Journey #41 - Red Road by David Barr Kirtley

Francis and Benjamin, unlikely companions, venture out an a quest of vengence for the dead mouse king.

Episode art provided by Nick Greenwood

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David Barr Kirtley is a terrific short story writer who lives in New York City. He has published many great stories, including several featured in John Joseph Adams' anthologies, such as The Way of the Wizard, The Living Dead, and in the recently released anthologies Armored and Under the Moons of Mars. David is also the co-host of the fantastic interview and geek talk podcast Geek's Guide to the Galaxy. You can find out more out more him at his website.

Authors Note: David wrote a short “behind the scenes” essay about how he wrote this story.

Cast of characters:
David Barr Kirtley as Benjamin
Wilson Fowlie as King Francis, the Owl, and the leader of the Westboro Rats
Big Anklevich (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Guard mouse
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as Courtier mouse
Marshal Latham as Narrator


Suggested Podcast Episode: "Veil of Ignorance" by David Barr Kirtley on MechMuse Audio Magazine


Music used in this production:
Fighting Fire with Fire Suite by Brandon K. Guttenfelder
Rising Legends, Grasping Some Beauty, Night Hunter by Epic Soul Factory
and other podasfe music


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.

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Journey #40 - Lieutenant Hornblower: The Peculiar Captain by C.S. Forester (presented by BBC)

Horatio, as Lieutenant aboard the H.M.S. Renown, discovers that all ships are not the same, nor their captains.

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The radio series "The Hornblower Story" (1968-69) was adapted from four of the Hornblower books by C.S.Forester. Dramatised into 20 half-hour parts by Val Gielgud, it was produced by Trevor Hill, and directed by Trevor Hill and Christopher Hayton Webb. Music by Johnny Pearson, special effects by David Fleming-Williams, Jack Hollinshead in conjunction with the Sea Training Association.


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Announcments from Base Camp: The Parsec Awards

"Dream Engine" by Tim Pratt is a Parsec Award Finalist.

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Listen to Part 1 of Dream Engine
Listen to Part 2 of Dream Engine

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Journey #39 - Snakehead by Sam Schreiber

When Bill catches a large, unusual fish from the mountain lake, this group of campers was in for more than a relaxing weekend in the woods.

Episode art provided by Johanna Chambers


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The production on this episode was mostly provided by Scott Pigg, who also does a lot of audio work for the folks at HG World.

Sam Schreiber is a writer living in Brooklyn, New York. His work has previously appeared in Escape Artists' PodCastle, Conflict of Interest Theater and Cavalier Literary Couture. He works as an adjunct presenter at the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, where he also be teaches a course in science fiction.

Cast of characters:
Rish Outfield (of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine) as the unnamed main character
Lauren "Scribe" Harris (of the Pendragon Variety Podcast) as Alex
Jonathan McNeill (of Troll Jammies) as Darius
Tom Baker (of the Drabblecast) as Bill

Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.

Music used in this production: Below The Waves by Keshco, We All Fall Down by Lorenzo's Music, and music from Freestockmusic.com.

Suggested Podcast Episode: "Bottom Feeding" by Tim Pratt on PodCastle.



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Journey Into an Interview with David Barr Kirtley and Dustin M. Thomas

Dustin has started a Kickstarter campaign to fund a short film adaptation of "The Seconfd Rat", a story by David Barr Kirtley.

Art provided courtesy of Matthew Perry ( www.perrypixel.com )

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Related Links:
 Learn more and DONATE to The Second Rat Kickstarter campaign
Read "The Second Rat"
Listen to "The Second Rat"
More on Dustin M. Thomas
Other stories by David Barr Kirtley



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Journey #38 - A Tribute to Ray Bradbury

Three amazing stories by master speculative fiction writer, Ray Bradbury.

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Ray Bradbury was born on August 22, 1920 in Waukegan, Illinois.  He was an American fantasy, science fiction, horror and mystery fiction writer. Best known for his dystopian novel Fahrenheit 451 (1953) and for the science fiction and horror stories gathered together as The Martian Chronicles (1950) and The Illustrated Man (1951), Bradbury was one of the most celebrated 20th-century American writers of speculative fiction.  He also inspired generations of writer and readers.  Many of Bradbury's works have been adapted into television shows or films.  He died, earlier this month, on June 5, 2012.

Other Bradbury links:
Ray Bradbury's latest work in the New Yorker
"The Veldt" as read by Stephen Colbert
"Homecoming"
"The Sound of Thunder"


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Journey #37 - The Premature Burial by Edgar Allan Poe

A man who is obsesssed with being buried alive finds himself in the stae he most feared.

Illustration by George Almond

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Edgar Allan Poe was born on January 19, 1809 and became an American author, poet, editor and literary critic. Best known for his tales of mystery and the macabre, Poe was one of the earliest American practitioners of the short story and is considered the inventor of the detective fiction genre, as well as the genre of science fiction.  He was the first well-known American writer to try to earn a living through writing alone, resulting in a financially difficult life and career.  Poe died in 1849,  in Baltimore, under mysterious circumstances, but he left us with a legacy of tales of wonder and woe, the marvelous and the macarbe. 

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