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Geez, that IS weird. Brr.

Hey Desmond, thanks for dropping by! It's always awesome when an author posts and yours is full of interesting stuff.

(Sorry about the knockback!)

Desmond, you're the man. You managed to write a Lovecraft-inspired story without being soaked in Lovecraftian lore. My hat is off to you, sir. Well done indeed.

I don't like Zombie Stories. Is that bad of me? Nope. They're overdone. Don't like 'em much myself. Fortunately, this wasn't a Zombie Story. It was an EX-Zombie Story. :) Exact-ic-ally, and that's why this was awesome. Kind long, but great. Don't believe I've heard anything quite like it. Although ...

Dammit @bryanwitha_y, you beat me to the punch! Occasionally Norm does a longer intro like this one and they crack me up! I haven't even listened to the story yet but the whole thing is worth it just for the intro. Piñata / candy / teeth / UPS invoice from older self / etc. Magic! I still think abou...

Benbi wrote:...Afterward, I had to go back and listen to an older, happier episode of the drabblecast to cheer myself up.

Wait, what? The Drabblecast has Happy Episodes??

Varda wrote:It's "Happiness" by 19 Action News, from their album "Our Time Has Come". You can get it from their Bandcamp page.

Freakin' awesome. Thanks! And thanks for such a quick reply.

What was the song at the end of the ep? I tried Googling the lyrics but... nothing.

"Life is such a waste of time unless you learn what to take from it"

Who knew Montgomery Burns is a Star Wars geek?

The Drabblecast, he said. Strange stories, ya-da-ya-da-ya-da. I'm not THAT strange. I'll just remove my skin gloves.

I do so love dolphins! Their grace, their intelligence, their wonderful smiles! And their delicious tuna-like taste.

strawman wrote:

Luca aged 7 wrote:This story was awesome. I have been listening to the drabblecast for years, but rarely take the time to post.

Since you were 2?

Diverse audience

Just WOW! I never heard of this guy before and I think I need to go hunt up his tales. Honestly, this one started out pretty average but when we got to the meat of it... WOW.

I will just say: frakin' awesome. (oh, and some more words) I loved this story's slow build to a BIG conclusion that was witnessed by some folks ten years ago. As Norm said, it was about relationships and what needs to happen (maybe) to make them work. Reminded me a lot of "Sling Blade" with Billy B...

Folks, I would just like to say, thanks for producing one of my all-time-ever favourite Jack Vance stories. Honestly kids, go read all of the "Dying Earth" stories because noone ever wrote like Jack Vance. :) Now, Drabblecast. If you could just read the whole of "The Eyes of the Overworld" (aka Cuge...

As great as the main story was ( and it WAS great) I was crying with laughter over the lead-in. "There's a time and a place for raisins folks, and it's never and in the ----ing trash." "You're giving ghost handjobs every day -- that you don't even know about!" "Turtle lingerie" Honestly, best Hallow...

God-DAMN that was a great story (that's Brown Dust I'm referring to). It led expertly from little kid with big gift using for small gain, to wow, evil bastard, to geez didn't quite see that coming, to can't see the resolution for this, to wow... what a way to end!! That ending was real sad but so ho...

I loved this one. It was unexpectedly lyrical, poetic and engrossing. At first I really had no idea what was going on but it was sufficiently interesting to continue with. I then went from "oh, a match made in Heaven" to "oh. as little as that and dreams die (sob)."

Awesome.

I read this one in slush and passed it up. Sorry to be a foreign pest (as in, not speaking your brand of "English"), but "passed it up" in this context means: (a) passed it up the chain of command and recommended it be purchased OR (b) passed it up, as in, passed on this one, as in, voted NO on thi...

Enjoyed this story very much, it has a bittersweet, end-of-an-era quality. The dog dying... well, I'm quite a dog person and that always gets to me.

Sorry for being OT there for a moment -- the new website is great ;-)