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The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics- Maybe the Stars

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 26, 2020 36:52


Drabblecast fan Jen Fischer hosts another Drabbleclassics episode this week, bringing you a touching H.P. Lovecraft mythos story called “Maybe the Stars,” by Samantha Henderson. The post Drabbleclassics- Maybe the Stars appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics 31 – Boojum

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 5, 2019 58:00


In this Drabbleclassics episode, author and Drabblefan Weirdo Abbie Hilton breaks down the hit Drabblecast story Boojum, by Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette. The ship had no name of her own, so her human crew called her the Lavinia Whateley. As far as anyone could tell, she didn’t mind. At least, her long grasping vanes […] The post Drabbleclassics 31 – Boojum appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics 30- Doubleheader featuring Mur Lafferty (150)

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2019 14:21


In this Drabbleclassics episode, fan and audio producer Fred Greenhalgh presents two classic Drabblecast stories by acclaimed author Mur Lafferty exploring the dichotomy of pie and cake. In “The Blueberry Pie” successfully slaying the titular food item stands as the first rite of passage for a child wishing to officially join the tribe of the pie […] The post Drabbleclassics 30- Doubleheader featuring Mur Lafferty (150) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics 29 – Primary Pollinator (191)

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 15, 2019 25:28


Drabbleclassics: A fan-hosted Series that features fan-picked stories from the Drabblecast archives, remastered and brought to you by fans like our host this week, Bart Epstein.  Enjoy! This week for Drabbleclassics Bart Epstein brings your Primary Pollinator, by Nicole Kimberling. When Dr. Lopez came for me, I was plunging the geo lab toilet. She carried […] The post Drabbleclassics 29 – Primary Pollinator (191) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics 28 – Happy Old Year (308)

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 14, 2019 24:35


Drabbleclassics is a fan-hosted monthly series that features fan-picked stories from the Drabblecast archives. Our fan-host this month is listener Zimmerman Bledsoe, who presents author Tim Pratt‘s take on New Year’s resolutions with his original Drabblecast Commissioned story, “Happy Old Year,” featured as Drabblecast episode 308 and read by Matt Hayes. This story features “Elsie,” […] The post Drabbleclassics 28 – Happy Old Year (308) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast
Drabbleclassics 27 – Go Beep (173)

The Drabblecast Audio Fiction Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 6, 2018 20:07


Drabbleclassics is a fan-hosted monthly series that features fan-picked stories from the Drabblecast archives. Our Drabbleclassics host this time around is Jen Fisher, who presents author Aliya Whiteley’s take on mindless marketing, the grunge rock anti-establishment, and the struggles of a young couple trying to fight a bizarre takeover, in her story “Go Beep.” Oh, […] The post Drabbleclassics 27 – Go Beep (173) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 26 – Unreliable Witness (235)

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 1, 2016 25:47


I don’t know if this is the same tape as last time, because They keep moving things around and stealing them. I don’t know who does it. It may be the staff here, or my own family when they come to visit, or the aliens, but somebody’s always doing it — taking my glasses, my […] The post Drabbleclassics 26 – Unreliable Witness (235) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 25 – Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely (113)

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2015 27:25


A change came over Charlie then, like a cloud passing in front of the sun.  He placed his hands flat in his lap, straightened his neck, and took a deep breath.  “Us,” he said at last.  “They read us.” A delightful Drabble evokes a sage summation of the style from Norm: the mark of a […] The post Drabbleclassics 25 – Charlie the Purple Giraffe Was Acting Strangely (113) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 24 – Cinderlands (176)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 29, 2015 30:34


Dexter crouched beneath the toxic fruit trees in his grassless back yard, turning over black earth with the spade he’d taken from the old man, and every shovelful revealed worse things: clumps of cinders and the dust of ashes; rusting nails, practically dripping tetanus; wickedly-curved shards of brown glass; bullets of various sizes, crusted with […] The post Drabbleclassics 24 – Cinderlands (176) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 23 – Synesthesia (92)

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 23, 2015 24:40


They called  it “Synesthesia.”  It’s when the senses got mixed up and you started to hear colors or taste sounds… Norm begins this with a warning concerning graphic violence and gore. We return to one of the Drabblecast’s favorite topics, the Zombie Apocalypse. The theme receives a fresh airing, which is just as well, as […] The post Drabbleclassics 23 – Synesthesia (92) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 22 – Go Beep (173)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 21, 2015 26:39


