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Welcome to a very special edition of the SFP-NOW Podcast. In this episode I am joined by authors Amber Morant, Katherine Dow, Sophia DeSensi, and author/editor Marx Pyle as they discuss their enchanting stories and their exciting new anthologies, Enchanted Tales & Twisted Lore: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables Reimagined - Volume 1 and Once Upon a Twisted Time: Fairy Tales, Folklore, and Fables Reimagined - Volume 2 Learn more about their creative process and the current Kickstarter project that's bringing these magical collections to life. Fairy Tales Folklore and Fables Reimagined Kickstarter: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/cabbitcrossing/fairy-tales-folklore-and-fables-reimagined Amber Morant www.ambermorant.com Katharine Dow @suggestionize on Instagram and threads @katharinedow.bksy.social on Bluesky https://linktr.ee/katharinedow Sophia DeSensi @ sophiadesensi (Instagram) Marx Pyle https://marxpyle.com Cabbit Crossing https://www.cabbitcrossing.com https://www.youtube.com/@cabbitcrossing https://www.instagram.com/cabbitcrossing If you enjoyed our reviews show, please subscribe to our feeds and follow us on Spotify and iTunes
Welcome to our first episode of 2024 as we take a look back at some of the highlights of 2023. 2023 didn't get off to the greatest of starts for Ian as he wound up in Hospital for about 10 days with a case of Double pneumonia and a Blood Clot on one of his lungs. So suffice it to say he had to rethink a few things, which included scifipulse.net and the podcast. So after some thought and a chat with Marx Pyle. Ian decided to roll many of the TV reviews that used to feature on the website into a monthly podcast format. Which is how this show was born. And after some time of having him on as a guest we decided to bring our friend Jeff Burns in so as to hopefully give you all a good mixture of views, which saw us have some interesting discussions about various Star Trek episodes as Jeff's view is often a little different to ours, which we all see as a good thing. So we kick this show off with our review of the Doctor Who specials and the Christmas Day episode ‘The Church on Ruby Road'. Instead of reviewing each episode. We figured we'd just do an aggregate score for all the episodes. After are time travel escapades with The Doctor. We take a look at the best of 2023. To do this we created three categories. Best New TV Show, Best Returning TV Show, and Best Movie. To make things interesting we each picked our best for each category as well as two honourable mentions a piece. I think you'll be surprised by some of our choices. But maybe not all that surprised by some of our other choices. Shows that get mentioned include The Ark, Superman & Lois, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Star Trek: Picard and more. So tune in to find out who picked what.
Welcome to SFP-NOW and our new TV reviews show that we'll be looking to roll out every two weeks. For this series, Ian Cullen is joined by Marx Pyle of GenreTainment to discuss episodes of various genre television shows. This week's episode takes a look at episode three of The Last Of Us, which seemed to stir up mixed reviews from fans of the game versus those fans that have just tuned in for the series. Get our views on the Bob and Frank storyline. Also, we have a look at the new Netflix Series Lockwood & Co, which is somewhat of a surprise package with its story of an alternate future in which ghosts are a very common occurrence, but can only be hunted down by teenagers. Staying on the theme of supernatural series we also take a look at the new Paramount Plus series Wolf Pack, which is somewhat of a comeback for Buffy's Sarah Michelle Geller who interestingly doesn't have a huge role in the show's pilot episode. Moving from horror. We jump to some time travel for some fast and dirty comments on the new Quantum Leap series and the episode titled Leap. Die. Repeat. which kind of played out a little like Groundhog Day. And Finally, Marx talks about his recent experience of being a panelist on a massive Buffy The Vampire Slayer Rewatch and talks a little about what he considers to be the best episodes of the show's fourth season.
