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"Touch That Dial" by Michael Philip Wells &  "Classified Ads" by Elliotte Rusty Harold

11/13/2018

 

"Touch That Dial" by Michael Philip Wells, Read by an Ensemble Cast, including Kim Rogers, Zin E. Rocklyn,  Zak Zyz, Tatiana Grey, and Tony Perry

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​Michael Philip Wells grew up in Michigan and lives in Brooklyn, New York. His story "A Chinatown Ghost Story" will be published in the upcoming fiction issue of Nang, a new and beautifully eccentric print magazine devoted to Asian cinema. He has been working on a large-scale fantasy novel since well before the invention of the podcast, and writes extremely intermittently about film at EveryoneLikesMovies.blogspot.com.

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"Classified Ads" by Elliotte Rusty Harold, Read by Paul Karle

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Elliotte Rusty Harold is originally from New Orleans to which he returns periodically in search of a decent bowl of gumbo. However, he currently resides in a secret mountaintop laboratory on a large island off the East Coast of the United States. His short fiction has appeared in Alfred Hitchcock’s Mystery Magazine, Crossed Genres, Daily Science Fiction, and numerous anthologies. He has also written over twenty nonfiction books, most recently The JavaMail API and Java Network Programming, 4th edition, both from O’Reilly. He is a member of SFWA, the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction
​                                                         Writers, and the Brooklyn Bird Club.

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Paul Karle is an actor living and working in New York City. He loves cats and Star Trek. Find him at www.paulkarle.com

"Wallflowers by Lilah Wild & "Beloved Mr. Grooch" by J.M. Plumbley

10/2/2018

 

"Wallflowers," by Lilah Wild, Ready By "Jen Carter"

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Lilah Wild is a graduate of Clarion West and her dark fiction has appeared in venues such as Pseudopod, Dark Tales from Elder Regions: New York, Niteblade, and Morbid Curiosity. Her fascinations include belly-dance dabbling, eerie synths, horror movie interior decorating, and running away to the beach.  She lives in Queens amid a clamor of doom metal noodling and two cats. Visit
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Jennifer Carter is an actor from Va, Ca, and Fl living and working in NYC. When not lending her voice to speculative storyscapes she can be seen on stage with many NYC theatre companies. Most recently as Dogberry in an industry reading of Turn To Flesh's new work THE MERRY WIDOWS OF WINDSOR. She also loves fighting; stage combat, that is, and this past winter fight directed Queen's Shakespeare and What Dream's May Co.'s productions of HENRY VI parts 1-3. She also enjoys pina coladas and getting caught in the rain. Follow her on instagram @femme_du_lac_ and her website, www.jenncarter.weebly.com.


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Friends bring life to each others stories. Sam J Miller created this for Lilah Wild's story. Let them know what you think of his art and his stories at https://twitter.com/sentencebender

"Beloved Mr. Grooch," by J.M. Plumbley, Read by Herself!

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J.M. Plumbley writes fantasy, horror, and a blog about monsters. She's a graduate of the Odyssey Writers Workshop and has lived in several states and countries, but currently resides in Queens. Visit jmplumbley.com for more.

Episode 7: Dating Kali, My Sweet by Alger Bliss & Squeeze by Rob Cameron

3/9/2016

 

"Dating Kali, My Sweet" by Alger Bliss, Read by Rish Outfield

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Alex Kirtland, aka Alger Bliss, is a Brooklyn based writer of poetry and speculative fiction. He is currently at work on a novel about witches and magic. You can follow updates about his work and  read his poetry at https://www.tumblr.com/blog/rhinoleaps

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Rish Outfield is a writer, audiobook narrator, and podcaster who is host of the Parsec Award-winning Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine. He is fond of frogs, Mister Pibb, Ben Affleck, and has just written his first novel. Rish once went to Amity Island in order to cause a panic on the Fourth of July, but accidentally yelled, "Barracuda" instead of "Shark." It's true what they say: nobody reacted.

Outtakes from Rish's recording


"Squeeze" by Rob Cameron, Read by Jon Hoche

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Rob Cameron is an elementary school teacher and writer living in Brooklyn. When he’s not writing stories or organizing events for the Brooklyn Speculative Fiction Writers, he is rock climbing, dragon 
boating, and working on his Buddha-like glow. You can find his work in Mike Allen’s Clockwork Phoenix 5.

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Jon Hoche is an actor who recently was a performer and puppeteer in the North American tour of War Horse, as well as performing in the show’s Asian debut in Tokyo, Japan. He is the artistic associate of Vampire Cowboys Theater Company.  He recently participated in the 2015 Jim Henson Company Diversity Puppetry Workshop. He also has worked with Ma-Yi Theater, Two River Theater Co., American Globe Theatre,2G and Premiere Stages to name a few. Find out more at JonHoche.com.


Episode 6: Knowing You, Knowing Me Part 2 by Marcus Tsong

2/24/2016

 
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​Marcus Tsong spent his formative years in the Pacific Northwest, splitting his time between Seattle and Boise. He's since moved to Shanghai, Portland, San Francisco, Wisconsin, and Washington DC before settling in Brooklyn, where he lives with his wife, son, two cats, and a grumpy dragon. He is currently working on a fantasy novel and a collection of weird tales.



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Jenn Carter is an actress hailing from the bases and burbs of Virginia, California and Florida. She received her BA in Theatre from Florida State University and has been performing in one form or another since the age of 4.  Some of her favorite roles from regional and NYC theatre include Stella in A Streetcar Named Desire, Patsy Cline in Always...Patsy Cline, Jen in Sunday on the Rocks, Ulla in The Producers, Kate Keller in The Miracle Worker, Maid Marian in Robin Hood, Ophelia in Hamlet, and Hermia, Peter Quince and Cobweb in A Midsummer Nights Dream, just to name a handful. Jenn currently lives in NYC with her teddy bear and her potted plant, Felix.

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