Rish Guests On "Journey Into..." Poe Show

Rish here. It's Edgar Allan Poe Month at the Journey Into... podcast! I had talked to Marshal Latham months back, about "William Wilson," a Poe story that I had tried (three times!) to do in audio for my own show (and failed).

Marshal got the excellent Dave Robison to narrate the story, and surprisingly asked me if I'd guest host on the show to talk about "William Wilson."  We talk about the challenges of the Poe story, and the Stephen King connection that brought me to it. Very cool.

Check it out HERE.




I feel like the caption should be "I will turn your face to alabaster, when you find your servant is your master." But that might just be me.

TGMG 232: VH1's Top 100 Hard Rock Songs

Hey, kids, do you like Hard Rock? Do you like our Guess-The-List episodes? Would you like to waste an hour or so of your day?

Then join Rish Outfield and Big Anklevich as Big tries to identify VH1's list of 100 Best Hard Rock Songs!

And if you liked this one (which I doubt), let us know. It could always be Rish's turn to guess!

Download the episode by right-clicking HERE and choosing save link or target as.

"I've Still Got Time!"

Hey kids, it's not too late to write your story for our (annual?) Christmas Broken Mirror Story Contest. The prompt was, "You're invited to your girlfriend's (or boyfriend's) family Christmas dinner for the first time, but the meal isn't what you were expecting."

It can be heartwarming (like Big's story) or terrifying (like Big's life) or romantic (like my story intends to be) or weird (like my story actually is), and keep it to about 5000 words and under.

You have until the end of this month to get it to us at editor(at)dunesteef(dot)com, and participate. Good luck!

Rish Narrates "Cosmetic Procedures" on Cast of Wonders

Rish here.  I was pleased to get an email today from Cast of Wonders, the YA Fantasy podcast.  Apparently, they've chosen one of my readings for an "Encore" performance, this week's episode.

So, I produced a reading of "Cosmetic Procedures" by Desmond Warzel years ago (2013).  It's a story of a private investigator hired to check out a man's wife who, after becoming involved with a makeup company, has been acting strangely.

Fun stuff. Desmond's a fine writer, as I aspire to be. Desmond's a fine writer, as I aspire to be.

Anyway, if you don't remember the story all that well, check it out HERE.  Heck, even if you remember it well, feel free to give it another listen.*

Rish

*If only to catch the familiar "Oh, hell no!" of the Dunesteef's Mildly Offensive Guest Star.

Christmas Broken Mirror Story prompt

Hey, kids, don't forget our 2020 Christmas Broken Mirror Story Contest. The prompt ended up being:

"You're invited to your girlfriend's/boyfriend's family Christmas dinner for the first time, but the meal isn't what you were expecting."

Big and I have already written our stories* but you have until the end of January to get us yours.

Just email them to us at the address editor(at)dunesteef(dot)com, and get in on the fun! Try not to make them too long (like ours), and let us know if you have questions.**

Rish "Angles In The" Outfield

*Spoiler alert, they're both too long.

**Or, if you'd like to be an Oompa Loompa and critique them.

Rish Narrates "Deep Water" On StarShipSofa

Rish here.

Know that between the years when the oceans drank Atlantis, and the years of the rise of the Sons of Aryas, there was an age when Big Anklevich and I were young, wide-eyed podcasters, and we did a few readings for StarShipSofa, the Audio Science Fiction Magazine.  This was one of the big boys, producing works from top-notch writers, and winning a Hugo Award as Best Fanzine.

They went on to many great things, but their greatest impact on me was introducing us to Jason Sanford, who enjoyed our reading of "When Thorns Are The Tips Of Trees" enough to let us start doing his stories on the Dunesteef.*

But many years have passed since we worked with StarShipSofa, and those days, like being a regular podcast, are long behind us. Except for a month ago, when new editor (and holder of the answer to the Riddle of Steel) Gary Dowell sent me an email and asked if I'd like to do a story for them. Of course I said yes . . . and now you can hear me perform "Deep Water" by Steven Fischer.

It's a short piece, about a man attempting a rescue mission in a spacecraft damaged by an asteroid collision.  Check it out at THIS LINK.

We shall see if more stories come my way. If so, then let me tell you of the days of high adventure!

*There's still one more Sanford story out there that I think about from time to time, and in a moment of ambition, I will produce it for the show.

TGMG 231: The (Other) Top American Books - Lost Episode

"On the go!" - Big Anklevich

"This is the worst episode we've ever done." - Rish Outfield

In March of 2017, Big and I recorded this episode during a road trip, and I thought it turned out so poorly that I never released it.* But at the same time, I never deleted the file.

Well, I decided to listen to it the last time I went camping, and after the first ten minutes or so, I decided it might be entertaining, at least to me and Big. So, here is Big and me discussing the books that shaped America. At least, the books after the most important ones.

Whether you agree with the list, and our thoughts about the books on it, I'm sure we can all agree . . . that the sound DEFINITELY makes the episode unlistenable.

Download the episode by right-clicking HERE and choosing save link or target as.



*Also, the audio quality is slightly worse than terrible.