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Podcast title	Variant Frequencies » Podcasts
Website URL	http://www.variantfrequencies....
Description	Variant Frequencies is a monthly podcast of original fiction. Stories blending gothic horror with space adventure, dark fantasy with sci-fi, recalling the reality-bending vibes of The Twilight Zone, and offering something wholly unique that fits inbetween and outside. Our podcasts are fully produced, including talented voice actors and original music scores. Subscription is free. Entertainment and escapism are guaranteed.
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1. Dead Hunt by Kenn Crawford http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 14.60Mb) Description: We have a special treat for you. A few months back, Kenn Crawford was looking for voices for his new podiobook, “Dead Hunt.” I agreed to do one of those voices. We are sharing with you episode one of Dead Hunt. I think you are going to like it, and if you do be sure to go [...]
2. Survivor Guilt http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 29.91Mb) Description: A wounded man finds himself driven underground, into the purgatory of tunnels that honneycomb the ruined earth. Battling for a life he knows he’s already lost, he is haunted by fever dreams of a time before the Accident: of blue skies, green grass, of his long-dead mother. If the rats don’t get him, [...]
3. Heart of Clay: A Saint Darwin’s Spiritual http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 43.97Mb) Description: Ever since Saint Darwin returned with harvested seeds from an Egyptian bush that wouldn’t burn, golem constables have worked alongside human and ghost inspectors. They patrol England’s cobblestone streets together, keeping them safe from the monsters the patron saint of scientists exposed to the world. But when inanimate golems are being trafficked by a shadowy [...]
4. A Real Christmas http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 36.29Mb) Description: It’s Christmas Eve. Private detective, Dan Taylor is contemplating his past and his future, or lack of one. Then a potential client comes to his door. * Written by Michael A. Stackpole Narrated by Christopher Mott Music Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Promos Dead Hunt http://deadhunt.kenncrawford.com The Leviathan Chronicles http://www.leviathanchronicles.com/ A Real Christmas Copyright 2010 Michael A. Stackpole http://www.stormwolf.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2010 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com *
5. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness – complete http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 51.03Mb) Description: The complete Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness in one episode! * Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Philippa Ballantine, Rick Stringer, Jan Dalton, Tom “Devo Spice” Rockwell, Anton Buntic, Benjamin Grundy, Neil Stringer, Ian Jones, and Anne Stringer Music Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Mario Ajero http://marioajero.blogspot.com Neil Stringer * The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com ***
6. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 08 – Doctor Lady http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 16.08Mb) Description: A woman with no name and a past filled with mistakes to atone for. If you’re hurt or sick on the wrong side of the river, the Doctor Lady will fix you up. Tender mercies are the hardest commodities to come by in the Failed Cities, but there are stockpiles if you know where to look… *** Written [...]
7. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 07 – Truck http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 18.89Mb) Description: Any job that involves high-risk and high-speed is right up Truck’s alley, at least for the right price. And it doesn’t get higher in the risk department than piloting a high-tech big rig up mountain switchbacks in a freezing snowstorm. At least until you add one Feral Twin into the mix… *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by [...]
8. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 06 – Ferus http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 14.08Mb) Description: When you look up on Christmas Eve and see a shape streaking across the night sky above the Failed Cities, it’s not Santa’s sleigh, it’s death incarnate, also known as Ferus… * Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Neil Stringer Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park Rudolf http://www.abneypark.com Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Neil Stringer Promo The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / * The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com *** [...]
9. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 05 – Operative 853 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 12.02Mb) Description: Like Santa Claus, The Nicodemus Consortium has their own sack of gifts to distribute on Christmas Eve. Unlike St. Nick, however, the Consortium is willing to do whatever, and whoever it takes to retrieve their stolen merchandise. And Operative 853 is no elf… *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Benjamin Grundy Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen http://www.abneypark.com Digital [...]
10. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 04 – Constable Klimenko http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 14.31Mb) Description: The yuletide spirit hasn’t made Valeri Klimenko any less reluctant to take a dangerous case. Unfortunately it hasn’t changed his luck when it comes to being thrust into such cases, either… * Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Anton Buntic Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park Carol of the Bells http://www.abneypark.com Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Neil Stringer Promo The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / * The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant [...]
11. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 03 – Sterne http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 14.90Mb) Description: Sterne, the hardboiled wordslinger, doesn’t believe in Christmas stories. He’d certainly never write such a tale. Living thru one, however, well that’s another story altogether… * Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Tom “Devo Spice” Rockwell Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park Dance of the Sugar Plumb Fairies http://www.abneypark.com Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Neil Stringer Promo The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / * The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness Copyright 2009 Matt Wallace http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 [...]
12. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 02 – The Maven http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 19.28Mb) Description: Your sins don’t forget you during the holidays, and for The Maven, master street mediator, sometimes they haunt you in the form of an urgent call to a life-or-death hostage crisis. They say old soldiers never really die. At least The Maven certainly hopes so… *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Jan Dalton Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park Little Drummer Boy http://www.abneypark.com Digital [...]
13. The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness 01 – Ethan http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 19.62Mb) Description: It’s the holiday season, even under the acid-washed black snowfall that covers the Failed Cities. For Reverend Ethan Grant, the holidays are about balancing brief moments of joy with long nights of blood. And the night has just begun… *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Rick Stringer Sponsor: GoToMyPC http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Music Abney Park Winter Wonder Land http://www.abneypark.com Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Neil Stringer Promos The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / Jake Bible’s [...]
14. TITLE FIGHT: Round 10 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 33.03Mb) Description: Round #10 – Surprise! It’s the tenth and suposedly final installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace. *** Written and narrated by Scott Sigler Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC. http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast TITLE FIGHT: Round #10 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
15. Out of Time http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 23.47Mb) Description: In a seaside town, a young man finds the world around him frozen in time. *** Written by Jack Westlake Narrated by Rick Stringer Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC. http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast Promos The Failed Cities: Hath a Darkness Glitter Girl http://www.erinobriant.com/ Fiends http://shadowpublications.com/ Buffy Between the Lines Podcast Awards http://podcastawards.com/ Farpoint Media http://www.farpointmedia.com Out of Time Copyright 2009 Jack Westlake http://www.jwestlake.wordpress.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
16. TITLE FIGHT: Round #9 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #9 – It’s the ninth and final installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace. Korak the Cutter and Chiyal “The Heretic” North ready to rumble! *** Written and narrated by Scott Sigler Please support Variant Frequencies by supporting our sponsor, GoToMyPC. http://www.gotomypc.com/podcast TITLE FIGHT: Round #9 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant [...]
17. TITLE FIGHT: Round #8 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 25.25Mb) Description: Round #8 – It’s the eighth installment of the scifi/mma novella co-written by Scott Sigler and hard-boiled author Matt Wallace. Korak the Cutter and Chiyal “The Heretic” North are ready to enter the octagon, and all hell is sure to break loose.. *** Written and narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #8 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt [...]
18. Life Insurance http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Just before Hurricane Katrina slams into his New Orleans home, a father purchases an unusual life insurance policy from a voodoo priestess. *** Written and narrated by Matthew Warner Artwork: Deena Warner Music: Digital Juice Life Insurance Copyright 2009 Matthew Warner http://matthewwarner.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
19. TITLE FIGHT: Round #7 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #7 – Weigh-ins were always a little crazy. But nothing like this. *** Written and narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #7 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
20. TITLE FIGHT: Round #6 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #6 – The Heretic got what he wanted, but at what cost? *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #6 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
21. TITLE FIGHT: Round #5 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #5 – Gredok pays a visit to Doc Patah to make him an offer. Is it an offer that he can refuse? *** Written and Narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #5 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
22. Naught But Ash http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Nothin’ like a good hangin’ to bring folks together. ‘Frontier justice’ is what they called it back in the day. Brutal, maybe, but efficient. Those days are back, but with a twist. Strangers just ain’t what they used to be. *** Written by Anne Stringer Narrated by Rick Stringer Music The songs “Tetrishead”, “Frozen Angels”, “We Insist” & “Exurgency” by Zoe [...]
