Episode Seventeen — Repeats and Deadbeats

Release Date: 2011-12-15
Hosts:The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner

INTRODUCTION (0:40)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
• Gneech: Vancouver Sun: Slinging Ink — Funny Stories About Work
• Greg: Comic Vine: Thought Bubble Anthology
• Buck: The Story Prize Blog: Sabina Murray — Why the Short Story Should Stand Tall

DISCUSSION (4:55)

• Gneech: “Before I Die,” from Trouble In Triplicate by Rex Stout
• Greg: Appliances Included by Mark Souza
• Buck: “In Which Faster-Than-Light Travel Solves All of Our Problems” by Chris Stabback, Clarkesworld Magazine, Dec 11

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (15:45)

• Buck Turner: Repeating one’s self, the bad, the bad, the bad and the occasionally acceptable.

ENDSHOW (22:39)

• Gneech: Further Confusion, Jan 12-16
• Greg: Will there be a new novel at Further Confusion by Yours Truly? Could a Graveyard Shift be coming back? And Darth Vader fights Adolph Hitler again on the Epic Rap Battles of History!
• Buck: Fur Planet is running another sale, December 10-18, 10% off, coupon code “Muffin”. Also, come root for me at Iron Artist event at Further Confusion in January.

• 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, “Flamenco” 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, “Jovanko” by the Underscore Orchestra, and“Chosen Kale Mazel Tov” by the Underscore Orkestra.