Escape Pod

I guess I did something right, because Steve Ely asked me to read another story! This particular one allowed me to revert back to the teen years...

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I look at the calendar hanging on the wall above my bed. I reach up, lift it off its nail with one hand and snuggle back under the covers, taking the calendar with me and running a finger over all the red Xs marked over all the days leading up to this one. It’s a little cold out, and the last thing in the universe I want to do is catch an effing cold the week of my birthday, so I snuggle down into the warmth of my flannel sheets even more. I know there’s going to be parties this weekend, and I’m going to want to go.

This is what I’ve been waiting for all these months. All these years, I guess, though before my friends started getting theirs, it didn’t seem like such a big deal. We were all No-Knows then.

Tomorrow, I’m finally going to feel like I belong.

Tomorrow, I’m going to find out how I die.

Rated PG. Contains allusions to profanity and some sexual implication.

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Website: http://escapepod.org
RSS Feed: http://escapepod.org/podcast.xml

Episode 143: Flaming Marshmallow And Other Deaths
http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP143_FlamingMarshmallow.mp3

Robotz of the Company

We are well into the next season of Dream Realm's hit series, and if you go to the site you can either download individual episodes or subscribe to the podcast. I want to post one particular episode from the season that I especially love. The 'botz become human for a day!

Website: http://www.dregold.net/
Podcast: http://robotzofthecompany.blogspot.com/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobotzOfTheCompany

Episode #405: The Pinocchio Effect
http://www.dregold.net/ROTC/ROTC405-PE.mp3

Metamor City: Making The Cut

I was thrilled when I was asked by author Chris Lester to bring his character Sasha to life in his pod-novel. I'm not going to post each episode since Sasha is a key character in the book (really, every character has a key role in this book. It's not so much about one or two characters as it is about a group.), so I will give you all the feed information so you can check out this story for yourself!

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The Metamor City Podcast features short stories and novels set in an urban fantasy world where spells and cyberpunk collide. 1300 years have passed since the Dark Wizard Nasoj placed a curse on the people of Metamor Valley, twisting their bodies and minds in the hope of making them his servants. They didn't bow so easily. Now, Metamor governs a benevolent empire that spans half a continent. What was once a rural valley with one large castle has become a towering metropolis of fifteen million people, with four layers of magically-suspended roads and buildings that rise hundreds of meters into the sky. The Curse is under control -- mostly -- but the people of Metamor are far from safe. In the shadows of Metamor's glittering spires, beneath the glamour and glory of the Jewel of the North, dark things are stirring. The battle for the future is beginning, and more and more people are learning the one eternal truth about Metamor City: No one who comes here ever leaves unchanged.

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Website to "Making The Cut": http://www.metamorcity.com/category/making-the-cut/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/metamorcity

Escape Pod

The original science-fiction story podcast- it was honored (and very excited) to read for them!
This particular story was fun to read, as I was able to play with my voice a bit.

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Tina tugs on Kindred’s bullet-tattered red cape. “What kinda tricks do you do?”

Kindred shakes her head as if bewildered by the question. “Tricks?” She glances back at Megaton, who now juggles three Jersey barriers about a hundred meters out in the devastation.

“Let it go Kindred. We’ve been through a lot.”

“Well that’s good. So now you’re free to put on a carnival. Get everyone together and onto the jet now. And I mean now!” Her voice is so loud it draws everyone’s attention away from the show.

Megaton drops the Jersey barriers and the ground shakes.

Kindred lowers herself to one knee beside the little girl. “My trick is special,” she says, “I can make the whole circus disappear. Abracadabra‚Äî”

Rated PG. Contains superhero violence and organizational politics.

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Website: http://escapepod.org
RSS Feed: http://escapepod.org/podcast.xml

Episode 128: Send In The Clowns
http://media.rawvoice.com/escapepod/media.libsyn.com/media/escapepod/EP128_SendInTheClowns.mp3

Pseudopod

A spin-off of the ever-popular science-fiction story podcast Escape Pod, Pseudopod is a horror-story podcast that I was definitely happy to read for!

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The sisters sat in the back seat, bundled up against winter, as the car idled in the driveway. Julie hunched low, staring at the seat in front of her; Emma slumped against the opposite window, staring at the snow that blanketed the world, staring at her friends, lying silently asleep.

“You’re such a freak,” Julie snarled. “You’re always causing such problems. Why can’t you just be normal.”

“I’m hot,” Emma croaked.

“Well, it’s like thirty degrees out there, have at it,” Julie said, and unclicked Emma’s seat belt.

Emma bounded from the car and ran to join her friends, feeling the refreshing rush of snow on her face. They cheered as she rubbed the ice into her skin, feeling weight lift from her lungs. She breathed in the cold deeply, and became more alive: she noticed the tang of pine in the air; smelled the dirty heat of the car’s exhaust.

She felt a deep hatred for her sister rise. Her friends felt it too. They didn’t need to be told what to do.
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Website: http://pseudopod.org/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.pseudopod.org/Pseudopod

Episode 59: Fever
http://pseudopod.org/podpress_trac/web/82/0/Pseudo059_Fever.mp3

Podiomedia Chat

Host Chris Moody was kind enough to ask me to join him on his interview show. It was another good time- and he interviews all the cool kids. Why did he want me then? Who knows... but hey another excuse to do what I do best- talk!

Website: http://podiomediachat.chrismoody.net/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/podiobookchat

Season 2 Episode 4:
http://media.blubrry.com/pmc/http://recordings.talkshoe.com/TC-23252//TS-41232.mp3

Robotz of the Company

A show that never failed to make me giggle since I began listening. So to be a regular on the cast- well, it's just so much fun I can't even begin to tell you. Just call me Kika, and she debuts in the Season 3 finale', which is HIGH-LARIOUS in itself.

It is possible to listen to episodes out of sequence, but to familiarize yourself with the characters I would certainly suggest going back and catching up.

Which you will totally want to do when you hear this episode. :-)

Website: http://www.dregold.net/
RSS Feed: http://feeds.feedburner.com/RobotzOfTheCompany

Episode 312: Banana Republic:
http://www.dregold.net/ROTC/ROTC312SXE.mp3