Extra 005 – Bait and Switch Novel Excerpts December 22nd, 2010
Bait and Switch novel excerpts by Austen Crowder
Music cues by Infinity Squared
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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.
AD 025 – The Beast in the Rain November 17th, 2010
“The Beast in the Rain” appeared in the fiction anthology Different Worlds, Different Skins, which featured fiction of human/anthro interactions. Besides giving some nice back-story on genetic-engineered races and their relationship to humanity, the story also has some gripping and moving drama. It was on another stormy night like this one where Shane lost Becky, now he’s forced to confront all those memories and unresolved feelings once again.
“The Beast in the Rain” by Sean Silva
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel Podcast
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Other links mentioned in the intro:Â The Furry Writers Guild
AD 024 – The Stars are Wrong (part two) October 28th, 2010
We conclude October’s spooky stories with the continuation of Kevin Frane’s “The Stars are Wrong” In this part, Randolph Brightfield struggles against the changes stealing over his world in the night and the sinister forces behind them.
“The Stars are Wrong” (part two) by Kevin Frane
Read by Peter Katt
Music cues by Infinity Squared
“The Stars are Wrong” appeared in the fiction anthology Alone in the Dark. If you liked this story, you may be interested in that book.