From the monthly archives: September 2009
Mick Bordet writes and produces ‘Some Other Scotland‘, a podcast novel that encompasses twisted versions of current news events and listener interaction set against a plot involving ancient advanced civilisations and clan warfare. He is also a regular contributor to the short story podcast ‘Great Hites‘.
If there is one golden [...]
The New Adventures of…Joan of Arc
The girl couldn’t have been out of her teens, but Ronny was willing to give her the benefit of a doubt. And she clearly knew her weapons, the way she cracked open that sig to look down the barrel. But goddamn, there was no way [...]
Thanks to everyone who answered my call for an ISBW assistant to help with the show notes and QAing the episodes. The outpouring of interest in this volunteer position was surprising and humbling. Thank you all so much for offering your time to me, it really meant a lot.
I’d like to announce that I [...]
Perhaps it’s the migraines that make me think strange things. But while sitting in the haze of a (thankfully) receeding migraine this morning, I just thought, “NaNoWriMo. Nano WriMo. What, is that like really small writing month?”
Then my buddy Gwen on Twitter said it sounded like a twitter project.
So what the hell- let’s [...]
The New Adventures of…Muhammad Ali
Leroy wanted to be the greatest. So he bought The Greatest™.
“It’s more than just a personal body upgrade,” the doctor had said. “It’s a personality upgrade, a consciousness upgrade. You’ll see the world in a whole new way.”
Leroy had concerns, which he tried to [...]
Is figuring out how to feel “accomplished.”
Today I got up early for a doc appt. On my way out of the doc’s (or maybe the way in; I have no idea), I dropped my credit card in the parking lot. A Good Samaritan found it, but I wasn’t called till I got home (25 [...]
No Sunday edition yesterday, because no one wrote anything. Clearly, the idea of hard working astronauts had no appeal to anyone but me. Ah, well. Let’s see what happens this week.
Even Hitler had a sister in law. Bridget Dowling was married to Adolf’s half-brother Alois and claimed that the famous dictator moved to Liverpool [...]
Position filled, thanks so much to everyone who offered their time!
Hi all! I have been realizing in the past few weeks that I need some help with ISBW. With the new(ish) format, the show is longer now, and so with the time to record, and then the hours it takes to edit, I often [...]
Lower Decks
“It is not a usual thing to begin a chronicle thus, but the final mission of the Emma Goldman
was not a usual one. It is not an easy thing to describe. Nevertheless , as the official biographer of the Emma Goldman, I will attempt to document the strange [...]
Lower Decks
When the Narsureema attacked, our fleet was not prepared. We were expecting missiles, energy weapons, combat. But the Narsureema were far craftier than we expected, and knew to cripple the very machines we depended on. One by one, our computer systems failed us. And one by one, so did our [...]
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