Episodes

  • Flash Fiction Fridays #44: (Ame's Art Desk crossover episode) The Celestial Companions

    Flash Fiction Fridays #44: (Ame's Art Desk crossover episode) The Celestial Companions
    May 29 2023
    A short story set within the Selkies' Skins universe by Teresa Garcia. This story is set sometime after Kirsty Makay has become a Merstudies professor at Castle Carrick, during the time she works to improve acceptance and peaceful relations with various merfolk. Here, she consults The Book of Seals in pursuit of an intriguing lost magical technology.
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    21 mins
  • Round The Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle #2: The Beetle Hunter

    Round The Fire Stories by Arthur Conan Doyle #2: The Beetle Hunter
    Mar 23 2023
    This is a live read recording of a reading done for the Trotsdale Library of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's "The Beetle Hunter" from his collection "Round the Fire Stories." As this reading is not done in a sound treated room there is a difference in quality between this and how I record for audiobooks done for or via ACX, Fiverr, or Findaway Voices.
    Recorded October 11, 2020Processed October 20, 2020
    Life got in the way of uploading to the podcast. It went up on Youtube the year intended though.
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    41 mins
  • Round The Fire Stories (Conan Doyle) 1: Leather Funnel

    Round The Fire Stories (Conan Doyle) 1: Leather Funnel
    Mar 23 2023
    This is a recording of a live read done for the Trotsdale Library in Second Life of the short story "Leather Funnel" from the collection "Round the Fire Stories" by Arthur Conan Doyle as part of my contribution to Halloween and Nightmare Night festivities. This book is in the Public Domain and freely available to download at Gutenberg.org. This is yet another catch up post that did not manage to make it over when it was supposed to.
    Not intended for children.
    As this recording had to be done while sitting by the computer to allow for speedy response in case of raids this is not at the usual quality of recording and was not done with my usual setup. It has been reduced down to mono due to some issues found in the recording file.
    Narrator: Teresa Garcia
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    37 mins
  • Ame's Bookshelf Interviews: Interviewing Author and Actress Vaishnavi Macdonald

    Ame's Bookshelf Interviews: Interviewing Author and Actress Vaishnavi Macdonald
    Mar 23 2023
    I was given the opportunity to interview new author and longtime Indian film and TV actress Vaishnavi Macdonald after a referral by my friend Sanghamitra Dasgupta. Her book is available for pre-order and will be released October 1st, 2020. This was supposed to be posted October 2020 to the podcast (not just the vidcast) but chaos happened.
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    10 mins
  • Chinese Folk Tales #18 The Pop-eyed Dragonfly and the Earthworm

    Chinese Folk Tales #18 The Pop-eyed Dragonfly and the Earthworm
    Mar 23 2023
    In the old days they say body parts could be loaned. In this tale we learn why Dragonfly has such large eyes and why the earthworm has none. This was supposed to have been uploaded in October of 2020, but things were a little chaotic for me.
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    9 mins
  • Flash Fiction Fridays #38: Flash Novel Author Nancy Stohlman Interview

    Flash Fiction Fridays #38: Flash Novel Author Nancy Stohlman Interview
    Mar 24 2023
    In this interview, I chat with Nancy about her latest flash novel, "After the Rapture," writing, life, routines, and about being a professor, and the importance of college. The audio is already posted to my Patreon in a patron-only level to allow my Patreon Patrons a chance to hear it first.

    Nancy Stohlman is the author of six books including Going Short: An Invitation to Flash Fiction (2020), winner of the 2021 Reader Views Gold Award and re-released in 2022 as an audiobook. Her fiction includes After the Rapture (March 7, 2023), Madam Velvet’s Cabaret of Oddities (2018), The Vixen Scream and Other Bible Stories (2014), The Monster Opera (2013), and Searching for Suzi: a flash novel (2009). Nancy’s work has been anthologized widely, appeared in the Norton anthology New Micro: Exceptionally Short Fiction and The Best Small Fictions 2019, as well as adapted for stage and screen. She teaches at the University of Colorado Boulder, as well as around the world through online instruction and destination retreats. 
    CONNECT WITH NANCY ONLINE OFFICIAL WEBSITE: NancyStohlman.comFACEBOOK: /nancy.stohlmanYOUTUBE: /nancystohlmanTWITTER: @nancystohlmanFLASH FICTION RETREATS: flashfictionretreats.com
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    Less than 1 minute
  • Flash Fiction Fridays #37: Delicious (Horror)

    Flash Fiction Fridays #37: Delicious (Horror)
    Aug 7 2020

    A pigeon begins to feed on his own and is kicked out of his flock. He makes some new friends and goes to a rather sad place with a flock of crows for some disturbingly strange fare. Questionable choices are made by our possibly misguided bird friend and he makes a grisly discovery. This short flash fiction of a horror is NOT for the squeamish.

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    6 mins
  • Flash Fiction Fridays Bonus: Ame Reads: The Witches' Creed by Doreen Valiente

    Flash Fiction Fridays Bonus: Ame Reads: The Witches' Creed by Doreen Valiente
    Aug 7 2020

    I am not feeling very well lately and have several illustrations to do as well as the writing for Flash Fiction Month. With two upcoming doctor appointments requiring long distance travel this month I will be slowing down. It has been a bit since a meditation or a poetry reading. With this in mind I hope you enjoy Doreen Valiente's "The Witches' Creed" as read by myself and set to music. It can be read here: https://www.sacred-texts.com/bos/bos083.htm
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    3 mins