23. Title Fight: Round #4 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #4 – Controversial GFA champion “The Heretic” Chaiyal North is facing the firing squad as he goes before the Galactic Fighting Council. The fate of his newly-won title hangs in the balance. And whatever their decision, it’s going to be a wild night in the heart of Ionath City. Booze will flow, fists will [...]
24. Fuel Pressure http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: When the world is about to be destroyed who finally decides who lives… and who dies. *** Written by Dennis Egan Narrated by Rick Stringer Promos The Leviathan Chronicles http://www.leviathanchronicles.com/ Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights http://www.hazydaysandcloudynights.com/ XDM http://www.xtremedungeonmastery.com/ Fuel Pressure Copyright 2009 Dennis Egan http://thehopefullscrivener.wordpress.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
25. Title Fight: Round #3 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #3 – Warriors are expendable. Quyth legend Korak the Cutter has been called out by “The Heretic” Chaiyal North, the 6′ 9″, 400 pound newly-crowned champion of the Galactic Fighting Association. Will he accept the challenge? *** Written by Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace Narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #3 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant [...]
26. Penny Ante http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: It’s just a friendly, low stakes game of five card draw. Sure, it’s a weird place for poker, but don’t let that bother you. We don’t bet much because we don’t have much. We’re a little picky about who we let sit in, but it looks like you’ll meet the qualifications, and we need some [...]
27. TITLE FIGHT: Round #2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round #2 – Meet “The Heretic” Chaiyal North, the 6′ 9″, 400 pound newly-crowned champion of the Galactic Fighting Association. Chai is the first Human competitor to capture the interspecies title in a thousand years, but as far as he’s concerned crowns don’t make kings. Chai may be sitting at the top of the GFA [...]
28. Jack Wakes Up http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: In the three years since Jack Palms went clean: no drugs, no drinking, no life, he’s added fourteen pounds of muscle, read 83 books, and played it as straight as anyone can ask him. Now, when an old friend from L.A. calls, he hits the streets of San Francisco to help a group of Czech [...]
29. TITLE FIGHT: Round #1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Round one of the big smackdown in the “Rookie” universe. *** Written by Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace Narrated by Scott Sigler TITLE FIGHT: Round #1 Copyright 2009 Scott Sigler and Matt Wallace http://www.scottsigler.com http://www.matt-wallace.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
30. The Last Kayfabe http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: This is a special joint podcast with Seth Harwood’s Crime Wav. *** Written by Ray Banks Narrated by Sean “Dogg” Robertson Promos Seth Harwood’s Crime Wav http://www.crimewave.com Kronos http://www.jeremyrobinsononline.com/ Technorama http://www.chuckchat.com Well Told Tales http://www.welltoldtales.com Penguicon 2009 http://www.penguicon.org The Last Kayfabe Copyright 2009 Ray Banks http://www.thesaturdayboy.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
31. Under The Bed http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Bad Dreams. Shadows on the wall. Things that go bump in the night. Something lurks in the darkness to whisper things no child should hear. To remind young minds of things no child should remember. And to feed. It waits, hungry but patient, in the blackness under the bed. *** Written by Michael Natale Narrated by Michael A. [...]
32. Prisoners http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: A few weeks from retirement, a scientist looks back at her wasted life with regret. Now, at the end of her career, she is offered a chance to make a real difference to someone. But she’s been safely sheltered for so long… will she take the risk of a lifetime? *** Written by Anne Stringer Narrated by Marilyn [...]
