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Holy shit, two cakes! This week, V and Emily poke around over on Dreamwidth and its potentially coolest rec comm: Fancake. Its founder and former longtime mod (9 years of work!) @jerakeenc did a really thoughtful interview with V about the inspiration for the community, things they've learned over the long course of modding a panfandom comm, and tips for starting and maintaining a positive social space on the internet. Plus, Emily and V wrestle with hanahaki disease and swoon over a good tagging system. Sources Fancake Ad Swaps & Other Business Candy is Dandy Podcast This Week In Fandom History is a fandom-centric podcast that tells you… what happened this week in fandom history! Follow This Week in Fandom History on Tumblr at @thisweekinfandomhistory You can support the show via our Patreon at http://www.patreon.com/thisweekinfandomhistory.  If you have a fannish company, event, or service and would like to sponsor or partner with TWIFH, please contact us via our website. Please remember to rate the show 5 stars on your listening platform of choice!

What my show is about, etceteras. Addressing the unfortunate topic of Anti-Fans…How my show is very different to the soap-opera it is based on, accordingly to what we all need to do to heal: CHANGE THE DESIGN. It's not to decimate “villains”, it's to alter the DESIGN of everything! :)Persuasive tech works easier on fans of soap operas due to the continuation-with-no-resolution. It is, sadly like, shooting fish in a barrel :(Going through my Dreamwidth journal and the focusing tips show…Discussing the non-canon stuff, factions and so forth and why on EARTH, etceteras. (Professional Wrestling comparisons.) Overall the main point is having FUN with the narrative rather than waging silly “wars” that amount to nothing but wasting more time. (Outside the time we INTENDED to waste.) For anyone who wants to argue that canon or non-canon is a “matter of perspective”? OH, SHUT UP! I don't want to HEAR that “argument” anymore. You fooled TONS of DS fans with that nonsense for decades, but you AIN'T gonna fool THE REST OF US! :P (We don't CARE who “should” love who, we just care about who DOES love WHO… DUH!)Then we go through the second season of Pit episodes in brief. Take care.

In this episode of Fic Clique, your hosts discuss "taking some time," by tetrapod (F1 RPF) @15:58, "white collar.mp3," by LuckyDiceKirby (White Collar) @42:24, and "Untitled Yuletide Fic," by runicmagitek (Untitled Goose Game, Dreamwidth) @1:08:59. This episode has us digging into lost possibilities as a consequence of your choices, how the framing of a narrative impacts our understanding of it, and what makes something humorous.

Today we are joined by Tolkien scholar Robin Reid, to discuss different approaches to talking about race in Tolkien. Other Minds and Hands: An Open and Friendly Discussion of Tolkien Adaptation, Episode 6, recorded on April 6, 2022 Hosts: Dr. Corey Olsen the Tolkien Professor https://signumuniversity.org/director... Dr. Maggie Parke https://signumuniversity.org/director... Episode guest: Dr. Robin Anne Reid Dreamwidth journal: https://tolkien-on-the-web.dreamwidth... Her journal in Dreamwidth: https://ithiliana.dreamwidth.org/ Her open-access scholarship relating to the issues of race that might be of interest: arising out of the Racefail '09 events were an early attempt at a theme issue on race and fandom: https://journal.transformativeworks.o... She has published several things with Journal of Tolkien Research--the most recent being on a work of fanfiction https://scholar.valpo.edu/journalofto... And here are her four publications there: https://scholar.valpo.edu/do/search/?... Other Minds and Hands takes place (almost) every week at 4 pm US Eastern, Wednesday, on this SignumU Youtube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/SignumUnive... and SignumU Twitch channel https://www.twitch.tv/signumu For more information https://mythgard.org/miscellany/ You can watch or listen to the recordings here. https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLa... https://tolkienprof.fireside.fm/subsc... Dr. Corey Olsen is offering several free and open weekly and biweekly programs on the works of J.R.R. Tolkien and other topics at Mythgard Institute. https://mythgard.org/ You can check the live schedule here. https://www.twitch.tv/signumu/schedule More about the individual programs Exploring the Lord of the Rings: a sentence-by-sentence journey through the text of Tolkien's epic fairy story https://mythgard.org/lotro/exlotr/ Mythgard Academy: in-depth seminars on fantasy, science fiction, and other speculative works https://mythgard.org/academy/ The Silmarillion Film Project/SilmFilm: a completely hypothetical discussion about what J.R.R. Tolkien's Silmarillion would look like as a TV series https://mythgard.org/silmfilm/ Those recordings can be found on this Signum University Youtube channel as well as on our podcasts. https://mythgard.org/listen/ Other Minds and Hands and SilmFilm recordings are on the Tolkien Professor podcast. We also provide affordable higher education and fun, engaging learning (Tolkien Studies, Imaginative Literature, Classical, Medieval, and Renaissance Literature, and Germanic Philology) at Signum University. https://signumuniversity.org/ About Signum University https://signumuniversity.org/about/ Signum University Graduate Program https://signumuniversity.org/admissio... SPACE Signum Portals for Adult Continuing Education https://signumuniversity.org/space/ Events https://signumuniversity.org/event/

On this episode of Coffee & Divination, we welcome back author and magician John Michael Greer. He's written numerous works on a variety of topics, including ecology, politics, appropriate technology, oil depletion, Druidry, divination, and magic. (He has written over 50 titles so far.) In this discussion, we delve into some of the magical underpinnings of politics today, as well as in the more distant past. His recent thought-provoking book, "The King in Orange: The Magical and Occult Roots of Political Power," was our jumping off point, and I thoroughly enjoyed this conversation.-- John Michael Greer's Ecosophia blog: https://www.ecosophia.net-- Link to "The King in Orange": https://www.innertraditions.com/books/the-king-in-orange-- John Michael Greer's works: https://bookshop.org/shop/jmg-- JMG's Dreamwidth page: https://ecosophia.dreamwidth.org-- Theme music: Come with Me by JoAnna Farrer. Also featuring Alasdair Fraser, Natalie Haas and Yann Falquet.-- JoAnna Farrer's debut album, Liminal Paths, on Bandcamp: https://joannafarrer.bandcamp.com/album/liminal-paths-- Liminal Paths on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/album/3t2UGfIZ8x4ts4t8OgpXJw-- Liminal Paths on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/liminal-paths/1590193743-- Ending music: Pollen Path by Elana Low-- Website: http://www.coffeeanddivination.com

This week, we talk about paradigms of childrearing, giving people space for low-stakes disagreement, and also Kanye lines from 2010.Transcript available here.You can probably still do games on Dreamwidth. Also, Lulav is running and Jaz is playing a game of Heart: The City Beneath by Grant Howard and Christopher Taylor, which you can buy a PDF of here. Lulav references "POWER" by Kanye West, which you can see here.Support us on Patreon or Ko-fi! Our music is by the band Brivele. This week, our audio was edited by Ezra Faust, and our transcript was written by JJ Jensen, who you can follow on Twitter @pantspossum. Our logo is by Lior Gross, and we are not endorsed by or affiliated with the Orthodox Union.Support the show (http://patreon.com/kosherqueers)

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly about Social Media!  Though really, Kimberlyn and Leilani find a lot of 'good' with using social media as a tool for staying in touch, travel, meeting like-minded people, and letting their freak flags fly!Mentioned in the episode:  Arty feat. Chris James - Together We AreGet exclusive content and support us on Patreon:http://www.patreon.com/WitchyWitFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/WitchyWitPodcastInstagram:https://www.instagram.com/Witchy_WitSpotify:https://open.spotify.com/show/3azUkFVlECTlTZQVX5jl1X?si=8WufnXueQrugGDIYWbgc3AApple Podcast:https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/witchy-wit/id1533482466Pandora:https://pandora.app.link/nNsuNrSKnebGoogle Podcast:Witchy Wit (google.com)

Summary: Our Trash Boyfriends group chat joins us for over two hours of unstructured yelling about The Untamed, including persuasive arguments as to why Fannibals might want to watch the show.  Show Notes:  “The Untamed: A Primer, So you want to join the pyramid scheme” https://sonickitty.tumblr.com/post/190937075370/cqlprimer1 Be the Serpent Ep. 53 https://betheserpent.podbean.com/e/episode-53-the-untamed-featuring-guest-star-ruoxi-chen/ Pronunciation guides from https://pumpkinpaix.tumblr.com/post/620487836798418944/anonymous-i-just-discovered-your-mdzs An appeal to Western fans https://twitter.com/publicetienne/status/1354067194355867651 “The Untamed, streaming on Netflix, ripped my heart out and fed it to me. I can’t get enough” https://www.vox.com/2020/3/27/21192718/the-untamed-netflix-review-rec-mdzs-cql Taoist concepts in the show https://twitter.com/Peanut_Poppy/status/1353828089445277696 Cultural Annotation of The Untamed thread https://twitter.com/i/events/1264704218469814272 Cultural History and Culture Threads http://xiranjayzhao.com/index.php/tweets/ Glossary of genre terms https://immortalmountain.wordpress.com/glossary/wuxia-xianxia-xuanhuan-terms/ Rec thread on Dreamwidth https://stultiloquentia.dreamwidth.org/244315.html “A Lot of Edges Called Perhaps” https://archiveofourown.org/works/23604052 Hansbekart Q&A thread about writing https://twitter.com/kakikaeruwrites/status/1335660501322219521 “This House of Ill Repute” https://archiveofourown.org/works/21368890 “Pluck the Stars” https://archiveofourown.org/works/23278018/chapters/55746868 Classical styled fanart https://don-dake.tumblr.com/post/189517640259/%E9%99%B3%E6%83%85%E4%BB%A42019-fan-art-%E5%8F%83%E7%85%A7 More https://www.instagram.com/qianjinghuistudio/ And here https://www.zcool.com.cn/work/ZMzg2NTQzODA=.html Sweet sad art https://twitter.com/mmungnothing/status/1336748401799487488 “Karma” fanvid https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMBNhd0r6dI “Kiss of the Rabbit God” https://vimeo.com/344981433 Hello Tailor’s watch thread https://twitter.com/Hello_Tailor/status/1232064987943886850 Bath and Body Works thread https://twitter.com/anarchowenning/status/1345933471760449538 Guanyin temple entrance + popular songs https://twitter.com/backtogusu_gifs/status/1260228128649228288 Shitty flute playing https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pK4oaZYHrGA TU as Buzzfeed Unsolved https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VTIncGGRFn4

Travis interviews author Yoon Ha Lee about Phoenix Extravagant, his latest novel from Solaris Books. This standalone story follows a nonbinary painter as they team up with a pacifist mecha dragon against an evil empire, and it takes place in a magical version of Korea during the Japanese occupation. Yoon and Travis discuss Yoon's experience with watercolor and animation, the important role of art in culture, and how colonization seeks to undermine and destroy that role. About Yoon Ha Lee: A Korean-American sf/f writer who received a B.A. in math from Cornell University and an M.A. in math education from Stanford University, Yoon finds it a source of continual delight that math can be mined for story ideas. Yoon's novel Ninefox Gambit won the Locus Award for best first novel, and was a finalist for the Hugo, Nebula, and Clarke awards; its sequels, Raven Stratagem and Revenant Gun, were also Hugo finalists. His middle grade space opera Dragon Pearl won the Locus Award for best YA novel and was a New York Times bestseller. Yoon's short fiction has appeared in publications such as F&SF, Tor.com, and Clarkesworld Magazine, as well as several year's best anthologies. You can find Yoon on Dreamwidth, on Twitter as @deuceofgears, and on Instagram as @deuceofgears. You can find his art at deuceofgears.com and his music at soundcloud.com/deuceofgears. Find Us Online: Blog Discord Twitter Instagram Support Us: Become a Patron Buy Us a Coffee Music: Intro: "Beyond the Wide World" courtesy of Yoon Ha Lee Outro: "Shadow's End" courtesy of Yoon Ha Lee The blog post accompanying this episode can be found at https://thefantasyinn.com, along with fantasy book reviews, author interviews, and more fantasy content.

Today's podcast episode is up with some poetry and a short dark fiction by myself. I actually GREATLY disturbed myself writing today's feature because "oh, I'll write about a writer that's snowed in" went to "it's the end for me, it's at the window" very quickly.I am still dealing with minor ear, Eustachian tube, and throat issues, and thus also am not speaking at normal levels, as well as having to rebuild filter curves for audio processing. Due to a variety of issues this therefore does not sound as loud to me after bringing the RMS up, and I still sound a little muffled.Not intended for children. For those that need trigger warnings although the poems do not deal with death the feature story does.Gong sound courtesy of Cloudy Skies after a fortuitous accidental discovery.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Social and Communication=THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amehanaarashi Facebook Artist/Author: https://www.facebook.com/Teresa.L.H.Garcia/ =Other places and ways to support=Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragonPublishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Threadless: https://thgstardragon.threadless.com Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request? Need to send something the old-fashioned way?Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over?Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com (freelance related) or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com (publishing).

Today's podcast episode is up with some poetry and a short dark fiction by myself. I actually GREATLY disturbed myself writing today's feature because "oh, I'll write about a writer that's snowed in" went to "it's the end for me, it's at the window" very quickly.I am still dealing with minor ear, Eustachian tube, and throat issues, and thus also am not speaking at normal levels, as well as having to rebuild filter curves for audio processing. Due to a variety of issues this therefore does not sound as loud to me after bringing the RMS up, and I still sound a little muffled.Not intended for children. For those that need trigger warnings although the poems do not deal with death the feature story does.Gong sound courtesy of Cloudy Skies after a fortuitous accidental discovery.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Social and Communication=THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amehanaarashi Facebook Artist/Author: https://www.facebook.com/Teresa.L.H.Garcia/ =Other places and ways to support=Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragonPublishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Threadless: https://thgstardragon.threadless.com Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request? Need to send something the old-fashioned way?Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over?Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com (freelance related) or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com (publishing).

So, this admittedly might not be the episode you were expecting from me right now – though I can assure you that me chatting about my 'Spyfall' feels is coming soon! HANG IN THERE!  But no, on this episode, instead I continue on with my journey through my 'Spark Joy' series – perhaps for the last time for quite a while? -- with a story I love muchly: 'The Girl in the Fireplace'!   Inside, you'll hear me going on and on for AGES (LONGEST. EPISODE. EVER?) -- all just full of squee and passion (I JUST LOVE THIS STORY, OK?!), with a side of (bleeped) cussing, some meta thoughts about things like polyamory and the nature of the Doctor/Companion relationship, tons and tons of frothing shippiness, and, admittedly, some not-so-nice feels about Rose Tyler thrown in here and there for good measure (sorry in advance!).  So, anyway, hold onto your hats, everyone, and enjoy the ride! I'm so glad to have you all aboard – yet again! -- on this Love Train! #choochoo Episode 34 – The Spark Joy Series: Worth the Monsters: The Girl in the Fireplace Table of Contents: 0:00:00 - Opening and Welcome 0:02:32 - Happy Fandom Time 0:10:55 - Discussion of 'The Girl in the Fireplace' 1:22:19 - Goodbye, Thanks, and Outro! Links: + Email:terminusdwpodcast@gmail.com + Terminus Instagram + Terminus Ko-Fi Page + Terminus PayPal Link + Terminus on Stitcher + Terminus on iTunes + Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/terminusdwpodcast/ (the social group) or Like Us at: https://www.facebook.com/TerminusDWPodcast + Twitter: https://twitter.com/TerminusCast + Tumblr: http://terminusdwpodcast.tumblr.com + Terminus Amazon Online Store + Music Theme:  'Violin Doctor Who Theme' by ViolinistBAKA (on YouTube) + Earth Station One Network   Fun Links Related to the Show: + 'The Queer Archive' Podcast! + 'The Council of Geeks' Youtube Channel! + Discussing Who's 'Girl in the Fireplace' Episode (featuring me)! + 'Ouroboros: The Girl in the Fireplace & the Cycle of Love and Loss in the Doctor's Life' (My old meta about the episode – now on my Dreamwidth page!) + Recycled Movie Costumes Website Article about the dress in the episode! + Series 2 DVD on Amazon US (includes the mentioned in-vision commentary with Sophia and David!) + 7th Sea Role-playing Game! + My new PayPal link for donations!   + + + + WANT TO BUY ME A DRINK? OR DROP ME A TIP? CLICK BELOW FOR MY KO-FI ACCOUNT!   OR CLICK BELOW HERE FOR PAYPAL: + + + + Notes: Opening audio clips from the Fifth Doctor serial 'Terminus' and the Tenth Doctor serial 'The Shakespeare Code', copyright BBC. The female robot voice was from '2nd Speech Center' text-to-voice software. 'Doctor Who' theme was by ViolinistBAKA, link provided above.