I’m a fan of Nirvana. I mean I’m a fan of the band rather than a fan of the concept. Although, hey, what’s not to like about the idea of being no longer subject to torture over the fires of greed, hatred and delusion? Free from all suffering – yes, that sounds pretty good. But […] The post Drabbleclassics 22 – Go Beep (173) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 21 – Mongoose : Part II (171)

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Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2015 33:48


You couldn’t describe a rath. You couldn’t even look at one for more than a few seconds before you started getting a migraine aura. Rovers were just blots of shadow. The breeder was massive, armored, and had no recognizable features, save for its hideous, drooling, ragged edged maw. Irizarry didn’t know if it had eyes, […] The post Drabbleclassics 21 – Mongoose : Part II (171) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 20 – Mongoose : Part I (170)

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Play Episode Listen Later May 10, 2015 39:50


Izrael Irizarry stepped through a bright-scarred airlock onto Kadath Station, lurching a little as he adjusted to station gravity. On his shoulder, Mongoose extended her neck, her barbels flaring, flicked her tongue out to taste the air, and colored a question. Another few steps, and he smelled what Mongoose smelled, the sharp stink of toves, […] The post Drabbleclassics 20 – Mongoose : Part I (170) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 19 – So You’re Going to Die (149)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 31, 2015 31:13


The energy and personality of a person can get stuck before it evaporates from our world. Wood is a fair dumping ground. Something about its pore size and how cellulose vibrates. A person can get himself pasted inside the wall or the floorboards. The body and brain quit, but the rest of the bastard lingers, […] The post Drabbleclassics 19 – So You’re Going to Die (149) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 18 – Sing (53)

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Play Episode Listen Later Mar 13, 2015 22:02


Child, you sing all the time- when you’re walking, when you’re eating, even when you’re laughing.  You people make the most beautiful music in the entire galaxy… The post Drabbleclassics 18 – Sing (53) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 17 – Apologies All Around (76)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 26, 2015 16:34


“Pardon, Winston Sinclair, I am not here to sell you something. I am not here to buy something. Winston Sinclair, sir, I am here to apologize…” Jeff Soesbe, graduate of The Viable Paradise Workshop, gives us a tender feature about a family of the future, and a unique robot with a special purpose. In Drabble […] The post Drabbleclassics 17 – Apologies All Around (76) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 16 – Blue (93)

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 12, 2015 17:19


I had a dog, his name was Blue Betchya five dollars he’s a good one too. Come on Blue! I’m a-comin’ too. Glum weather in Baltimore inspires Norm to treat us all to a pair of melancholy stories. In Shane Shennen’s Drabble, “Ancient Apple Tree,” the passing of an old, faithful robot is mourned by […] The post Drabbleclassics 16 – Blue (93) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 15 – Creature (206)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 19, 2015 39:46


And so came Creature out of the wasteland and into the city, bouncing from hilltop to hilltop like a bulbous ballerina skipping across the knuckles of a great hand. He was big as the moon and black as the night, and he came crashing into the city like a silent meteor. The cityfolk watched his […] The post Drabbleclassics 15 – Creature (206) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 14 – Jelly Park (43)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 25, 2014 19:20


“I’m not sure I belong here.” “Then where do you belong?” The others stopped chewing and looked at me expectantly. What am I?… As Norm detailed his Christmas plans, the common theme of this episode became apparent:  that “Home” is not a place, but rather a choice. Before getting there, though, the Drabble News tracked […] The post Drabbleclassics 14 – Jelly Park (43) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 13 – Rangifer Volans (192)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2014 35:23


In early December, Brad Miro walked into the office of his partner, Dr. John Estes, and said, “I’ve got our next target. It’s perfect. The public is going to love it.” John closed his eyes. “I haven’t even finished writing the paper about the Mongolian death worm yet” This Christmas Special episode of Drabblecast starts […] The post Drabbleclassics 13 – Rangifer Volans (192) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 12 – Gifting Bliss: Fifteen Years Later, Jason Avery’s Magic is Still Saving the World (91)

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Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2014 27:46


