PodCastle 133: And the Blood of Dead Gods Shall Mark the Score
by Gary Kloster.
Read by Christiana Ellis.
Originally published in Fantasy Magazine.
Huck smiled, and his smile stretched the pink rift of scar tissue that ran up from the corner of his jaw, across the twisted pit of his ruined right eye and onto his broad forehead. Before Nikolai’s betrayal, Huck’s face had been sternly handsome and the blood tatted into his dark skin had shone like lightning. That tat’s magic had made him beautiful and terrifying, like a storm rolling, and with a look he could make all the world his bitch. Now, left with just the scar and the spark of rage that still burned in the depths of his remaining eye, he had to be content with just scaring people shitless.
“Tribals are crap, redneck poser ink. Do yourself a favor and piss off.”
Two minutes after Huck banged in and my only customer that whole damn day was sulking out, a black dot of ink no bigger than a pimple hidden beneath his shirt. “Follow him out, Huck,” I said as the door rattled shut and I trashed the ink that I’d laid out for the job. “We’re done, remember?”
Rated R for: violence, language and adult themes.
This week’s episode is sponsored by METAtropolis: Cascadia
“Staying In Sync” – Guest Story for Nobilis Erotica
Hey everybody!
Nobilis asked me to be a guest host/author for his podcast, Nobilis Erotica!
I wrote this story, called “Staying in Sync”, but be warned, it IS explicit, so just be sure that you are of age, and enjoy that sort of thing before listening. Thanks!
But, assuming you do enjoy this sort of thing, then why not head over to Nobilis’s site and check out some of his work! He’s got tons of great content.
RotO 0810: Dr. Spamlove, or How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Web
Why is it episode 0810? Well, I wanted to mark that we were in our 8th season. Christiana wanted to keep the episode number of the V5 eps. And, it looks a little like we’ve just released our 810th episode. So we got that going for us. Which is, you know, nice.
Billy Flynn was the Radio DJ
Sam Zimmerman was Callers 1 & 3
Biscuit the Mighty Mighty as Caller 5
the Vicar as Youtube
PG Holyfield as Napster
Twitter was performed by Jett
Facebook starred The Flynnstress
George Hrab as Jim Stuart
Christiana Ellis was the Documentarian
Podcasting’s Rich Sigfrit as the Internet
introducing Donald Pitsilads as Homestead and Caller 2
PG Holyfield was the titlest
Escape Pod 256: The Mermaids Singing Each To Each
By: Cat Rambo
Read by: Christiana Ellis of Nina Kimberly the Merciless and Space Casey
First appeared in Clarkesworld
Discuss on our forums.
All stories by Cat Rambo
All stories read by Christiana Ellis
“Laura,” a speaker said, as though I hadn’t been gone for six years, as though she’d seen me every day in between. “Laura, where is your uncle?”
I used to imagine her disintegrated, torn apart into silent atoms.
“It’s not Laura anymore,” I said. “It’s Lolo. I’m gender neutral.”
“I don’t understand,” she said.
“You’ve got a Net connection,” I said. “Search around on “gender neutral” and “biomod operation.”
I wasn’t sure if the pause that came after that was for dramatic effect or whether she really was having trouble understanding the search parameters. Then she said, “Ah, I see. When did you do that?”
“Six years ago.”
“Where is your uncle?”
“Dead,” I said flatly. I hoped that machine intelligences could hurt and so I twisted the knife as far as I could. “Stabbed in a bar fight.”
Rated R for violence, language, and memory of sexual violence. And Spar feedback.
Show Notes:
- Feedback for Episode 248, Spar
Next week… Union Dues!
Into The Blender – Live From Balticon
Quoted from Into The Blender
We were happy to have another opportunity to do a live show at Balticon. This year we are joined by three luminaries of podcasting who came together to discuss 3D usage in movies, upcoming reboots, and their favorite films of all time.
Our guest are:
- P.G. Holyfield – author of Murder at Avedon Hill
- Christiana Ellis – author and prolific podcaster. Her latest endeavor is Merciless Storytellers
Thomas “Cmdln” Gideon – podcaster and velociraptor wrangler
Girl’s Rules 3 – Live from Balticon!
Quoted from the notes at the Girl’s Rules Podcast!
Recorded live on May 30, 2010 the panel included Mur Lafferty, Christiana Ellis, J.R. Blackwell and Philippa Ballantine. These are all highly creative and prolific female writers that have utilized new media in one way or another to share their works. We discuss a myriad of topics, and have great audience participation as well.
My apologies for the audio quality. The recording we received from the Balticon staff was only 2 minutes long, so this post is actually from our H4N. Yay for backup plans! My Boy Friday (Chooch) diligently worked his magic to improve the quality as much as possible, and he has my thanks for his efforts.
This episode is marked explicit due to infrequent profanity and brief discussion of erotica.
There is no promo, because the authors themselves reference countless tantalizing books and podcasts for your enjoyment.
As always, you can leave feedback here at this site, send an email to GirlsRulesPodcast@gmail.com, or leave a voicemail at(717) 347-8537 or 7173-GRULES.
Theme music is by Emma’s Mini, found on Magnatune.com.
As a reminder, the views you will hear are the views and opinions of the panelists. We do not claim to be professionals, and we do not speak for anyone other than ourselves. Rawr.
RotO 0705: There’s a Bug on Your Shoulder
There isn’t. But it is April 1st, April fools Day.
This month we take a stab at tradition, St. Patties Day, April Fools throughout history, and have contributions by Nobilis, Mildred Cady, & Justin Lowmaster
Enjoy.
RotO s07e04 Blockbusterfandomination
Aaaaah, fandom and the hype that surrounds a movie. Any major movie. Wether it’s a remake or an original property, we geeks love our movies.
So what happens when a movie encourages nearly every geek/fan argument possible?
And if you are thinking that we are making fun of fancasts, we aren’t. RotO was the very first fancast back in its Star Wars days. So if anyone holds the right to pay homage or poke a touch of fun, it’s me. And we didn’t.
Much. And yes, my voice did used to sound like that during the shows fan-run.
Enjoy.
The Casting Game #5: The Takeover
In this episode, Christiana Ellis and I tackle Mur Lafferty’s audio drama, The Takeover.
In this episode we cast the characters of Maureen, Caroline, Phil, Jeremy, Allison, Dr. Jason, Matt, Dzoba, Kevin, Annie, Nick, and James.
NOTES: Below are the polls, one per character. You decide which of us did the best job casting that role. The winners of the poll will be announced before Episode #6 of The Casting Game drops in the feed.
Go HERE to VOTE!
(Note: the vote for James has been conceded to me!)
RotO s07e03 Wibbly wobbly timey whimey
Time Travel can be fun, but can also be dangerous. Especially when you don’t know who’s time traveling universe you are stuck in.
