Podcast appearances and mentions of ed ahern

What happens when a care dog doesn't care for something important to you? What accounts for the change and is there any way to bring your sweet dog back?Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He's had four hundred fifty stories and poems published so far, and six books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he manages a posse of eight review editors. He's also lead editor at The Scribes Micro Fiction magazine.https://www.twitter.com/bottomstripper https://www.facebook.com/EdAhern73/?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.instagram.com/edwardahern1860/Black lab photo by Heather Miller on UnsplashYou can read "The Care Dog" at https://www.kaidankaistories.com.Click here to learn about the 2023 Kaidankai contest for writers.Website: kaidankaistories.comFollow us on: TwitterMastodonInstagramYouTubeFacebookPlease donate any amount to the Kaidankai:Donate $25 US and a podcast episode will be dedicated to you.Donate $50US and get a t-shirt with the Kaidankai logoKo-Fi. https://ko-fi.com/kaidankaighoststoriesPayPal: https://paypal.me/whiteensokaidankai?country.x=JP&locale.x=en_US

Welcome to Episode 537. This week we have two tales for you, about a woman and her pup trapped at home during the pandemic and a man trying to figure out what keeps killing the neighbourhood dogs.COMING UPGood Evening: Stokers, Human Monsters Anthology, Flash Contest : 00:01:06[Trigger] Sheree Shatsky's You Wait in the Dark as read by Kat Woodford: 00:07:28Ed Ahern's The Dog Walkers as read by Brian Rollins: 00:16:12TRIGGER WARNINGSYou Wait in the Dark contains scenes of domestic violence/abuse.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchPre-order Dark Matter Presents: Human MonstersFlash Fiction ContestSheree ShatskySheree Shatsky on Twitter (@talktomememe)Ed Ahern at Bewildering Stories Ed Ahern on Twitter (@bottomstripper)Brian RollinsBrian Rollins on Twitter (@voicesofbrian)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Raikou and Shi-ten Doji is a Japanese tale of demons, warriors and mountain lairs. The deep forest hides many horrors, but four warriors are willing to face them to save beautiful maidens and get revenge.Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He's had over three hundred stories and poems published so far, and six books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he sits on the review board and manages a posse of six review editors.https://www.twitter.com/bottomstripper https://www.facebook.com/EdAhern73/?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.instagram.com/edwardahern1860/You can read today's story and all the stories featured on kaidankai at https://www.whiteenso.com/100-stories.html. If you'd like to participate in kaidankai, please send your story here: https://www.whiteenso.com/kadankai-submit.html.

In Edward Ahern's short story Penance a developer turns an old church into a nightclub in this story of sin, confession, capitalism and good ol' spirituality.Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He's had over three hundred stories and poems published so far, and six books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he sits on the review board and manages a posse of six review editors.https://www.twitter.com/bottomstripper https://www.facebook.com/EdAhern73/?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.instagram.com/edwardahern1860/

Ed worked for 54 years. Once he entered retirement, he didn't want to simply vegetate. Ed always wanted to write, so he took courses. He achieved his goal of coming better and accepted as a writer. Ed shares these wonderful nuggets of life wisdom: - recognize who and where you are - work in the measure of your own capability - you don't have to stop producing, when you retire - keep your mind unrusted - do what you can - the end doesn't have to be bitter - writing can be gratifying and self fulfilling https://www.facebook.com/edward.ahern.39  https://www.instagram.com/edwardahern1860 tags: Ed, Ahern, writer, author, poet, story, stories, that, empower, empowering, empowerment, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, encourage, encouraging, encouragement, hope, light, podcast, Sean https://storiesthatempower.com 

Lori Graham is an American writer who lives in England with her partner, Natascha. Anna Press is a writer and teacher originally from Los Angeles, CA, now living in New York. Ed Ahern has had over three hundred stories and poems published, as well as six books and currently sits on the review board atContinue reading "Graham x Press x Ahern x O'Callaghan" Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Lori Graham is an American writer who lives in England with her partner, Natascha. Anna Press is a writer and teacher originally from Los Angeles, CA, now living in New York. Ed Ahern has had over three hundred stories and poems published, as well as six books and currently sits on the review board atContinue reading "Graham x Press x Ahern x O’Callaghan"