33. Gill Bando http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Not one of the assorted politically motivated killers in this bar knows they’re about to die. But that’s the thing about suicide bombers: you never see them coming. *** Written D. M. Moehrle Narrated by Jan Dalton Promos Cybrosis http://www.cybrosisnovel.com/ Balticon 43 http://balticon.org/ Gill Bando Copyright 2009 D. M. Moehrle Variant Frequencies Copyright 2009 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
34. Creature of God http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: A botched deal. A quietly menacing, unholy, fatherly crime boss. A waking nightmare of small-time criminals, gothic bars, and neon churches. Johnny finds himself immersed in a dark, sinister underworld, struggling desperately to hold on as his humanity slips away. *** Written by Jack Mangan Voices: Heather Welliver, Kreg Steppe, John Cmar, Matt Wallace, J.C. Hutchins, Chris Lester, [...]
35. The End of Flesh – Part Four http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: A trail of shed blood and sacrificed flesh, a pound of it his own, has led Detective Jon “Busboy” Pacson to the doorstep of a newer and even more terrifying secret kept by the carrion underground of the future. And the final answer lies Under the Dutchman . . . *** Written and narrated by Matt Wallace Promos The [...]
36. The End of Flesh – Part Three http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 52.66Mb) Description: After a shoot-out and a close encounter with a butcher knife Pacs has a new clue, but it will take him into the deepest, darkest heart of the carrion underworld: NecroPhasiac. Will you follow? *** Written and narrated by Matt Wallace Promos The Next Fix http://tinyurl.com/TheNexFix Playing For Keeps http://www.playingforkeepsnovel.com/ The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / The End of Flesh Copyright 2008 Matt Wallace http://matt-wallace.net/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2008 Rick [...]
37. The End of Flesh – Part Two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Pacs has been put on the trail of cannibal killers who’ve claimed a high-profile victim: the son of a controversial city councilman. His investigation brings “Busboy” face-to-face with Rosalie Barello, sister to the deceased. Beautiful and enigmatic, will she prove to be his strongest ally . . . or his prime suspect? *** Written and narrated by [...]
38. The End of Flesh – Part One http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Meet New York City Police Detective Jon “Busboy” Pacs. Pacs walks a secret beat that takes him through the dirty underground of what may be Humanity’s last taboo. But even in the starved and not-so-distant future, the final taboo is still all about flesh . . . *** Written and narrated by Matt Wallace Promos The Next Fix http://tinyurl.com/TheNexFix Playing For [...]
39. Best In Class http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: 700 horsepower. Leather. Fusion-based drive system. And good intentions. *** Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie Narration by Chuck Tomasi Artwork by Paul Drummond Promos Technorama http://www.chuckchat.com Dragon Page With Class http://www.dragonpage.com Dunesteef http://www.dunesteef.com The Failed Cities Monologues http://www.podiobooks.com/title/the-failed-cities-monologues / Murky Depths http://www.murkydepths.com Paul Drummond http://www.pauldrummond.co.uk Best In Class Copyright 2008 Jonathan C. Gillespie http://jonathancg.net/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
40. Under The Bridge Downtown http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: The worst part about his daughter’s death wasn’t the terror of seeing half a ton of concrete separate from a bridge and smash through their windshield. It wasn’t even the deafening crunch when the fragment pulped Jessie’s head and sent her blood splattering over his cheek. It was his initial reaction once the shock wore [...]
41. All The Time http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: The watchmaker’s shop is filled with timepieces of all kinds, from the majestic grandfather clock to the most delicate pocketwatch: all the time in the world. But it’s not the many clocks adorning the walls that give him eternity. Or is it? *** Written by Anne Stringer Narration by Marck Pearlstone Music Digital Juice http://www.digitaljuice.com Sound Effects SoundSnap http://www.soundsnap.com Promos The Unbelievable Origin of Superspiff and [...]
