drama, Strange

He was a genetic disaster – holding in his impressive repertoire of infirmities: asthma, severe lactose intolerance, a disposition to rashes, acute ugliness, a chronic blob shape and an allergy to anything you can find on the periodic table…

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Drabblecast 10 – A Little Black Death

By Drabblecast

On April 25, 2007

In Drabblecast, Horror, Strange

He kept them in jars in his garage. Row after row of mayonnaise jars, each one containing a small, shiny blob of instant death….

In its tenth episode, the Drabblecast presents Lance Arthur’s story ‘A Little Black Death’ – a spider story, not recommended for the squeamish. Norm encourages listeners to vote in the Super Animal Deathmatch, and to take advantage of the new comment feature of the site.

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Drabblecast 8 – Epiphany

By Drabblecast

On April 11, 2007

In Drabblecast, Strange

Ever had one of those days?

Drabblecast episode 8 brings a hard-luck tale like few before – Adam Carvin’s “Epiphany,” which explores just how bad things can really get, and how to keep them in perspective. And a momentous first, Norm launches the original Super Animal Deathmatch, later re-titled the Mega-Beast Death-Match, featuring Telephant vs Hippopotopain vs Crablooey vs DeathMole.

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Drabblecast 3 – Next Stop

By Drabblecast

On March 7, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Strange

The metrotrain at 6am can be a great place to make new friends…

The Drabblecast’s third episode brings us Luke Coddington’s Next Stop, a short, atmospheric story of an encounter with a homeless man on Baltimore’s metro, with some unexpected consequences. Norm puts his versatile voice to good use, delivering both an unnerved protagonist and an authentically creepy antagonist.

Feature: Next Stop by Luke Coddington

Episode Art: Bo Kaier

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Drabblecast 2 – Longing for Love: A Unicorn’s Story

By Drabblecast

On February 28, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy, Strange

Not your average fairy-tale about an obese squirrel and a unicorn with back acne….

In episode 2 Norm brings us the quirky story of Gregory, a unicorn cursed with bad health and worse luck. This is also the first episode in which Norm introduces the show as: “strange stories by strange people, for strange listeners.”

Feature: Longing for Love: A Unicorn’s Story by Lindsey and Lacey Anderson. A Drabblecast original story. Art by Bo Kaier.

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Category: Strange

Drabblecast 41 – Set Another Place at the Table, I’m Bringing My Pimple

Drabblecast 40 – Marbles

Drabblecast 38 – Trifecta

Drabblecast 25 – The Worm Within

Drabblecast 21 – The Metamorphosis of the Phosphorescent Avenger

Drabblecast 20 – A Day with Daddy

Drabblecast 18 – The One That Got Away

Drabblecast 17 – Morton

Drabblecast 10 – A Little Black Death

Drabblecast 8 – Epiphany

Drabblecast 3 – Next Stop

Drabblecast 2 – Longing for Love: A Unicorn’s Story