Rish Outfield story on "Masters of the Macabre"

Rish here.  I just finished writing a post about this, only to have it disappear on me (which serves me right for being the second-to-last person in the country still using AOL).  In frustration, I abandoned that post and came over here.

Over at Horror Addicts dot Net, they've just posted the entries in this year's "Masters of the Macabre" story contest.  Like last year, they announced an overall theme, and each writer was assigned a specific subject to write about.  This year, the theme was Curses, and the curse I was given was The Curse of MacBeth (or The Scottish Play).

We were to write a horror story based on our curse, and mine ended up being "The Scottish Scene," about a high school girl who, along with two friends, chooses the witch scene from that particular play to perform as a presentation for her class.  The trio discover that an individual scene can be as cursed as the whole play.  Hilarity ensues, yada, yada.

I don't know how great the story is.  I had to cut it down from its original length, then recorded the audio, then had to cut that down once it was edited together.  I asked Renee Chambliss if she'd perform the main character in the story, but she ended up performing all the female characters, and did an excellent job, with almost as little time to prepare as I had.

Horror Addicts is one of those sites where people really like their Horror, so my tale will probably seem quaint and harmless, but you are welcome to go there (http://mastersofmacabre.wordpress.com/) and listen to the entries (there are only five this time), and vote for the one you prefer.

It's nice to be given motivation to write, and I'm glad I was able to enter the contest again, and write a story I would never have written without their prompt.  The best thing about not being crowned the winner would be to have the chance to participate in the contest again next year.

Rish "Maester of the Macabee" Outfield

Halt! Who Goes There?

Last year, Universal Studios made a sequel to their 1982 cult classic THE THING, which they brilliantly entitled . . . THE THING.

THE THING (1982) was actually a remake of a 1954 Sci-Fi/Horror film called THE THING FROM ANOTHER WORLD, and all three were based on a short story by John W. Campbell called "Who Goes There?"

A while back, our buddy and all around righteous dude Clay Dugger decided to adapt that short story as an audio drama, and got a bunch of voices from the podosphere to audition for it.  His intention, if I recall correctly, was to release it for Halloween, but it ended up being way too time-consuming/ambitious, and it took a great deal longer than that.  Now, however, the production is ready to go, and can be found, in all its glory, at http://mustbenicestudios.podomatic.com/entry/2012-06-24T23_00_00-07_00

Rish does the voice of Connant, who is a religious man, eager to give acknowledge God in all things. But when he sees the ugliness of the recovered alien, he amusingly says that evolution can take the credit for this one.

The production, like the original short story, is much closer to the 1982 John Carpenter film than the other two.  But Clay worked really hard on it, and it's a totally unique and interesting experience to hear it in audio, with all the advantages (and challenges) that medium holds.

Check it out, 'cause who knows how long this file will stick around?  And who knows which one of you is really who they say they are?

That Gets My Goat 80: Tag Team

Big and Rish talk about things they enjoyed as children, and what has changed as adults.  Then Rish brings up Laser Tag, and the two go out and play it together. 

Come along sometime, why don't you?

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TGMG 79: Summer Movie Talk

What do you talk about when one of your hosts has only seen two movies this summer (and talked about both of them), but there's a week before the next one they planned to go to?

Rish and Big talk a tad bit about PROMETHEUS, SNOW WHITE & THE HUNTSMAN, CABIN IN THE WOODS, MADAGASCAR 3, THE BRIDE OF FRANKENSTEIN, MEN IN BLACK 3, A NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS, THE PLANET OF THE APES, TANGLED, DARK SHADOWS, and WINNIE THE POOH, as well as AVENGERS, BATTLESHIP, and the BBC PRIDE & PREJUDICE, just for a moment.

Folks, if you really hate Big and Rish, you can skip this episode.

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That Gets My Goat 78: 2 D-Bags In A D-Box

Because you demanded it!  Rish Outfield and Big Anklevich experience the wonder and majesty of the BATTLESHIP movie.  And for an additional cost, they got to rock out in the deluxe D-Box motion seat experience.

Was it as bad as they feared?  Could anything be?

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TGMG 77: After The Story, The Shawarma

Here's just a few more words about THE AVENGERS, then we'll let you go about your business.

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That Gets My Goat 76: Avengers Legacy

Big takes the reins in this part of the conversation, mentioning a unique sight in front of the theater while waiting for Rish.  They talk about event pictures, future nostalgia, and their dads, oddly enough.

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