AD Flash 015 – God Keep You Tommy October 2nd, 2010
Kicking off October, we bring you this tale of wartime drama and speculative fiction.
“God Keep You Tommy” by Seth Drake
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Podcast Novel
Music cues by Infinity Squared
“God Keep You Tommy” appeared in the fiction anthology Alone in the Dark. If you liked this story, you may be interested in that book.
AD Extra 004 – Duty May 31st, 2010
For Memorial Day, we offer this tribute to all soldiers who have fought or who are still fighting in wars overseas, far from home. This is also a remembrance of those canines who have served along side human soldiers, offering companionship and protection during wartime.
“Duty” by Vargr Dragonwolf
Read by Belic Bear
Music cues by Infinity Squared
This story was inspired by and dedicated to the United States War Dogs Association.
AD 020 – Goodnight Ari May 1st, 2010
Tonight’s story covers the moral implications and drawbacks to possible advances in genetic engineering and where that could lead. It’s a very human story, with leonine characters, but that’s what we like about anthropomorphism.
Story “Goodnight Ari” by Steven Crane
Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Novel Podcast
Music cues by Infinity Squared
Additional music from the Podsafe Music Network
Moby’s Beautiful Music Video April 19th, 2010
This music video is a few years old, but still worth mentioning for an interesting concept and some dark comedy.
Moby’s Beautiful is a wonderfully twisted skewering of the party crowd, done at a key party with a bunch of people in animal mascot suits. It’s like a furpile on the set of Boogie Nights. The poor rabbit guy is reminiscent of William H. Macey’s character in that film.
There were cries of “fursecution” when it came out, how everyone thought he was making fun of furries. In truth it looks pretty obvious that it doesn’t have anything to do with the fandom. Instead it’s using the suits to create a cartoonish scene and an interesting take on anthropomorphism. They used the costumes to good effect here, playing on the lack of good facial expressions, to heighten the surreal drama.
Drabblecast – Of Women and Aliens April 5th, 2010
The Drabblecast, the strange-fiction podcast, had a wonderful theme for March. They celebrated Women’s History month with stories by women authors and featuring female characters, plus they threw in aliens, because aliens are cool.
It’s not a simple gimic though. It’s a wonderful collection of fiction covering both our world and those so very different. There are alien worlds ans cultures awash in issues of politics and families and battles big and small fought as worlds collide. House cats fight off tiny invaders and a woman struggles to read the Tarot for a reptilian overlord in order to save her life. Those and other stories are linked below.