This week I share a reading from a long term low-priority narration project I have been working on. This is the first I've returned to it in awhile.It has been some time since I have done a video for this particular series of videos. Much has happened since the last. Today we get through the entirety of chapter 3 in Arthur Waley's translation of "170 Chinese Poems" which is freely available on Gutenberg.org.Entry and exit music clips are from Spynge's "Moonset" used under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)Hear the full instrumental! Ame Reads: 170 Chinese Poems Reading #7 =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Socia and Communicationl=THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amehanaarashi Facebook Artist/Author: https://www.facebook.com/Teresa.L.H.Garcia/ =Other places and ways to support=Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragonPublishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Threadless: https://thgstardragon.threadless.com Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

This week I share a reading from a long term low-priority narration project I have been working on. This is the first I've returned to it in awhile.It has been some time since I have done a video for this particular series of videos. Much has happened since the last. Today we get through the entirety of chapter 3 in Arthur Waley's translation of "170 Chinese Poems" which is freely available on Gutenberg.org.Entry and exit music clips are from Spynge's "Moonset" used under Creative Commons Attribution license (reuse allowed)Hear the full instrumental! Ame Reads: 170 Chinese Poems Reading #7 =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Socia and Communicationl=THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/amehanaarashi Facebook Artist/Author: https://www.facebook.com/Teresa.L.H.Garcia/ =Other places and ways to support=Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragonPublishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Threadless: https://thgstardragon.threadless.com Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

Today I share two short excerpts from my own "Stories of Spirits" and Elizabeth Buckley's "The Beast, the Hope, and the Only Sun."Where to get "Stories of Spirits" in audio format:Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon Scribid: https://www.scribd.com/author/464193145/Teresa-GarciaKeep checking your favorite outlets as it is still populating to the retail outlets.Where to get "The Beast, The Hope, and the Only Sun" by Elizabeth Buckley audiobook:Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Beast-the-Hope-and-the-Only-Sun-Audiobook/B081G8Z5S9Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Hope-Only-Sun/dp/B081G7LPLJ/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Elizabeth_Buckley_The_Beast_The_Hope_and_the_Only?id=AQAAAECs40Oj_MKobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/beast-the-hope-and-the-only-sun-theScribid: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/433639613/The-Beast-The-Hope-and-the-Only-SunAnd others, check your favorite audiobook outlet.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

Today I share two short excerpts from my own "Stories of Spirits" and Elizabeth Buckley's "The Beast, the Hope, and the Only Sun."Where to get "Stories of Spirits" in audio format:Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon Scribid: https://www.scribd.com/author/464193145/Teresa-GarciaKeep checking your favorite outlets as it is still populating to the retail outlets.Where to get "The Beast, The Hope, and the Only Sun" by Elizabeth Buckley audiobook:Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon Audible: https://www.audible.com/pd/The-Beast-the-Hope-and-the-Only-Sun-Audiobook/B081G8Z5S9Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Beast-Hope-Only-Sun/dp/B081G7LPLJ/Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/audiobooks/details/Elizabeth_Buckley_The_Beast_The_Hope_and_the_Only?id=AQAAAECs40Oj_MKobo: https://www.kobo.com/au/en/audiobook/beast-the-hope-and-the-only-sun-theScribid: https://www.scribd.com/audiobook/433639613/The-Beast-The-Hope-and-the-Only-SunAnd others, check your favorite audiobook outlet.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Gumroad: http://www.gumroad.com/thgstardragon =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

Maxaxsle Starsmith of Astrid Sector Alpha (ASA) in Second Life was kind enough to give his permission for this story to appear on today's podcast episode. We have a short look into what life would be like had gunfighting culture never waned in the US Southwest. Or... has it? The story gives much to ponder.Released early for Patreon Patrons.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

Maxaxsle Starsmith of Astrid Sector Alpha (ASA) in Second Life was kind enough to give his permission for this story to appear on today's podcast episode. We have a short look into what life would be like had gunfighting culture never waned in the US Southwest. Or... has it? The story gives much to ponder.Released early for Patreon Patrons.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragonFiverr (if you'd like to hire my voice): https://www.fiverr.com/users/amehanaACX narration: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158 =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

I have been asked to do more pony fic readings by Trotsdale Pony community members. Here is an oldie but goodie that I have read before. Feel free to read along with me. Have a pony fic you'd like me to read for the Trotsdale Library program? Please send me a link to it.Princess Celestia Hates Tea by Skywriter: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/29271/princess-celestia-hates-teaPlease do check out their other work.Want to hire my voice?Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/amehanaACX/Audible: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158or write me with your proposal and where you plan to upload to.Rush work is generally not good to ask for unless it is very short items to be recorded (commercial spots are usually able to be fit in and processed quick). I do require sleep and also do illustration and web testing (when available) for clients. Recording gets done around those jobs. This particular recording is free to listen to, but your support helps me greatly.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

I have been asked to do more pony fic readings by Trotsdale Pony community members. Here is an oldie but goodie that I have read before. Feel free to read along with me. Have a pony fic you'd like me to read for the Trotsdale Library program? Please send me a link to it.Princess Celestia Hates Tea by Skywriter: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/29271/princess-celestia-hates-teaPlease check out their other work too.Want to hire my voice?Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/amehanaACX/Audible: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158or write me with your proposal and where you plan to upload to.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

I have been asked to do more pony fic readings by Trotsdale Pony community members. Here is an oldie but goodie that I have read before. Feel free to read along with me. Have a pony fic you'd like me to read for the Trotsdale Library program? Please send me a link to it.Princess Celestia Hates Tea by Skywriter: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/29271/princess-celestia-hates-teaPlease check out their other work too.Want to hire my voice?Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/amehanaACX/Audible: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158or write me with your proposal and where you plan to upload to.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

I have been asked to do more pony fic readings by Trotsdale Pony community members. Here is an oldie but goodie that I have read before. Feel free to read along with me. Have a pony fic you'd like me to read for the Trotsdale Library program? Please send me a link to it.Princess Celestia Hates Tea by Skywriter: https://www.fimfiction.net/story/29271/princess-celestia-hates-teaPlease do check out their other work.Want to hire my voice?Fiverr: https://www.fiverr.com/amehanaACX/Audible: https://www.acx.com/narrator?p=A2Y7PVT9DS7158or write me with your proposal and where you plan to upload to.Rush work is generally not good to ask for unless it is very short items to be recorded (commercial spots are usually able to be fit in and processed quick). I do require sleep and also do illustration and web testing (when available) for clients. Recording gets done around those jobs. This particular recording is free to listen to, but your support helps me greatly.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at TeresaAmehanaGarcia@gmail.com or THGStarDragonPublishing@gmail.com

The flash fictions by Teresa Garcia read today on Flash Fiction Fridays are "Just a Little Something" and "Turnabout," both written for Flash Fiction Month. Just a Little Something was written for a challenge incorporating a little known deity, an unreasonable demand, and a fabulous shoe. Turnabout is purely a Coyote tale written because Coyote and Kokopelli needed some love.You can read these yourself at www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago or www.patreon.com/amehana, if you visit the patreon please consider becoming a patron. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org If you'd like your flash fictions featured on the podcast, especially if they involve myth, legend, or folklore, submit them to ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com.

The flash fictions by Teresa Garcia read today on Flash Fiction Fridays are "Just a Little Something" and "Turnabout," both written for Flash Fiction Month. Just a Little Something was written for a challenge incorporating a little known deity, an unreasonable demand, and a fabulous shoe. Turnabout is purely a Coyote tale written because Coyote and Kokopelli needed some love.You can read these yourself at www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago or www.patreon.com/amehana, if you visit the patreon please consider becoming a patron. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org If you'd like your flash fictions featured on the podcast, especially if they involve myth, legend, or folklore, submit them to ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com.

Today from my writings for Flash Fiction Month we have numbers 5 and 8. "I Hate Updates" follows the horror of every college and university student. "Delusion" questions reality, sin, and karma.You can read them yourself at www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago or www.patreon.com/Amehana. If you're visiting my patreon consider becoming a patron and helping to support stories and readings as well as getting the odd (sometimes very odd) gift. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Today from my writings for Flash Fiction Month we have numbers 5 and 8. "I Hate Updates" follows the horror of every college and university student. "Delusion" questions reality, sin, and karma.You can read them yourself at www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago or www.patreon.com/Amehana. If you're visiting my patreon consider becoming a patron and helping to support stories and readings as well as getting the odd (sometimes very odd) gift. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

This Friday's flash fictions are "The Nest," "Blind," and "The Storage Unit Community" which were all generated by Teresa Garcia during Flash Fiction Month 2019 (July) in response to the posted prompts. Considering that I started late I am impressed that I managed to finish all the writings in time.Not mentioned in the podcast because I did not have the link right in front of me during recording is a dental fundraiser for a friend and fellow member of Astrid Sector Alpha, Kayla Kalka. She is in need of a full mouth replacement (direly so), has no insurance, cannot afford any, has no income, and does not qualify for state aid. She is a hard worker, and this deals her a large blow.Dental gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/full-mouth-dental-replacement =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

This Friday's flash fictions are "The Nest," "Blind," and "The Storage Unit Community" which were all generated by Teresa Garcia during Flash Fiction Month 2019 (July) in response to the posted prompts. Considering that I started late I am impressed that I managed to finish all the writings in time.Not mentioned in the podcast because I did not have the link right in front of me during recording is a dental fundraiser for a friend and fellow member of Astrid Sector Alpha, Kayla Kalka. She is in need of a full mouth replacement (direly so), has no insurance, cannot afford any, has no income, and does not qualify for state aid. She is a hard worker, and this deals her a large blow.Dental gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/full-mouth-dental-replacement =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

This Friday's flash fiction is "Loyalty" and is the first actually both recorded and edited post Mama Cat-Lacy-Auntie planar departures. This mini tale follows two household kami as they protect the household from the storm created by an enraged rain dragon.Not mentioned in the podcast because I did not have the link right in front of me during recording is a dental fundraiser for a friend and fellow member of Astrid Sector Alpha, Kayla Kalka. She is in need of a full mouth replacement (direly so), has no insurance, cannot afford any, has no income, and does not qualify for state aid. She is a hard worker, and this deals her a large blow.Dental gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/full-mouth-dental-replacement =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

This Friday's flash fiction is "Loyalty" and is the first actually both recorded and edited post Mama Cat-Lacy-Auntie planar departures. This mini tale follows two household kami as they protect the household from the storm created by an enraged rain dragon.Not mentioned in the podcast because I did not have the link right in front of me during recording is a dental fundraiser for a friend and fellow member of Astrid Sector Alpha, Kayla Kalka. She is in need of a full mouth replacement (direly so), has no insurance, cannot afford any, has no income, and does not qualify for state aid. She is a hard worker, and this deals her a large blow.Dental gofund me: https://www.gofundme.com/f/full-mouth-dental-replacement =Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon =Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com or thgstardragonpublishing@gmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

This was supposed to be edited and up LONG ago. Flash fiction month came up, along with the deaths of my soul sister Lacy Wolfram (Musketeer) and then just recently my aunt Lili Nelson-Lange as well. I have a lot of flash fiction backlog to record though. And the third installment of The Ian's Realm Saga audiobook project will be available for download soon.... Mama Cat, Lacy-sis, Auntie... that's three. No more death for awhile, right? Please?Today's flash fiction is "Connection" by Teresa Garcia. I have some interviews to record and I intend to have another flash fiction up this Friday (if allowed to record and not interrupted).Lacy Wolfram Memorial Fund: http://www.gofundme.com/friendship-is-magic-beyond-lifeIllya Leonov Medical Fund: http://www.gofundme.com/surgery-is-magic=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

This was supposed to be edited and up LONG ago. Flash fiction month came up, along with the deaths of my soul sister Lacy Wolfram (Musketeer) and then just recently my aunt Lili Nelson-Lange as well. I have a lot of flash fiction backlog to record though. And the third installment of The Ian's Realm Saga audiobook project will be available for download soon.... Mama Cat, Lacy-sis, Auntie... that's three. No more death for awhile, right? Please?Today's flash fiction is "Connection" by Teresa Garcia. I have some interviews to record and I intend to have another flash fiction up this Friday (if allowed to record and not interrupted).Lacy Wolfram Memorial Fund: http://www.gofundme.com/friendship-is-magic-beyond-lifeIllya Leonov Medical Fund: http://www.gofundme.com/surgery-is-magic=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

I am going to be taking a couple weeks or so off of the podcast and Youtube channel. We recently put down a rescue cat. Though I've been expecting that one day the time would come due to her background it still hits hard. We'll never know her full story or the specifics of what came before my family was woven in with her.Goodnight Mama Cat. We love you. You were abandoned and lost, but you did not die alone and I am sorry your story had to end so soon.I will return soon. Meanwhile I will still be working on audio processing, illustration, writing, testing, and other things. The Patreon will still have new writings put up in the interim. When I return I should have another interview ready.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