Welcome to a celebration as SFP-NOW and GenreTainment Cross their Streams to discuss their top picks for Television, Movies, Comics, Books, and Video Games of 2022. With another year coming to an end. SFP-NOW's Ian Cullen and Genretainment's Marx Pyle invite guests, Jeff Burns of SuperGeekeduo and Fantasy writer Katharine Dow, to share their top three Television, Movie, Book, Comic Book and Video Game picks of 2022. Indeed 2022 has been a great year for genre television and film and started off with a bang as DC unleashed Peacemaker on an unsuspecting audience when it hit HBO in the USA and Sky Atlantic here in the UK. After this, the year continued with a steady stream of TV shows and movies, which included such hits as Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Stranger Things, Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power, Game of Thrones: House of The Dragon and much more. Insofar as movie releases went. We were totally spoiled with a mixed bag of genre movies ranging from the out-and-out stylized madness of Bullet Train to the surprise hit Prey, which instead of enjoying a big cinema release got released via streaming thanks to Hulu and Disney Plus here in the UK. The year also saw its fair share of sequels as well with the much-anticipated release of Enola Holmes 2 and of Course Black Panther II: Wakanda Forever. When it comes to comic books. It was a great year for Star Wars as we saw the story of Crimson Dawn get fully fleshed out as it crossed over the entirety of the Star Wars comicsverse. Whereas more individual titles such as Something is Killing The Children and The British Paranormal Society also got a look in. So tune in to listen to the shows, movies, and books that we discuss and if you have a few picks you'd like to add or have us look at. Please feel free to leave in the comments and we'll try and circle back and discuss those too. In the meantime, we wish all our listeners a happy and prosperous 2023 in the hopes that things will get better for all.
Welcome to another creepy episode of SFP-NOW. Being served up for this episode is the second part of our interview shows for the new Anthology Book Tales of Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants. Joining us Marx Pyle and me for this installment will be the following writers: Marisa Wolf, Colten Fisher, Victoria L. Scott, and Sophia DeSensi. All four of these writers have stories featured in the new Anthology, which has managed to raise its target on Kickstarter with change to spare for some to cover next year's Halloween Decor. Victoria L. Scott has the ultimate can-do attitude and is a Jedi when it comes to Latin. Victoria shares in our love of the Harry Dresden novels while teasing her story, which is about a headless horseman who is a descendant of the original Headless Horseman. Marisa Wolf talks about her story, which is titled 'An Old Favor' which is a detective story that has a few clever twists. Colten Fisher talks about his contribution to the book, which is titled 'Hexpad Blog: A First-Timer's Guide to the Big City'. This story focuses on a young person who encounters the big city for the first time and decides to write a Blog about it. After all. One can never tell what one can find in the big city. And last, but by no means least we have Sophia DeSensi who talks about her new story 'Ghouly Girl' which explores what happens when a quirky young Ghouly Girl moves in with two human roommates. Head over to the book's Kickstarter to Learn more.
Welcome to a new episode of SFP-NOW. For this monstrous edition of the show. We bring news of a new Kickstarter campaign for a new anthology book called Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants. In order to help get this campaign up and running. We speak to the series creator and sometimes contributor to scifipulse.net Marx Pyle about the book and also learn about some of the stories contained within its monstrous pages. In this first set of writer chats, we speak with Scott A. Johnson about his story El Cucuy, which is about a Mexican boogie-man that uses shadows like hallways and eats naughty children. Then we chat to Michael La Ronn about The Brazen Skull, which focuses on a necromancer living in the ghetto is hired by a warlock to seek the brazen skull, a magical artifact imbued with the spirit of a dead warlock... Then we hunt down and catch up with Marx Pyle about his story Rebel With A Cause, which tells the tale of a Shapeshifter who is hired to gun down a Fae gang... After which we interrogate Jeff Burns about The Adventures of Elena and Ned, Gargoyle P.I. The clue to the story is in the title as it focuses on a Gargoyle private detective. And rounding off this first round of interviews. We chat with J.C. Mastro about MagicLand Mischief which looks at what happens after hours in the world-famous Magic Land amusement park... You can learn more about Monstrosity: Monsters, Myths, and Miscreants here at their Kickstarter.
