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The Encroacher
This is a special live recording from Balticon 44. Recorded on May 30, 2010
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Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie
Narrated by Rick Stringer & Michael Spence
The Encroacher
Copyright 2010 Jonathan C. Gillespie
http://jonathancg.net
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2010 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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A World Made of Wax
This is a special live recording from Balticon 44. Recorded on May 28, 2010.
On Sunday May 30, we will be recording our final episode at Balticon 44.
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
A World Made of Wax
Copyright 2010 Matt Wallace http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies Copyright 2010 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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Noah's Temple
In the far future, the last leader of a reviled messianic religious order explores her faith as she struggles to save the planet from an apocalypse.
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Written and narrated by Matthew Warner
Music
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Noah’s Temple
Copyright 2010 Matthew Warner
http://www.matthewwarner.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2010 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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Dead Hunt by Kenn Crawford
We have a special treat for you.
A few months back, Kenn Crawford was looking for voices for his new podiobook, “Dead Hunt.” I agreed to do one of those voices. We are sharing with you episode one of Dead Hunt. I think you are going to like it, and if you do be sure to go [...]
Survivor Guilt
A wounded man finds himself driven underground, into the purgatory of tunnels that honneycomb the ruined earth. Battling for a life he knows he’s already lost, he is haunted by fever dreams of a time before the Accident: of blue skies, green grass, of his long-dead mother. If the rats don’t get him, [...]
Heart of Clay: A Saint Darwin's Spiritual
Ever since Saint Darwin returned with harvested seeds from an Egyptian bush that wouldn’t burn, golem constables have worked alongside human and ghost inspectors. They patrol England’s cobblestone streets together, keeping them safe from the monsters the patron saint of scientists exposed to the world. But when inanimate golems are being trafficked by a shadowy [...]
A Real Christmas
It’s Christmas Eve. Private detective, Dan Taylor is contemplating his past and his future, or lack of one. Then a potential client comes to his door.
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Written by Michael A. Stackpole
Narrated by Christopher Mott
Music
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Promos
Dead Hunt
http://deadhunt.kenncrawford.com
The Leviathan Chronicles
http://www.leviathanchronicles.com/
A Real Christmas
Copyright 2010 Michael A. Stackpole
http://www.stormwolf.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2010 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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– complete
The complete Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness in one episode!
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Philippa Ballantine, Rick Stringer, Jan Dalton, Tom “Devo Spice” Rockwell, Anton Buntic, Benjamin Grundy, Neil Stringer, Ian Jones, and Anne Stringer
Music
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Mario Ajero
http://marioajero.blogspot.com
Neil Stringer
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The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness
Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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– Doctor Lady
A woman with no name and a past filled with mistakes to atone for. If you’re hurt or sick on the wrong side of the river, the Doctor Lady will fix you up. Tender mercies are the hardest commodities to come by in the Failed Cities, but there are stockpiles if you know where to look…
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Written [...]
– Truck
Any job that involves high-risk and high-speed is right up Truck’s alley, at least for the right price. And it doesn’t get higher in the risk department than piloting a high-tech big rig up mountain switchbacks in a freezing snowstorm. At least until you add one Feral Twin into the mix…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by [...]
– Ferus
When you look up on Christmas Eve and see a shape streaking across the night sky above the Failed Cities, it’s not Santa’s sleigh, it’s death incarnate, also known as Ferus…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Neil Stringer
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
Rudolf
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Neil Stringer
Promo
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
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The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness
Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Va...
– Operative 853
Like Santa Claus, The Nicodemus Consortium has their own sack of gifts to distribute on Christmas Eve. Unlike St. Nick, however, the Consortium is willing to do whatever, and whoever it takes to retrieve their stolen merchandise. And Operative 853 is no elf…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Benjamin Grundy
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital [...]
– Constable Klimenko
The yuletide spirit hasn’t made Valeri Klimenko any less reluctant to take a dangerous case. Unfortunately it hasn’t changed his luck when it comes to being thrust into such cases, either…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Anton Buntic
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
Carol of the Bells
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Neil Stringer
Promo
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
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The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness
Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace
http://www.m...
– Sterne
Sterne, the hardboiled wordslinger, doesn’t believe in Christmas stories. He’d certainly never write such a tale. Living thru one, however, well that’s another story altogether…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Tom “Devo Spice” Rockwell
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
Dance of the Sugar Plumb Fairies
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Neil Stringer
Promo
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
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The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness
Copyri...