Symbiosis bites.Written by Edward Ahern (https://twitter.com/bottomstripper)Narrated by Justin Fife (https://twitter.com/justinbfife)Edited by Karl HughesWith music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)and Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/) and Zapsplat.com (https://www.zapsplat.com/)The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He’s had over two hundred fifty stories and poems published so far, and six books. Ed works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he sits on the review board and manages a posse of six review editors.https://twitter.com/bottomstripperhttps://www.facebook.com/EdAhern73/?ref=bookmarkshttps://www.instagram.com/edwardahern1860/You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaverYou can join our book club and movie club and chat about the podcast over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaverT-shirts and mugs are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Ed lost his dad, when he was 10yrs of age. His mom single handedly raised 3 children. Ed feels that he was the beneficiary of his mom's story of empowerment and determination. He strives to model his mom, as a parent. Ed used this podcast interview as the opportunity to publicly thank his mom for her sacrifices and her love for her family. He shares these nuggets of life wisdom: - it's ok to make mistakes, as we are human - let's strive to forgive ourselves and learn from our mistakes Ed Ahern often detours into literary fiction, but he’s best known as an innovative genre writer and poet. He’s tucked away several awards and honorable mentions for several of his published seventy-nine short stories, seventy-one poems and three books. The stories have appeared in ten countries and, counting reprints, a hundred sixty-three publications. His stories can be listened to through Audible and the New York Public Library. He started writing fiction at sixty-seven, and poetry at seventy. His editorial skills are based on a degree in journalism from the University of Illinois and extensive experience at the Providence Journal. Ed’s been honing the skills for several years at Bewildering Stories, where he serves on the review board and as review editor with a staff of five. (Bewildering Stories is widely known for the author-friendly quality of its critiques.) Ed also serves as the newsletter editor for the Connecticut River Salmon Association. He’s a member of several writing groups, including the Fairfield Scribes, where he’s known for his tough-love comments. He has his original wife, but advises that after almost fifty years together they are both out of warranty. Two children and five grandchildren serve as affection focus and money drain. His work career after university has been an enjoyably demented hopscotch game. U.S. Navy officer (diver and bomb disarmer); reporter for the Providence Journal; intelligence officer living in Germany and Japan; international sales and marketing executive at a Canadian paper company (twenty- three years, seventy four countries visited, MBA from NYU); same job for the company that also owns the New England Patriots; and retirement into writing to make up for lost time. https://www.amazon.com/Witches-Bane-Edward-Ahern/dp/162989253X  https://www.amazon.com/Ed-Ahern/e/B07D1SHRBQ%3Fref=dbs_a_mng_rwt_scns_share  http://www.bewilderingstories.com/bios/ahern_bio.html  https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/5260562.Edward_Ahern  https://www.pw.org/content/edward_ahern  http://www.fairfieldscribes.com/edward-ahern.html tags:  Edward, Ed, Ahern, literary, fiction, innovative, writer, poet, short, story, poem, book, Bewildering, Stories, Connecticut, River, Salmon, Association, Fairfield, Scribes, Witches, Bane, storiesthatempower.com, stories that empower, empowering stories, empowerment stories, stories of empowerment, stories of empowering others, self empowerment stories, stories empower, inspire, inspiring, inspiration, uplift, uplifting, upliftment, hope, light, Sean