I am going to be taking a couple weeks or so off of the podcast and Youtube channel. We recently put down a rescue cat. Though I've been expecting that one day the time would come due to her background it still hits hard. We'll never know her full story or the specifics of what came before my family was woven in with her.Goodnight Mama Cat. We love you. You were abandoned and lost, but you did not die alone and I am sorry your story had to end so soon.I will return soon. Meanwhile I will still be working on audio processing, illustration, writing, testing, and other things. The Patreon will still have new writings put up in the interim. When I return I should have another interview ready.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Here is my interview with author and president of Pen It Publications, Debi Stanton. As with all the interviews I am working my way through doing I hope to cast more light on the individuals that make the publishing world work. By illuminating these areas perhaps it will overall be a less mysterious place for those thinking about joining it.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Here is my interview with author and president of Pen It Publications, Debi Stanton. As with all the interviews I am working my way through doing I hope to cast more light on the individuals that make the publishing world work. By illuminating these areas perhaps it will overall be a less mysterious place for those thinking about joining it.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Kagayaku’s DecisionThe fire guard kept watch, but mortal eyes saw none of the minor kami gathered in the room with their soldiers, nor the influence of the major kami, butsu, and bosatsu the forces regularly prayed to. The incense kept time with a steady creep and rising wisp.She watched him sleep, just as every other sword in the room watched his or her own master sleep. The males as usual outnumbered the women. It did not matter though. Swords were not normally capable of reproducing on their own, nor at all. The humans truly did not reproduce on their own either, just as they did help was required although of a different type.He was childless and wifeless, unlike most of those sleeping men sprawled orderly around them. Breaths and heartbeats were for the lord of the clan and for their families. His beat only for his master, half hollow instead of the full ones of the others. The murmurs had already started several years ago, after she had been awarded him, as to if there would be anyone to inherit her. More bothersome though was how colder and more distant he became with each passing year. Soon he would not be the young man she had known with such promise.She sat straighter where she knelt in seiza beside the head of her warrior and her physical body. Her job was to protect him. Thinking of what he could become made her heart hurt. They had faced too many of those together. He could not become one of the hollow ones who only fought for rice and who tasted so bitter on her sharp tongue. Kagayaku steeled herself, her lips pressing together. The other sword spirits of the room turned their eyes to her, sensing the change in the flow of ki.“After this coming battle I have work that must be done. Who may I ask to instruct me in what men seek of their women?” Her own eyes turned determinedly toward several belonging to those most known to visit the geisha of the floating world, locking with them. Among there kind none bowed to the others, save to he that dwelled in the shrine of the Sun’s Child and still sang of the taste of Orochi’s blood and the vanquishing thereof.Each reddened, their lips played several emotions.“Why, Kagayaku? Do you intend to bear him a son to in turn carry you for our lord yourself? That may be easier than hunting him a wife. Do you not know the sort that he himself looks toward?” Jari, sword of the youngest out of the targeted quintet chuckled.“He looks to none so, I have indeed watched. He does not even look to other men so. If I can find him one, so be it. If I must show myself to him, so be it.” Kagayaku smoothed imaginary wrinkles in her lap, her displeasure giving a cold ring to her song.“I do not think you can be demure enough, younger sister.” At length Mashite, he that was quickest to smooth words sighed. “The women my master sees all act subservient and haughty at once. And far more flirtatious. It would be a shame to model yourself after such peacock, or to find him such. No, he needs someone that will tend him as loyally as you do, that will not flinch to treat him should his armor fail.”His armor’s spirit scowled and made a rude gesture beneath where crossed arms hid his fingers. “I only move as swift as he, no swifter.” His eyes slid over Kagayaku and he scowled more.“She must be willing to put up with long nights of loneliness, and drunkenness.” Other swords began voicing their opinions and advice, not all of it delicate and often far coarser.A few hours before dawn all had decided to try to find someone and to let the others know, then to somehow arrange introductions. They quieted as the ningen began to stir and go about their preparations. Today there would be either death, or life, for each of them. Perhaps some of their own also would be sent to the shadow lands to walk the wind scoured and mist shrouded beaches, or to the lands over which Lady Izanami now ruled, unable to send the dead back home since her once-husband’s betrayal of her modesty and mysteries.Her ningen’s fingers caressed her hilt, and she drew a deep breath. Kagayaku’s bearer would not be one of the fallen, if she had her way. Beneath his touch she sang.Bosatsu = Bodhisattva, a buddha who waits for all to Awaken before leaving The WheelButsu = A buddha that has gone on but turns to give deliverance and guidance to show the Way.Jari = gritKagayaku = luminousKi = energy. Known as chi in ChinaKami = spirit, deity, god/dessMashite = not to mention, let aloneNingen = humanThis was intended to be a short story, but may unfurl into a novella through later flashes to the characters. It is born out of a long ago talk that planted the seed for a samurai that unknowing and reluctantly falls in love with his sword. It also somewhat draws on the reluctant king story seed although the ningen will never rise to king nor emperor. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Kagayaku’s DecisionThe fire guard kept watch, but mortal eyes saw none of the minor kami gathered in the room with their soldiers, nor the influence of the major kami, butsu, and bosatsu the forces regularly prayed to. The incense kept time with a steady creep and rising wisp.She watched him sleep, just as every other sword in the room watched his or her own master sleep. The males as usual outnumbered the women. It did not matter though. Swords were not normally capable of reproducing on their own, nor at all. The humans truly did not reproduce on their own either, just as they did help was required although of a different type.He was childless and wifeless, unlike most of those sleeping men sprawled orderly around them. Breaths and heartbeats were for the lord of the clan and for their families. His beat only for his master, half hollow instead of the full ones of the others. The murmurs had already started several years ago, after she had been awarded him, as to if there would be anyone to inherit her. More bothersome though was how colder and more distant he became with each passing year. Soon he would not be the young man she had known with such promise.She sat straighter where she knelt in seiza beside the head of her warrior and her physical body. Her job was to protect him. Thinking of what he could become made her heart hurt. They had faced too many of those together. He could not become one of the hollow ones who only fought for rice and who tasted so bitter on her sharp tongue. Kagayaku steeled herself, her lips pressing together. The other sword spirits of the room turned their eyes to her, sensing the change in the flow of ki.“After this coming battle I have work that must be done. Who may I ask to instruct me in what men seek of their women?” Her own eyes turned determinedly toward several belonging to those most known to visit the geisha of the floating world, locking with them. Among there kind none bowed to the others, save to he that dwelled in the shrine of the Sun’s Child and still sang of the taste of Orochi’s blood and the vanquishing thereof.Each reddened, their lips played several emotions.“Why, Kagayaku? Do you intend to bear him a son to in turn carry you for our lord yourself? That may be easier than hunting him a wife. Do you not know the sort that he himself looks toward?” Jari, sword of the youngest out of the targeted quintet chuckled.“He looks to none so, I have indeed watched. He does not even look to other men so. If I can find him one, so be it. If I must show myself to him, so be it.” Kagayaku smoothed imaginary wrinkles in her lap, her displeasure giving a cold ring to her song.“I do not think you can be demure enough, younger sister.” At length Mashite, he that was quickest to smooth words sighed. “The women my master sees all act subservient and haughty at once. And far more flirtatious. It would be a shame to model yourself after such peacock, or to find him such. No, he needs someone that will tend him as loyally as you do, that will not flinch to treat him should his armor fail.”His armor’s spirit scowled and made a rude gesture beneath where crossed arms hid his fingers. “I only move as swift as he, no swifter.” His eyes slid over Kagayaku and he scowled more.“She must be willing to put up with long nights of loneliness, and drunkenness.” Other swords began voicing their opinions and advice, not all of it delicate and often far coarser.A few hours before dawn all had decided to try to find someone and to let the others know, then to somehow arrange introductions. They quieted as the ningen began to stir and go about their preparations. Today there would be either death, or life, for each of them. Perhaps some of their own also would be sent to the shadow lands to walk the wind scoured and mist shrouded beaches, or to the lands over which Lady Izanami now ruled, unable to send the dead back home since her once-husband’s betrayal of her modesty and mysteries.Her ningen’s fingers caressed her hilt, and she drew a deep breath. Kagayaku’s bearer would not be one of the fallen, if she had her way. Beneath his touch she sang.Bosatsu = Bodhisattva, a buddha who waits for all to Awaken before leaving The WheelButsu = A buddha that has gone on but turns to give deliverance and guidance to show the Way.Jari = gritKagayaku = luminousKi = energy. Known as chi in ChinaKami = spirit, deity, god/dessMashite = not to mention, let aloneNingen = humanThis was intended to be a short story, but may unfurl into a novella through later flashes to the characters. It is born out of a long ago talk that planted the seed for a samurai that unknowing and reluctantly falls in love with his sword. It also somewhat draws on the reluctant king story seed although the ningen will never rise to king nor emperor. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Book ReviewTitle: The Good Guardian: The Battle of Grey IslandAuthor: Jo JewellWhere to get: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Guardian-Battle-Island-Watch-ebook/dp/B07MPDYX74Star Rating: 5Age Rating (IMO): PG-13/YAWell worth the timeThis is a wonderful installation in this series. I am intrigued by the good guardian and how he slips in and out of the world giving assistance to those chosen as his family. It is my intention and always has been to do similar for my family to the best of my ability.Although they have a guardian the family still has to solve their own problems. We discover more about who Morgan Fairchild was and what he did with his wealth to repair damage against the human race caused by war. These formal and informal adoptees find themselves carrying on his work in their own ways.I found the book full of twists and turns along with excellent foreshadowing. The use of bionics will be of interest to sci fi lovers, the ghost something for the supernatural crowd, and the paramilitary fight to save the world from a mafia boss with major connections something for the thriller, military, and spy crowd.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Book ReviewTitle: The Good Guardian: The Battle of Grey IslandAuthor: Jo JewellWhere to get: https://www.amazon.com/Good-Guardian-Battle-Island-Watch-ebook/dp/B07MPDYX74Star Rating: 5Age Rating (IMO): PG-13/YAWell worth the timeThis is a wonderful installation in this series. I am intrigued by the good guardian and how he slips in and out of the world giving assistance to those chosen as his family. It is my intention and always has been to do similar for my family to the best of my ability.Although they have a guardian the family still has to solve their own problems. We discover more about who Morgan Fairchild was and what he did with his wealth to repair damage against the human race caused by war. These formal and informal adoptees find themselves carrying on his work in their own ways.I found the book full of twists and turns along with excellent foreshadowing. The use of bionics will be of interest to sci fi lovers, the ghost something for the supernatural crowd, and the paramilitary fight to save the world from a mafia boss with major connections something for the thriller, military, and spy crowd.=Full Podcast content=www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph =Flash Fiction Only Pods=Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 =Financial assistance for the projects=Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon=Other places and ways to support=Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org =Reviews, Readings, and Requests=Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Today I share my interview of Rochelle Lazauskas, author of the children's books "Moey's Big Back Yard" and "Moey's Day At The Farm," which I illustrated for. You can purchase these books on Amazon or direct from the publisher. If you're in McCloud for the annual Lumberjack Fiesta you can also drop by my book booth to buy a copy! Moey's Big Back Yard Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Moeys-Big-Back... Publisher: https://www.penitpublications.com/pro... Moey's Day at the Farm Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Moeys-Day-Farm... Publisher: https://www.penitpublications.com/pro... ======= Full Podcast content www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-mins... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYc... Flash Fiction Only Pods Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistance Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to support Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at: THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantar... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/... Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi... Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet. Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblo... Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarai... Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Today I share my interview of Rochelle Lazauskas, author of the children's books "Moey's Big Back Yard" and "Moey's Day At The Farm," which I illustrated for. You can purchase these books on Amazon or direct from the publisher. If you're in McCloud for the annual Lumberjack Fiesta you can also drop by my book booth to buy a copy! Moey's Big Back Yard Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Moeys-Big-Back... Publisher: https://www.penitpublications.com/pro... Moey's Day at the Farm Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Moeys-Day-Farm... Publisher: https://www.penitpublications.com/pro... ======= Full Podcast content www.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-mins... iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast... Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com... Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYc... Flash Fiction Only Pods Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistance Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to support Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at: THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantar... Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/... Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/vi... Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet. Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblo... Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarai... Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

This Friday the flash fictions presented are once again set within what is now the Dreaming Twilight universe. "The Story of Flame" is an older flash fiction that Lacy/Aria wrote before I discovered and became involved in Nisa. Here we learn about the moment Flame passed from a Nisean Guardian and Ascended to one of the Spirits of the Land."The Shrine of the Gatekeeper" by Teresa Garcia (myself) tells of the moment that Raikou first entered into Nisa after making the long passage through the mists and moutains (the Dreaming Twilight) that sealed the version of her land the known Raikou hails from. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

This Friday the flash fictions presented are once again set within what is now the Dreaming Twilight universe. "The Story of Flame" is an older flash fiction that Lacy/Aria wrote before I discovered and became involved in Nisa. Here we learn about the moment Flame passed from a Nisean Guardian and Ascended to one of the Spirits of the Land."The Shrine of the Gatekeeper" by Teresa Garcia (myself) tells of the moment that Raikou first entered into Nisa after making the long passage through the mists and moutains (the Dreaming Twilight) that sealed the version of her land the known Raikou hails from. Full Podcast contentwww.FlashFictionFridays.com Podcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Flash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Book ReviewTitle: The Dragon QueenAuthor: William AndrewsWhere to get: https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Queen-William-Andrews-ebook/dp/B075JHQLFW Star Rating: 5Age Rating (IMO): pg 17This is a worthy successor to Daughters of the Dragon. Well written and researched this biography set within a larger story contains a riveting cast. It is a good book to read around the time of reading similar books about the life of Queen Mins contemporary Empress Cixi for an even wider look at the area.I very greatly appreciate the delving into spirits. It is good to read a book dealing with leaders with the ability that does not make her sound crazy.Although some parts are fiction it is still a good look into the history and culture of Korea. Additionally the author provides a wonderful list of reading suggestions for those curious to learn more. This is a must read and I could see it being used in high schools to help spark interest in students.This Friday there will be another installation of Flash Fiction Fridays. On Sunday will be my interview of Rochelle Lazauskas and her two books. I do also intend to do the Sunday Story on the Youtube.---Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarci aStorenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com / Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/TeresaGarcia Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Podcastwww.flashfictionfridays.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Podcasts: Podcasts: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USA

Book ReviewTitle: The Dragon QueenAuthor: William AndrewsWhere to get: https://www.amazon.com/Dragon-Queen-William-Andrews-ebook/dp/B075JHQLFW Star Rating: 5Age Rating (IMO): pg 17This is a worthy successor to Daughters of the Dragon. Well written and researched this biography set within a larger story contains a riveting cast. It is a good book to read around the time of reading similar books about the life of Queen Mins contemporary Empress Cixi for an even wider look at the area.I very greatly appreciate the delving into spirits. It is good to read a book dealing with leaders with the ability that does not make her sound crazy.Although some parts are fiction it is still a good look into the history and culture of Korea. Additionally the author provides a wonderful list of reading suggestions for those curious to learn more. This is a must read and I could see it being used in high schools to help spark interest in students.This Friday there will be another installation of Flash Fiction Fridays. On Sunday will be my interview of Rochelle Lazauskas and her two books. I do also intend to do the Sunday Story on the Youtube.---Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarci aStorenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com / Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/TeresaGarcia Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Podcastwww.flashfictionfridays.com iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463 Google Play: https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9Ph Podcasts: Podcasts: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4 Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USA

Have you ever sat down to have a chat with the people that make the gaming part of the publishing industry happen? Gotten to speak with one of the folks that think up games? In this interview Rowan Wookey, creator of the Dragon Hearts RPG answers a few questions.You can read the show notes on my Patreon post or the THG StarDragon Publishing blog post. For those that would like to see the video you can look it up on my Youtube.If you like this podcast and want to support this and related projects please consider donating. You can become a monthly sponsor on Patreon, or send donations via Paypal and Ko-fi.Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Have you ever sat down to have a chat with the people that make the gaming part of the publishing industry happen? Gotten to speak with one of the folks that think up games? In this interview Rowan Wookey, creator of the Dragon Hearts RPG answers a few questions.You can read the show notes on my Patreon post or the THG StarDragon Publishing blog post. For those that would like to see the video you can look it up on my Youtube.If you like this podcast and want to support this and related projects please consider donating. You can become a monthly sponsor on Patreon, or send donations via Paypal and Ko-fi.Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/AmehanaKo-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehanaPaypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

#Singularity #AlternateWorlds #DimensionalityThis Friday I present three flash fictions. Two of them are by a guest, one Aria Wolfram or Lacy Musketeer. The third is my own.Parting by Aria Wolfram: Nisean lore has always hinged around what disaster befell the original inhabitants of the country in the universe I first entered Nisa from, and long been tied into alternate realities and timelines. In this tale we learn one version of how Ar'ia first enters one of several concurrent versions of Nisa wherein anthro versions of Raikou and Horin rule Ibexia (and adopt her in adulthood) and what that entry looked like from the point of view of her father when she enters the singularity. Or perhaps it could be said the spirits of those who would take physical incarnation to later be the duo. There are alternate theories one could spin from this as well.This is Nisa by Aria Wolfram: I also recommend listening to the original version of the tale as recorded for the MLP world version that she wrote, as recorded by Illya Leonov. She agreed to let me record and share her tale providing that I utilize the version for the currently enacted timeline wherein the denizens tend toward anthro and less toward the MLP based version Nisa was originally held to based on the universe rp was at the time done within (back when it interacted with Roanoak before the Changeling massacre and later the Canterlot bombing when that timeline was communally abandoned and "stored").For posterity, Illya Leonov's recording of the first version: http://www.soundcloud.com/illya-leonovThe Seer by Teresa Garcia: A Seer of indeterminate age attempts to share what is most dear and wondrous with you. But what is your reaction to her world?Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #28a884; -webkit-text-stroke: #28a884} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} span.s3 {font-kerning: none; color: #28a884; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #28a884} Read the texts at my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/flash-fiction-12-26933325

#Singularity #AlternateWorlds #DimensionalityThis Friday I present three flash fictions. Two of them are by a guest, one Aria Wolfram or Lacy Musketeer. The third is my own.Parting by Aria Wolfram: Nisean lore has always hinged around what disaster befell the original inhabitants of the country in the universe I first entered Nisa from, and long been tied into alternate realities and timelines. In this tale we learn one version of how Ar'ia first enters one of several concurrent versions of Nisa wherein anthro versions of Raikou and Horin rule Ibexia (and adopt her in adulthood) and what that entry looked like from the point of view of her father when she enters the singularity. Or perhaps it could be said the spirits of those who would take physical incarnation to later be the duo. There are alternate theories one could spin from this as well.This is Nisa by Aria Wolfram: I also recommend listening to the original version of the tale as recorded for the MLP world version that she wrote, as recorded by Illya Leonov. She agreed to let me record and share her tale providing that I utilize the version for the currently enacted timeline wherein the denizens tend toward anthro and less toward the MLP based version Nisa was originally held to based on the universe rp was at the time done within (back when it interacted with Roanoak before the Changeling massacre and later the Canterlot bombing when that timeline was communally abandoned and "stored").For posterity, Illya Leonov's recording of the first version: http://www.soundcloud.com/illya-leonovThe Seer by Teresa Garcia: A Seer of indeterminate age attempts to share what is most dear and wondrous with you. But what is your reaction to her world?Financial assistancePatreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Other places and ways to supportWant to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://discord.gg/hvswe2A DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org p.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 7.0px 0.0px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p2 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000; min-height: 15.0px} p.p3 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: #000000} p.p4 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px 0.0px; line-height: 14.4px; font: 12.0px 'Times New Roman'; color: #28a884; -webkit-text-stroke: #28a884} span.s1 {font-kerning: none} span.s2 {font-kerning: none; color: #000000; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #000000} span.s3 {font-kerning: none; color: #28a884; -webkit-text-stroke: 0px #28a884} Read the texts at my Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/posts/flash-fiction-12-26933325