– The Maven
Your sins don’t forget you during the holidays, and for The Maven, master street mediator, sometimes they haunt you in the form of an urgent call to a life-or-death hostage crisis. They say old soldiers never really die. At least The Maven certainly hopes so…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Jan Dalton
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
Little Drummer Boy
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital [...]
– Ethan
It’s the holiday season, even under the acid-washed black snowfall that covers the Failed Cities. For Reverend Ethan Grant, the holidays are about balancing brief moments of joy with long nights of blood. And the night has just begun…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Sponsor: GoToMyPC
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Music
Abney Park
Winter Wonder Land
http://www.abneypark.com
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Neil Stringer
Promos
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
Jake Bible’s [...]
TITLE FIGHT: Round 10
Round #10 – Surprise! It’s the tenth and suposedly final installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace.
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Written and narrated by Scott Sigler
Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC.
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
TITLE FIGHT: Round #10
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Out of Time
In a seaside town, a young man finds the world around him frozen in time.
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Written by Jack Westlake
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC.
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
Promos
The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness
Glitter Girl
http://www.erinobriant.com/
Fiends
http://shadowpublications.com/
Buffy Between the Lines
Podcast Awards
http://podcastawards.com/
Farpoint Media
http://www.farpointmedia.com
Out of Time
Copyright 2009 Jack Westlake
http://www.jwestlake.wordpress.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www....
TITLE FIGHT: Round #9
Round #9 – It’s the ninth and final installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace. Korak the Cutter and Chiyal “The Heretic” North ready to rumble!
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Written and narrated by Scott Sigler
Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC.
http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast
TITLE FIGHT: Round #9
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant [...]
TITLE FIGHT: Round #8
Round #8 – It’s the eighth installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace. Korak the Cutter and Chiyal “The Heretic” North are ready to enter the octagon, and all hell is sure to break loose..
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Written and narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #8
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt [...]
Life Insurance
Just before Hurricane Katrina slams into his New Orleans home, a father purchases an unusual life insurance policy from a voodoo priestess.
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Written and narrated by Matthew Warner
Artwork: Deena Warner
Music: Digital Juice
Life Insurance
Copyright 2009 Matthew Warner
http://matthewwarner.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
TITLE FIGHT: Round #7
Round #7 – Weigh-ins were always a little crazy. But nothing like this.
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Written and narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #7
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
TITLE FIGHT: Round #6
Round #6 – The Heretic got what he wanted, but at what cost?
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #6
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
TITLE FIGHT: Round #5
Round #5 – Gredok pays a visit to Doc Patah to make him an offer. Is it an offer that he can refuse?
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Written and Narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #5
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Naught But Ash
Nothin’ like a good hangin’ to bring folks together. ‘Frontier justice’ is what they called it back in the day. Brutal, maybe, but efficient. Those days are back, but with a twist.
Strangers just ain’t what they used to be.
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Music
The songs “Tetrishead”, “Frozen Angels”, “We Insist” & “Exurgency” by Zoe [...]
Title Fight: Round #4
Round #4 – Controversial GFA champion “The Heretic” Chaiyal North is facing the firing squad as he goes before the Galactic Fighting Council. The fate of his newly-won title hangs in the balance. And whatever their decision, it’s going to be a wild night in the heart of Ionath City. Booze will flow, fists will [...]
Fuel Pressure
When the world is about to be destroyed who finally decides who lives… and who dies.
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Written by Dennis Egan
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Promos
The Leviathan Chronicles
http://www.leviathanchronicles.com/
Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights
http://www.hazydaysandcloudynights.com/
XDM
http://www.xtremedungeonmastery.com/
Fuel Pressure
Copyright 2009 Dennis Egan
http://thehopefullscrivener.wordpress.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Title Fight: Round #3
Round #3 – Warriors are expendable. Quyth legend Korak the Cutter has been called out by “The Heretic” Chaiyal North, the 6′ 9″, 400 pound newly-crowned champion of the Galactic Fighting Association. Will he accept the challenge?
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Written by Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
Narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #3
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant [...]
Penny Ante
It’s just a friendly, low stakes game of five card draw. Sure, it’s a weird place for poker, but don’t let that bother you. We don’t bet much because we don’t have much. We’re a little picky about who we let sit in, but it looks like you’ll meet the qualifications, and we need some [...]
