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Cover for Drabblecast episode 41, Set Another Place at the Table I'm Bringing My Pimple, by Bo Kaier

Drabblecast 41 – Set Another Place at the Table, I’m Bringing My Pimple

On December 5, 2007

In Drabblecast, Strange

It starts off like any normal bout of Pre-Menstrual Syndrome. I’m constipated, I’m depressed and I’ve got a pimple the size of a hazelnut on my chin…

This week’s Drabble details a junk mail scam, betraying Norm’s deep interest in e-mail spam scams, later manifesting itself in the Drabblecast’s signature “Nigerian Scam Spam Contest.” Norm wholeheartedly plugs “Between the Cracks Fiction,” the website archive of the feature story’s author, Kim McDougall. Norm issues a warning, that the feature is the grossest story Drabblecast has aired since “The Worm Within.” In it, a young woman spends a very difficult week dealing with a delicate medical condition. Feedback from Episode #36, “Pumpkin Seeds,” a Halloween special, was universally positive.

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Drabblecast 40 – Marbles

On November 28, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Horror, Strange

“Michael…” his mother said, smiling and bending toward him. “Don’t you think we should invite your new neighbor over to play?”

In Drabble News: the field of Taxidermy triumphs with the successful recovery of a famous cryptozoological (mystery) animal. This week’s Drabble, “Shark attack,” provides a surprising role reversal. The feature story, also by author Ayn Sauer, continues the theme of vicious youth. “Marbles” tells the tale of young Michael and a precocious young collector named Alice. It details a kiddie cross, the sort of thing that scars for life, or elicits a frightful smile. Head-scratcher feedback for Episode #35, “The Guilt Trader,” follows.

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Drabblecast 39 – The Beekeepers

On November 21, 2007

In Drabblecast, Horror, Sci-Fi

The Tehtix move so damn fast – scientists can’t ever keep up… and populations never know what hit them…

In a mind-bending tale of parasitic worms, intelligent wasps and a symbiotic virus, author J. Alan Pierce describes an unusual alien invasion that preserves its victims forever. The story connects themes of dreams and communication. Mr. Pierce had previously written Episode #18, “The One that Got Away.” Finally, Drabble News recounts the story of an alleged alien virus, arising from a meteor falling in Andes. A real-life story of contamination in the same region as the feature story co-incidence or premonition? Feedback #34, “The Suit,” rounded out the episode.

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Drabblecast 38 – Trifecta

On November 15, 2007

In Drabblecast, Fantasy, Sci-Fi, Strange

The Drabblecast’s first ever trifecta special, three short stories asking there interesting questions. Is best model, best witness? How much is a dream worth? And what would you do to get a pound of flesh?

This episode marked the first “Trifecta,” as Norm produced an anthology of three short-ish stories connected by a theme. Norm left the specific theme open for speculation by listeners. Was it perhaps, “lethal consumption?” In the first story, “Witness,” a cleaning robot recounts a mysterious incident from its uniquely prosaic point of view. Next, “Wiggin’s General Store,” turns out to be a place that sells dreams. No, really, sells dreams and not the safe kind. (The author, Basil Godevenos, wrote the poem “The Truth about the Reaper” in Episode #34.) The final story, “Pork and Steak Eye” ponders the ethics of willing organ-donor clones. Upon reading the feedback from Episode #33, “Dessert Storm,” a good laugh was had by all.

Trifecta – a run of three wins or grand events. Origin: 1970s from “tri” + “perfecta”

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Drabblecast 37 – Luna Springs

On November 8, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Romance, Sci-Fi

They say the gravity’s lessened here, air’s purified, filtered with vitamins and proteins. Even the light’s better – Luna Springs is on a mobile foundation timed to keep optimum reflected sunlight at all hours…

In Drabble News: a young girl born with four arms and four legs in India, believed to be the incarnation of a Hindu goddess, underwent surgery to remove her irregularities. Norm speculates on her attitude towards baby pictures later in life. Continuing on the theme of physical infirmities, the feature story features a sickly and wheelchair-bound grandfather. A man who found a place in a retirement community on the Moon, where “memories come alive with the moonlight and dance with the stars” leaving his grandson with a painful memory of his own. The story author, Patrick Hurley, has been published in “The Horror Library” and other venues. Feedback for Episode #32, “The Warden’s Last Day,” closes out the episode.

