Journey #68 - Cyberpunk by D.K. Thompson - Issue #2 - Failsafes and Escapes

Billy is in a race against time to save his wife from Meme in cyberspace.

 

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Cover art provided by Bo Kaier, freelance illustrator / web designer, and art director for the Drabblcast.

 

The author, D.K. Thompson, is also co-editor of Podcastle, and often posts to his blog. His fiction has appeared in various anthologies, and also in podcast form at Escape Pod, Pseudopod, Varient Frequencies, and the Drabblecast.  

 

The character of Cyberpunk comes from D.K.'s YA podcast novel "The Unbelievable Origin of Superspiff and the Toothpick Kid". You can find episodes 1-3 of the novel here, and episodes 4-12 here.

 

Cast of characters:

D.K. Thompson as Billy Gibson a.k.a Cyberpunk

Lauren "Scribe" Harris (of the Pendragon Variety Podcast) as Moss

Lauren “Skrybbi” Nicholson (of the Pendragon Variety Podcast) as Kelly

Clay Dugger (of The Righteous Dude's Dudecast) as Hobbes

Mur Lafferty as Lily Gibson

Marshal Latham as Tao Li

 

Related Links:

Women in Refriderators

 

Music used in this production:

Keep It In Your Arms by Wasted Heroes

Passage II  by WMRI

"The Complex", and "The Sad Trio" by Kevin MacLeod

 

 

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space


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Journey #50 - Ichabod Crane, Master of the Occult by D.K. Thompson

Ichabod Crane returns to Sleepy Hollow, but this time he's out for revenge.

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D.K. Thompson (Dave) hosts and co-edits PodCastle, the awesomest fantasy fiction podcast this side of Narnia. Additionally, he sometimes writes short fiction, including the Cyberpunk stories and God-Shaped Box, that have been featured at Journey Into..., and more of his work has been podcasted at Drabblecast, Escape Pod, Pseudopod, and Variant Frequencies.

Cast of characters:

Josh Roseman as the Narrator (Diedrich Knickerbocker)
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Ichabod Crane
Mat Weller as Brom Bones (Abraham van Brunt)
Anna Schwind (of Podcastle) as Katrina van Brunt
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Hans van Ripper
Renee Chambliss (author of Dreaming of Deliverance) as The Woman in White
Megan Latham as Catherine van Brunt
Parker Latham as Baltus van Brunt
Robbie Latham as Jacob van Brunt
Marshal Latham as the innkeeper, and the new schoolmaster

Realated Links:
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" audio

Music used in this production:
Spatial Harvest by Kevin MacLeod


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.


Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space and Soundtrax for the Non-Existing Movies

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Journey #9 - God-Shaped Box by D.K. Thompson

Two grieving scientists attempt to resurrect their son by trapping God in a box built to Old Testament specifications.

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The author, D.K. Thompson, is also co-editor of Podcastle, and often posts to his blog.  Also check out a couple of his other podcasted stories: Last Respects on Pseudopod, and Heart of Clay on Variant Frequencies.

This story was read by Lawrence Santoro, who also blogs.  A Kindle edition of his first solo book, Just North of Nowhere, can be found on Amazon.  He is also a frequent narrator at Starship Sofa.

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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Journey #2 - Cyberpunk by D.K. Thompson - Issue #1 - Play

Log on or die.  Test gamer Billy Gibson didn't realize his next job would change his life and family forever.

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The author, D.K. Thompson, is also co-editor of Podcastle, and often posts to his blog.  The character of Cyberpunk comes from D.K.'s YA podcast novel "The Unbelievable Origin of Superspiff and the Toothpick Kid".  You can find episodes 1-3 of the novel here, and episodes 4-12 here.

Cover art provided by Bo Kaier, freelance illustrator / web designer, and art director for the Drabblcast.

Cast of characters:

D.K. Thompson as Billy Gibson a.k.a Cyberpunk

Eric J. Blommel as Meme

Clay Dugger as Meme's operative

Marshal Latham as Tao Li

Music used in this production:

Keep It In Your Arms by Wasted Heroes

Passage II and Passage III by WMRI

Long Note Three by Kevin MacLeod

snippets by The Eagles

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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