TITLE FIGHT: Round #2
Round #2 – Meet “The Heretic” Chaiyal North, the 6′ 9″, 400 pound newly-crowned champion of the Galactic Fighting Association. Chai is the first Human competitor to capture the interspecies title in a thousand years, but as far as he’s concerned crowns don’t make kings. Chai may be sitting at the top of the GFA [...]
Jack Wakes Up
In the three years since Jack Palms went clean: no drugs, no drinking, no life, he’s added fourteen pounds of muscle, read 83 books, and played it as straight as anyone can ask him. Now, when an old friend from L.A. calls, he hits the streets of San Francisco to help a group of Czech [...]
TITLE FIGHT: Round #1
Round one of the big smackdown in the “Rookie” universe.
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Written by Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
Narrated by Scott Sigler
TITLE FIGHT: Round #1
Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace
http://www.scottsigler.com
http://www.matt-wallace.com
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
The Last Kayfabe
This is a special joint podcast with Seth Harwood’s Crime Wav.
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Written by Ray Banks
Narrated by Sean “Dogg” Robertson
Promos
Seth Harwood’s Crime Wav
http://www.crimewave.com
Kronos
http://www.jeremyrobinsononline.com/
Technorama
http://www.chuckchat.com
Well Told Tales
http://www.welltoldtales.com
Penguicon 2009
http://www.penguicon.org
The Last Kayfabe
Copyright 2009 Ray Banks
http://www.thesaturdayboy.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Under The Bed
Bad Dreams. Shadows on the wall. Things that go bump in the night. Something lurks in the darkness to whisper things no child should hear. To remind young minds of things no child should remember. And to feed. It waits, hungry but patient, in the blackness under the bed.
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Written by Michael Natale
Narrated by Michael A. [...]
Prisoners
A few weeks from retirement, a scientist looks back at her wasted life with regret. Now, at the end of her career, she is offered a chance to make a real difference to someone. But she’s been safely sheltered for so long… will she take the risk of a lifetime?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Marilyn [...]
Gill Bando
Not one of the assorted politically motivated killers in this bar knows they’re about to die. But that’s the thing about suicide bombers: you never see them coming.
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Written D. M. Moehrle
Narrated by Jan Dalton
Promos
Cybrosis
http://www.cybrosisnovel.com/
Balticon 43
http://balticon.org/
Gill Bando
Copyright 2009 D. M. Moehrle
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Creature of God
A botched deal. A quietly menacing, unholy, fatherly crime boss. A waking nightmare of small-time criminals, gothic bars, and neon churches. Johnny finds himself immersed in a dark, sinister underworld, struggling desperately to hold on as his humanity slips away.
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Written by Jack Mangan
Voices: Heather Welliver, Kreg Steppe, John Cmar, Matt Wallace, J.C. Hutchins, Chris Lester, [...]
– Part Four
A trail of shed blood and sacrificed flesh, a pound of it his own, has led Detective Jon “Busboy” Pacson to the doorstep of a newer and even more terrifying secret kept by the carrion underground of the future. And the final answer lies Under the Dutchman . . .
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Written and narrated by Matt Wallace
Promos
The [...]
– Part Three
After a shoot-out and a close encounter with a butcher knife Pacs has a new clue, but it will take him into the deepest, darkest heart of the carrion underworld: NecroPhasiac. Will you follow?
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Written and narrated by Matt Wallace
Promos
The Next Fix
http://tinyurl.com/TheNexFix
Playing For Keeps
http://www.playingforkeepsnovel.com/
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
The End of Flesh
Copyright 2008 Matt Wallace
http://matt-wallace.net/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick [...]
– Part Two
Pacs has been put on the trail of cannibal killers who’ve claimed a high-profile victim: the son of a controversial city councilman. His investigation brings “Busboy” face-to-face with Rosalie Barello, sister to the deceased. Beautiful and enigmatic, will she prove to be his strongest ally . . . or his prime suspect?
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Written and narrated by [...]
– Part One
Meet New York City Police Detective Jon “Busboy” Pacs. Pacs walks a secret beat that takes him through the dirty underground of what may be Humanity’s last taboo. But even in the starved and not-so-distant future, the final taboo is still all about flesh . . .
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Written and narrated by Matt Wallace
Promos
The Next Fix
http://tinyurl.com/TheNexFix
Playing For [...]
Best In Class
700 horsepower. Leather. Fusion-based drive system. And good intentions.
