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Drabblecast 426- Trifecta: Friends Close, Enemies Closer [/u][/b] Time Cookie Wars by Benjamin C. Kinney Sandy by Bruce McAllister Oh What a Privilege to Dwell in the Grand Palace of the Tungerils! by Kelly Moore https://www.drabblecast.org/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/drabblecast_ali_goldaper_trifec...

Drabblecast 425 – The Bodies [/b][/u] By: Tim Pratt Finding that first body wasn’t so bad, though it rattled me at the time. The dead man was curled up on a piece of cardboard in the alleyway I cut through sometimes on my way to the good coffee shop, and I would have assumed he was just sleeping ro...

Norm and author comedian/writer Bryan Miller about comedy and horror, editing and frog country, Lovecraft and fish horror. Also, Bryan’s H.P. Lovecraft-inspired story, “Necessary Cuts.” Link to original Forum Post The manuscripts I read are haunted. Commas vanish forever into the void. Subjects and ...

Drabblecast 425 – Unlike Most Tides [/u][/b] By: Darcie Little Badger The prima donna sun has not yet risen to outshine every other star in the Milky Way. Overhead, a flash of light arcs between Orion and Taurus, the hunter firing at the bull. With a grunt, Mathilda lowers her kayak and admires the...

Havent listen to the story yet but that Twabble is horrifying! Nice work Tiredguy.

Drabblecast 424 – On the Feeding Habits of Humans: A Firsthand Account By: Khaalidah Muhammad-Ali and Rachael K. Jones On this diplomatic mission, I, Scholar, have two objectives: first, to advise Master Feeder TikTik on Earth customs and linguistic differences, and second, to accurately record wha...

Drabblecast 423 – The Martians Claim Canada [/u][/b] By: Margaret Atwood The Martians descend to Earth in their spaceship. They intend to go to New York – they want to see something called ‘a musical’ – but they get the directions mixed up, as many before them have done, and end up in Canada instea...

In these trying times, this for me was a great regrounding in the weird and a needed distraction from the world. This is classic Drabblecast. Point 1: Intro for Depends.... This was just down right weird and amazing. From the the natural distain for babies we all share to embracing laziness of movin...

Drabblecast 422 – The Full Moon Group [/u][/b] By: Dianne M. Williams Time was running out, and Matt couldn’t stand the thought of driving home for the change. He turned off the car in the parking lot across the street from the stone church and checked the address. The internet ad said: “Shifter Su...

Drabblecast 421 – The Life You Save May Be Your Own [/u] By: Flannery O'Connor The old woman and her daughter were sitting on their porch when Mr. Shiftlet came up their road for the first time. The old woman slid to the edge of her chair and leaned forward, shading her eyes from the piercing sunse...

Drabblecast 420 – Comfort and Joy [/b] By: Tim Pratt I was in a grubby little bar down in Florida, sitting on a stool beside a plastic palm tree decorated with Christmas lights, when I heard a cough, and smelled cold ashes. I folded up my list and tucked it into my pocket. Without looking around, I...

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Drabblecast 418 – Not Recommended for Guests of a Philosophically Uncertain Disposition By: Michelle Ann King Damita managed The Fracture’s visitor centre and gift shop, while Jem took the guided tours. There was also a cafe, which always had fresh coffee and an inventive selection of hot sandwiche...

This was a really great Lovecraft salute, and I liked the authors spin on where the story came from. At the time of listening to this, my own job was pretty stressful, and I too had horrific and painful words appearing everywhere, along with horrible flashbacks and dreams. Report Percent complete Pa...

Drabblecast 417 – Love in the Balance [/b] By: David D. Levine Theo opened his eyes and stared out the window. Beyond the glass loomed the fog of endless night, and bulbous shapes drifting. Here and there a spotlight picked out the sigil of one or another House on a pennant or tail fin. The red bat...

Drabblecast 416 – Necessary Cuts [/u][/b] By Bryan Milller The manuscripts I read are haunted. Commas vanish forever into the void. Subjects and verbs struggle in bloody disagreement. Infinitives are cleaved with a dull axe. Sentence fragments ablated at one ragged end lay strewn between the margin...

I really enjoyed this story. Lightheart teenage angst with a touch of comming of age, set in a weird and wonderful world. It had an authentic diary feel to it, and the narration really help cement it. I remember trying to stomach and comprehend the bible stories I was feed as a child. The strict sun...

I am with you there Norm. I remember my introduction to the free serialized world with pobiobooks.com (just looked it up, no longer the name), and the huge wealth of content there. Its funny, a few weeks ago I remembered Scott (from Nocturnal), and looked him up. He is still cranking out the stories...

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Drabblecast 202/203 - Boojum

Drabbleclassics 31 – Boojum [/u][/b] By Elizabeth Bear and Sarah Monette The ship had no name of her own, so her human crew called her the Lavinia Whateley. As far as anyone could tell, she didn’t mind. At least, her long grasping vanes curled—affectionately? — when the chief engineers patted her b...