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Drabblecast 36 – Pumpkinseeds

On October 31, 2007

In Action, Drabblecast, Horror

Their orange gazes came from devilishly carved eyes and their vigilant stares sent a chill up Kincade’s neck. He had never liked the gutted vegetables that people found hauntingly ornamental this time of year…

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Drabblecast 35 – The Guilt Trader

On October 25, 2007

In Drabblecast, Horror

The rocking of the train soon lulled Patience into a deep sleep, and when Brian noticed her unconscious state he moved over opposite Eddie and asked, “So Eddie, what’s in the bag? It has a rather unpleasant odor…”

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Drabblecast 34 – The Suit

On October 20, 2007

In Drabblecast, Horror

I watched him traverse the crowded room. He seemed physically different. It was not his attire, for that was unchanged. He was in the same ice-cream white suit….

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Drabblecast 33 – Dessert Storm

On October 10, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Fantasy

Fimlick the thief becomes restless as he and his companions journey across the desert….

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Drabblecast 32 – The Warden’s Last Day

On October 3, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama

“It was 11 at night, and only a few shouts of men in the lifer block penetrated the concrete walls of death row. My name is Michael Zlocinac, and I am a warden of U.S. Federal Penitentiary at Magdalena, New Mexico…”

On this episode of the Drabblecast, on his last day as warden, the titular protagonist explains his complicated history, and the moral conundrums it presents. A rumination on capital punishment, legacy, and war.

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Drabblecast 31 – Office Consultation

On September 26, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

“What seems to be the problem John?”

“It’s difficult to explain Doctor. To put it in a nutshell, I’m increasingly unable to come to grips with being….

On this episode of the Drabblecast, a panicked patient visits his physician with a ‘unique’ ailment.

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Drabblecast 30 – 2084

On September 19, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

“What are you doing tonight?” asked Julian, with a sly smirk on his face. He knew that Winston was prone to doing the most outrageous things.

Winston smiled in return. “You know me Rick, nothing too risky!”…

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Drabblecast 29 – Code Brown

On September 12, 2007

In Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

The Drabblecast presents “Code Brown” by Dermot Glennon.

This episode opens with a little gospel, hehe. Then we move on to the Drabble Poetry Corner with a wonderful diddy by William D. Tucker. This poem is the second in a three-part series.

We also tease the People’s Choice awards with special props to today’s episode.

Story Excerpt:

“We cannot destroy it- it’s too valuable” said Klugscheisser
“And yet, it would be dangerous to keep it. We must hide it in the last place that anyone would ever think of looking for it…”

And now we present for your listening enjoyment:

Drabblecast # 29 – Code Brown

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Drabblecast 28 – The Hog-Faced Man

On September 5, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Horror

I listened to my father talk about the hog-faced man who came into his hospital room and stood at the foot of his bed.
“What does he say to you?” I asked.
My father turned his head and looked at me.
“He tells me he’s too early…”

On this episode of the Drabblecast, a spooky, sorrowful apparition causes a father to question his worldview. What secrets does this nocturnal visitor hide?

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Drabblecast 27 – Crazy

On August 29, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama, Fantasy

Ma called it the crazy. She always had. The old lady called it something else. Most of the time, before I- touched one- I used the word Ma used, or sometimes I called it the weirdness, to myself…

On this episode of the Drabblecast, the mother of a unique child must guide him towards greater knowledge of the powers he possesses.

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Drabblecast 26 – Once Upon a Hill in this City

On August 22, 2007

In Drabblecast, Drama

Two young men slink behind her…I catch the glint of metal from their back pockets and the answering glint of their teeth as they exchange smiles..

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Drabblecast 25 – The Worm Within

On August 15, 2007

In Drabblecast, Strange

Today we bring to you The Worm Within, by Vincent Eaton.

It’s a strange tale. A rather gross tale… about a tail. It’s a tale about a worm tail and a man’s tail area. And meat.

Have you ever felt something was off inside your body? Have you ever racked your brain straining to remember what you put into your body? Something that may have gone terribly wrong?

I’ve already said too much.

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Drabblecast 24 – Black and White Animals Part 3 : Chromatic Conclusions

On August 8, 2007

In Action, Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

Part Three of the Black and White Animals Trilogy, Brenda and the Black and White Animals Prepare for the Final Battle with Emperor Mersatz…

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Drabblecast 23 – Momentum

On August 1, 2007

In Drabblecast, Horror

Even after it really hit the fan out there, Dwight never ventured far from the carnival grounds. His fellow carneys had all left in search of family members to be with. But Dwight’s family was still here…

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Drabblecast 22 – Black and White Animals Part 2 : Vengeful Hearts

On July 25, 2007

In Action, Comedy, Drabblecast, Sci-Fi

With humanity’s fate at stake, Ling Ling and his Black and White followers face a new and mighty foe…

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