The dogs are in the background as this was recorded in the dining area. The background of the creek outside and the dogs seemed appropriate to the book. Here is my review of Tracy Kushwaha's "Hope's Story." Are you involved in some aspect of the publishing industry and interested in an interview? Let me know at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com to get the process started. I'm also interested in flash fiction and short fiction for the podcast.Not mentioned in the video we are pretty disappointed here a la casa Garcia that Frontier did not show up when they were supposed to earlier today to install the broadband internet. Not even any calls on either landline nor cell phone! The issue was figured out though so hopefully on the 21st we will have better internet and possibly even be able to live stream again.I no longer have an Amazon Associates spot, so I make no referral fees from book links at this time, even for ones I've illustrated.Your support helps make this and other projects possible. You can help with support paying internet and other associated costs by pitching in via:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/TeresaGarcia Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

The dogs are in the background as this was recorded in the dining area. The background of the creek outside and the dogs seemed appropriate to the book. Here is my review of Tracy Kushwaha's "Hope's Story." Are you involved in some aspect of the publishing industry and interested in an interview? Let me know at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com to get the process started. I'm also interested in flash fiction and short fiction for the podcast.Not mentioned in the video we are pretty disappointed here a la casa Garcia that Frontier did not show up when they were supposed to earlier today to install the broadband internet. Not even any calls on either landline nor cell phone! The issue was figured out though so hopefully on the 21st we will have better internet and possibly even be able to live stream again.I no longer have an Amazon Associates spot, so I make no referral fees from book links at this time, even for ones I've illustrated.Your support helps make this and other projects possible. You can help with support paying internet and other associated costs by pitching in via:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Want to visit me, see some of my other works, or support me? Find me at:Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Goodreads: http://www.goodreads.com/TeresaGarcia Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 https://www.instagram.com/amehanaarashi/ Want to send me something to read on here or to review? Have a particular request?Need to send something the old-fashioned way? Maybe you've got a hard copy of a book you want reviewed, or a copy of some of your own work for me to look over? Perhaps you have some of your work you'd like me to record?THG StarDragon PublishingAttn: Teresa GarciaPO Box 249McCloud, CA 96057USAEmail necessary? Send me a note at ladyrainstardragon@hotmail.com but bear in mind that I have been having problems with it eating things sometimes from even verified senders.

Have you ever wondered about the life of a sock? Do they really understand our point of view?The Sock Drawer The warm night always came to an end. Day by day the drawer would be pulled out with a deafening rumble. Every day they would loose at least one pair and sometimes more to the giant. Sometimes a fresh pack would be nestled in among them, the babies too young to be released into their cottony swarm. When and if the giant returned any of those it took they always returned worn and battle scarred, smelling of bleach with tales of horror. Not every pair returned whole. Marriage, though the usual social arrangement in their colony, was not permanent. Nor was it forever. Mates wore out, gaining gaping holes from too tight shoes, unshorn nails, and the teeth of dogs and cats. This did not even scratch the surface of the threat of drowning and dashing to pieces in the washer. Dissolving happened all to often to those they knew, as did washing over the side of the tub into the unknown depths below where the screams of the damned still sounded. Collectively each pair and single shook themselves as the drawer once more slid out. Who would it be today to suffer abuse and possibly die? Everyone prepared to cling to everyone else, never giving up the hope of peace. An especially venerable pair was ripped from the mass to the pained gasps of the horde. Weakly they flopped goodbyes. The new patriarchs, a mated pair of threadbare right socks saluted their predecessors. No one hoped for their return. It would be a final walk somewhere, and either dissolving in the wash or a languishing fate in the Bin. Stifled wails choked in flattened and rolled throats. Rustling came from the half open bag on the left hand side where the thicker ones tried to ask the elders for an explanation. No one dared answer them. The drawer was still open and they must never let the giant hear them. Only bad things could happen, like the day it overheard the underwear jeering about getting fat. An entire drawer, wiped out in a matter of minutes! Why was the drawer open so long? A thin, sad plastic bag nestled down on top of the pile, full of new denizens of this layer of hades. The door finally slid shut and the socks all looked at each other in horror. Surely these new inmates, so thin and delicate, would only see a matter of days when it came to their use. But was that a blessing or a curse? Full Podcast contentPodcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9PhFlash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Have you ever wondered about the life of a sock? Do they really understand our point of view?The Sock Drawer The warm night always came to an end. Day by day the drawer would be pulled out with a deafening rumble. Every day they would loose at least one pair and sometimes more to the giant. Sometimes a fresh pack would be nestled in among them, the babies too young to be released into their cottony swarm. When and if the giant returned any of those it took they always returned worn and battle scarred, smelling of bleach with tales of horror. Not every pair returned whole. Marriage, though the usual social arrangement in their colony, was not permanent. Nor was it forever. Mates wore out, gaining gaping holes from too tight shoes, unshorn nails, and the teeth of dogs and cats. This did not even scratch the surface of the threat of drowning and dashing to pieces in the washer. Dissolving happened all to often to those they knew, as did washing over the side of the tub into the unknown depths below where the screams of the damned still sounded. Collectively each pair and single shook themselves as the drawer once more slid out. Who would it be today to suffer abuse and possibly die? Everyone prepared to cling to everyone else, never giving up the hope of peace. An especially venerable pair was ripped from the mass to the pained gasps of the horde. Weakly they flopped goodbyes. The new patriarchs, a mated pair of threadbare right socks saluted their predecessors. No one hoped for their return. It would be a final walk somewhere, and either dissolving in the wash or a languishing fate in the Bin. Stifled wails choked in flattened and rolled throats. Rustling came from the half open bag on the left hand side where the thicker ones tried to ask the elders for an explanation. No one dared answer them. The drawer was still open and they must never let the giant hear them. Only bad things could happen, like the day it overheard the underwear jeering about getting fat. An entire drawer, wiped out in a matter of minutes! Why was the drawer open so long? A thin, sad plastic bag nestled down on top of the pile, full of new denizens of this layer of hades. The door finally slid shut and the socks all looked at each other in horror. Surely these new inmates, so thin and delicate, would only see a matter of days when it came to their use. But was that a blessing or a curse? Full Podcast contentPodcasts.com: http://www.podcasts.com/mythical-minstrelsy-flash-fiction-fridays-and-ames-bookshelf-1a06920c4iTunes: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/mythical-minstrelsy-and-flash-fiction-fridays/id1461538463Google Play: https://playmusic.app.goo.gl/?ibi=com.google.PlayMusic&isi=691797987&ius=googleplaymusic&apn=com.google.android.music&link=https://play.google.com/music/m/Iregmi7sag7o3fg6p3e32k5ghwq?t%3DMythical_Minstrelsy_and_Flash_Fiction_Fridays%26pcampaignid%3DMKT-na-all-co-pr-mu-pod-16Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1vLsYYcHOkDdasTFvqe9PhFlash Fiction Only PodsSoundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/teresa-garcia-34 Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/Amehana THG StarDragon Publishing, Mythical Minstrelsy & Arashiryuu Productions Discord: https://www.deviantart.com/users/outgoing?https://discord.gg/hvswe2A Ko-fi: http://www.ko-fi.com/amehana DeviantArt: http://amehanarainstardrago.deviantart.com Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Teresa-Garcia/e/B009Q938VE Smashwords: https://www.smashwords.com/profile/view/TeresaGarcia Storenvy: http://thgstardragon.storenvy.com/ Check now and then for new things, some I can't list just yet.Paypal: http://paypal.me/thgstardragon Publishing Website: http://www.thgstardragon.com Publishing Blog: http://www.thgstardragonpublishingblog.com Commissions Info: https://www.deviantart.com/amehanarainstardrago/journal/Commissioning-Information-566657935 Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/Amehana Livejournal: http://rainstardragon.livejournal.com Dreamwidth: http://rainstardragon.dreamwidth.org

