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June 25, 2020
Alien Beer – Special Episode – The Gate
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/special-episode-the-gate/For those of you expecting this week to be an episode of The Multiverse Blues, well, thank you for noticing. I have gotten behind on writing the serial, so this week, I’m giving you a special behind the scenes look at something that’s never before been published, and only read by one or two others before. It is a bit of the attempt I made at writing a sequel to Reality Check, my science fiction novel that my Trans-Continental books and...
June 18, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Shelby
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ep-11-shelby/The energy for writing can come from many places. Sometimes it’s for the sheer joy of it. Sometimes it’s the adrenaline rush of an external, or self-imposed deadline approaching, other times it’s the siren call of the Muse, demanding that a particular story be written. This one was none of those. I was angry at the world, and I used my writing as outlet for it. I fueled my creativity with fury, and it turned out to also be good therapy at the same...
June 11, 2020
Ch 9 – The Multiverse Blues – Hellhound On My Trail
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ch-9-the-multiverse-blues-hellhound-on-my-trail/Following the attacks in Delta Earth, Hope’s Tour beat a hasty retreat through the New Louie Arch, moving on towards Delta Earth. In this episode, the crew looks to Hope for leadership in the face of deadly danger.
Before I begin this particular episode, I want to thank my listeners for following my stories. I would love to hear from you on Twitter or Facebook, especially if you have comments or questions abou...
June 4, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Ep. 10 – Nightmare In Frills
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ep-10-nightmare-in-frills/For Halloween 2014, I joined a bunch of writer friends in a sort of blog-based celebration of the holiday in an event called the Coffin Hop. I asked for story elements from those friends, and this is what they came up with: Axel Howerton: peanut butter; Lori Michelle: a dead bush; Katie John: Doll’s pram; Julianne Snow: styrofoam plates.
My absolute idol in the flash fiction format is the late Fredric Brown, and his collection of ...
May 28, 2020
Ch 8. The Multiverse Blues – From Four Till Late
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ch-8-the-multiverse-blues-from-four-till-late/The show must go on! After the attack, the crew of Hope’s Tour gives the people of New Louie on Gamma Earth what they came for — a most unusual rock and blues concert!
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/p3eps1/Ch8-TheMultiverseBlues-FromFourTillLate9t73p.mp3
May 21, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Spectral Delivery
https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ep-9-spectral-delivery/“Spectral Delivery” started life in early 2013 as a sample story to serve as introduction to my Road Ghosts Trilogy. Its chronological place in the series is somewhere between the second book, Sinking Down, and the third one, Me and the Devil, but it’s meant to stand alone, and contains no real spoilers. The story is included as a part of The Road Ghosts Omnibus and is read wonderfully in the audiobook by Sean Duregger. I’m not including...
May 14, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Ch 7. The Multiverse Blues – Phonograph Blues
When alien rock star Hope fails to show up for her own concert, Jules must spring into action to find out whats behind her disappearance; they make a startling discovery.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/f9top9/Ch7-TheMultiverseBlues-PhonographBlues9v778.mp3The Multiverse Blues is a science fiction serial spanning many alternate realities.
May 7, 2020
Ep. 8 – Killer Cure
Killer Cure was my very first Iron Writer story. I wrote it for the third-ever Challenge, in March 2013, using these four elements: A failed superhero, a piano, a boat propeller and a Chechem/Chaka tree. My story won against two other Iron Writer participants, though their stories were quite good. It was such fun to write, it makes me wonder why I dont do more superhero stories.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/tec7uu/Ep__8_-_Killer_Cure.mp3April 30, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Ch 6. The Multiverse Blues – 32-20 Blues
Jules and the crew of Hopes Tour find themselves beset by xenophobic protesters as they set up for a show at the New Louie Coliseum in the Gamma Earth verse.
https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ekzpvb/Ch_6__-The_Multiverse_Blues-_32-20_Blues.mp3
April 23, 2020
Alien Beer Podcast – Ep. 6 – Moonlight Blossom
A rather personal bit of flash fiction. Looking back, it was foreshadowing about my own imminent transition that would blossom later that year.
Written for the Iron Writer Challenge in January 2015, I took on the following elements: Botticelli, a tiger lily, long hair, and steampunk goggles. The latter two elements demanded that I write a story involving my heroine Ida Stillwell, from my Trans-Continental steampunk books. It turned out to be an origin story that I decided was canon.
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