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Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie
Narration by Chuck Tomasi
Artwork by Paul Drummond
Promos
Technorama
http://www.chuckchat.com
Dragon Page With Class
http://www.dragonpage.com
Dunesteef
http://www.dunesteef.com
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues/
Murky Depths
http://www.murkydepths.com
Paul Drummond
http://www.pauldrummond.co.uk
Best In Class
Copyright 2008 Jonathan C. Gillespie
http://jonathancg.net/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Mat...
Under The Bridge Downtown
The worst part about his daughter’s death wasn’t the terror of seeing half a ton of concrete separate from a bridge and smash through their windshield. It wasn’t even the deafening crunch when the fragment pulped Jessie’s head and sent her blood splattering over his cheek. It was his initial reaction once the shock wore [...]
All The Time
The watchmaker’s shop is filled with timepieces of all kinds, from the majestic grandfather clock to the most delicate pocketwatch: all the time in the world. But it’s not the many clocks adorning the walls that give him eternity. Or is it?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narration by Marck Pearlstone
Music
Digital Juice
http://www.digitaljuice.com
Sound Effects
SoundSnap
http://www.soundsnap.com
Promos
The Unbelievable Origin of Superspiff and [...]
Queue
Waiting in line is an unfortunate reality in modern life. When Frank McMurtry finds himself in a mysterious line with an eclectic group of strangers, he doesn’t want to be there…but is it better to stay, or walk away?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narration by Rick Stringer
Promos
Zombinc (The Takeover)
http://zombinc.net/
New World Order
http://www.edwardgtalbot.com
Queue
Copyright 2008 Anne Stringer
http://anne-stringer.livejournal.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick [...]
Cut Man
Every fighter needs a Cut Man in their corner.
This is a special simulcast episode with Seth Harwood’s CrimeWAV, the first series of crime story podcasts on the web. Featuring some of your favorite crime authors in the coming weeks and months and posting a new episode every week.
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Written by Christa Faust
Hosted by Seth Harwood
CrimeWAV
http://crimewav.com
Cut Man
Copyright [...]
The Destruction of Sennacherib
19th century London. A place and a history much like the one we know, and yet changed. As a separist army stands poised for war, two words will determine just how far its course will deviate. Lethal Configuration. It’s the key to saving an empire . . . or annihilating one.
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Written by Bryn Sparks
Narration by [...]
Grounders
Closing time. Game over. But some people think it’s more than a game. Some people don’t want to go home. They don’t have to, but they can’t stay here. Because you stay too long down here, they send the Grounders.
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Written by Jonathan McGoran
Narration by Thomas “cmdln” Gideon
Promos
Nobilis Erotica
http://nobilis.libsyn.com/
7th Son Obsidian
http://jchutchins.net
Notes From the Vault
http://www.crescentstation.net/
Tale Chasing
http://www.talechasing.com/
The Command [...]
Saint Darwin's Spirituals
Ghost inspectors and golems patrol the streets of Whitechapel. Prostitutes turn tricks for the fever-dream flesh lusts of the spiritual. And the statue of Saint Darwin, the scientist who broke the barrier between the natural and the supernatural, oversees it all. Now a disciple of Darwin – a woman of skin and bone [...]
Young Junius
Before he got to be big in the San Francisco drug game (JACK WAKES UP), Junius Ponds had to cut his teeth on the small-time capers and crimes of a fourteen-year-old wanna be gangster on the late 80s streets of greater Boston. With his brother Temple just killed, a fresh nine in his hand, and [...]
Birth and Death
Birth rules the life of a midwife, but she has also seen plenty of death. When she realizes she is immortal, birth and death begin to look the same. She knows that any new baby she helps bring into the world will die, in time. But she learns to look beyond the spectre of death [...]
Hit Me
All of her clients know that anything above her neck costs fifty dollars more. But when a flesh-smashing session with one of her regulars takes an unexpected turn, there’s a lot more put on the line than a broken nose or a crumpled President Grant.
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Written by Christa Faust
Narrated by Leann Mabry
Promo
Tag In the Seam
http://tagintheseam.com/
Hit Me
Copyright [...]
Spired
Obsession is close kin to determination. For one man, an alien peak seems just another obstacle capable of being conquered with the right set of tools. But any climber will tell you — you don’t want to look back the way you came.