Tell the Phoenix Fox, Tell the Tortoise Fruit by Cynthia So   On the day Sunae turned nine years old, there was no joyful feast. A monster burst from the sea that night and ate five people. The Mirayans gathered upon the shore to watch this, as they did every Appeasement. Sunae’s mother covered Sunae’s eyes, but Sunae still heard the screams. The crunch of brittle bone between teeth. The wet gulp of gluttonous throats. Sunae prayed to the Goddess that the warrior Yomue might rise from the dead and defeat the monster yet again. No warrior came, but a hand grasped Sunae’s and squeezed. A hand as small as her own. When it was over, Sunae’s mother murmured, “Now we will be safe for another ten years.” She removed her hands from Sunae’s eyes, and Sunae flinched from the gore before her. The older children always said that this was why Miraya’s beaches were pink, but she hadn’t been convinced until she saw the sands now drenched with fresh blood. Dark red on dusk pink. Full transcript after the cut:     Hello! Welcome to GlitterShip episode 66 for March 5, 2019. This is your host Keffy, and I'm super excited to share this story with you. Today we have a GlitterShip original, "Tell the Phoenix Fox, Tell the Tortoise Fruit" by Cynthia So and a poem by Chanter, "The Lamentations of Old Money." This episode is part of the newest GlitterShip issue, which was just released and... is very late. The "Summer 2018" issue of GlitterShip is available for purchase at glittership.com/buy and on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and now Gumroad! If you're one of our Patreon supporters, you should have access to the new issue waiting for you when you log in. For everyone else, it's $2.99, and all of our back issues are $1.49. GlitterShip is also a part of the Audible Trial Program. This means that just by listening to GlitterShip, you are eligible for a free 30 day membership on Audible and a free audiobook to keep. If you'er looking for an excellent book of short queer stories to listen to, you should check out Bitter Waters by Chaz Brenchley. This book is full of speculative fiction featuring gay men and was awarded the Lambda Award for best LGBT speculative fiction. To download Bitter Waters for free today, go to www.audibletrial.com/glittership -- or choose another book if you're in the mood for something else. Up first, our poem:   Chanter is a proud Wisconsinite who took flight (alas, not literally) from her originating small town, headed for the big city’s more accepting climes and never looked back.  She’s proudly asexual, demisensual, and some flavor of bi- or panromantic that’s as yet proving difficult to define.  She’s also brand squeaky new (emphasis, occasionally, on squeaky) to official publication.  Besides holding down a day job, she’s an active shortwave radio DXer and ham operator, as well as a crowdfunded author currently based mainly on Dreamwidth.       The Lamentations of Old Money by Chanter   Jennifer doesn’t want a white dress. She doesn’t want a church,an altar, a tangle of coast-grown flowers,sisters in matching silk, trained doves, stained glass,twenty overlaid colognes and splintering sunlight,rehearsed organ music andrecorded pop shorthand warbling through weak speakers,biting April breezes, overthought hair and makeup,snow in hardwood aisles. Jennifer doesn’t want a wild time. She doesn’t want hips around shoulders, tools and toys,filthy supplications and hot breath ideas,hours between bedsheets, sticky aftermaths,bruises as tawdry mementos in hard to reach places,hands and mouths, teeth and tongues and fluids,too many entrances,the junctions of legs and legs and legs. Jennifer doesn’t want hard edges. Not for her, leashes, spike heels and bad girl pretense.not for her, the bite of too-demanding fingertipsgrinding at her biceps,cold and bruising at her cheeks,clamped into the flesh of her wrists.Not for her, orders with teeth both behind and in them,whipcracks in voice and deed.Not for her, daddy’s little anything, mommy’s little anything,a schoolgirl’s life, a paddle’s life,princess, flower, whore.Not for her, latex and custom-made chains,iron protocol and a child’s tear-stung punishments,revoked names and Halloween’s expected trappings. Not for her, anonymity.Not for her, all of the spiceand none of the wine to mull with it. What Jennifer wants? Fits on a two-sided coin. One side: Jennifer wants nights asleep in a hayloft, clothes on,with siblings in arms—and black coffee,and cotton-coarse humor, and blood—to her left and right. Jennifer wants a uniform,wants honest lamplight with a wick beneath it,wants a hundred songs and a hand-tuned fiddle,a guitar played at a campfire,laces and burlap, branches and homespun wool,antique language, tactile camaraderie,respected rank and unresented ceremony,world-spanning care so personal it can’t be feigned,so simultaneously subtle and frank that it confuses,so elegant it’s genuine,so casual it’s ancient.“To be fair, that one does drive me utterly mad of an afternoon butGod be good, dear fellow, why wouldn’t I?” Jennifer wants a certain amount of ignored anachronism,wants a world where ‘dear fellow’as affectionate genderless address is just fine,where ‘she’s a good man to have beside you in a fight’is perfectly acceptable wording,but where the phrase ‘man up’ is both soundly off limitsand considered decades or centuries distant, depending;a world where, at the end of the day,it’s quietly acknowledged and otherwise near-forgottenthat oh yes, that one there, she’s a girl.As in woman.As in, see also, dame. Noun.Example I: To go to work for the war efforton the road under cover of darkness,on the air for the BBC,or on the battlefield firing decisive cannon blast volleyslike a real dame. Example II:I’m a girl, and mostly,I prefer other dames to fellas. Mostly.But when I don’t, I kinda have a type? Ahem!” Somewhere, a coin is balancing on its edge. And the flip side: Jennifer wants to write a hundred stories and bind them in hard covers,wants modern skirts to her ankles,comfortable jeans and blue corduroy coat sleeves,wants city streets, steel toes and long hair,near-distant clocktower bells,silver jewelry bought by her own hand, in her own name,a rocking chair made to last for decades,a damn fine radio setup,the solid strength of a wooden door at her backafter she and she - he and she - they and sheafter they’ve crashed through itand, fully clothed, battered it closed behind them. Both sides: Jennifer wants her wrists pressed flat against that wooden door,all benevolent force, all warmth,all welcome gravity, all burgeoning life in orbit,all the steady strength of a starin symbiosis with a planet.Jennifer wants voices and voices and voices,innocent details and muscle-melting,breath-stealing turns of phrase,sound serving as light serving aslodestone to the iron in every millimeter of herexcept, except, for a bare and unbared few. One side: Jennifer wants the wind at her back,a message, a mission, a reason and a warning,miles and miles and miles rolled outunder a sky filled with leaden stars,a purpose and a signal, a gesture,an anticipation of commandthat tenses her like a bowstringbefore—wait, wait, wait for it—rush for it— “Fire!” Both sides: Jennifer wants to be eager,to be teeming under her skin with silver,wants a reason and a cause and a leader who’sfallible by self-description, near-matchless by others’ accounts,wants to thrill to rank, surname, simple designation,wants to know at exactly what she’s aimed,near-precisely what will happen when she hitsand that yes, the trusted, entirely human handsof gravity to a planetare the only hands pulling or perhaps, perhaps,the only hands directing those pulling her string,wants to be entirely, mindfully, consensually willingto be fired like a longbow. And the flip side: Jennifer wants to bringa girlfriend home to her parents,wants to curl into accented wordslike they’re warm compresses and quilts,wants to make promises and keep them,find each others’ keys,play each others’ record collections,brush cat hair off each others’ sweaters,adore and be adored forever,not live together.Jennifer wants to never grow tired of hearing herself say“This is Elaine.” Or “This is Kim.” Or “This is...”“This is my better half.” Both sides: Jennifer wants orders that both delight herand fill her with clean purpose,stoking a fire that consumes every inch of herexcept, except, for the space between her thighs.Jennifer wants the intersectionwhere bravery meets well-placed loyalty.Jennifer wants to know exactly what she’s doing,wants to be utterly sure of her cause,to make up her entire mind, on her own,and then raise her voiceand throw herself into the thing with abandonbecause yes, this is right, this is reason, this is exuberanceand happiness and righteous fury blazing, this isbright history, this is justice, this is-- One coin. With two sides. Jennifer wantsthe rarity that is liking of, love for,acceptance and welcome ofboth the existence and the admissionof her two sides. Even when she’s difficult.Even when she’s horrible.Even when she’s irrational.Even when she’s just, so most people would say,plain off baseline weird. Especially when she’s weird. All of the wine to mull withall of the spiceground by capable hands.Hands ringed in silver. Hands at the ends of corduroy sleeves. The sleeves of a coat that may have,once or twice,been a makeshift pillow in a hayloft. After a night’s ride. After a night’s mission.       Cynthia So is a queer Chinese writer from Hong Kong, living in London. She spent her undergrad crying over poets that have been dead for 2,000 years, give or take. (She’s graduated now, but still crying.) Her short fiction has appeared in Anathema, Arsenika, and Cast of Wonders. She can be found on Twitter @cynaesthete. Zora Mai Quỳnh is a genderqueer Vietnamese writer whose short stories, poems, and essays can be found in The SEA Is Ours, Genius Loci: The Spirit of Place, POC Destroy Science Fiction, Luminescent Threads: Connections to Octavia Butler, Strange Horizons, and Terraform. Visit her: zmquynh.com. Rivia is a Black and Vietnamese Pansexual Teen who has a passion for reading, video games and music. She says “I’m gender questioning but also questioning whether or not I’m questioning...Isn’t gender just a concept?” You can hear her vocals on Strange Horizon’s podcast for “When she sings…”   Tell the Phoenix Fox, Tell the Tortoise Fruit by Cynthia So       On the day Sunae turned nine years old, there was no joyful feast. A monster burst from the sea that night and ate five people. The Mirayans gathered upon the shore to watch this, as they did every Appeasement. Sunae’s mother covered Sunae’s eyes, but Sunae still heard the screams. The crunch of brittle bone between teeth. The wet gulp of gluttonous throats. Sunae prayed to the Goddess that the warrior Yomue might rise from the dead and defeat the monster yet again. No warrior came, but a hand grasped Sunae’s and squeezed. A hand as small as her own. When it was over, Sunae’s mother murmured, “Now we will be safe for another ten years.” She removed her hands from Sunae’s eyes, and Sunae flinched from the gore before her. The older children always said that this was why Miraya’s beaches were pink, but she hadn’t been convinced until she saw the sands now drenched with fresh blood. Dark red on dusk pink. She looked at the girl next to her, the girl who was holding her hand, and she saw a determination in those eyes as bright as the moon, as bright as her own. A determination to make sure that this would never happen again. “I’m Oaru,” the girl said. “What’s your name?” Sunae looked down at their clasped hands and told Oaru her name.   The Temple of the Moon Goddess is the most beautiful place on the island. There are no straight lines and sharp angles within, but everything is curved and gentle and swooping. Shades of blue deepen as one enters through the front, the colors of twilight intensifying into midnight, accented by silver and broken up by patches of brilliant white that gleam through the dark. A pool of water from the Moon Lake shimmers in the atrium. Frosty glass cut into lunar shapes hang from the ceiling in long, glittering threads. All of it is flawless craftsmanship, except for the wall of the prayer hall. The hall is perfectly circular. Spanning a semicircle on the wall is a painting of Yomue, splendid in lustrous armor, wielding a sword as black as her hair and an expression as fierce as the sea. The sand of the Mirayan beach is pink beneath her feet, and she glares at the monster that towers over her. Its writhing, many-headed form is etched into the blackness of the night. The moon hangs above them, solemn and full. The other half of the wall is blank, its contents effaced and forgotten. Warrior confronts monster. What’s the rest of the story? Monster leaves island alone for a hundred years. Warrior dies, and monster comes back. It is starved and salivating, with too many teeth. Every ten years, it must be fed. Is that what was on the other half of the wall? Sunae’s mother buys her Carrucean books to read, because Carrucean is an important language to learn well. In Carrucean tales, monsters are always slain. Heroes sometimes journey into foreign lands and kill other people’s monsters for them, and they are rewarded with riches and brides and thrones. Sunae is ten years old, but she knows this: there are Carruceans living in Miraya. Miraya was owned by Carrucea for hundreds of years, and then there was a treaty of some sort not long before Sunae was born, and now Miraya belongs to the Mirayans again. The Carruceans came here to their island. They governed the island and lived here for centuries, but no Carrucean ever killed the monster for them. Yet here they are on the island still, with their wealth, their power. Their Mirayan wives. “Mother, have any Carruceans ever been fed to the monster?” Sunae asks. Her mother frowns. “Can’t we talk about something more cheerful?” Sunae just wants to know how to defeat the monster. If no Carruceans will come to their aid, then who will?   The old Library of Miraya is a burnt husk with a blackened facade, secluded from the town and set into the side of a hill, a little way from the Moon Lake. Sunae doesn’t understand why it hasn’t been torn down to make way for something new when fire ravaged it long ago, but perhaps its remote location preserved it. Evidently the Mirayans of yore prized a peaceful reading environment. Sunae can hear nothing of the bustling town here, only a chorus of birds. She also doesn’t understand why she is letting Oaru drag her into the grim ruins. Inside, the half-collapsed roof lets in some lemony sunlight, but there is an unpleasant smell like overripe tortoise fruit, and rows of charred shelves loom and menace. “It went this way,” Oaru says, and drops to her hands and knees to crawl through a tiny hole in the wall. Sunae sighs and follows. She gets stuck, her shoulders being broader than Oaru’s, but Oaru wrenches her free with a painful yank. She emerges into a cramped and airless space, illuminated only by the glow of the phoenix fox, which is swishing its enormous tail back and forth, sweeping away layers of ash and dust from the wall behind it. Sunae coughs, but Oaru grabs her arm excitedly. “There’s something on the wall!” Oaru leans over the fox and scrubs at the wall with her sleeve, gradually revealing the faded colors of a painting: a woman in an ethereal blue gown, sitting with a brush in her hand. A long scroll of paper unfurls before her, inked in an illegible, swirling script. “Doesn’t that look a bit like Yomue?” Oaru asks. It seems impossible that this serene woman should resemble the powerful warrior in the temple, but she does. It’s in the proud tilt of her jaw, maybe. Sunae reaches out and traces the woman’s chin. She has never been permitted to touch the temple mural, though she has longed to. “What is she doing?” Oaru wonders. “Writing poetry?” Sunae ventures. The phoenix fox smirks at her and stretches lazily before slipping out through the hole in the wall, leaving them in absolute darkness. Oaru yelps, “I’ve got to catch that fox!” She tugs at Sunae’s elbow and Sunae reluctantly goes with her. It’s as much a struggle to get out as it was to get in, and the fox is nowhere to be seen by the time Sunae has wriggled through.   The new Library of Miraya is a clean and functional building, centrally located, right next to the Town Hall. Most of the space is dedicated to Carrucean books, with the Mirayan literature section tucked into a dismal corner. Sunae asks a librarian to help her find Yomue’s poems. “Yomue wasn’t a poet,” the librarian says, puzzled. “But I can recommend poetry from the same time period. Not much of it survived, what with the old Library burning down... But there is some, and it’s very beautiful. Do you know how to read Classical Mirayan, though?” In the end, Sunae walks away from the Library with a few books and a leaflet for free Classical Mirayan lessons. By the time she turns twelve, she has read all the Classical Mirayan poetry that the Library has to offer—and all the modern Mirayan poetry, too. She tries her hand at writing her own poem. She writes about Yomue and the monster. Yomue’s husband, wrongfully convicted of murdering a man, chained to a pillar on the shore, awaiting his execution. Yomue weeping at his feet. The moon trembling in the sky, the Goddess watching. Yomue dressing herself in armor, carefully lacing her breastplate, looping her belt through the buckle. Whetting her sword and sheathing it. Her hair, tied back with a ribbon given to her by her husband. Her boots hitting the ground, her armor jangling. The monster howling, crashing back into the sea where it nurses its wounds for a hundred years. Sunae wins a competition at school with this poem, and gets a shiny badge that she pins to her satchel. She is fourteen, and she writes about nature: trees touching, sands blushing. The ocean embracing the coast. Leaves tender for one another. Mountains asleep next to each other. The moon observing everything. She is sixteen, and Oaru bets a boy she can beat him in a swordfight. Sunae has watched Oaru practise in her garden every week for five years, first with a toy sword, then with a real one; Oaru is graceful and deft with it where Sunae has always fumbled and flailed. Oaru and the boy are wearing white clothes and using wooden swords dipped in red paint; the boy soon looks like a bloody mess and yields, while Oaru is still pristine. “You were amazing,” Sunae says afterwards, as Oaru is cutting into a celebratory tortoise fruit. Oaru waves a slice of it in her face, and Sunae grimaces at its distinct mustiness. “Ew, no thank you.” “How can you not like tortoise fruit?” Oaru says, shaking her head. “Are you even Mirayan?” Sunae sticks her tongue out. “It smells like a sweaty armpit and it tastes even worse.” Oaru eagerly bites into the purple flesh of the fruit. “You should know though, you kind of looked like a tortoise fruit just then, when I wafted it under your nose.” Sunae blinks at the wrinkled skin of the tortoise fruit in horror. “I looked like that? Don’t be so mean!” Oaru laughs and nudges her side. “All right, I’m sorry—but hey, do you think I’ll be good enough to defeat the monster someday?” No. Don’t you dare try. Sunae swallows. Oaru must be the best fighter Miraya has seen in generations. Surely if anyone has a chance to ward off the monster and stop more Appeasements from happening, it’s her. How can Sunae be so selfish as to hold Oaru back for fear of losing her? She says, “You look so much like Yomue in the temple mural when you’re moving with that sword.” Oaru’s breath catches, and Sunae suddenly understands what it is she has really been trying to write poetry about all this time. They are alone in Sunae’s bedroom, and Sunae kisses Oaru. There is tortoise fruit on Oaru’s tongue, cloying and bitter, but Sunae doesn’t scrunch up her nose. She doesn’t mind at all. “That has to be the boldest thing you’ve ever done,” Oaru whispers, her lips soft and purpled, her hair mussed by Sunae’s hands. “I guess you inspired me,” Sunae says, and Oaru grins and grips Sunae’s arms. “Remember that time I tried to catch the phoenix fox?” Sunae nods. Every day she thinks of the painted woman lit by the phoenix-fox fire. The nameless poet buried in the rubble, her face so strangely like Yomue’s. Sunae returned to the shadowy wreckage of the old Library once, but she has grown and can no longer contort herself to fit through that hole in the wall. “I wanted to give the fox to you,” Oaru says. Oh. It is a Mirayan custom for young men to present phoenix foxes to girls they wish to marry. This fact had utterly escaped ten-year-old Sunae, who merely assumed that Oaru wanted the fox as a pretty pet. Sunae raises her eyebrows, stroking Oaru’s cheek with her thumb. “You already wanted to marry me when you were ten?” Oaru shrugs. “I didn’t know then, what it meant. I only knew I wanted to be your friend forever. But now I know what it actually means, for me to want to marry you.” Her eyes are serious, like a cloud veiling the moon. It means we could both be a part of the next Appeasement if anyone finds out. Sunae closes her eyes against the thought and kisses Oaru again. Sunae is eighteen and she is awarded a scholarship to study at the University of Wimmore, one of Carrucea’s world-famous institutions. If she takes the scholarship, she will be absent from Miraya for a year. She will be absent from Miraya on the day of the next Appeasement. Tell me what else there is, she pleads with the impassive image of Yomue on the wall, as everyone else in the prayer hall lifts their cupped hands repeatedly to their faces in the traditional gesture of worship. Tell me. Because if there is more to the story than a swordfight, then maybe she can convince Oaru not to risk her life. And if she has to go to Carrucea to find the answers, she will. At the end of the prayer session, when people are either shuffling off or lingering to socialize, Sunae tells Oaru about the scholarship. “It’s stupid that you have to go to Carrucea to learn more about this island, our island that we’ve been living on our whole lives.” Oaru spits the words, and her frustration echoes in the chambers of Sunae’s heart. “I know.” Sunae wants to run her hands through Oaru’s hair to comfort her, but it would be foolish to show such affection in public. She wants to hold Oaru’s hand, but they are not children anymore. They will not get away with it, not here where everyone can see. “Just promise me that you won’t try and take on the monster when the Appeasement comes. Please. You’re not ready.” I’m not ready. “I promise.” Oaru’s voice sounds fervent with honesty. Sunae hopes she has known Oaru for long enough to tell when she is lying.   The Moon Lake is luminous as a heart that brims full with emotion, and Sunae stands at the edge and dips her toes in. Oaru is naked in the water, moonlight dripping from her hair. Oaru wears a smile like a phoenix fox’s, sly and burning through Sunae. Oaru’s arms are muscled and impatient and open wide. “Come on, Sunae.” Sunae’s fingers hover over the knot that ties the sash around her waist. “You’re breaking the law,” she whispers. Oaru wades closer to Sunae. She lifts the hem of Sunae’s gown and kisses Sunae’s ankles. “We’ve been breaking the law for a long time, tortoise fruit,” she says, her dark eyes looking up into Sunae’s. “When has that ever stopped you?” She leaves wet handprints on the skirt of Sunae’s gown, droplets trickling down the backs of Sunae’s calves. “Who knows when we’ll get to do this again?” I’ll only be away for a year, Sunae thinks, but Oaru’s eyes are darker than fire-scorched walls, and Sunae knows it will be the longest year of their lives. She loosens the knot. Her gown joins Oaru’s in a careless heap on the sandy bank, and soon her body twines with Oaru’s in the water. Mist forms around them, as though the Goddess herself wishes to hide them away from the world.   Let’s skip ahead for a moment. It is Sunae’s nineteenth birthday, and she is chained to a pillar on the pink shore of Miraya. Her lover Oaru is shackled to a different pillar. They cannot touch or kiss each other. The monster is about to rear its ugly heads from the sea, and Sunae is crying, but she is speaking. She is reciting a poem she wrote, and I am watching, as I always have. I am listening. So how did they get here?   Sunae sits on the steps of a lofty sandstone building, shivering in the wind and eating a whole tortoise fruit by herself. She has been studying in Wimmore for four months, and she hasn’t made a single friend. The light in Wimmore is muted and cold, the streets narrow and grey, the houses foreboding and tall. People laugh at her accent. The dresses fashionable here are too tight, and she can never get enough air into her lungs. The air tastes nothing of salt, anyway. She misses the sea. She runs her fingers over the tough, knobbly green rind of the fruit. Her professor had bought it for the class to try—an expensive import from Miraya, not easily purchased. The others in her class had squealed over how disgusting the fruit looked and smelled as Dr. Janner was dissecting it like a corpse, and Sunae thought of Oaru’s teeth tearing into a wedge of tortoise fruit. Oaru’s tongue stained purple by its juice. Sunae had stood up, gathered the massive fruit in her arms as though it were a baby and marched out of the classroom. And now she is sitting on rain-wet stone and chewing miserably. How Oaru would tease her, if Oaru were here. A girl sits down next to her. Talia from her class, with wheat-colored curls flattened in the drizzle. “You really like tortoise fruit, huh?” Talia says. “I hate it,” Sunae says. “Let me try a bit, will you?” Sunae gives her a small slice and she takes a tentative bite. “Hmm, it tastes a lot better than it smells. Definitely not the texture I was expecting, though. It’s... squidgy?” She finishes the slice, throws the rind over her shoulder, and grabs another immediately. Sunae smiles. She thinks it must be the first time she has smiled since she set foot in Wimmore. “You like it more than I do, then.” “So what are you doing out here eating something you hate and crying?” Talia asks, squinting. “Don’t tell me that’s just the rain.” “It’s not just the rain,” Sunae says, rubbing a hand over her face. “It’s just... It’s what a friend calls me. Tortoise fruit.” “An affectionate nickname?” Talia turns the piece of wrinkly rind over in her hand. “Is it a cute boy who’s waiting for you at home?” Sunae hesitates. “Um. Not a boy.” And then, to distract Talia from fixating on that, she launches into an account of everything that’s been overwhelming her. She explains that the next Appeasement is happening soon, and that she has been trying to conduct research into the history and literature of Miraya to see if she can find any clues as to how Yomue defeated the monster last time and why the monster came back, but she still hasn’t found anything useful. “I just want to find another way,” Sunae says. “I don’t want my friend to do anything rash. I don’t want to lose her.” Talia presses her shoulder gently against Sunae’s. “One of my ancestors was part of the first expedition to Miraya. We have an attic full of things left behind by various family members. We’ve never managed to go through all of it properly, but you’re welcome to come and have a look.” This is how Sunae finds herself cross-legged on the dusty floor of Talia’s ridiculously big attic, cross-eyed after three continuous days of rifling through boxes of miscellanea in dim light, unable to believe what she’s looking at. It’s a roughly colored sketch of Yomue the warrior, copied from the temple wall. Sword and monster and moon. And beneath that, a sketch of Yomue again—a woman dressed in the same armor, holding not a sword but a scroll open in her hands. Next to her is something a little like a mirror, or a full moon: a vast circle, shaded in silver. Within it coils a spiral shadow. Sunae isn’t sure how to interpret this, but she knows that this Yomue and the painted poet in the old Library are one and the same. She rummages through the rest of the box which contained the sketches, and her hand touches worn leather. She pulls it out of the box and it falls open on her lap, yellowed pages crammed with neat handwriting. It’s a diary.   “Why do all you rich Carruceans have stuff just lying around in your attic that I’ve only been searching for my entire life?” Sunae mutters under her breath to Talia, who is sitting next to her at this dinner. She clenches her fist around her fork. “Well, at least now you can read Yomue’s poetry!” Talia whispers back. Dr. Sotkin, a dear friend of Dr. Janner, carries on explaining to everyone how he recovered the lost manuscript of Yomue’s poems when he was cleaning out his grandfather’s house after his grandfather recently passed away. Sunae saws away at her chunk of boiled beef. “I’ll be publishing a translation later this year,” Dr. Sotkin announces. Sunae takes a sip of water and a deep breath. “What kind of poetry is it?” she asks, proud of how calm and polite she sounds. “Sadly, it only survives in fragments, but I’ve brought a copy of some of them to share with all of you as a preview.” Dr. Sotkin digs in his bag and retrieves a sheaf of papers. “I believe Dr. Janner told me you can all read Classical Mirayan?” “Some of us better than others,” Talia murmurs to Sunae, and Sunae hides a smile behind her napkin. Some of the boys in their class seem to be getting by with barely any knowledge of Mirayan. Sunae assumes it must be their wealth that passes their exams for them. She takes the sheet that Dr. Sotkin offers to her and scans it quickly. Her mind whirls dizzily and she pushes away her plate and reads the fragment again, more slowly this time. And again. She closes her eyes and envisions the inscrutable moon in the night sky to steady herself. Dr. Sotkin is saying something about a man that Yomue is drinking with. “She compares her love for this man to the Moon Lake—a blessing that glimmers on and on.” Sunae hands the sheet to Talia and holds onto the edge of the table. “Dr. Sotkin,” she says, and she isn’t able to sound calm anymore. Her voice quavers. “I don’t believe Yomue is talking about a man. I know it’s only a fragment, but it’s clear from the grammar that she’s writing about a woman.” Dr. Sotkin frowns. “Did you not hear when I said that this is a love poem?” “Yes, I know, and I believe that Yomue’s beloved is a woman.” “That’s preposterous. It’s simply impossible.” “You think it’s impossible that Yomue loved another woman?” “What you are speaking of is highly illegal and punishable by death, young lady,” Dr. Sotkin sniffs. In both Miraya and Carrucea, yes—Sunae is extremely aware. “Are we to believe that Yomue shared these poems with the public and was not executed for her sins?” “Well, she warded off the monster, so there were no Appeasements—” Dr. Sotkin tugs haughtily at his cravat. “You do realize that it is possible to execute people without feeding them to a monster as you barbarians love to do?” “Love?” Sunae’s voice is shrill to her own ears; drums thunder in her ribcage. “You think we love having to feed people to a monster every ten years to keep it from destroying our whole island?” Dr. Sotkin’s face is pink as the sand on Miraya’s beaches. “I’m going to have to ask you to leave.” “Yes,” Dr. Janner joins in. “Sunae, your behavior of late has been extremely rude and disruptive and I’m afraid we cannot tolerate this. Dr. Sotkin is the foremost expert on Classical Mirayan and he will not be insulted by your bumbling reading of this poem.” “But she’s right!” Talia protests, jabbing at the sheet of paper. “Dr. Janner, Sunae’s right. Look at this line here.” “It’s all right,” Sunae says, putting her hand on Talia’s arm. “I’m leaving.”   Sunae’s head is still spinning from the fragment of Yomue’s poetry. It was so much like the poems that she has been writing about Oaru, folded into envelopes and sent across the ocean to her lover. One was about the glow of sweat and moon-water on Oaru’s skin, the night they drifted together in the Moon Lake, the last night they spent together. And now, this letter from her mother. She sinks to the floor of the post room and clutches her knees. She is going to be sick. The door creaks open. She looks up and Talia is there. “I’m so sorry,” Talia says. “You were such a fearsome warrior back there, speaking up to Sotkin like that. He’s utterly dreadful. Janner, too. I want to lock them both up in my attic and never let them out. Janner revoked your scholarship but he hasn’t even tried to suspend me.” Sunae stares at Talia and cannot speak. Talia doesn’t know about the letter yet. She thinks Sunae is just upset about what happened at the dinner, but the world is crumbling at Sunae’s feet and Talia has no idea. A smile stretches across Talia’s face. “Can you believe your legendary Yomue’s one of us?” Sunae’s shoulders loosen a little. “One of us?” “One of us,” Talia repeats and holds her hand out to Sunae, and Sunae understands. Instead of taking Talia’s hand, she lifts up the letter and gives it to Talia. Talia reads it and is speechless, too. She sits down next to Sunae and together they watch the flickering light bulb. It is no moon, but it soothes, somehow. Eventually, Talia asks, “When is the next Appeasement? Will you make it back in time?” “If I leave at dawn, I might,” Sunae says, hoarsely. “You’ll be arrested too if you go back, won’t you?” Sunae nods. “But you’re definitely going.” Sunae nods again. “Good luck,” Talia whispers. “If you don’t die, write me a poem. You have my address.” She kisses Sunae’s forehead.   Sunae crosses the ocean home. She prays to the Goddess. She prays to Yomue. She writes.   Which is what brings us here, to Sunae’s nineteenth birthday, and Sunae and Oaru on the beach where they first met ten years ago. “I love you,” Sunae says to Oaru. There is white sea-spray in Oaru’s windblown hair, and if Sunae’s plan doesn’t succeed, she wants this to be the last thing she ever sees. She closes her eyes. The waves lap the shore. Her lungs are full of salt air. The moon caresses her face with its white light. She opens her mouth. The truth comes out. Sunae wrote that silly poem when she was twelve, where I saved my husband from the monster. I laughed when I heard her read it to her classmates. Now she is a much better poet, and she has learnt so much—from sketches and diaries and mistranslated fragments—and this is what she tells the Mirayans. Four hundred years ago, Yomue loved another woman, and they had flowers and wine and stars; they chased phoenix foxes together in the valleys. They ate tortoise fruit and kissed each other’s mouths purple. They wrapped themselves in moonlight. Yomue was skilled with the sword, but even more skilled with words, and she was the Goddess’ favorite. She could not stand by and watch a monster kill more people in her town. She wove a spell out of poetry and enchanted the monster, led it to the Moon Lake where it slumbered for as long as she lived, and longer, because she taught others the poem. But the Carruceans came; they brought their laws with them, and they knew how powerful fear was. How to control a people with it. Fire bloomed in the Library; in the temple, fresh paint dried on the wall. Yomue the poet was erased from history. The monster was awoken, and anyone who caused trouble could be thrown into its devouring jaws. “Now you tell me I cannot love Oaru.   We chase a phoenix fox that Yomue tamed once, Reborn from the ashes of the Library. It hides poems in its fur. Tell the phoenix fox I cannot love Oaru.   We eat tortoise fruit grown from centuries-old trees, Roots as deep as our island. It hides poems in its rind. Tell the tortoise fruit I cannot love Oaru.   We bathe in the Moon Lake Yomue drank from, Water sacred to the Goddess. It hides poems in its bed. Tell the Moon Lake I cannot love Oaru.   Tell the Goddess I cannot love Oaru. Tell Yomue. Tell her and the woman she loved. Go back in time and bind her to this pillar and Tell her she was wrong.”   The monster rises out of the sea, torrents of water cascading from its back. Oaru was arrested because of Sunae’s poetry. Because Oaru’s father found the incriminating poems, because Sunae had sent so many and they overflowed, spilled, flooded Oaru’s room. Poems alight with the memories of all that Oaru and Sunae did together, all the times they were wide-eyed travelers in the landscape of each other’s bodies, all the smoldering hearths they built in the secret corners of each other’s hearts. The monster bellows and the earth quakes and Sunae is not afraid. She knows she is not the first who has been here. She is not the first who has done this.   “Let her tell you she is me. Let her open her mouth and Sing the monster to sleep Again.”   Sunae’s pores still have the magic blessing of moon-water in them, and I am with her. Through her, I sing. I was here, like her. I loved, like her. I fought the monster and won, and she will, too.   If you visit the Temple of Moon Goddess today, you will see this scene painted alongside my mural in the prayer hall: The monster walks spellbound across the island, and the Mirayans walk with it, every one of their faces slack with awe. Sunae leads them, freed from her shackles. She holds Oaru’s hand.   END   “The Lamentations of Old Money" is copyright Chanter 2019. “Tell the Phoenix Fox, Tell the Tortoise Fruit” is copyright Cynthia So 2019. This recording is a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license which means you can share it with anyone you’d like, but please don’t change or sell it. Our theme is “Aurora Borealis” by Bird Creek, available through the Google Audio Library. You can support GlitterShip by checking out our Patreon at patreon.com/keffy, subscribing to our feed, or by leaving reviews on iTunes. 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Sheesh, it's a week into the year and I still keep trying to write "2018" on my podcasts. But it's the new year, and Jessamyn and I catch up on what's happened on the big blue linky sea lately. Also occasionally featuring my neighbor's rented wood chipper! But also, more importantly, featuring messages from a whole bunch of MeFites who called in to share well wishes, new year greetings, old year ass-and-screendoorings, and some lovely and heartfelt thoughts about where they are, where we are, and hoping for us all to keep getting there together in the next year.Helpful LinksPodcast FeedSubscribe with iTunesDirect mp3 downloadIf you want to hop straight to the call-in bits to hear each other's voices, I've included them all in two chunks, starting at about 14 minutes in and then again at about 62 minutes in. Thanks so much again to everyone who called in or emailed a recording in; I really love hearing all y'all's voices and being able to share them with the whole community like this. Specifically, thanks to all these callers: TinyChicken, grumpybear69, hexydexy, ChuraChura, Gray Duck, jgirl, gamera (and Ephorbia), wittgenstein, endotoxin, jillithd, yomimono, Fig, Bella Donna, 80 Cats in a Dog Suit, Eyebrows McGee and Nano McGee, h00py, frimble, KTamas, Johnny Wallflower, bondcliff, Mutant Lobsters from Riverhead, pernoctalian, plinth, rmd1023, rangefinder 1.4, kimberussel, Songdog, and ocherdraco. (As always, any error in the ordering, spelling, or omission in the above list is my fault; lemme know if I goofed and I'll update the list accordingly.) Misc - nothing in Psalm 148 says a dog can't play basketball - Leaf Blower by Asylum Street Spankers - Jess's neighbor Phil's glass studio - CLUTTER IS GOOD ACTUALLY - Jess says: read Manfried Man - but, also, manfriend dot org, i guess Jobs - Funny Freelance greeting card writer! by ferociouskitty - Senior IT Desktop Field Support (Higher Ed) by BlackPebble Projects - Red Square, watercolor and pencil on paper, 6"x6" 12/15/18 by cortex - J. R. "Bob" Dobbs Memorial Inverse Hessian Multiplication by hleehowon - WhatCSS: by ph00dz - Telephone Pictionary, Correspondence Edition by duffell - News You May Have Missed by joannemerriam - The Moonlight Sonata but the bass is a bar late and the melody is a bar early by speicus (MeFi Post) - Starcom: Nexus by justkevin MetaFilter - Every Tweet is Like Sunday by chavenet - 2018 Mashed by subocoyne - "The audience went nuts for it." [citation needed] by jessamyn - a comment by soulchap - Zelda Day 2018 by JHarris - How to Make Friends by Bella Donna - "I'm so excited because I love mess!" by Fizz - Why bells ring out danger and celebration instead of ting like triangles by dancing leaves - My dad and Charles Barkley by ChuraChura - Package Thief vs. Glitter Bomb Trap by Foci for Analysis - a comment by you must supply a verb - Why Not This Idea: Dogs Can Talk For 25 Minutes Per Day by Johnny Wallflower - a comment by ryanrs - Byrne's Euclid by urbanwhaleshark Ask MeFi - Tell me when it's decorative gourd season, motherfuckers! by peacheater - Last names that are widely recognizable as only fictional characters? by Cool Papa Bell - How many "Bridge Ices Before Road" signs are in the state of Michigan? by bbqturtle - Cost of a U.S. Passport in 1984 by Ira Weston - What are your favorite reasonably-priced housewares? by Anticipation Of A New Lover's Arrival, The - Pointers on how to learn to realistically model a fake world economy? by wooh - How to be a better e-library patron by hungrytiger - Facts About Social Justice Activists Not Related to Their Activism by anya32 MetaTalk - MeFi Card Club Appreciation Part III: Beyond Thunderdome by phunniemee - Pest Bost Contest for January 2019! by LobsterMitten - A Metafilter community on Dreamwidth by foxfirefey - Long Time, No See by mr_crash_davis MeFi Music Featured in this episode: - warm for december (christmas cheese mix) by es_de_bah - Keener Sounds by ageispolis - 2019 by CarrotAdventure - Another Year And Most Of Us Have Made It by cortex - When Green Leaves Spring (It's Good To See You) by rangefinder 1.4 FanFare - hey there's that new Mari Kondo show on Netflix - also the new animated Spider-Man film is apparently pretty rad

