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 #17 - Star Wars Kids

I ask my kids some basic Star Wars questions...and so does Gino Moretto.

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Side Trip #7 - What Are You Afraid Of? - A Conversation

An October drive with my daughter.

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Music used in this production:

"Brittle Rille" by Kevin MacLeod

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Journey #88 - The Gold Bug by Rish Outfield

A young boy travels with his family to California, but they are not alone.

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Rish Outfield is the co-host of the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine, which produces full cast short stories and banter with his buddy Big Anklevich. Rish has also lent his voice to many audio dramas, and lent his stories to many podcasts.  He is also an audiobook narrator, some of which are available at Audible.com, You can check out some of his other stories at Smashwords.

Pat Krane is a podcaster, a voiceover professional, an audio editor, a musician, and a nerd for life. You can hear him on his several podcasts: That TV Show, Convert To Raid, and Legendary: Tthe World of Warcraft Podcast.  You can also see him providing useful audio tips on his video series Inside The Studio.  Find out more about Pat's audio adventures over on his website patkrane.com.

Related Links:

Star Wars: Delusions of Grandeur Podcast

NMX Panel: Choosing The Right Content For Your Podcast

Music used in this production:
"Slow Rock Ballad" by Plastic3
"Long Note 2" by Kevin MacLeod

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space


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Journey #83 - The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry

Jim and Della have great love for each other but very little money.  How can they hope to get each other a gift for Christmas?

 
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William Sydney Porter (September 11, 1862 – June 5, 1910), known by his pen name O. Henry, was an American writer. He wrote and published several stories through his life.  O. Henry's short stories are known for their wit, wordplay, warm characterization, and clever twist endings.

However, Porter was found guilty of embezzlement in February 1898, sentenced to five years in prison. While in prison, as a licensed pharmacist, he worked in the prison hospital as the night druggist. Porter was given his own room in the hospital wing, and there is no record that he actually spent time in the cell block of the prison. He had fourteen stories published under various pseudonyms while he was in prison, but was becoming best known as "O. Henry". A friend of his in New Orleans would forward his stories to publishers, so they had no idea the writer was imprisoned.

Josh Roseman (not the trombonist; the other one) lives in Georgia (the state, not the country). His writing has appeared in Asimov’s, Escape Pod, and the Crossed Genres anthology Fat Girl in a Strange Land. His fiction has been reprinted by the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine and StarShipSofa, and his voice has been heard on two Escape Artists and all four District of Wonders podcasts. He is a 2013 graduate of the Taos Toolbox writing workshop. When not writing, he mostly complains about the fact that he’s not writing.

Check out Josh's very cool short story "Secret Santa" on Kindle or in audio

Other related links:
New Media Expo - January 4-6 Las Vegas
My Panel - Choosing the Right Content For Your Show

Music used for this production:
Vivaldi's Four Seasons (Winter)
We Three Kings by The Paradise Room


Theme music by Man In Space and the Vince Guaraldi Trio


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Superhero Marathon Spectacular - Day 25: The Adventures of Jack Austin: The Jungle Rescue by Kelley Clark

Jack Austin must rescue Juliana from the Walans.

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Kelley Clark Latham is a magnificent woman.  She is a great mother; a wonderful singer, and the love of my life.  She won my heart by playing the "Incredible Hulk Theme" on the piano, and by holding a piece of cheesecake for me during a long drive to Lake Powell ;).

Music used in this production:

"Take A Chance" by Kevin MacLeod
"Africa" by Peppe Ska

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space

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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 #71 - Night Waking by Benjamin Rosenbaum

A father helps his daughter go back to sleep on a fateful night.

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Benjamin Rosenbaum is an American science fiction, fantasy, and literary fiction writer and computer programmer, whose stories have been finalists for the Hugo Award, the Nebula Award, the Theodore Sturgeon Award, the BSFA award, and the World Fantasy Award. He was born August 23, 1969, in New York but raised in Arlington, Virginia.  He received degrees in computer science and religious studies from Brown University. He currently lives in Basel, Switzerland with his wife Esther and children Aviva and Noah.

His first professionally published story appeared in 2001. His work has been published in The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction, Asimov's Science Fiction, Harper's, Nature, and McSweeney's Quarterly Concern. It has also appeared on the websites Strange Horizons and Infinite Matrix, and in various year's best anthologies. The Ant King and Other Stories, a collection of Rosenbaum's short fiction, was published by Small Beer Press. 

Cast of characters:

Nicole Latham as Rachel

Kelley Latham as Miriam

Marshal Latham as Dad

Related Links:

Kickstarter for FLYTRAP Magazine, co-edited by Heather Shaw and Tim Pratt

Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space


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Journey #43 - The Selfish Giant by Oscar Wilde

The selfish giant want his grand garden all to himself.

  

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Oscar Wilde, born on Oct 16, 1854 in Dublin, Ireland, is a well-known, journalist, writer, playwright and poet.   After writing in different forms throughout the 1880s, he became one of London's most popular playwrights in the early 1890s. Among his most notable works are his plays The Importance of Being Earnest and An Ideal Husband, and his only novel, The Picture of Dorian Gray. He is also widely known for his satirical witticisms.

Cast of characters:
Kelley Latham as Narrator
Nicole Latham as the happy child
Marshal Latham as the giant
Megan Latham as Spring
Parker Latham as the answering child
Robbie Latham as the loved little boy

Music used in this production:
Brandenburg Concerto No. 4 in G (Movement I), Minima, Oppressive Gloom, Arcadia, and Virtutes Vocis by Kevin MacLeod

Related Links:
Oscar Wilde, moralist - Washington Times article
Wilde On... in Vaticano? - article by Catholic blogger Rocco Palmo
Lyrics to "A Poor Wayfaring Man of Grief"


Several sound effects were found at freesound.org.


Theme music: Liberator by Man In Space.

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