42. Queue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Waiting in line is an unfortunate reality in modern life. When Frank McMurtry finds himself in a mysterious line with an eclectic group of strangers, he doesn’t want to be there…but is it better to stay, or walk away? *** Written by Anne Stringer Narration by Rick Stringer Promos Zombinc (The Takeover) http://zombinc.net/ New World Order http://www.edwardgtalbot.com Queue Copyright 2008 Anne Stringer http://anne-stringer.livejournal.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2008 Rick [...]
43. Cut Man http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Every fighter needs a Cut Man in their corner. This is a special simulcast episode with Seth Harwood’s CrimeWAV, the first series of crime story podcasts on the web. Featuring some of your favorite crime authors in the coming weeks and months and posting a new episode every week. *** Written by Christa Faust Hosted by Seth Harwood CrimeWAV http://crimewav.com Cut Man Copyright [...]
44. The Destruction of Sennacherib http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 44.62Mb) Description: 19th century London. A place and a history much like the one we know, and yet changed. As a separist army stands poised for war, two words will determine just how far its course will deviate. Lethal Configuration. It’s the key to saving an empire . . . or annihilating one. *** Written by Bryn Sparks Narration by [...]
45. Grounders http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 0.00Mb) Description: Closing time. Game over. But some people think itâ€™s more than a game. Some people don’t want to go home. They don’t have to, but they can’t stay here. Because you stay too long down here, they send the Grounders. *** Written by Jonathan McGoran Narration by Thomas “cmdln” Gideon Promos Nobilis Erotica http://nobilis.libsyn.com/ 7th Son Obsidian http://jchutchins.net Notes From the Vault http://www.crescentstation.net/ Tale Chasing http://www.talechasing.com/ The Command [...]
46. Saint Darwin’s Spirituals http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 44.08Mb) Description: Ghost inspectors and golems patrol the streets of Whitechapel. Prostitutes turn tricks for the fever-dream flesh lusts of the spiritual. And the statue of Saint Darwin, the scientist who broke the barrier between the natural and the supernatural, oversees it all. Now a disciple of Darwin – a woman of skin and bone [...]
47. Young Junius http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 29.53Mb) Description: Before he got to be big in the San Francisco drug game (JACK WAKES UP), Junius Ponds had to cut his teeth on the small-time capers and crimes of a fourteen-year-old wanna be gangster on the late 80s streets of greater Boston. With his brother Temple just killed, a fresh nine in his hand, and [...]
48. Tex’s Last Run http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: Savage circumstances can make for strange allies. And sometimes, those allies shouldn’t exist. * Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie Narrated by Rick Stringer, P.G. Holyfield, and Anne Stringer Promo Murder at Avedon Hill http://pgholyfield.com/maah/ Matt Wallace’s The Next Fix http://www.thenextfix.net/ Tex’s Last Run Copyright 2008 Jonathan C. Gillespie http://jonathancg.net/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com *
49. Birth and Death http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 26.79Mb) Description: Birth rules the life of a midwife, but she has also seen plenty of death. When she realizes she is immortal, birth and death begin to look the same. She knows that any new baby she helps bring into the world will die, in time. But she learns to look beyond the spectre of death [...]
50. Murphy’s War http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: The Human race has been asking itself “How will it all end?” practically since it all began. But even as our illustrious leaders order the buttons to be pressed for the Big One, the computers entrusted to carry out the apocalypse seem determined to keep us wondering. *** Written by James P. Hogan Narrated by TD-0013 Promo A Different Point [...]
51. Hit Me http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 8.17Mb) Description: All of her clients know that anything above her neck costs fifty dollars more. But when a flesh-smashing session with one of her regulars takes an unexpected turn, there’s a lot more put on the line than a broken nose or a crumpled President Grant. *** Written by Christa Faust Narrated by Leann Mabry Promo Tag In the Seam http://tagintheseam.com/ Hit Me Copyright [...]