Happy holidays to all you spectologists! In our final episode of 2018, Adrian & Charlotte complete their discussion of the James Tiptree, Jr. Award-winning novel Rupetta by NA Sulway (https://amzn.to/2SjgX8r). This wonderful, overlooked novel has us both ruminating about our time in university, trying to dig into the meaning of a mechanical heart, and discussing how the prose & the story reinforced each other.  Please excuse the sniffles, Adrian was a bit sick & tried to edit them all out, although I'm sure I missed a few.  Charlotte can be found online at: * @tambourine on twitter* her DreamWidth blog: https://alwaysalready.dreamwidth.org * she recently won The White Review Poetry Prize, for poems including "bangable dudes in history"  And books we mentioned include:* Rupetta by NA Sulway * Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino * Gnomon by Nick Harkaway * The Raven Tower by Anne Leckie (pre-order) --- Spectology will be back in 2019 with new books, more guests, and lots of great #content!  Until then, we'd love to hear from you, either by chatting with us on twitter at @spectologypod, sending us an email at spectologypod@gmail.com, or submitting the episode to r/printSF on reddit. We'll reply, and shout you out in the next podcast when we talk about your comment. And if you like the episode, subscribe at spectology.com or whever you listen to podcasts, and share it with your friends! Many thanks to Dubby J and Noah Bradley for doing our music and art.

You know immediately who that child is because they're still the only one making sicko faces. The Media Maidenz watched Selector Destructed Wixoss! This is the 2016 compilation movie that fails utterly to compile the show in any meaningful way. Join the gang and special guest Cecilia, whom was subjected to the movie for scientific purposes, as they struggle to comprehend the editing decisions and try to make sense of what the movie thought the story of Wixoss was supposed to be and about whom. Throughout the way they engage in a most refined elucidation upon the subject of Sachi's "big titty goth gf" status, go over Ulith's new backstory and motivations, headcanon a bunch of sense into the new ending, and finally, listen in horror to Madiha's insane rambling about the "prototype to Wixoss." Read Madiha's final thoughts on Wixoss here. Send us questions and game jam submissions!! Rate us on iTunes! Email us at transmediacrity@gmail.com! Check out our TUMBLR and TWITTER and Curiouscat! SUPPORT US ON PATREON! Or donate directly to Madiha for hosting costs. Check out our YOUTUBE CHANNEL. Subscribe, and like our videos! Special thanks to Velt for our cover art! Check her art here. (Not worksafe.) You can find us at:  Madiha: Twitter, Tumblr, Mastodon, The Solstice War. Esther: Twitter, Tumblr Cecilia: Twitter, Tumblr, Dreamwidth, Video Game Hell.