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Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie
Narrated by John Cmar
Links
Playing for Keeps
http://www.playingforkeepsnovel.com
Murder At Avedon [...]
Paid In Full
She has been called whore, harlot, streetwalker, working girl, doxy, courtesan. All are true. She is also immortal. If a girl is going to live forever, she needs to have a way to support herself. But the world’s oldest profession is a hazardous one, and when her latest client’s perversion of choice is murder, she [...]
The Mason's Son
Mason’s were the engineers of the ancient world. They built wonders out of stone; cathedrals, bridges, castles, and sometimes, for very powerful, secrets. Michael the mason knows all too well that nothing is more dangerous than another man’s secrets.
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Written by Dennis Egan
Narrated by Paul S. Jenkins
Promos
The Plitone Revisionist
http://www.paulsjenkins.net
The Mason’s Son
Copyright 2007 Dennis Egan
Variant [...]
The Rut
Home to work. Work to home. Rinse, lather, repeat – for the rest of your life. For Thomas Crane, life had become just that: one monotonous day after another. Until one morning when he realized something had changed. Could he finally crawl out of the Rut his life had become, or [...]
– part two
This is part two of Jailhouse Rock by James P. Hogan.
High above the stormy southern hemisphere of Mars, a routine cargo transport has turned into a high-stakes standoff between Skyguard soldiers and vicious mercenaries turned thieves.
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Written by James P. Hogan
Narrated by Rick Stringer
With Will Hoffacker, Phil Rossi, Jan Dalton, Jack Ward, Lonnie Ezell, Ciaran O’Carroll, [...]
– part one
High above the stormy southern hemisphere of Mars, a routine cargo transport has turned into a high-stakes standoff between Skyguard soldiers and vicious mercenaries turned thieves.
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Written by James P. Hogan
Narrated by Rick Stringer
With Will Hoffacker, Phil Rossi, Jan Dalton, Jack Ward, Lonnie Ezell, Ciaran O’Carroll, Neil Stringer, and Nobilis
Promos
Crescent
http://www.crescentstation.net
The Sonic Society
http://www.sonicsociety.org
Daughter of the Sun
http://www.lonnieezell.com
Starship Sofa
http://www.starshipsofa.com
Nobilis
http://www.nobiliserotica.com
Jailhouse [...]
Old Tricks
Satan has come to St. Jerome’s Catholic School for Girls, and only hitwoman Patricia Sharpe, their least esteemed alumnus, can save the edifice from the Fallen Angel’s influence. But is it the Devil himself that’s taken hold of St. Jerome’s and its students, or just an ancient troublemaker up to old tricks?
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Written by Matt Wallace [...]
Mother Tongue
On a mission to tame a new world, man will turn against man, and even mother nature herself will have her say.
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Written by Carmelo Rafala
Narrated by Rick Stringer
With J. Marcus Xavior, John Cmar, Jack Hosley, Neil Stringer, Tony McCartney and Anne Stringer
Promos
Kick-A-Thon
http://www.firstgiving.com/ctomasi
Silent Universe
http://www.silentuniverse.com/
Wander Radio
http://www.wanderradio.com/
Heaven, Hell, and Earth
http://www.podiobooks.com/title/heaven-season-three-earth
KnitWitch’s SciFi/Fantasy Zone
http://www.knitwitchzone.com/
Mother Tongue
Copyright 2007 Carmelo Rafala
ht...
Delve
Every twelve hours the light above his door burns bloody and bright. Every twelve hours a new batch rolls off the genetic assembly line, the saplings that will grow into a new human race. And every twelve hours Lofgren Stenz must delve, deep beneath the surface of our shared consciousness. The purpose of the delve [...]
Last Flight of the Esperanza
Fifteen ships left Earth in search of new places for humans to live. When the Esperanza 15 crashes, only one of the crew is left alive. How will she survive when she is the only human on an entire planet?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Ali Groves
Promo
Moldawer in the Morning Podcast
http://www.moldawer.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer [...]
Firstborn
Innocence is the best containment. The ultimate in reform for those who committed the First True Sin: Rebellion. But is an innocent mortal soul enough to contain the dark essence of a Fallen Angel?
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Written by Michael Natale
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Special guests: Tee Morris, Mur Lafferty, Michael R. Mennenga, and Chuck Tomasi
Promos
The Billibub Baddings [...]
Maidenhead
Even the dirtiest business can produce something immaculate.