52. Spired http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 29.22Mb) Description: Obsession is close kin to determination. For one man, an alien peak seems just another obstacle capable of being conquered with the right set of tools. But any climber will tell you — you don’t want to look back the way you came. *** Written by Jonathan C. Gillespie Narrated by John Cmar Links Playing for Keeps http://www.playingforkeepsnovel.com Murder At Avedon [...]
53. Paid In Full http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 17.41Mb) Description: She has been called whore, harlot, streetwalker, working girl, doxy, courtesan. All are true. She is also immortal. If a girl is going to live forever, she needs to have a way to support herself. But the world’s oldest profession is a hazardous one, and when her latest client’s perversion of choice is murder, she [...]
54. The Mason’s Son http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 16.06Mb) Description: Mason’s were the engineers of the ancient world. They built wonders out of stone; cathedrals, bridges, castles, and sometimes, for very powerful, secrets. Michael the mason knows all too well that nothing is more dangerous than another man’s secrets. *** Written by Dennis Egan Narrated by Paul S. Jenkins Promos The Plitone Revisionist http://www.paulsjenkins.net The Mason’s Son Copyright 2007 Dennis Egan Variant [...]
55. The Rut http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 17.94Mb) Description: Home to work. Work to home. Rinse, lather, repeat – for the rest of your life. For Thomas Crane, life had become just that: one monotonous day after another. Until one morning when he realized something had changed. Could he finally crawl out of the Rut his life had become, or [...]
56. Jailhouse Rock – part two http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 23.08Mb) Description: This is part two of Jailhouse Rock by James P. Hogan. High above the stormy southern hemisphere of Mars, a routine cargo transport has turned into a high-stakes standoff between Skyguard soldiers and vicious mercenaries turned thieves. *** Written by James P. Hogan Narrated by Rick Stringer With Will Hoffacker, Phil Rossi, Jan Dalton, Jack Ward, Lonnie Ezell, Ciaran O’Carroll, [...]
57. Jailhouse Rock – part one http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 28.74Mb) Description: High above the stormy southern hemisphere of Mars, a routine cargo transport has turned into a high-stakes standoff between Skyguard soldiers and vicious mercenaries turned thieves. *** Written by James P. Hogan Narrated by Rick Stringer With Will Hoffacker, Phil Rossi, Jan Dalton, Jack Ward, Lonnie Ezell, Ciaran O’Carroll, Neil Stringer, and Nobilis Promos Crescent http://www.crescentstation.net The Sonic Society http://www.sonicsociety.org Daughter of the Sun http://www.lonnieezell.com Starship Sofa http://www.starshipsofa.com Nobilis http://www.nobiliserotica.com Jailhouse [...]
58. Old Tricks http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 27.31Mb) Description: Satan has come to St. Jerome’s Catholic School for Girls, and only hitwoman Patricia Sharpe, their least esteemed alumnus, can save the edifice from the Fallen Angel’s influence. But is it the Devil himself that’s taken hold of St. Jerome’s and its students, or just an ancient troublemaker up to old tricks? *** Written by Matt Wallace [...]
59. Mother Tongue http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 23.93Mb) Description: On a mission to tame a new world, man will turn against man, and even mother nature herself will have her say. *** Written by Carmelo Rafala Narrated by Rick Stringer With J. Marcus Xavior, John Cmar, Jack Hosley, Neil Stringer, Tony McCartney and Anne Stringer Promos Kick-A-Thon http://www.firstgiving.com/ctomasi Silent Universe http://www.silentuniverse.com/ Wander Radio http://www.wanderradio.com/ Heaven, Hell, and Earth http://www.podiobooks.com/title/heaven-season-three-earth KnitWitch’s SciFi/Fantasy Zone http://www.knitwitchzone.com/ Mother Tongue Copyright 2007 Carmelo Rafala http://carmelorafala.blogspot.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 [...]
60. Delve http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 37.01Mb) Description: Every twelve hours the light above his door burns bloody and bright. Every twelve hours a new batch rolls off the genetic assembly line, the saplings that will grow into a new human race. And every twelve hours Lofgren Stenz must delve, deep beneath the surface of our shared consciousness. The purpose of the delve [...]