In our first ever Radio Free Fandom recorded on the road, my guests Alastair, Niamh, Nick, Charlotte, Susan, Renay, Jenny, Thomas & Denise talk about our favourite bits of Nine Worlds 2018 & Worldcon 76, with recommendations from Alasdair & a guest appearance from John Scalzi!  Time Stamps: 00:12  Intro 01:35  Nine Worlds 18:00  WorldCon 30:52  Recommendations If you have comments or questions, you can email the podcast at radiofreefandom@gmail.com or tweet us @RadioFreeFandom. If you'd like to support the show, check out our Patreon page. Find Claire online: Twitter: @ClaireRousseau Website: http://www.clairerousseau.com/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/ClaireRousseau Find my guests online: Alastair Twitter: @AlastairJRBall Website: Red Train BlogPodcast: Moderate Fantasy Violence Niamh Twitter: @buckbeakbabie  Nick Twitter: @nickmb Website: http://www.nickbryan.com/ Podcast: Moderate Fantasy Violence Charlotte Twitter: @tambourine Tumblr: alwaysalreadyangry Dreamwidth: alwaysalready Susan Twitter: @spindillyDreamwidth: Spindizzy Writing for: Lady Business & The Lesbrary Renay Twitter: @Renay Podcast: Fangirl Happy Hour Writing for: Lady Business Jenny Twitter: @readingtheend Website: Reading the End Goodreads: Gin Jenny Thomas Twitter: @SFF180 Youtube: SFF180 Website: http://sff180.com/ Denise Twitter: @mallow_girl Youtube: Denise Harwood Alasdair Website: https://alasdairstuart.com/  Podcasts: http://escapeartists.net/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/AlasdairStuart Thanks for tuning in to Radio Free Fandom!

