Episode Twenty-One — Something Funny About Smashwords

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Release Date: 2012-03-08
Hosts: The Gneech, Graveyard Greg, Buck Turner

INTRODUCTION (0:40)

• Welcome and host intros
• Short Story Headlines
• Buck: Legal Censorship: PayPal Makes a Habit of Deciding What Users Can Read
• Greg: Read an eBook Week! (March 4th-10th)
• Gneech: Story Charlotte Brontë wrote at age 25 about ungrateful rat discovered
• Greg: Flash Fiction Challenge: Song Shuffle, Part II
• Gneech: Coffee Shop QR Code Site Seeks Submissions
• Feedback
• Lindsay Buroker: “Thanks for mentioning my article! I’ll have to find you guys on iTunes and download the podcast.

DISCUSSION (10:41)

• Gneech: “The Bleak Shore” by Fritz Leiber
• Greg: Skylands: Large Living by Sylvan Scott
• Buck: From Their Paws We Shall Inherit by Gary Kloster from Clarkesworld Magazine

THE BLOODY PEN OF THE RANTING EDITOR (27:25)

• Buck Turner: Funny ‘ha-ha’ or funny ‘uh-oh’-Dying is easy, comedy is hard.

ENDSHOW (35:35)

• Gneech: gneech.com
• Greg: Welcome to Cappuccinos! now in eBook form, Wish Fulfilment and Unexpected Relationships free until March 10th!
• Buck: ROAR Volume 5 is now open for submissions! The theme is secrets. The deadline is August 15, 2012

• Call for audience participation, suggestions, news items, general plugs
• Would you like to be a guest? Do you have a project to plug?
• site comments

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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.