Journey #194 - The Decline of the West (and other secret terrorist photo galleries) by R.C. Anderson (2nd Place Quordle Quell Writing Contest Winner)

Langer is trying to start over  after getting out of Silicon Valley, but accidently gets pulled into a terrorist conspiracy while trying to develop his next web product.

 

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Cast of characters:

Bria Burton as Lee-Ann

Rish Outfield as Zoltan

Josh Roseman as Armin Pluto

Marshal Latham as Langer, and the narrator.

R.C. Anderson is an amateur writer who would much rather write something original and good, than cliché and great. Although his attempts at “Original & Great” have sometimes yielded success.  While he wishes he could focus on writing more, (‘focus’ being the key word), his day job at a microchip fab provides for such luxuries as food, shelter, a backyard tomato garden, and the ability to have writing as a hobby, even if he’s too tired to want to do it most days.  He lives in Oregon with two cats (Katie and Bobbie), is considering his alternatives to this, (on states of which to live in, not the cats).

More stories by R.C.:

• Backtalk
• Journey Into IFC

Story Music: 

"Mesmerizing Galaxy" (and others) by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com)

Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License

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Journey #191 - With A Banjo On My Knee by Rish Outfield (3rd Place Quordle Quell Writing Contest Winner)

Garrett McClaren picks up an old banjo in an alley after watching the murder of who he thinks was its previous owner.  Despite that, he feels compelled to learn how to play it and discovers not is all as it seems.

 

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Cast of characters:

Dave Thompson as Garret McClaren

Rish Outfield as Kyvin Grandine

Keith Teklits as Brad Kramer

Renee Chambliss as Belva Stone

Bria Burton as LaTonya Erinsen

Big Anklevich as Cal Hickson

Gino Morretto as the Columbia Records executive

Marshal Latham as the narrator, and assorted voices

Rish Outfield is a writer, voice actor, and imitator of the late Sean Connery.  He's a fan of the Star Wars Trilogy, Eighties music, and those horror movies your mother insisted you not watch for fear of what they'd do to you (turns out she was right about that one).  He's the former co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine podcast, and his own show, the Rish Outcast.  Born with an oddly-shaped birthmark and a lack of the vital section of the brain that produces ambition, he could still live a somewhat-full life, if only he'd get up and do something once in a w--oh no, he's gone to sleep again.

More stories by Rish:

• Rish's other Journeys and Delusions 
• Rish on Amazon 
• Rish on Audible 

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #184 - At What Price Peace by Marshal Latham

 Jennifer just wanted some peace and quiet.  Is that too much to wish for?

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Voices include:  Bria Burton, Rish Outfield, Big Anklevich, and me, Marshal Latham.

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Journey #183 - The System of Doctor Tarr and Professor Fether by Edgar Allan Poe

A man gets more than expected when he visits a French asylum to learn about a new and intriguing system of treatment for its patients.

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Narrated by Dave Robison

Other voices include:  Bria Burton, Barry Haworth, Rish Outfield, Gino Moretto, Big Anklevich, Julie Hoverson, and me, Marshal Latham.

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Delusion #96: Bria and BSPN 96.7

Marshal Latham and Rish Outfield present the sequel to HOTH 105 where our Rebel DJ's, Mo, Jo, and Mara, start up a new morning show on Bespin.  We also catch up with Bria Burton who has shared Star Wars with her son and is catching up on Star Wars streaming shows.

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Relevant Links:

• Delusions of Grandeur Facebook page 
• HOTH 105 episode 

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Journey #164 - Troubled Child by Rish Outfield (2nd Place Journey Into Journey Writing Contest Winner)

Allyson and Don Connover come to terms with their oddly morose daughter, Jessica, and her emotional powers.