It's time for a break down! Let's talk craft and see what makes this serial fiction episode work. Links: Read on Kindle Vella: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09DVKL17F ProWritingAid: prowritingaid.com DISCOUNT CODE!!! SERIAL20 Support the Show: patreon.com/serialfictionshow Christine's website: christinedaiglebooks.com JP's website: jprindfleischix.com Christine's co-authored serial fiction: lpstylesbooks.com JP's co-authored serial fiction: NRDS Marx's website: marxpyle.com Dragon's of a Different Tail anthology: https://books2read.com/dragonstail We are part of The Three Story Method Podcast Network. You can find out more about Three Story Method here: threestorymethod.com Sound mastering by James Parenti: jamesparentimusic.com Our theme music is Voxel Revolution by Kevin McAllen: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7017-voxel-revolution License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Contact: serialfictionshow.com/contact Our transition music is by: patrickdearteaga.com
Paranormal Fantasy Code name: Grey Wolf. I work for Obsidian, which has secretly protected Earth from Otherwordly threats for thousands of years. I'm great at what I do, but I've always worked alone...until now. An unprecedented and unimaginable danger threatens all human life on the planet, so I'll need to lead a team of what the Council considers "monsters and magical malcontents." It's risky, and I don't know if I can trust them, but if we're to succeed, they'll need to become heroes...or die trying. Links: Read on Kindle Vella: https://www.amazon.com/kindle-vella/story/B09DVKL17F ProWritingAid: prowritingaid.com DISCOUNT CODE!!! SERIAL20 Support the Show: patreon.com/serialfictionshow Christine's website: christinedaiglebooks.com JP's website: jprindfleischix.com Christine's co-authored serial fiction: lpstylesbooks.com JP's co-authored serial fiction: NRDS Marx's website: marxpyle.com Dragon's of a Different Tail anthology: https://books2read.com/dragonstail We are part of The Three Story Method Podcast Network. You can find out more about Three Story Method here: threestorymethod.com Sound mastering by James Parenti: jamesparentimusic.com Our theme music is Voxel Revolution by Kevin McAllen: https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/song/7017-voxel-revolution License: https://filmmusic.io/standard-license Contact: serialfictionshow.com/contact Our transition music is by: patrickdearteaga.com
For this episode, we literally chase after Dragons and learn about the brand new anthology book 'Dragons of a Different Tail', which was released earlier this week on most digital platforms and will soon be released as a physical book.Joining me to discuss this brand new book are its creators and writers Marx Pyle, Julie Seaton Pyle, J.C. Mastro, Katharine Dow, Jeff Burns, and Sean Gibson.Over the course of an hour, we discuss all things Dragons and unpack some of the inspirations behind the stories contained within the book. For example, Katherine Dow reveals that her Dragon story was inspired by the sport of Pigeon Racing, which is pretty big in the part of New York that she moved to. Whereas Sean Gibson talks about how his love of Victorian Literature informed his story.Added to that. The episode also includes a fair bit of Gallows Humor as the new Covid variant known as the Omicron Dragon was let loose during the recording of the show.If you are interested in checking out this new book you can get a hold of it at the following two links on Amazon.UK Readers can get the book hereUS Readers can get the book here See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
This podcast is a recording of a fan discussion panel done at Dragon Con 2021. Members of the panel were moderator Kevin Bachelder, Melissa McArthur, Carol Malcolm, Marx Pyle and […]
This podcast is a recording of a fan discussion panel done at Dragon Con 2021. Members of the panel were moderator Kevin Bachelder, Melissa McArthur, Carol Malcolm, Marx Pyle and […]
With 2020 in its dying days. It is time once more for SFP-NOW and GenreTainment to come together and wade through the best and worst television and movies of the past year. Join Ian Cullen, Marx Pyle, and Benjamin Cassidy as they boldly go where most TV and Movie types have been and discuss the high and low lights of 2020. Among our picks are obvious choices such as The Mandalorian as well as not so obvious ones such as Pennyworth. So why not listen in and share in some fun as we look at what a Covid 19 year gave us in terms of science fiction and fantasy entertainment. Feel free to comment or even add something to our list, which didn't get discussed. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/scifipulseradio. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