"“The Sickness” by Valjeanne Jeffers (Originally published in Griots: Sisters of the Spear.) The Bini warriors crouched in the high grass of the savanna. They'd passed the Fula borders a mile back, and now were a hundred yards from the Adobe mud city. At the forefront they were armed with sword and shield, behind them the archers readied their bows. General Chinua led the army. To his right was Nandi, a tall woman with braided hair, high cheekbones and full lips and her ebony-skinned husband, Sula, his head shaved in the traditional Bini custom. To Chinua's left was Nandi's older brother, Tomi. A wide gateway led into the Fula kingdom. It was deserted. Valjeanne Jeffers is a graduate of Spelman College, a member of the Carolina African American Writer’s Collective (CAAWC) and the author of ten books: Including her Immortal series, and her most recent Mona Livelong: Paranormal Detective series. Her first novel, Immortal, is featured on the Invisible Universe Documentary time-line, and her novella, The Switch II: Clockwork, was nominated as best eBook novella of 2013 by the eFestival of words. Her writing has been published in numerous anthologies including The City: A Cyberfunk, 60 Black Women in Horror Fiction, Steamfunk!, Genesis Science Fiction Magazine, The Ringing Ear: Black Poets Lean South (as Valjeanne Jeffers-Thompson), Griots: A Sword and Soul Anthology, Liberated Muse I: How I Freed My Soul, PurpleMag, Drumvoices Revue, 31 Days of Steamy Mocha, Griots II: Sisters of the Spear, Possibilities, Black Gold, and most recently Fitting In: Historical Accounts of Paranormal Subcultures and Sycorax's Daughters. Valjeanne is also one of the screen writers for the horror anthology film 7 Magpies (in production). Preview or purchase her novels at vjeffersandqveal.com. Support her on Patreon at patreon.com/ValjeanneJeffers. “The Heartless Boy” by Ed Ahern (Originally published in Strangely Funny II.) Tom Willman was born experiencing no strong feelings, in fact no feelings at all. No love or affection. No hate or dislike. Certainly no fear. The closest he came to emotions were pleasing or displeasing sensations. Tom’s parents, desperate for a smile, had him tested for a litany of diseases, but he proved to be uncaringly above average. They quit trying to show Tom affection by the time he was six, and by the time he was ten were providing only what was legally required of them. Ed Ahern resumed writing after forty odd years in foreign intelligence and international sales. He has his original wife, but advises that after 49 years they’re both out of warranty. He works the other side of writing at Bewildering Stories, where he sits on the review board and manages a posse of five review editors. Ed’s had 140 stories and poems published so far, and a series of articles on fly fishing. His collected fairy and folk tales, The Witch Made Me Do It, was published by Gypsy Shadow Press. His novella The Witches Bane was published by World Castle Publishing, and his collected fantasy and horror stories, Capricious Visions, was published by Gnome on Pig Press. Ed’s currently working on a paranormal/thriller novel tentatively titled The Rule of Chaos. Visit his website at swampgasworks.com and at Twitter as @bottomstripper. About the Narrators: Aminat Badara is a budding writer and aspiring on-air-personality. She loves reading and has a weird penchant for collecting hardcover notebooks and mugs. When she's not writing or trying to be superhuman, she's either looking for Xs to solve, seeing movies, or getting her heart broken by Arsenal FC. Every once in a while, she puts up posts on meenahsthoughts.wordpress.com. You can find her on Twitter as @09_Eleven. Anthony Babington is a voice in the internet’s head, who looks almost, but not quite, exactly how you expect him to. Having escaped from the sinister forces of Texas, he has retreated to an ingeniously disguised bunker in a secure, undisclosed location in Burnsville, Minnesota. His life goal is to someday annoy Norm Sherman into letting him voice a part on Escape Pod,... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"This Week: “Caveat Emptor/Caveat Venditor” by Ed Ahern (Originally published in Silver Pen.) As warlocks go, Harald was a failure. Even though his curses were vigorously evil, and his pitches quite logical, he almost always lost the business. Harald partly blamed his sex. Most internet advertising for spells and curses came from witches. Those seeking vengeance or unfair advantage picked the repugnant hags rather than Harald, who was merely homely and middle aged. Harald had given himself mental hernias trying to increase sales.. Fifteen years an apprentice and sorcerer, he thought, and nothing to show for it. Washed out priests and ministers become counselors or teachers, but who’s willing to pay tuition to learn the uses of bloodwort? Harald had joined Wizards Anonymous, but the other members only talked about their mushroom dependencies. Needing money to live on, he took a job with a livery service, driving pampered executives to and from New York airports. It was several months of traffic jams... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This month’s cover art is “Abyssal” by Jason Deem, a designer, art director, and illustrator who mostly creates fantasy and horror art, and is the resident cover artist for Grimdark Magazine. You can find him online at spiralhorizonart.com, or in real life in Dallas, TX. First Story: “Raikou and the Shi-Ten Doji” by Ed Ahern (Originally published in Eternal Haunted Summer, Autumn Equinox 2013) A long time ago the capital of Japan was Kyoto, the city of blossoms. The Mikado and his court lived in Kyoto, a place of beautiful shrines and temples. But the capital was troubled with many thieves and murderers who snuck through the city gates at night. Even worse were the evil imps, called onis, with horns, and long fangs, and tiger skin loin cloths. These onis would prowl... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

The Good Fairy by Ed Ahern  

Coming Up: Good evening / we need money: 00:38 Anna Taborska’s The Creaking read by Sylvia Shults: 05:35 Ed Ahern’s Damned If You Do read by David Cummings: 28:07 Pleasant Dreams: 48:08 Pertinent Links: Anna Taborska: http://annataborska.wix.com/horror Sylvia Shults: http://www.sylviashults.com/sylvia/ Ed Ahern: http://www.swampgasworks.com David Cummings: http://www.thenosleeppodcast.com See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.