Drabblecast Stories July 25th, 2009
Norm Sherman’s Drabblecast, a weird short-fiction podcast, has had several stories which feature anthropomorphic characters, animals and others.
The second story in Double Header III is a nice bit of drama which deals with a coyote lost in a sandwhich shop, likely inspired by real-life events from the news.
Alchemical Automaton Blues deals with the mistreatment of golems.
Out of His League is a fun take on a story you might recognize from the news last year.
The Last Dog is a sad post-apocalyptic tale.
On Dasher is a moving Christmas story with a wonderful mythos behind it.
And The Box Born Wraith is a fun horror tale for Halloween, with sympathetic monsters.
Animal Body Painting Videos by Alex Kovas July 25th, 2009
Alex Kovas has posted several videos on YouTube which have some impressive animal-themed body-painting. The masks used are nicely designed too.
The posing is mostly showing off the work on the human canvas, but some of the moves are suggestive, and could be considered rated mature. The male model is wearing posing underwear, so there is nothing explicit.
PodCastle Stories July 25th, 2009
PodCastle has a few other shorts which are non-furry but wonderful examples of anthropomorphism.
The Orange (general audeience) is a neat story that feels like a modern fable.
Loose Drawers (mature content) brings the dynamics of sexual and relationship politics to the auto garage.
The Desires of Houses (mature content) lives up to its title and is a wonderfully fun and creatively-bizarre idea.
PodCastle Story – Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters July 23rd, 2009
PodCastle’s story Captain Fantasy and the Secret Masters is a wonderful piece. It’s non-furry, but a great story and I think people in the fandom would appreciate it. It’s a fantasy piece with super heroes and special abilities that’s equal parts actiion and adventure, alternative history and character drama and it’s a wonderfully human story. There are bits of it which make it slightly mature, but nothing explicit nor really shocking and I appreciated the way those elements were used.
It reminds me of the Union Dues stories in Escape Pod, which also have mutant superheroes, living in a world awash in shades of gray and dealing with politics and corporate restrictions as much as super villans.
Mouseland, the inspiration for Mice Election July 11th, 2009
The inspiration for the story Mice Election came from remembering a bit of political satire told on a web forum I’d seen a couple of years before. I realized after writing the story that the post was actually quoting a famous political parable from a Canadian politician in the 1940s.
I not only managed to find the text of the Mouseland, but also an animation piece set to a recording of the speech.