 

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Cast of characters:

Tena Kolakowski as Allyson

Delilah Kolakowski as Jessica

Bria Burton as Detty

Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Don

Kelley Latham as Colleen

Marshal Latham as Doctor Palfrey, and the narrator

Rish Outfield is a fan of Horror films, Eighties music, and the television work of Joss Whedon. He enjoys chasing after frogs, talking about comic book characters, and thinking about the Star Wars Trilogy. He is a voice actor, audiobook narrator, and podcaster, and can be heard reading his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast.  He has been a writer of short stories all of his life, but has only recently begun to share his work with others. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation, but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

More stories by Rish:

• Rish's other Journeys and Delusions 
• Rish on Amazon 
• Rish on Audible 

Music used in this episode:

Anamalie by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4980-anamalie

License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Delusion #79: HOTH 105 with Bria Burton

Rish and Marshal with special guest Bria Burton present Marshal's sketch "HOTH 105".  We also talk about Mara Jade, Cara Dune, recasting Luke and Leia, Disney World, Dank Farrik, and more

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Journey #162 - Chain Reaction by Sam McDonald (3rd Place Journey Into Journey Writing Contest Winner)

Nicholas Griffalco has a spiritual experience during a roller coaster riding competition.

 

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Cast of characters:

Norm Sherman (of The Drabblecast) as Nicholas Griffalco, and Rocco

Dave Robison as the Roller Coaster God

Bria Burton as Molly

Tena Kolakowski as Gwen

Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Sean

Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as AJ

Marshal Latham as Arthur, and Otis

Sam McDonald runs his great Audiophile Blog, where he provides reviews for many fine audio fiction podcasts, and creates large, curated lists of recommendations, complete with brief descriptions of each show he recommends.  He's also very active in the Audio Drama Lovers Facebook group and the r/audiodrama subreddit on Reddit. Sam has published other short fiction, such as "Spelling Test", "Irwin Tarheel",  and "Golem of the Gullah". 

Music used in this episode:

Feelin Good by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3744-feelin-good

Organic Meditations One by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4177-organic-meditations-one

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Journey #155 - Til Death Do We Meet by Marshal Latham (A Dead and Breakfast story)

Dustin and Kara head off to spend their wedding night at the Noble Oaks Bed and Breakfast in Vernon, Idaho.  They just want to enjoy the night together, but they have unexpected guests.

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Cast of characters:

• Renee Chambliss as Kara Page
• Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Dustin Page and Uncle Derek
• Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Tye Palmer
• Bria Burton as Meechelle, and a woman in a wheelchair
• Julie Hoverson ( of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as a middle-aged woman
• Gino Moretto as the room scalper
• Marshal Latham as the narrator, an older gentleman, and a doctor

Other "Dead and Breakfast" stories (by Rish Outfield):

Book 1: "True Ghost Encounter"  in audio or on Kindle

Book 2: "The Night Clerk"  on Kindle

Book 3: "Touching the Other Side" in audio or on Kindle

Book 4: "The Old Man and Me" in audio or on Kindle 

Book 6: "Fatherless Child" on Kindle


Music used in this episode:

Continue Life by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/3545-continue-life

Unseen Horrors by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4569-unseen-horrors

Music for Manatees by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4102-music-for-manatees

Movement Proposition by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4088-movement-proposition

Relaxing Piano Music by Kevin MacLeod

Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4273-relaxing-piano-music

License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Delusion #64 - More Meditation on Mandalorian, Merchandising, and Miscellaneous Morsels

Rish and Marshal listen and respond to a voicemail by Bria Burton regarding The Mandalorian.  They also talk about many other things Star Wars.

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Journey #154 - Elsie at 30,000 Feet by Tim Pratt

Gustavo Reyes is flying home from Seattle with a surprise for his mom, but then, Elsie boards the plane and sits right next to him.  Elsie is full of surprises.

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Tim Pratt typically writes about love, monsters, secret societies, romance, trickster gods, terrible decisions, punching, metaphysics, nostalgia, entropy, magical anthropophagous cars, bridges to implausible realities, libraries, demonic thrift shops, cryptids, and breakfast foods, among other subjects. Most of his stories involve magic, or science, or science that could be mistaken for magic.

And he's pretty good at this stuff. He won a Hugo Award for one of his stories a while back, and his short work has been nominated for World Fantasy, Nebula, Sturgeon, and Stoker Awards, too. His stories have appeared in the Best American Short Stories (Fancy!), the Year's Best Fantasy, The Year's Best Fantasy and Horror, the Mammoth Book of Best New Horror – you get the idea.

Go to timpratt.org to learn about more about his books and collections, or like I mentioned earlier, head over to patreon.com/timpratt to read more of his stories.  Recently, in light of the Coronavirus and all the quarantines, Tim made the first year of stories on Patreon free for anyone to read.  That's very cool, but you might as well toss him a buck a month to read all of his stories.

