Episode Four — The Show That Wouldn’t Die

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Release Date: 2011-05-31

Hosts: The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Claymore Highfield

INTRODUCTION (0:40)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
  • May (was) National Short Story Month?
  • Short Stories for Coffee Break
  • Kristen Britain on Jim Hines’ blog “First Book Friday”
  • Stephen Crane stories on Librivox
  • Publish or Perish: The Short Story Is Not Dead

BUMPER

DISCUSSION (11:50)

• Gneech: Robert E. Howard: More than Conan! Sailor Steve Costigan; Puritan Adventurer Solomon Kane
• Greg: Side Jobs, By Jim Butcher
• Clay: Nuanced Narrative: Guiding the reader’s imagination toward a satisfying story.

BUMPER

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (53:45)

• Buck Turner: Violence in Stories
• Gneech, Greg, Clay: Commentary on the rant.

BUMPER

ENDSHOW (1:09:25)

• Gneech: Suburban Jungle: No Predation Allowed to have bonus short stories; SJ Kickstarter project
• Greg: FANG volume 5! Dungeons & Denizens! Another free short story (coupon code KC36J)!
• Clay: Odd Things I’ve Seen
• Buck In Absentia: ROAR 4 call for submissions!

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
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This Week’s Music

• Regular intro and outro: “The Third Man Theme” by Rat City Brass, used by permission.
• Courtesy of The Podsafe Music Network: “Journey B” by DanielReal2K, “Vibrations”, “Flamenco”, and “Psycho” by B-Sea Surfers,“Naked Under Leather” by Rubber Band Banjo, “Banjo Roids” by ATL Producers, “Honey Cotton” by Alex Cebe, “Chilling Loop” by Upstairs, “Spooky Fractal Magic” by Embertime, “Turn It Up” by Danny Weis, “My Moon” by PJ73, and “Banjo Tango” by Cynthia Sayer.
• Courtesy of http://freemusicarchive.org: “Songe D’Automne” by Latché Swing, “Rythme Gitan” by Latché Swing, “Broken String” by the Underscore Orkestra, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orkestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.