AD 027 – Christmas at War December 22nd, 2010
Two bitter high school rivals are forced together, first by their parents and then by circumstances, into an uneasy Christmas truce, but will the cease-fire last past the holiday?
“Christmas at War” by Tim Susman
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel Podcast
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Extra 005 – Bait and Switch Novel Excerpts December 22nd, 2010
Bait and Switch novel excerpts by Austen Crowder
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Download or listen to the episode here.
In Fenton’s world, some kids are toons. Some think the change is biological. Others think the change is social. But some kids turn into toons, and Fenton’s father just wants it to stop. He’s even built a Realist movement to ban toons from the real world, hoping that it will keep his own children from following in their estranged mother’s cartoon footsteps.
Tensions rise as the Realists lobby to get their ban set into law, and toons fight for their right to be themselves. Fenton’s father knows he can count on his two boys to stand behind him and his dream of building a safe, a toon-free reality. It’s just too bad that Fenton’s becoming a toon….
Bait and Switch is a coming-out story which uses the metaphor of Toon Town encroaching on the Real World. As Austen describes it, it’s Boys Don’t Cry meets Who Framed Roger Rabbit. It’s a moving story, with powerful drama. While the situation revolves around issues both personal and political, the story is never a manifesto. Instead characters on both sides of the fence come off as human and nuanced, as they try to do what they think is right.
AD Flash 016 – Both Sides Now December 19th, 2010
Renee Carter Hall gives us two dramatic shorts showing two views of the darker end of the spectrum of human/anthro interactions.
“Sideshow” and “Cover of Darkness” by Renee Carter Hall
Read by Peter Katt
Music cues by Infinity Squared
AD 026 – The Survivor November 30th, 2010
We have another holdover from October, recorded at the podcasting panel at the Fur Fright convention in Connecticut over Halloween weekend. Peter Katt finished off the panel by doing this live reading, which shows the aftermath of a zombie outbreak through the eyes of a house cat.
“The Survivor” by Sean Silva
Read by Peter Katt
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Other links mentioned in the intro:Â Seminar from Pendant Productions.
Bait and Switch November 28th, 2010