In this episode, I discuss: 1:00 Announcements: I published a new book: Indie Author Confidential, Vol. 1. Get it at http://www.authorlevelup.com/confidentialvol1 I appeared on Marx Pyle's Genretainment podcast. I'll share the link when it's available, but you can listen to my 2016 interview on the show here: http://www.scifipulse.net/genretainment-115-featuring-writer-michael-la-ronn/ More books coming next week 6:03 Wins for the Week: Published a book. That's all the win I need. Got 4 books edited from my editor Started a new morning routine 7:16 Lesson Learned This Week: Book Brush's new cover designer feature is (not surprisingly) good. It's the only and most effective tool I've ever seen that can do ebook, paperback, and audio covers without any difficulty. Very impressive. Check out Book Brush at http://www.bookbrush.com 11:52 Idea of the Week: What would a year of 30-day public challenges look like? 13:45 Topic(s) of the Week: How I'm sensing a slowdown in productivity in my nonfiction books. My spirit is prepping me for a return to fiction, and I'm leaning into it. I talk about what I'm doing to wrap up loose ends so I can spend the rest of beast mode in fiction, which will be a different kind of beast. You can listen to past episodes of the show at http://www.michaellaronn.com/podcast Listen to my other podcast, Writing Tip of the Day: http://www.authorlevelup.com Learn more about me and my books at www.michaellaronn.com My YouTube Channel for Writers: http://www.youtube.com/authorlevelup Also, join my (Fiction) Fan Club to get 3 free novels, early launch pricing, and notifications whenever I release a new book: www.michaellaronn.com/fanclub If you like the show, don't forget to rate and leave a review!
Welcome to our review of 2018.In this special New Years episode of SFP-NOW the hosts of SFP-NOW and GenreTainment come together to talk about their best and worst movie and television experiences of 2018. No movie or television show is safe from our scrutiny and to make things interesting this year we took the gloves off and relaxed the rules about it having to be just Genre TV shows and Movies that we critiqued. Of course The Marvel and DC television and movie franchises get in there as do other shows like Doctor Who. So tune in if you want to find out what we felt were the best and worst of the year. Thanks to Marx Pyle and his wife Julie for taking the time to host this end of year episode with us. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
We are back with a special episode discussing all the theories for the first half of season 3! There is a TON to theorize about and we brought a few guests over from the DC Action Hour for a fresh take on where season 3 might be going. Synopsis Where are we going with the Mallus storyline? The Legends keep running into ancestors and younger versions of themselves, what could this mean? Is Constantine here just to help fight Mallus with his magic knowledge? We lost a couple characters this season, such as Stein and Jax. Who might replace them? Who do you think would be a good fit and why? We will only have Snart for a little while longer. How are they going to write him off the show? Where do you think the Time Bureau HQ is located? When Sara followed Darhk in the midseason finale by grabbing him as they vanished with the time stone, she ends up in a “zone” of some kind with Mallus. Where was that? How does Agent Sharpe reach in and pull her out? We saw Stein take the liquid that is supposed to stabilize and trick the Firestorm matrix in his body, but we don’t see Jax take it, so how is he stabilized? Or is he going to explode due to being only one-half now? Links Check out the DC Action Hour Here The Super Geeked Up YouTube Channel Super Geeked Up on Facebook Super Geeked Up on Twitter Check out GenreTainment and other Marx Pyle projects Contact Information If you want to join in the discussion, you can submit feedback via email to tomorowslegends@gmail.com. Please submit all feedback by midnight eastern on Wednesdays following the show. You can also join the Facebook group at facebook.com/groups/tomorrowslegends. And you can follow us on twitter @tomorowslegends.