61. Last Flight of the Esperanza http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 15.95Mb) Description: Fifteen ships left Earth in search of new places for humans to live. When the Esperanza 15 crashes, only one of the crew is left alive. How will she survive when she is the only human on an entire planet? *** Written by Anne Stringer Narrated by Ali Groves Promo Moldawer in the Morning Podcast http://www.moldawer.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer [...]
62. Firstborn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 33.86Mb) Description: Innocence is the best containment. The ultimate in reform for those who committed the First True Sin: Rebellion. But is an innocent mortal soul enough to contain the dark essence of a Fallen Angel? *** Written by Michael Natale Narrated by Rick Stringer Special guests: Tee Morris, Mur Lafferty, Michael R. Mennenga, and Chuck Tomasi Promos The Billibub Baddings [...]
63. Maidenhead http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 6.46Mb) Description: Even the dirtiest business can produce something immaculate. *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Nan Worthington DZ Allen’s Muzzle Flash Balticon The Balticon Podcast Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
64. Slumber Party http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 5.05Mb) Description: Impulse: a sudden, involuntary inclination prompting to action. Will she resist? *** Written by Anne Stringer Narrated by Dani Cutler http://www.truthseekerscast.com http://www.theaudioaddicts.com DZ Allen’s Muzzle Flash Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Anne Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com
65. Notes http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 4.55Mb) Description: Sometimes the right story can change your life. And sometimes it’s too late. *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Rich Sigfrit http://www.outcastmultimedia.com/ http://dzallen.blogspot.com/ http://outoftheguttermagazine.blogspot.com/ Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
66. Sacrifice http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 32.78Mb) Description: Father Michael Brannigan isn’t your average priest. Since childhood he’s been a medium, a powerful seer of spirits. But in the jungles of Africa, he’s about to experience something unlike anything he’s ever seen before… *** Written by Jason McDowell Narrated by Rick Stringer and Ali Groves The Joe Murphy Memorial Fund http://joemurphymemorialfund.org/ Jason McDowell http://www.myspace.com/jason_mcdowell HTFib http://www.htfib.co.uk/index.html Children of the Gods http://www.childrenofthegods.net/ The Time [...]
67. The Dead Man and The Berserk http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 14.51Mb) Description: We know transhumanism as a philosophical concept, but in one techno-genetic future they’ll come to know it as a plague. And if you think the disease is deadly, wait until you meet the cure… *** Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Scott Sigler Promos Ancestor http://www.scottsigler.net Murky Depths http://www.murkydepths.com Copyright 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace http://www.variantfrequencies.com
68. See http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 13.26Mb) Description: One unusually warm winter morning, she wakes up and finds that something she took for granted — about the entire universe — has radically changed. It is either the end of reality — or the beginning of a new one… **** Written by A.R.Yngve Narrated by A.R.Yngve http://www.variantfrequencies.com http://yngve.bravehost.com PROMOS The Sci Fi Podcast Network: http://www.tsfpn.com/ The Failed Cities Monologues: http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110 Variant Frequencies Copyright 2007 [...]
69. A Story of Kindness http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 16.65Mb) Description: A traveling salesman learns that a story or two can help ease the burdens of a post-apocalyptic world — not to mention push a sale or two. But, of course, some stories don’t always turn out the way you think…. **** Written by Carmelo Rafala Narrated by Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com http://carmelorafala.blogspot.com/ PROMOS The Immortals by Tracy and Laura Hickman http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=76 The Failed Cities [...]
70. Satin Widows http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 16.87Mb) Description: It’s October, and in the spirit of the month we’re turning our dial to horror with a story written just for All Hallows Eve. This frightening frequency is the tale of two strangers who meet on a lonely night in a grand old hotel. They’re about to learn that sometimes it’s better to stay home [...]
