• The Word Count Podcast-Episode 100
    Nov 2 2020

    HUMANS of the FUTURE

    Host: R. B. Wood    Show Notes: HTTP://www.rbwood.com

    Ten years, 100 podcasts--it all comes down to this very last show.

    To our listeners, I say thank you for allow is to entertain you with our stories--nearly 700 of them--we wrote these for you.

    To the authors who have shared stories on the show--there would have been NO "Word Count Podcast" without you. Thank you for your time and your talent.

    The Prompt:

    GUESTS:

    Rob Edwards –“100 Humans of the Future”

    M. J. King – “They Don't Win in This One”

    Karl Dandenell - “Stones of Särdal” 

    Cameron Garriepy - "Dinner Plans"

    C. Thomas Smith -"Morpheus"

    Maria Haskins –“The Stars in Heaven Sing a Music”

    W. B. J. Williams –“A Phoenix Lands”

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“Unclogged”

    Bill Kirton –“Perhaps. Nothing More”

    Eden Baylee – “Final Cut”

    R. B. Wood -"100"

     

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    1 hr and 19 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast: Episode 99
    Sep 28 2020

    HOST: R. B. Wood      SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

    As I mentioned last time, after the 100th show, the sun will finally be setting on the Word Count Podcast after ten years.

    Ten years. My God.

    But before I tear up and get all "old man nostalgic," we still have two shows left to knock out of the park.

    Episode 99 continues our "Human" trilogy of shows and we have six brand new stories about Humans of the present.

    The #WordCountIrregulars certainly have outdone themselves this time 'round!

    The picture for the prompt and inspiration?

    GUESTS:

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“I Feel Love...I Think”

    Maria Haskins – “From A Distance, Constellations”

    Rob Edwards "Doctor Deathray and the Girl in the Orchard"

    W. B. J. Williams – “An Old Grudge”

    M. J. King - "Pay Attention"

    Eden Baylee & Bill Kirton – “I Am What I Am”

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    53 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast: Episode 98
    Sep 1 2020

    Humans of the Past

    Host: R. B. Wood  Show Notes: www.rbwood.com

    Episode 98 begins our "Human" trilogy of shows, and we have five brand new stories about Humans of the past.

    The WordCountIrregulars certainly have outdone themselves this time 'round!

    The Picture for the prompt and inspiration?

    GUESTS:

    Bill Kirton – “The Dig”

    Eden Baylee -"How to Get A Head"

    Rob Edwards“Professor Prodigious' Discovery“

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“Modern Man”

    W. B. J. Williams –“The Girl and the Unicorn”

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    38 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast: Episode 97
    Aug 7 2020

    Host: R. B. Wood  Show Notes: www.rbwood.com

    Finally.

    The "Year of Hell" as I'm calling 2020, took a personal turn over the summer.

    The details are unimportant. But suffice to say that there were troubles and they were addressed (or continue to be addressed).

    Prompt:

    GUESTS:

    Bill Kirton & Eden Baylee – “A Tale of Two Geralds”

    Maria Haskins – “The Rules of Meerkats

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“Saturday Morning”

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    33 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast-Episode 96
    May 26 2020

    "WHO GOES THERE?"

    HOST: R. B. Wood       SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

    Time flies when you're in quarantine, I guess. But my bright spots each month include receiving stories from the Word Count Irregulars based on a theme posted earlier in the month, and putting those stories in a FREE to Listen podcast just for you!

    Our theme this year is Animals and I gave our intrepid author's this creepy picture to get the creative juices flowing:

    GUESTS:

     Bill Kirton – “Who Am I?”

    W. B. J. Williams – “What the Owl Brings at Night”

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“Jeopardy”

    Maria Haskins - "Owl, Girl, Rooks"

    Eden Baylee - "At Long Last Sleep"

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    35 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast-Episode 95
    Apr 28 2020

    "Sssssilence"

    Host: R. B. Wood        Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

    I hope this post finds you and your families all well and safe. 2020 has been a nightmare so far, hasn’t it? I hope the coming months see better times ahead for us all.

    Our theme this year is Animals and the Word Count Irregulars were given the task of writing a story based on this picture:

    I have a secret love of snakes and the writers have an amazing show for you this time around!

    GUESTS:

    Eden Baylee & Bill Kirton – “Invasion”

    Salvantonio Clemente - "Secrets Don’t Make Friends"

    W. B. J. Williams –“The Serpent in the Halub Tree”

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey“A Snake Charmer”

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    35 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast-Episode 94
    Mar 30 2020

    Isolation

    HOST: R. B. Wood   Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

    What a fitting title for episode 94 in this era of "social distancing."

    I hope this note finds you and your families all well and safe. 2020 has been a nightmare so far, hasn't it? I hope the coming months see better times ahead for us all.

    Our theme this year is Animals and the Word Count Irregulars were given the task of writing a story based on this picture:

    GUESTS:

    Bill Kirton – “Wolf”

    Tim Meredith - "After Ashfall"

    Eden Baylee – “Bury the Truth”

    Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – “A Lone Wolf”

    W. B. J. Williams – “The Lone Wolf of Boston”

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    34 mins
  • The Word Count Podcast-Episode 93
    Feb 25 2020

    HOST: R. B. Wood     SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

    Climate change is happening all around us. In recent years, we've seen record temperatures across the planet, significant melting at the poles, the accelerated extinction of many species, and an increase in the violence of major storms.

    Nothing epitomizes these accelerating changes more than the recent devastating fires in Australia.

    So with recent events and our theme of Animals in mind, this was the prompt to challenge our authors--the Word Count Irregulars:

    GUESTS:

    Bill Kirton – “Koala”

    Maria Haskins“Come and See”

    Eden Baylee – “Watchful Eyes”

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    25 mins