Superhero Marathon Spectacular - Day 8: ThunderBeast - Enter The Hunter by Robbie Latham

This looks like a job for...ThunderBeast!

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Robbie Latham worte this story for a school assignment about a year ago at the age of 9.  Robbie loves to read, and hates to clean the bathroom.  He aspires to become an author some day, or maybe a video game programmer.  First of all he needs to conquer the fifth grade (and cleaning the bathroom).

This story was read by Mat Weller, who, among other voice acting and producing duties, is the audio producer for Escape Pod.  You can find out more about Mat's audio adventures on his blog.

I forgot to mention that one of the things that inspired me to produce Robbie's story for the podcast, was the amazingly fun and creative videos produced by Written By A Kid.  Go check them out.

Music used in this production:

"Take A Chance" by Kevin MacLeod
"Mutant Rises (Action)" by Grégoire Lourme

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 #4 - In Spite of Himself by Nathaniel Lee

Alkahest seeks to make a name for himself in the super villan gig.

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The author, Nathaniel Lee, publishes daily microfiction at mirrorshards.org.  Also check out his other superhero story "As Fast As You Can" with re-imagined characters from this story at Daily Science Fiction.

This story was read by Mat Weller, who, among other voice acting and producing duties, is the audio producer for Escape Pod.

Music used in this production:

We Got Trouble and Sneaky Snitch by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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