71. Cell http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 31.72Mb) Description: Life on the very edge of the solar system is a bleak nightmare, punctuated only by the blissful euphoria afforded by the drug, trace. Andi is a trace addict. Trace is Andi’s only escape from his crushing life. But a new drug is taking hold of Andi. Cell is strong, [...]
72. The Dark Harvest http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 12.38Mb) Description: Every season it grew stronger. Every season more children vanished. Every season the gardeners dwelling grew, forcing the village to retreat its borders, until at last it could shrink no further… **** Written and Narrated by Adrian Grey Marsden http://www.variantfrequencies.com http://www.adriangrey.com/ The Dark Harvest Copyright 2006 Adrian Grey Marsden Variant Frequencies Copyright 2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace August 2006
73. The Last Frequency http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 19.11Mb) Description: Spend a night in the far reach with Sherk Maxwell, doctor of broadcast journalism. Sherk is humanity’s last voice of dissent, set forth on a mic and beamed out across deep space to every rift-tripper and manic ET roaming the great void. But as the same slimy threat that evacuated Earth encroaches on Dr. [...]
74. The Spoils of War http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 27.10Mb) Description: Pohraen’s childhood was dominated by the interminable war on her planet; only the music of the 100th Day gatherings could lift her mood. Then, in a last desperate arms race, a bizarre turn of events sowed the seeds of change. **** Written by DJ Burnham Narrated by Rick Stringer http://www.variantfrequencies.com http://www.djburnham.com Variant Frequencies Copyright 2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace The [...]
75. Dead of Night http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 15.03Mb) Description: Every night I strolled the same path, looking for him. The nights were getting colder. Even in the short time I was out, my fingers were aching from it, and I worried that he was frozen somewhere. I didn’t know where to begin to look… **** Written by Anne Stringer Narrated by Heidi Jones Music performed by Neil [...]
76. Children of the Androphagi http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 23.99Mb) Description: In the 1930’s 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue was home to the speakeasy. In the 2030’s it’s all about the breakdowns, where they mix biochem cocktails and spark the Ash of the Dead, sucking its acrid smoke through bone pipes. The big ticket is, of course, shooting distilled endorphins. Yes, they’d found [...]
77. Evelyn http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 12.88Mb) Description: At least Mom doesn’t walk me all the way to the door. That would be so embarrassing!… They can be stolen away and terrible things can be done to them… I used to be that little girl, the one walking with her mom… What does she think is gonna happen in this dumb neighborhood?… [...]
78. Absolution Insured http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 27.75Mb) Description: I’d spotted Carey. He heard the Whirring too. He’d grabbed my baseball bat out of the front seat, and now he was standing, braced against the open passenger side door, in his best Sammy Sosa stance. I couldn’t believe it, not even after knowing the guy for two years. He was actually going to [...]
79. Another Man’s Run – Part 2 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: You thought that was the sun rising over Saturn and ain’t that a sight when really a superflare of magnesium was covering the approach of a creepy-creeper. And by the time the light dissipated they were right on top of you. **** This is the second of a two-part podcast. Written by Matt Wallace Narrated by Rick Stringer [...]
80. Another Man’s Run – Part 1 http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (, 0.00Mb) Description: They weren’t family in the office. It wasn’t a brotherhood. They weren’t even friends. But they’d all been assigned a singular shitty fate, and that made them the same. When Management descended to rob a corpse of that departed man’s few meager possessions it didn’t stand with the other postmen. One day all of [...]
81. Variant Frequencies Intro http://feedproxy.google.com/~r... download (audio/mpeg, 1.72Mb) Description: Variant Frequencies – Your speculative fiction dial. Find us at www.variantfrequencies.com Variant Frequencies is a podcast that stretches the entire bandwidth of genre fiction, modulated by a constant element of the fantastic. Every month we give you a new story. Our goal at Variant Frequencies is to entertain and expose you to our work, and we work [...]