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Nan Worthington
DZ Allen’s Muzzle Flash
Balticon
The Balticon Podcast
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Slumber Party
Impulse: a sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action. Will she resist?
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Dani Cutler
http://www.truthseekerscast.com
http://www.theaudioaddicts.com
DZ Allen’s Muzzle Flash
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Anne Stringer
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Notes
Sometimes the right story can change your life. And sometimes it’s too late.
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rich Sigfrit
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http://dzallen.blogspot.com/
http://outoftheguttermagazine.blogspot.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
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Sacrifice
Father Michael Brannigan isn’t your average priest. Since childhood he’s been a medium, a powerful seer of spirits. But in the jungles of Africa, he’s about to experience something unlike anything he’s ever seen before…
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Written by Jason McDowell
Narrated by Rick Stringer and Ali Groves
The Joe Murphy Memorial Fund
http://joemurphymemorialfund.org/
Jason McDowell
http://www.myspace.com/jason_mcdowell
HTFib
http://www.htfib.co.uk/index.html
Children of the Gods
http://www.childrenofthegods.net/
The Time [...]
The Dead Man and The Berserk
We know transhumanism as a philosophical concept, but in one techno-genetic future they’ll come to know it as a plague. And if you think the disease is deadly, wait until you meet the cure…
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Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Scott Sigler
Promos
Ancestor
http://www.scottsigler.net
Murky Depths
http://www.murkydepths.com
Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
See
A Story of Kindness
Satin Widows
It’s October, and in the spirit of the month we’re turning our dial to horror with a story written just for All Hallows Eve. This frightening frequency is the tale of two strangers who meet on a lonely night in a grand old hotel. They’re about to learn that sometimes it’s better to stay home [...]
Cell
Life on the very edge of the solar system is a bleak nightmare, punctuated only by the blissful euphoria afforded by the drug, trace. Andi is a trace addict. Trace is Andi’s only escape from his crushing life. But a new drug is taking hold of Andi. Cell is strong, [...]
The Dark Harvest
Every season it grew stronger.
Every season more children vanished.
Every season the gardeners dwelling grew, forcing the village to retreat its borders, until at last it could shrink no further…
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Written and Narrated by Adrian Grey Marsden
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http://www.adriangrey.com/
The Dark Harvest Copyright 2006 Adrian Grey Marsden
Variant Frequencies Copyright 2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
August 2006
The Last Frequency
Spend a night in the far reach with Sherk Maxwell, doctor of broadcast journalism. Sherk is humanity’s last voice of dissent, set forth on a mic and beamed out across deep space to every rift-tripper and manic ET roaming the great void. But as the same slimy threat that evacuated Earth encroaches on Dr. [...]
The Spoils of War
Pohraen’s childhood was dominated by the interminable war on her planet; only the music of the 100th Day gatherings could lift her mood. Then, in a last desperate arms race, a bizarre turn of events sowed the seeds of change.
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Written by DJ Burnham
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://www.djburnham.com
Variant Frequencies Copyright 2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
The [...]
Dead of Night
Every night I strolled the same path, looking for him. The nights were getting colder. Even in the short time I was out, my fingers were aching from it, and I worried that he was frozen somewhere. I didn’t know where to begin to look…
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Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Heidi Jones
Music performed by Neil [...]
Children of the Androphagi
In the 1930’s 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue was home to the speakeasy. In the 2030’s it’s all about the breakdowns, where they mix biochem cocktails and spark the Ash of the Dead, sucking its acrid smoke through bone pipes. The big ticket is, of course, shooting distilled endorphins. Yes, they’d found [...]
Evelyn
At least Mom doesn’t walk me all the way to the door. That would be so embarrassing!… They can be stolen away and terrible things can be done to them… I used to be that little girl, the one walking with her mom… What does she think is gonna happen in this dumb neighborhood?… [...]
Absolution Insured
I’d spotted Carey. He heard the Whirring too. He’d grabbed my baseball bat out of the front seat, and now he was standing, braced against the open passenger side door, in his best Sammy Sosa stance. I couldn’t believe it, not even after knowing the guy for two years. He was actually going to [...]
Variant Frequencies Intro
Variant Frequencies – Your speculative fiction dial. Find us at www.variantfrequencies.com
Variant Frequencies is a podcast that stretches the entire bandwidth of genre fiction, modulated by a constant element of the fantastic. Every month we give you a new story.
Our goal at Variant Frequencies is to entertain and expose you to our work, and we work [...]