Archive for April, 2008

In the Shadows

Monday, April 21st, 2008

Basil Sands (65 Below, Karl’s Last Flight) returns to the microphone, this time bringing you a collection of short stories in In The Shadows:
These stories will get your heart racing in thirty minutes or less as you plummet to the depths of human emotion and the desire to protect what is dearest when all hell […]

Coming Soon — Max Quick 2: The Two Travelers

Sunday, April 20th, 2008

On May 1, 2008, original podcast fiction author Mark Jeffrey returns with the much-anticipated sequel to Max Quick 1: The Pocket and the Pendant:
Five quiet years have passed in Starland, California since the the time of the Pocket. But when a crazed old man shows up with a warning, Max, Casey, Ian and Sasha […]

 
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Nocturnal

Tuesday, April 15th, 2008

The master of gore and original podcast fiction author Scott Sigler returns with Nocturnal:
Something lives deep beneath the streets of San Francisco. Something that has been there for centuries, something which comes out at night to feed on the dregs of society. A sub-culture with its own myths and its own legends.
Stories of a […]

The Communion of the Saint is COMPLETE!

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

Alan David Justice’s The Communion of the Saint is a novel of past and present, skepticism and belief. It’s also now marked complete, clocking in at 17 episodes. It’s getting high marks across the board, so check it out!

 
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Post Piece on Podiobooks.com Powerhouses

Sunday, April 13th, 2008

I love waking up to read about us in the papers1. Seriously. In what seems to be a continuing trend, Scott Sigler and J.C. Hutchins grabbed some ink from a major newsprint in a recent story in the Washington Post.
The usually topics were covered by Sigler:
There’s a big chip on our shoulders,” Sigler said of […]

J.C. Hutchins wants you to play in his sandbox

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

On November 19, 2007, the entire US and much of the rest of the world suffered a catastrophic and long-lasting power failure. What, you don’t remember that? Well then, you obviously have just stumbled across this and have missed out on the thrill ride that is 7th Son.
The trilogy is over, but author J.C. Hutchins […]

Double shot of podcast fiction action in SF Chronicle

Thursday, April 10th, 2008

Last Saturday, the San Francisco Chronicle/SF Gate ran a story featuring two of their local-boys-gone good; Seth Harwood and Scott Sigler. Both had (in case you hadn’t noticed) print book launches within the last month that made quite a splash on Amazon.com, publishing and their careers as writers on the whole.
It seems that you […]

Publishing changes impact the little guy

Wednesday, April 9th, 2008

There are some changes sweeping the publishing world, and they have a lot of people nervous. One was recently reported in the NYT. It seems that HarperCollins is contemplating not paying new authors advances for their books:
Author advances and bookseller returns have long troubled the publishing industry. Best-selling authors can command advances so high that […]

Rebels of the Red Planet

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Paul Campbell took the SFFaudio Challenge and has released his recording of Charles L. Fontenay’s classic science fiction tale Rebels of the Red Planet as a serialized free audiobook!
MARS FOR THE MARTIANS!
Dark Kensington had been dead for twenty-five years. It was a fact; everyone knew it. Then suddenly he reappeared, youthful, brilliant, ready to take […]

 
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Sigler and Callahan on PodioMedia Chat

Tuesday, April 8th, 2008

Looking for insights into the minds of two successful podiobook authors? Check out the 1st Anniversary celebration show on PodioMedia Chat. Tim Callahan won the Parsec Award last year, and Sigler is tearing up the traditional publishing world with his recent release of Infected in print!