Cast of characters:

Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Gustavo Reyes
Abigail Hilton as Elsie
Bria Burton as the airport gate agent
Marshal Latham as the airplane pilot

Relevant Links:
"Dream Engine" by Tim Pratt on Journey Into (Part 1 and Part 2)
The Nex by Tim Pratt  at Audible.com (produced with full cast by Marshal Latham)
"Impossible Dreams" by Tim Pratt on Escapepod
Rish Outfield's "Twilight Groan" Podcast

Other Elsie Stories:
"Happy Old Year" by Tim Pratt on Drabblecast
"Ghostreaper" by Tim Pratt at Nightmare

Music:
Symmetry by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/4790-symmetry
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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Journey #148 - Journey Into the Dying Light of Stars by Bria Burton

Valla Hale is trapped aboard Earth S-1 Station where an unexplained mass casualty event has left her devastated and alone. But everything is on lock-down and she's running out of time to escape.

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Award-winning author Bria Burton lives in St. Petersburg with her wonderful husband, her darling son, and two wild pets. Her fiction has appeared in over twenty anthologies and magazines. Her novelette, The Running Girls, was a 2017 Royal Palm Literary Award Finalist. Her novella, Little Angel Helper, won a 2016 RPLA and earned high praise from the 25th Annual Writer's Digest Self-Published Book Awards. While she writes, her dog and cat do their best to distract her, which is why they star in her family-friendly short story collection, Lance & Ringo Tails. She writes under pen name Shayla Cole for her epic fantasy trilogy, Livinity (awarded a First Place RPLA in unpublished fantasy). At St. Pete Running Company, she's a blogger and customer service manager. A member of the Florida Writers Association, she previously led the St. Pete chapter and served on the statewide FWA Board. She's also a member of the Alvarium Experiment, a by-invitation-only consortium of outstanding authors who created The Prometheus Saga Volumes 1 & 2, Return to Earth, and The Masters Reimagined anthologies.

Cast of characters:

Renee Chambliss as Valla Hale
Dave Thompson as Tray Hale
Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and Big Anklevich on Toys) as Comm Director Greg Poole
Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as Ingrid Hale
Bria Burton as Pepper Underwood
Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Dr. Heder
Gino Moretto as Dr. Riggs
Kelley Latham as Nurse
Marshal Latham as the narrator

Music from Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects from Youtube.org

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #147 - Journey Into IFC by R. C. Anderson

Due to an exceptional pay rate and the promise of adventure, recent college graduate, Kira, goes to work for EECD, Inc., and learns that she has gotten herself involved in a project much more ambitious and immense than she'd ever imagined.

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R.C. Anderson is an amateur writer that aspires to slightly above amateur status. His primary career is in the engineering / construction field, and many of his works reflect this.  He was born in the early 80s, and raised in rural Arkansas, where his passion for stories was developed inside his mother's video store. In 1990, his family moved to California's central valley, where he lived and went to school for most of the next twenty years. In 2009, he moved outside of Portland Oregon, and currently resides in the city of Hillsboro. He lives with his girlfriend and four cats.

Cast of characters:

Bria Burton as Kira
Tena Kolokowski as Monica
Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as James
Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and Big Anklevich on Toys) as Rob
Gino Moretto as Alan
Marshal Latham as Armon, and the narrator

Music from Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects from Youtube.org

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #145 - Journey Into the Cosmic Lottery by Emily Asad

Eva must plead her case to regain her sight before the bureaucratic Cosmic Lottery.

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Emily Asad, a global citizen with ties to India, Paraguay, and the USA, currently lives in Tampa, Florida with her husband and two daughters where she misses snowflakes and fireplaces. In her free time, she juggles, bakes bread, and studies chess. Her favorite authors are Frances Hodgson Burnett, Tamora Pierce, and Anne McCaffrey. Visit her website at www.emilyasad.com

Cast of characters:

Clay Dugger as Andrew
Bria Burton as Eva
Megan Latham as the secretary
Julie Hoverson (of 19 Nocturne Boulevard) as the Senses Taker
Rish Outfield (of The Rish Outcast and The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as God
Marshal Latham as the narrator

Music from Kevin MacLeod
Sound effects from freesound.org


Fact Checker:

• When discussing parts of the story, I stated "If you are religious, you might think of Jesus Christ...".  What I meant to say was "If you are Christian..."