Audrey Eschright: @ameschright | The Recompiler Show Notes: 00:50 - Background in Publishing and Open Source 06:53 - The Contributor Pool 12:37 - Open Source Bridge 15:29 - Mistakes Open Source Contributors Make 17:21 - Tools for Maintaining an Open Source Project 19:09 - Roles 23:33 - Open Source Bridge (Cont'd) 27:47 - Governance and Decision-Making 36:20 - Making Open Source Accessible, Safe, and Welcoming Resources: Free Geek Calagator PDX Activist Dreamwidth Safety First PDX Open Source Bridge: Enter the coupon code PODCAST to get $50 off a ticket! The conference will be held June 20-23, 2017 at The Eliot Center in downtown Portland, Oregon. Transcript: CHARLES: Hello, everybody and welcome to The Frontside Podcast, Episode #71. My name is Charles Lowell. I'm a developer here at The Frontside. With me also is Joe LaSala. JOE: Hello. CHARLES: Hey, Joe, another developer here at The Frontside. With us today is the publisher of The Recompiler Mag and a long-time open source contributor Audrey Eschright. Welcome Audrey. AUDREY: Hey! CHARLES: Thanks for being on the show. AUDREY: Oh, thank you. CHARLES: Today, we're going to be talking about open source and in particular, the labor that goes into open source and making that sustainable but before we get into that, I wanted to first talk about your background, both in terms of how you came to be publishing the magazine and also your background on open source, how we're arriving at the subject today. AUDREY: The magazine, in a lot of ways, I refer to it as a feminist hacker magazine. It holds together a lot of different things that I've worked on over the years so I'm going to jump all the way back to when I first encountered open source and then maybe that will fit together. When I was in high school, I first encountered the internet and the internet that was available to me at that time use things like Gopher. Gopher is a pretty web protocol and it was free software. I didn't really understand that it was free software at that point but I did understand that if I wanted to learn how to write code and the computer that I have access to were things like a bunch of really old PCs like 286's and an old Macintosh. Then there were commercial compilers for writing code and there were free compilers for writing code. There was a thing called GCC and I knew that it was on university computers and if I got access to those, then I could write code. Then I got to college and write about when open source really started to take off as this concept of how free software comes into business world. I've had that as a background of becoming a programmer and getting involved in things but after college I wasn't really sure that I want to work in technology so I took a break. When I came back, I needed a way to get myself up to date so I started volunteering with this local group called Free Geek that recycles computers. What they do is they take those computer parts and the ones that are usable, they build them into Linux boxes for people, like Linux desktop boxes. How I got back up and running was learning how to work and volunteering in an organization that was very open source based, like all of the tools that they used are just completely open source. CHARLES: Was that for budgetary reasons or they didn't want the people to burden the recipients of these computers with any licensing fees or obligations to third parties? AUDREY: It's budgetary but it's also ideological. The organization was started out of environmental interests. The original folks, they pointed to us this computer monitor that they [inaudible] as the reason that they do this, that the way computer waste is being handled was so unfriendly that you might as well just dump it in the river. They started from there but I think because those kinds of interests of creating something that was really accessible for people are really educational and accessible to lower income patrons has always been a really big part of it. I think that using Linux and using open source tools has been a big part of that. CHARLES: I think open source is so pervasive, a lot of people forget that in those days, there was a lot of radical thinking behind it, of radical accessibility like it's your basic right to be able to access every layer of your stack. It's a little bit unfortunate that you mentioned GCC that like the GNU, the Free Software Foundation isn't as much part of the conversation as they were back then. AUDREY: Yeah. I think that as more people come in to, we've shifted through these different generations basically in open source contribution and how it's formulated. The fact that I even default to open source is really interesting because a lot of the values that I referencing are those free software values. CHARLES: Fast forward to the present... AUDREY: Part of how I built my skills was by starting open source projects called Calagator. It's a community calendaring platform that makes it very easy to import things from other sources like Facebook. It's interesting, it wasn't our primary thing but it's so big now. We've been doing this for 10 years so a lot of recent change around us. We have a 10-year old [inaudible] app that is still up and running and is now in Rails engine. CHARLES: Wow. Is this an application that you can run yourself or when you say it's an engine, if I've got a Rails app, I can just drop it into any Rails app? AUDREY: Yeah, that was a direction we decided to go in a couple of years ago because my experience was that handing people in Rails app and saying, "Go fork it and then go sell it and use it in your community." That's a pretty big technical burden. At least, as an engine, it makes it a little bit more flexible for people to really come in and make some of those changes. We can bootstrap a little bit more for them. CHARLES: It's always funny to me know how some projects always run off the fork model, like there's a lot of HTML starters or editor starters where the thing is you fork it. I always hate that model because eventually, you ended up having to do this terrible dance with the upstream in order to jump around the changes that are coming through and stuff. AUDREY: Yeah and that was definitely one of the problems that we would run into. We would make changes to functionality and the frontend and the visual display of it. It was really difficult for people to pick and choose the parts that were useful for them. CHARLES: Yeah. Okay, so you've got a 10-year old Rails applications/engine, now you are actually running an instance of this engine yourself or just maintaining the open source? AUDREY: Yeah, there's actually two of them, that I'm in involved with right now. One of them is that Calagator.org. It's a Portland's techs events calendar. That was really our original site and the reason that we created this. The other one just as of a few months ago is PDXActivist.org and that is a way to get a lot of activism and political organizing off of Facebook, basically. That's really our primary target. It's just getting people an alternative to using Facebook for all of their events. CHARLES: I see. Now, having to maintain an open source project for 10 years, that's a really, really long time. AUDREY: Yeah. CHARLES: How big is the community now and how many different users have you seen as you developed this? AUDREY: Well, it's a little hard to tell. We deliberately don't do a lot of tracking, especially on PDX Activist side. I can tell you that there are a lot of events on both calendars. For the tech events, there are probably five things that you can do on any given day, maybe 10. During design week, they put all that on there too. This has been very consistent over the history of the project. I can also tell you that we've had dozens of contributors. CHARLES: Yeah, that's more what I meant when I said users. Not necessarily the consumers of the calendar but the consumers of the software that makes the calendar. AUDREY: It goes without saying that I think that those users are creating events, they are part of that because they help curate content. Like with the wiki, your user base isn't just the people who update MediaWiki. It's that people who really work on the content too. We've had dozens of people. There's a contributor's file that I didn't pull up but we can go and look at it. We made a point of crediting everybody who contributed at Code Sprint, whether or not they check in code. We have a really great documentation over the history of the project about how the different ways that people contributed and who they are. CHARLES: Yeah. I feel like that's something that often goes missing in projects, especially open source projects that you find on GitHub where there's so many people that are involved in creating software beyond just what you see in the commit history. It's kind of a poor showing of what it was all involved in the whole creative act. Sure, it's an accurate reflection if it's a one-person project who's hacking away on weekends but as your project scales, there's a lot of different stuff going on. AUDREY: Yeah, definitely. I think the other part that's really interesting for me about this is that I can point to that big contributor pool, people who have come to sprints so they've work on a project. They help define the shape of the project. Then I can tell you that we had a three-person core team for a very long time and then it was down to a two-person core team. Now, I'm not really sure which one of those is in charge. I don't look at GitHub often enough and a couple of the other computers. There isn't a lot of coaching happening anymore. We should have a wish list but there's nothing so urgent that we stop all other work and go back to making this our primary effort. CHARLES: Of the people on the core team, how many of them are developers? AUDREY: All of us. All three of us were. We come into with different cross skills. I've done a lot of documentation and mentorship. As of the others, I would say we have one person who were in design or one person who was more apps-oriented. We fill those different layers too. CHARLES: Of that group of the core contributors, outside that group of core contributors, you said you accumulate a list of all the people who contributed. What's the breakdown in the roles that those people are playing? AUDREY: You know, it has changed a lot over the course of the project. Early on, we had maybe half of the people were really doing development and the other half were helping. We took a very agile approach like index cards and users story. Maybe half of the people that show up at a given time, we just talk through the feature and do research. We were looking at a lot of integration so what needed to know what would be required to integrate it. We brainstorm a lot of things. We did in-person Code Sprints every two weeks from the year that we started, at late of January to the end of July. We had this whole set of in-person work that really shape in that. Also a lot of people who weren't necessarily contributing code that had disappeared. CHARLES: I see, so people who had a vested interest in a particular set of features could show up and voice that interest and be heard, as opposed to what you're having, it just be limited to the people who are writing the actual code. AUDREY: Yeah and we would ask people to spec it out. Just sit down with somebody and figure out how the feature could work and whether it fit with everything else to what we're doing. I do that research and investigation. Over the years, we've had this come and go in waves. Every so often, we need to go up a Rails version or make certain kinds of major updates so we get people together for that. We had some different pools of Codeschool students that have come in and really been interested in working on this to get a little bit more development experience, get some experience working with other people, have open source some resume to show off. I've been very enthusiastic about giving people that resume credit that if they need an open source of it so that they could say, "I know how to write with other people," then our projects is very happy to help them with that. CHARLES: What is the conference that you run? AUDREY: I am on the committee for Open Source Bridge. It's an annual conference for open source citizens, which is the same people who participate and benefit from open source. CHARLES: Which is pretty much the planet at this point. AUDREY: Yeah. It's funny because, I think it's just so interesting who does or doesn't identify themselves as part of that. Anybody using a computer these days is in some way benefiting from open source and could potentially contribute to it and be part of that. It's not just awareness, there are a lot of actual barriers so that, to everyone having a role in it. But the conference I co-founded it with Selena Deckelmann who's at Mozilla now. We do say over time to ask a lot of questions about how across technologies, open source comes together to build things? How projects work? What kinds of skills are involved? How we become better maintainers by being aware of our users, by communicating better, by being good moderators of online message boards and mailing lists and things like that? We've had a chance to really just look at broad swath of elements that come in. CHARLES: I think that literally every bullet point that you mentioned, I feel is something that we've come across and it has been a challenge for us, in our efforts to maintain our open source projects. Ours are mostly just libraries. There's very little by way of big, big frameworks or big, big applications. We've got it kind of easy, I would say and we still struggle with those things really understanding our users, understanding how your open source project should run and how it even fits into the bigger ecosystem. Is there a guide out there somewhere like how to how to open source? AUDREY: You know, I don't know that I've seen a single guide but there is really a lot of good writing and a lot of good conference talks on this topics. Like you said, it's just this broad set of skills and we focus so much on teaching people how to code and maybe teaching people how to code together, to be good contributors together but if you ever to maintain a project, there's leadership involved. There's communication involved. CHARLES: It seems to me that's the bulk of it, right? AUDREY: Yeah. I don't know, did you get training on that? [Laughter] AUDREY: I just decided to try things. I'm very lucky that I'm mostly made good guesses but there's some really bad ones too where later I look back at it and realized we could have done better. CHARLES: What are some of this mistakes that open source contributors often make, where they could save themselves a lot of trouble? AUDREY: I think a big one is thinking about it only in that technical framework. Even just by tools that we use, we tend to force people into contributing solely through GitHub, which means that you've got to understand somethings about the bug tracker and how tickets go and the workflow around that. CHARLES: Yeah. I've literally looking at a message in our Slack from yesterday where someone on our team who doesn't interact with GitHub said literally, "Someone is going to have to show me how because GitHub is the most confusing thing I have ever logged into." JOE: I thought about that message today too and yeah, I guess I'm wondering how do you attract those more non-technical skill sets to a project? AUDREY: It takes a lot of direct mentoring and coaching. You already has some people that are identifying themselves to you if you're having that conversation. I think I've really benefited from looking at who else is like them, who else do they know that might want to get involved and starting conversations that way. Because the biggest projects that I have worked on are these calendars, it does give us so many users that maybe are interested in having more technical involvement. If I can start looking at who's doing a lot of cleanup on there, who's paying a lot of attention to the content and the structure of the content and structuring information is also a technical skill. But people don't necessarily go from that to thinking, "I can write code," or, "I could submit a ticket and debug that thing and tell you what needs fixing now." But people can get there. We just have to be willing to talk to them about it and willing to look at it from their point of view. CHARLES: One thing that I dig out of there is that if you're running your open source project solely on GitHub, it's not going to be enough. You're going to be constrained in your growth just by the toolset and the implicit exclusivity of that toolset. What are some tools that you can bring in that are going to be more attractive? AUDREY: I think mailing list have turnout to be one of the most open-ended things that we've done. People who want to find out a little bit more, sometimes post there but also just having a good webpage, a good info pages or some sort, having your wiki actually talked about some of the less technical aspects of it. Even explaining what your project is for can be really good. You know, you start to make these assumptions like, "If they're going to go and install it, do they know?" Maybe not. I think just looking at it as a broader set of communications. CHARLES: Right. What seems self-evident to you and maybe someone who shares a lot of context to you is a mystery to someone else. It never hurts to state the obvious. It seems to me you have to be able to use tools that people are familiar with but also part of the leadership is giving people things to do, giving them a way to think about your project or giving them a way to act independently. How do you think about the different roles in an open source project so that you can then elucidate those roles so that someone coming, who is going to look at your website or who's going to be reading your e-mail list is going to be participating in your community in some way and particularly not in a code contribution way, how do you think about the different roles of your open source project so that you can kind of hand that to them? So that they can act independently like, "Here's this thing that you could do. Here's this thing that you could do. Here's this thing that you can do." What is that kind of core set of roles? CHARLES: We could think about it in terms of the actions that we take. If you go back to our lone weekend coder who put something on GitHub, you're already writing the code, making design decisions about the shape of the code, you are writing about it in some way, even if all you do is update the ReadMe to have two lines of something you're writing. You are managing any bug tickets that come in, any future request so you're doing some project management, some kind of general analysis of that. They don't necessarily have to be different roles. People implicitly take on the whole thought of that when they start a project. But they can also be split out. I hate to say like, "Give away your least favorite thing," because people sometimes do that, may dump it out there and it never gets handled well because they don't really understand what they're looking for. But it's okay to say, "I am really great at this one thing and I really struggle with this other thing." I bet there's somebody else who is just way better at organizing the stack communication and they can help me with that. If I can tell them what I need it for, maybe they can help with that. CHARLES: So you have to admit your weaknesses? AUDREY: Yeah. I think a lot of leadership is that kind of self-analysis: really seeing where you are helping the most, where you're strongest, what things absolutely have to be done with you. I don't know. I'd learned you to be really honest about that. Sometimes, the thing you enjoy doing is not the thing that you have to do because nobody else can. But often barred things that are really not fun for me, turned out to be the thing that nobody else can do. I just think that you have to spent some time thinking about that and thinking about what you can teach people too. You already have the knowledge of your project and what you're trying to do so I think what you can teach is what your mission is, what your goals are and maybe they can help you to communicate that too. CHARLES: Yeah, because it seems to me if you actually can very clearly communicate your target, then people can begin to walk towards it independently and that's almost more important than the actual taking the steps. Or the steps needed to be taken but that's something that you can provide. AUDREY: Yeah, you need that kind of definition regardless in order to make your decision and have your work actually function and the less conscious we are about, the more we tend to get a big pile of something and you go, "Now what? What do we do with that?" CHARLES: Right. I think it also flushes out if you have a clear target and you have a clear mission, by externalizing it, it makes you reflect on it more and hardens it, if that makes any sense. You have all these ideas bouncing around in your own head about the things that you might want to do or might like to do but once you actually try to express it to people and say, "You know what? We're going to do this." Then it takes on a reality of its own that is subject to more scrutiny but also subject to the constraints of the real world and that's a good thing. It means that whatever you're going to come up with is going to be more resilient. AUDREY: Yeah. I think we can be scared about putting that out there. They won't see what you see or they won't like it. Those who disagree with your goals there will go, "You really should have been building an eggplant slicer and not a tomato slicer." Yeah, I don't like tomatoes. But for more definition that we put out there, the clearer we are, the more that the people who want to [inaudible] they can find us. That's why it's so important to do it and not to dodge those kinds of questions. CHARLES: Yeah, absolutely. Now, I'm wondering so when is this conference that you're running? Is this the first one or is this the second, the third? AUDREY: Oh, no. We're on our ninth. CHARLES: You are on your ninth? Oh, my goodness. AUDREY: Yeah, it's actually just in a few weeks. It's in June, the week of the 20th, I want to say. Tickets are for sale. If you're in Portland, we had a great volunteer program where you put in eight hours over the course of the entire week. You can split out with everyone and you get a free ticket. CHARLES: Nice. This is the problem with the internet is I'm always finding out things that I wish I'd known 10 years ago. I wish I'd known about this before it actually tried to do any open source. This is the Open Source Bridge so what's a sample of what you guys are going to be talking about? AUDREY: The thing that we've added this year and it's really exciting is the activism track. We're having a lot more people to talk about what they do as code. In this other way, more of public facing way. We have Nicole Sanchez from GitHub. She's going to talk about diversity inclusion and some of the biggest [inaudible] there. We also had Emily Gorcenski doing another keynote and she talks a lot about data and ethics and has a lot of interesting things to say about how we collect and sort and process information and the impacts of that. We have a couple of workshops that are really great. One on technical interviewing and the personal skills that you need. There is a session on keyboard hacking. CHARLES: Keyboard hacking? This is in the activism track? AUDREY: No. This are across all the tracks. CHARLES: How many different tracks are there? AUDREY: There's five. CHARLES: This is a big conference. AUDREY: Yeah. It is such a great community for me to be a part of. Like I said, the different kinds of projects that people come from and bring into it and the different skills, we'll have people that are everywhere from kernel hackers to working in devops to people that kind of fit, I think what we think of it are more typical like web developer or mobile developer kind of skill set. People who run their projects, folks from Dreamwidth often come and participate and they have a lot of really great things to share because they have such an inclusive focus on how they do their project. CHARLES: Where was that? AUDREY: Dreamwidth. It's a LiveJournal spinoff. It's online community journaling website. It's in Perl, which is cool. There aren't as many outward facing things, hiring Perl programmer these days, I think. CHARLES: It's still a very active Perl project? AUDREY: Yeah. CHARLES: Wow. I did Perl a long, long time ago. AUDREY: I think it's really useful to remember that programming languages never actually die. There is always code. JOE: There's still plenty of COBOL positions out there. AUDREY: Yeah. Actually my uncle is a COBOL programmer. CHARLES: Yeah, I remember it was only some statistic where it was something like five years ago, Java, Eclipse, COBOL is the most popular programming language. The cycles are much larger than we tend to think. Surfing on the beach as we do, not realizing there's a whole ocean generating those waves. AUDREY: Yeah, I think if you're in a certain kind of technology startup plan, there's always this push to go for the nearest and shiniest on the number of JavaScript frameworks that we've gone through in the last five years. You kind of [inaudible] of all of these things that come before that are still in use. What I really loved about doing devops is that all of this pieces are still in play and there's something to learn from that. If they don't die, you don't get rid of them. You just try to build on them and keep them working usefully. CHARLES: Right. Man, that's exciting, so you have a very, very huge cross-section of the development community. It sounds like participating in here which is a quality in of itself. That must give you a pretty unique perspective being with that level of cross-discipline. Are there any insights that can only be gleaned by being able to perceive it from that high of a level? AUDREY: Well, a big one is that we all struggle with governance. We don't really talk outside of just a couple of forms for events that focus on open source maintainers. We don't talk about the governance of projects, like who was in charge and how decisions are made. But it turns out that that has just an enormous impact on what a project can actually do and how it survives. I think I might not have seen that as clearly without having people from so many different angles participating. CHARLES: I'm just trying to think of keeping it in the area of web frameworks because that's something that I'm familiar with. If we were to compare, say the governance model something like React, which is basically whatever Facebook wants, versus something in the middle like Angular, which is like an explicit governance model but also is heavily influenced by Google, versus something like... I don't know, well something like JavaScript itself, which has an open democratic model but heavily represented by major, major, major companies, versus something like Rust, which is I certainly get the feeling is a very explicit, very democratic model. All of those seem to have achieved a lot of success and this seemed like a very healthy projects but on the one hand of the spectrum like Rust, you have the super-transparent, super-democratic model and then on the React side, you've got this authoritarian model. That's opaque. How do you reconcile that those are both successful? AUDREY: I think a lot of what actually determines this stuff is who pays the developers. In both of those cases, meaning projects that present information and decision making differently but there are corporations that pay those developers and that's where the primary source of that code. Because of that, really who pays the developers determines what gets made, what code gets written. In a way, they're both doing some of the same things. They're just not giving you inside into that decision making, in some cases. CHARLES: The decision making apparatus is there, I guess the thing is this transparency to the user base matter. I would say that the user base of a thing like React dwarfs the actual corpus of decision makers. That doesn't seem to be that that decision making process is opaque. AUDREY: Well, I might be opening too much of a larger conversation by saying this but if you're familiar with the idea of algorithm transparency, decision making is encoded into things like algorithms and when we can't examine them, then we don't know how that decision was made so we don't know what biases are encoded into it. The same thing happens with code in general. You might say, "Let the outcome of this and this working really great," but there are still biases and preferences that are encoded into that that you don't have insight into. If they start to ship the project in a certain way, that include some users and excludes others. Even on just purely technical levels, you don't know what. You don't know how they got to that, you don't know if they're going to keep steering in that direction. If you're one of those people that is starting to be excluded, you don't know what you can do about it. I've seen these kinds of governance discussion even happen within Ruby in Rails. CHARLES: Yeah, it does seem like these political questions come up constantly. I remember an example that leaps to mind is a project that I was involved with was the Jenkins project, which originally was Hudson, which came out of Sun Microsystems. When Oracle bought Sun, they were basically trying to, I want to say there's always three sides to every story but from where I was sitting, they were essentially trying to subvert the project to their own needs and end up being in a fork of the project. Luckily, there was recourse there where because it was open source and because it was mostly maintained by the community and not by the company, they were able to fork it. They changed the name. They changed the logo and that was the end of the story. There was a question of which fork would survive but that was resolved within probably six months. But Jenkins lived and I think it's better off for it but I guess maybe then a question that you can one kind of stress test that you can put like, "Is it okay to put weight on this technology?" What would happen? Would my community be represented and would I be able to fork this, essentially? Maybe in that sense, React would pass that test. In the sense that it would be reasonable to fork it or something like that. I don't know. I'm just thinking of ways to try and validate if something safe to use. AUDREY: I think it's really interesting that you commented on the new change and the logo change because those kinds of trademarks are actually the most readily protected of all of the intellectual property in an open source projects. If things are going to go off and become a community project and it's being released under some open source model, often where the corporate control stays over those assets -- the name, the logo, the graphics -- maybe even some of the work [inaudible]. You have to ask if that code is still useful without that infrastructure that they provided. If you take the whole codebase and you walk off and you don't have the same developers and you don't have the same, even hosting resources or whatever, is that code still useful to you? What if you use a bug tracker? CHARLES: Right, now you own it. What's the cost now of maintaining? And are you going to get a return on that investment? AUDREY: Yeah. There's been some pretty big open source projects that have struggled with that, especially for end user facing software. Those turned out to be easy things for community to pick up. CHARLES: Can you provide any examples? AUDREY: I'm thinking of some of the stuff that happened with Open Office LibreOffice. CHARLES: Yeah, I remember that. AUDREY: There's still two different batches of people working on this and from what I understand, a whole lot of intellectual property complications. CHARLES: Yeah, it's funny how sometimes, it would be interesting to see a case study of all the major forks and the outcomes of what they were. Some I can think of, there was a fork of Ruby gems, for example I think back in 2009 that went off and was mainly, I think was a way of protest. I think some of those concerns were addressed in the main thing so that fork ended up dying, then you got the fork of io.js, which was ended up. There was a fork and then a rejoining with the Node community but I would say it was an effective tool so there was a fork but then it joined. It was a source code fork but it was a political fork. Then you have the Jenkins fork where the fork basically swallowed its ancestor and there's all these fascinating outcomes and then you've got this LibreOffice Open Office where the waters are very murky about what happened with that fork. AUDREY: I heard people say like, "If you don't like this decision, then just go fork the project." CHARLES: Because that's easy. AUDREY: And if one of your major developers does it, then maybe, like you said, they have some leverage and they can make the changes they want to see happen, [inaudible]. But in general, that's a really hard thing to pull off. You've got to be able to take your entire community with you. Part of this is have to be functional and I think people are very rarely actually make that happen. CHARLES: Right. I feel like that's a dishonest thing to say when people are like, "If you want to go fork it," because really forking the code is the easy part. It's forking the community. AUDREY: Well, if you do that, then you've got a lot of conflicts. You've got a lot of people's feelings to address. It's not a very simple thing to recover from. CHARLES: Yeah. Some people do it. We have some good examples of that happening but it doesn't always pan out for the best. How can we make open source more accessible and supportive of contributors? We've mentioned a lot of that stuff in terms of how you can support people who are contributing but there might be more to talk about that. AUDREY: Yeah, we haven't really talked about who gets to participate. We talked about what kinds of things you can do when you see that people are interested but we don't talk about how in order to be a week encoder, you've got to have those weekends free. Certainly, I am right now. CHARLES: Yeah, neither do I. AUDREY: You have to have access to a laptop if you want to go to Code Sprints or [inaudible]. Not everybody has that, even people who are programming or your own computer not owned by your employer. That can be really important. You have to have a knowledge of how open source works. I do see fairly often in conferences that focus on a lot in open source, there will be how to become an open source contributor kind of talk. That kind of cultural knowledge is really important because otherwise, you're going to GitHub and you look at it and you say, "What am I supposed to do here? What am I actually supposed to do with this?" It's just a wall of information. There's something about a project on GitHub that creates these entry points for somebody who doesn't know how open source projects work. CHARLES: Yeah and it's so hard to be able to perceive it from that person's perspective, especially if you're frog-boiled, so to speak in the community. You've been doing this for so long, these things seem self-evident that it takes a computer, it takes the time, it takes knowing where to establish a toehold. These are all non-problems for you but they're insurmountable for someone else. AUDREY: There's one other aspect of this that we haven't really talked about, which is the friendliness to the kinds of contributors that you have, the diversity of the project versus the homogeneity of the contributors, whether or not you have a code of conduct and you know how to do something with it so that people feel safe and welcome in your environment. There's a lot of people that stay away from open source projects because all they've ever seen is harassment and that behavior. You can have a counterexample but if you don't have some mechanism for showing that that won't happen in your projects, then there are folks that are never going to submit about. They're never going to make a commit. They're not going to put anything on the wiki. CHARLES: Why would voluntarily subject myself to, if the only thing on the other end of the phone is pain? AUDREY: There are plenty of people that decided just to opt out because of that. If open source projects want to see more contribution, you have to be very proactive in dealing with that. CHARLES: Yeah, I feel like it almost would be nice to have some sort of training. Even if you have a code of conduct on your open source project, I think as you grow it from something that's maybe just one or two people to where there's a larger community, the first time you have a bad actor who shows up and start slinging turds, it's shocking and you're taken aback. But just as the number of people grow in a community, that is going to happen. It's just an unfortunate fact of human nature so not having to react to it, but be prepared for it, I think is something that's extraordinarily valuable. I don't know if there's a guide for that on GitHub or guide for that on anywhere else but I think it would be very useful skill to have. AUDREY: It's just very funny that you say this because this is actually a training idea. CHARLES: Oh, really? I promise there was no payment under the table to ask that question. AUDREY: Yeah. There was some consulting around this and I started a program with a local non-profit called Safety First PDX and what we do is train user group leaders, conference organizers, open source project maintainers on exactly that: what to do with their code of conduct to enforce it and help people feel welcome in their community. I worked through a really specific examples with people about how you respond, how you have this conversations and what kinds of things you need to do to protect your contributors who are participants and be really firm about what is next in your space. CHARLES: Absolutely a critical skill for any open source project, for any open source community, for any large accumulation of people. AUDREY: And GitHub made it very easy to put a code of conduct on your project now but without these kinds of resources, I think what happens is that people get that first incident and they panic because it is scary to tell somebody that their behavior isn't okay. To tell them that they might have to step away from the project or stop doing that or even leave indefinitely, those are really hard things to get started doing. I really enjoy doing the training and getting to walkthrough that to people. CHARLES: Are you going to be offering that training anytime soon? AUDREY: We just had one here in Portland last week. We're doing it a quarterly thing but I'm also really open to bringing it elsewhere like a place to host and some sponsorship that they can throw at that and people that want to take this. CHARLES: That'll be awesome. Maybe we can have you in Austin. AUDREY: [inaudible]. CHARLES: Thank you, Joe. Thank you, Audrey for coming on the show. AUDREY: Thanks. CHARLES: It was really great to talk to you. It's great to talk about your history in open source and the things that you're doing in the community, especially the insights that you have around running sustainable open source projects. Also, thank you for talking to us about Open Source Bridge which is, I understand coming up right around the corner. If you want you can go to our podcast page and there will be a link to get $50 off if you enter in the discount code 'PODCAST.' That's $50 off of your open source bridge ticket. Be sure to go check it out. That's it for today, from The Frontside. If you're interested in hiring us, we do have availability starting in July so reach out to us. All right, everybody. Take care.

Allen, Becca, Deborah and Marc (whose friends call them The Freaks) have lived together for a long time, and over the years have developed a predilection for playing computer role-playing games as a group, even though said games usually assume solitaire play. In this episode, they trace their history together from Might and Magic 6 in the late 1990s through the recent Dragon Age: Inquisition. They describe how their gaming style has evolved from simple kibitzing to semi-organized group-play, with dedicated roles such as driver and FAQ checker. We examine what makes certain games more amenable to this approach, both in terms of play mechanics and narrative content. This episode was recorded a couple of days before the November 2016 elections in the U.S., the disheartening results of which contributed to the delay of its publication. Recorded with a single mic at a kitchen table, the sound is not the best. I shall endeavor to record more often and get better at it. Download MP3 (1 hour and 21 minutes) | Subscribe via iTunes | Subscribe via RSS Your browser does not support this audio format. Deborah Kaplan is @Deborah_GU on Twitter, and Deborah on Dreamwidth Becca Moskowitz strategically declines social media presence Marc Moskowitz is @Cnoocy on Twitter Allen Petersen is Allen on Dreamwidth Jason McIntosh is @JmacDotOrg on Twitter