TalkCast 119 – Nauticon

Posted by Kriana | 0 | February 4th, 2012 | Posted in Podcast


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Nauticon

Our guests are Pam Larson and Mary Dumas of Nauticon, a 21+ Fanvention to be held in Provincetown, Ma., May 18-20. Nauticon is billed as an event where all fans of any type of fandom can attend and feel comfortable discussing topics of a more adult nature than is normally appropriate at general conventions. Also atypically, Nauticon doesn’t feel the need to pigeonhole themselves into a set theme, rather going with “cool stuff we like”. Pam and Mary also work on humongous events like Anime Boston, and are working on a bid for WorldCon in Disney World. As a side note, while on the show, Pam and Mary announced that they would nominate SFSN for A HUGO AWARD! Thanks guys!

 

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Fiction Friday – Was it My Turn to put Out the Rats? by Timothy Goyette

Posted by The Dome | 0 | February 3rd, 2012 | Posted in Fiction Friday


 

“How do authors find their way to Fiction Friday,” you ask? Well, each one has their own road less traveled to Sci Fi Saturday Night and none more circuitous than this entry. A chance remark by one of the original hosts of the show to an acquaintance brought Timothy to us in a series of emails.  The course of the emails revealed any number of interesting coincidences to explore over the coming days, not the least of which was his website, Quantum Muse, a repository for a host of writers.

Timothy O. Goyette has lived in New Hampshire all of his life,  except for an 8 year stint in California.  Tim is the Editor of Quantum Muse a web zine with weekly flash fiction and monthly short stories in Science Fiction, Fantasy and Alternative.  It is also an online writer’s group. Some of Tim’s stories are in the collection: Quantum Musings.  Others are on the Quantum Muse site.  He writes both serious and humorous stories.

Animal right and animal testing takes a turn for the macabre and disturbing in a story of two girls and Mr. Whiskers in a somewhat foreboding future. Submitted for your approval is the second story featuring his characters Sasha and Katrina, Was it My turn to Put Out the Rats?

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TalkCast 118 – Doug Jones

Posted by Kriana | 0 | January 28th, 2012 | Posted in Podcast


Mime Very Own Book

Doug Jones joins us to talk about his new book, Mime Very Own Book, a coffee table book in which he depicts famous and infamous people and events in classic Doug Jones fashion. We talked about his previous work, including the just wrapped Neighborhood Watch, which opens in July, 2012. We also discussed why At The Mountains of Madness was shelved. He shares some “secrets” of his prosthetic work in Hellboy and the choices between special effects and makeup, and gives us a little tease about Guillermo del Toro’s upcoming Frankenstein project.

 

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Fiction Friday – The Search For Intelligent Life by Leigh Lane

Posted by The Dome | 0 | January 27th, 2012 | Posted in Fiction Friday


The mystery of Leigh Lane is manifold. Living in Montana with her family, she is a writer of dark fiction, reminiscent of some of the most fear-inducing science fiction ever written. She has a unique sense of pace and a quirky use of words and juxtaposition  that makes even the most simple and straightforward of plots and motivations twist and tumble. The  intelligence in her writing  is wonderful. This week’s Fiction Friday story is a selection from  Of Mind and Matter, a compilation of her short stories.

Submitted for your approval in its entirety, “The Search for Intelligent Life”.

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TalkCast 117 – Ben Templesmith

Posted by Kriana | 0 | January 22nd, 2012 | Posted in Podcast


Our guest is writer and artist Ben Templesmith. We reminisced about meeting Ben two years ago at Boston Comic Con, and his participation in our Jeanne Robinson fundraiser jam sketches. (Adding color isn’t cheating Ben!) We examined why 30 Days of Night (the book and/or the movie) didn’t feel like a huge career boost. Ben mentioned that Wormwood: Gentleman Corpse would definitely be continued, and when asked about his artistic inspiration, didn’t miss a beat in naming Ralph Steadman. Meet Ben in April, at Boston Comic Con.

 

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Fiction Friday – Torn Apart

Posted by The Dome | 0 | January 20th, 2012 | Posted in Fiction Friday


 

 

LJ Kentowski always wanted to be an FBI Agent. She pursued this dream for most of her formative years, throughout college, and passed the first round of tests. She also met her husband to be, and when the choice came to stay or go to the FBI, she stayed. Luckily for readers, since that time she has decided to work toward her second dream of writing. Finding time after work, after tending to family, and after everything else, she writes. Her first novel, Guardians of Fate, has just been published and the second volume is due in August 2012.

Horror comes in many forms. It is somewhat easy to comprehend when it is a gore filled scene, limbs hacked, screams emitted; somewhat less so when it is something seen, yet unseen, when the participants in said event are no longer sure where truth lies and possibly worst of all when that truth is revealed to unseeing eyes.

Submitted for your approval, in its entirety, Kentowski’s short story:  ”Torn Apart”.

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TalkCast 116 – Resa Nelson Returns

Posted by Kriana | 1 | January 14th, 2012 | Posted in Podcast


Resa Nelson returns to the talkcast to talk about the release of book two in her Drangonslayer Series, The Iron Maiden. In addition to her new book, she discussed the metaphoric similarities between the process of writing and blacksmithing. Her stories of her own blacksmithing experience are as engaging as her books.

 

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Fiction Friday – Karen A. Wyle’s The Baby

Posted by The Dome | 0 | January 13th, 2012 | Posted in Fiction Friday


 

Karen A. Wyle is a reader’s writer. She has two different genres in which she works, and her writing is based on what she is interested in and what she reads. She began writing at a very young age, and finished her first novel at age 10. Her website shows the duality of her writing, focusing on both Sci Fi and children’s books. This short story combines the best of both of her muses.

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TalkCast 115 – David Johnson

Posted by Kriana | 1 | January 7th, 2012 | Posted in Podcast


Edgar's Comics by David Johnson

Our guest, David Johnson, is the writer, producer and director of the film Edgar’s Comics. The movie is a narrative documentary which explores two influential events in comic book collecting history. The first, is the accumulation of Edgar Church’s collection, and the second is it’s discovery by Chuck Rozanski. A Kickstarter Project is David’s effort to continue this movie to completion.

 

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Fiction Friday – Resa Nelson’s The Dragonslayer Stories

Posted by The Dome | 0 | January 6th, 2012 | Posted in Fiction Friday


In the coming weeks, Resa Nelson will once again join us on the podcast to talk about the second installment in her Dragonslayer Series: The Iron Maiden. I thought this week for Fiction Friday I would send all the readers a gift from her. If you follow the link below, it will take you to her site where you can download a .pdf  mini-book of her short stories that were the genesis for her series. They are wonderful.

Submitted for your approval,  The Dragonslayer Stories.

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