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Journey #139 - Double Header: What Price Convenience by Christopher Munroe & A Slight Delay by Rish Outfield

Christopher Munroe teaches us the price of convenience, and Rish Outfield wishes us a Happy (if twisted) Easter (sort of).

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Cast of characters:

What Price Convenience
James Silverstien as Narrator
Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Customer
Rish Outfield (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Old Merchant

A Slight Delay
Big Anklevich (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Narrator
Rish Outfield (of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as TWA passenger; and Captain
Bria Burton as Flight Attendant, Bria; and hispanic passenger
Heather Lenhart as Passenger
Renee Chambliss as Passenger
Marshal Latham as the Air Marshal

Christopher Munroe is an actor/author/comedian from Calgary, Canada, where he lives, works, writes and spends too much time on Twitter. He’s also a prolific and podcasted author of short and flash fiction, Christopher has also written the very entertaining surrealist horror novel, Broken Escalator, which he spent months of his life writing, and now finds himself mildly nervous every time he’s inside a mall.

Rish Outfield is a fan of Horror films, Eighties music, and the television work of Joss Whedon. He enjoys chasing after frogs, talking about comic book characters, and thinking about the Star Wars Trilogy. He is a voice actor, audiobook narrator, and podcaster, and can be heard co-hosting the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and That Gets My Goat podcasts, where he and Big Anklevich entertainingly waste much of their time. He also features his own stories on the Rish Outcast podcast.  He has been a writer of short stories all of his life, but has only recently begun to share his work with others. He once got a job because of his Sean Connery impersonation, but has lost two due to his Samuel L. Jackson impression.

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Journey #133 - A Dream Within A Dream by Bria Burton

She protected her little sister from Anna, who was always gloomy and mean. But would it be enough?

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An Edgar Allan Poe Month bonus episode!

Episode art from Birit Alits Photography

Bria Burton is employed as a blogger and customer service manager for St. Pete Running Company.

In 2015, "Tight Pants" appeared in Page & Spine Fiction Showcase. "Ticket to Heaven" appeared in Faith Hope and Fiction, an e-literary magazine. A science fiction reprint, "The Wheels Must Turn," appeared in the Broken Worlds anthology. As a member of an author collaboration called the Alvarium Experiment, she published a short story called "On Both Sides." The historical science fiction piece was one of thirteen in The Prometheus Saga. "Empty Girl" in FWA Collection #7 called Revisions: Stories of Starting Over, and "The Mute Girl" in Youth Imagination Magazine.

In 2014, "In Line at the DMYV," science fiction, appeared in the Welcome to the Future anthology. Little Angel Helper, a novella that first appeared as a live story on her blog, was released as an ebook. She also had three speculative fiction pieces published, including my first paid publication in The Colored Lens #13 with "The Darkness Below," science fiction. "Switching," fantasy, appeared on the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, and "Ligeia," science fiction, appeared on the Journey Into... podcast. In 2013, "The Mute Girl," dark fantasy, was published in eFantasy, and "This is Hollywood," a fantasy/horror short story, appeared online at FICTION on the WEB.

Lance & Ringo Tails is a collection of ten short stories about her pets. In December 2013, I published ebook and paperback editions.

In October 2011, Livinity won First Place in the Unpublished Fantasy Novel category at the RPLA (Royal Palm Literary Awards).


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Journey #86 - Ligeia by Bria Burton

Kraykor is driven to the edge of space; and the only way to escape death is by entering into Ligeia.

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Bria Burton writes speculative and other fiction in St. Petersburg, Florida. Her publications are listed on her website: www.briaburton.com.  Three dreams came true for her in 2013. She quit her job in order to write full time, a dream since childhood. She was selected as one of the winners in the Edgar Allen Poe writing contest, a dream since last year when her submission, much like Kraykor in the story, sailed into a deep void in space never to be seen or heard from again. Over at the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, she was selected as one of the winners in the Triple Word Score Contest, fulfilling a dream since 2010 to have a story air on the podcast. She thanks her hubby and her parents for always encouraging her to follow her dreams.

Related Links:
Kid President
Void of Opportunity (you might need to join the Escape Artists forums to see this, but it's not a bad place to hang out.)

Music used in this production:

"Sunrise nrg"  by mmb digidesigns

Theme music by Man In Space


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