It's our annual year in review, where SFP-Now and GenreTainment team-up to talk about the best and worst films, TV, and books of 2017.This year it's Ian Cullen from SFP-Now, Marx Pyle from GenreTainment, Jeff Burns from Super Geeked Up, and Raissa from SciFi Pulse discussing their favorite and not so favorite films, TV shows, and books of 2017.Links:Television on the Wild Wild Web: How To Blaze Your Own Trail@MrMarx See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It's our annual year in review, where SFP-Now and GenreTainment team-up to talk about the best and worst films, TV, and books of 2017. This year it's Ian Cullen from SFP-Now, Marx Pyle from GenreTainment, Jeff Burns from Super Geeked Up, and Raissa from SciFi Pulse discussing their favorite and not so favorite films, TV shows, and books of 2017. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It's nearly the end of 2016, which means it's time for a special edition of SFP-Now & GenreTainment! SFP-Now host Ian Cullen and GenreTainment co-host Marx Pyle are joined by Jeff Burns (Super Geeked Up, Super Knocked Up) to discuss the best and worse TV shows, movies, and books of 2016.Listen to this fun overview of TV shows (Stranger Things, The Flash, Crazyhead, Westworld, Limitless, Black Mirror, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Incorporated, The Tick, etc) , movies (Doctor Strange, Batman vs Superman, Deadpool, Rogue One, The Shallows, Suicide Squad, ARQ, The Martian, Star Trek Beyond, etc), graphic novels/books (Dark Matter, Karma Police, Void Wraith trilogy, The Kutherian Gambit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Heir to the Jedi, Xanth series, etc).We joke around, go on rants about things we get frustrated by in genre stories, and try to spotlight some great entertainment that you should check out.Hope you enjoy and we look forward to providing you more SFP-Now and GenreTainment in 2017!Ian Cullen: http://scifipulse.net/Marx Pyle: http://MarxPyle.comJeff Burns: http://supergeekedup.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
It's nearly the end of 2016, which means it's time for a special edition of SFP-Now & GenreTainment! SFP-Now host Ian Cullen and GenreTainment co-host Marx Pyle are joined by Jeff Burns (Super Geeked Up, Super Knocked Up) to discuss the best and worse TV shows, movies, and books of 2016. Listen to this fun overview of TV shows (Stranger Things, The Flash, Crazyhead, Westworld, Limitless, Black Mirror, Daredevil, Luke Cage, Incorporated, The Tick, etc) , movies (Doctor Strange, Batman vs Superman, Deadpool, Rogue One, The Shallows, Suicide Squad, ARQ, The Martian, Star Trek Beyond, etc), graphic novels/books (Dark Matter, Karma Police, Void Wraith trilogy, The Kutherian Gambit, Harry Potter and the Cursed Child, Heir to the Jedi, Xanth series, etc). We joke around, go on rants about things we get frustrated by in genre stories, and try to spotlight some great entertainment that you should check out. Hope you enjoy and we look forward to providing you more SFP-Now and GenreTainment in 2017! Ian Cullen: http://scifipulse.net/ Marx Pyle: http://MarxPyle.com Jeff Burns: http://supergeekedup.com/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.
Marx Pyle shares his lessons learned and advice regarding webseries, film school, short films, and martial arts in film and fiction.
When a mythical artifact falls into the wrong hands, it's up to gadgeteering Action Scientist DR. MACK to plunge into the shadows and retrieve it. But with his beautiful wife JULIE in danger, and the murder of his sensei still weighing heavily on his conscience, can he keep it together? Marx Pyle: http://www.marxpyle.com/ Follow Marx on Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrmarx Shadow of the Century: http://www.evilhat.com/home/shadow-of-the-century/ Follow Evil Hat on Twitter: https://twitter.com/EvilHatOfficial Theme Song: Mega Ran feat. D&D Sluggers, "Infinite Lives," RandomBeats LLC, www.megaran.com/
Marx Pyle shares Television on the Wild, Wild Web, covering: building the series, funding, talent, marketing and distribution.
Marx is a member of the International Academy of Web Television. He has also written on various entertainment news websites: Scifi Pulse, Comics Bulletin, Rabid Doll, and Airlock Alpha (formerly called Syfy Portal before selling the rights to the name to the SciFi Channel/SyFy Channel). He currently writes a column on ScifiPulse called "The IndieNet and Beyond," which covers web series and other entertainment on the Internet. He also produces and co-hosts the popular online radio show called GenreTainment. In October his book "Television on the Wild Wild Web: And How to Blaze Your Own Trail" will be released by Michael Wiese Productions.