“When I first met Jason he was sitting cross-legged in the middle of the studio, surrounded by burning candles. The air smelled like flowers and a sort of a fog hung in the room and I’m thinking- this dude is a little off…” This podcast begins with a content warning, beware the “f-bomb.” Norm takes […] The post Drabbleclassics 12 – Gifting Bliss: Fifteen Years Later, Jason Avery’s Magic is Still Saving the World (91) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 11 – The Box Born Wraith (87)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 31, 2014 51:08


“I don’t want to die in the dark!” “We all die in the dark, Benny…” Norm spends this episode doing his very best cheesy Vincent Price styled horror show host (Note: not a Vincent Price imitation, but an imitation of a really bad Vincent Price imitator), complete with an interminable string of puns about “ghouls” […] The post Drabbleclassics 11 – The Box Born Wraith (87) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 10 – The Wiggly People (68)

Drabbleclassics

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 13, 2014 15:01


Uncle Karl shouts when he’s mad, and sometimes he smacks Mama.  That always makes the sharp things hurt me and the wiggly people come out… On this episode of the Drabblecast, a dark tale from favorite author Eugie Foster. A troubled youth, a view in to his chaotic mind, and deeply effected life. Shake hands […] The post Drabbleclassics 10 – The Wiggly People (68) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 9 – The End of the Universe (128)

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Play Episode Listen Later Oct 8, 2014 51:19


“Countdown commencing,” the computer announced. “Termination of the universe in 10 . . . 9 . . . 8 . . .” Eight seconds until the end of everything. No Earth, no galaxy, no existence… The post Drabbleclassics 9 – The End of the Universe (128) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 8 – The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk (214)

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 29, 2014 40:36


Achtromagk shuddered, lost in nightmare images: crimson lightning dotting a wasteland, twilight despair and feeble railings, isolation in a mewling throng. It thrashed and twisted but could not escape, could not stop the unwanted vistas in its mind. It was silent. And soft. And dark… Next up in Lovecraft month, a heart-warming tale of an […] The post Drabbleclassics 8 – The Wish of the Demon Achtromagk (214) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 7 – The Store of the Worlds (188)

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2014 63:15


Tompkins sighed. “What happens is this: You pay me my fee. I give you an injection which knocks you out. Then, with the aid of certain gadgets which I have in the back of the store, I liberate your mind…” This episode of Drabblecast starts with Norm recommending and playing an excerpt from Frank Key’s […] The post Drabbleclassics 7 – The Store of the Worlds (188) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 6 – The Outsider (175)

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 31, 2014 49:24


Here it is again – the very first H.P. Lovecraft month special!  Listen in as we try to figure out what it’s all about at the end of the episode!   Unhappy is he to whom the memories of childhood bring only fear and sadness. Wretched is he who looks back upon lone hours in […] The post Drabbleclassics 6 – The Outsider (175) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 5 – Code Brown (29)

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2014 23:22


“We cannot destroy it- it’s too valuable” said Klugscheisser “And yet, it would be dangerous to keep it.  We must hide it in the last place that anyone would ever think of looking for it…” The post Drabbleclassics 5 – Code Brown (29) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 4 – Annabelle’s Alphabet (129)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 22, 2014 56:11


Annabelle’s mother closed her eyes. “Get it sharp,” she said. “Very sharp, so it doesn’t hurt much. I’ll boil some water.” Somewhere in the house, far from the green places she’d known, baby Annabelle lay on her stomach and cried… The post Drabbleclassics 4 – Annabelle’s Alphabet (129) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 3 – The Tentacled Sky (178)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 7, 2014 53:19


The note itself simply read, “TUESDAY 7:13 PM”. Unsigned, undated, unadorned. Stuck into my door, just above the latch where I’d be sure to find the note immediately upon my return from my errands about the city…     The Tentacled Sky by Jay Lake The first note was scribbled on a piece of old […] The post Drabbleclassics 3 – The Tentacled Sky (178) appeared first on The Drabblecast.

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Drabbleclassics 1 – Clown Eggs (115)

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 8, 2014 15:40


Author Jay Lake knew about the devil and he knew about the clowns. When his story, Clown Eggs, first appeared on the Drabblecast, listeners said things like “This might be, hands-down, the weirdest story I’ve ever heard on [The Drabblecast].  I think I’m going to have nightmares forever. Can I send my therapy bills to […] The post Drabbleclassics 1 – Clown Eggs (115) appeared first on The Drabblecast.