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Brett Phillips is back with another big show reflecting on the latest on tour around the globe plus all the news at home in Australia. We also showcase our First Serve Podcast library featuring World Number 3 Quad Wheelchair player David Wagner on our dedicated wheelchair tennis podcast 'The Push', David Macpherson from Launceston to coaching the Bryan Brothers and John Isner on our 'Tassie Talk' podcast and Tony Pi, head coach of Padel Gold Coast on our 'Padel Pow Wow' Podcast. Our weekly college segment this episode with Lachlan Puyol catches up with Eddie Winter at Pepperdine University in California. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The gang is all here to talk about Star Trek Adventures Mission Briefs: The first five releases! Join Jim and Michael as we interview Tony Pi, Al Spader, and Susan & Tilly Bridges. What was the design concept behind the briefs, what are the themes, and what's to come! https://linktr.ee/studiotembo
By Tony Pi, from Issue #294 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by John Meagher.I carefully blew a caramel bubble and made sure that it was inflated enough to serve as the tiger’s body.More info »
By Tony Pi, from Issue #224 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineNarrated by John Meagher.I greeted the spirit of Dog echoing within my mind with a reverent thought. Your visit surprises yet honors me, Lord Dog.More info »
Main Fiction: "Cosmobotica" by Tony Pi and Costi Gurgu Originally published in The Mammoth Book of Dieselpunk Tony Pi is a Chinese-Canadian writer in Toronto with a Ph.D. in Linguistics. He is the winner of the 2015 Aurora Award for Best English Poem/Song, a multiple past finalist in the category of Best English Short Fiction, and the 2009 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer. His work appears in many anthologies and magazines, including Clarkesworld Magazine, Fantasy Magazine, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and The Time Traveller's Almanac. Costi Gurgu was born in Constanta, the 2600-year-old Greek city on the Black Sea shore, and lives in Toronto with his wife, on the Ontario Lake shore. Large bodies of water help Costi glimpse into other realms. That and some Dacian magic. His fiction has appeared in Canada, the United States, England, Denmark, Hungary and Romania. He has sold three books and over fifty stories for which he has won twenty-four awards. His latest sales include the anthologies “Ages of... 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.
By Tony Pi, from Issue #197 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineA 2016 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast. Narrated by John Meagher.My soul animated the river’s gift. I sculpted my liquid body as I would a glob of hot caramel, paying homage to my old beloved dog.More info »
By Tony Pi, from Issue #197 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by audiobook and podcast narrator John Meagher.My soul sunk beneath the platform planks and into a sturdy ox figurine with wisps of cooled caramel for its horns.More info »
By Tony Pi, from Issue #197 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineIntroduced by audiobook and podcast narrator John Meagher.My soul sunk beneath the platform planks and into a sturdy ox figurine with wisps of cooled caramel for its horns.More info »
By Tony Pi, from Issue #155 of Beneath Ceaseless Skies Online MagazineA 2015 Parsec Award Finalist for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Small Cast. Narrated by John Meagher.My soul sunk beneath the platform planks and into a sturdy ox figurine with wisps of cooled caramel for its horns.More info »
Our second piece of audio fiction for May is "A Sweet Calling" written by Tony Pi and read by Kate Baker. Subscribe to our podcast.