Anklecast 80 - Dr. Claw

Whoops! I just realized that I never posted my latest episode of the podcast to the regular podcast feed. The Patreon subscribers have been enjoying it for a while, but the rest of y'all just had to wait, I guess. 

So, today, I have a story that I wrote back in 2014 as part of a live-blogging story event. It's called Dr. Claw, and it comes from the premise "Despite being warned about them, someone plays a claw vending machine game...and wins big." We get to hear the story of Brody, what the claw machine game had for him, and what he did with his winnings. Afterward, Rish and I talk about the story, and how hard it is to share your work as a writer and not take comments too much to heart. 

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

You can find the episode on the podcast feed, download it by right-clicking HERE, or just hit the play button on the player below.

Anklecast 79 - Black Angel

New episode of The Anklecast up!

It's time for an all-new story. In this one, Pete comes upon some misfortune. His girlfriend, Cindy, in an effort to cheer him up, buys him a revenge crystal from a local shop. But then the revenge crystal turns out to work all too well...

Afterward, Rish and I talk about the creation of this story, how it came to be and how it holds up all of these years later.

You can find the story on the podcast feed or download by right-clicking HERE. Or you can just click the play button below.

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

 

Anklecast 78 - The Elephant in the Room (Part 5 - The End)

New Anklecast available!

The egg that Louis discovered in his room turned his life upside down. He fell into a deep well of intrigue and danger. Now, it's time to put his final plan into action. I hope you're ready for the exciting conclusion of the story in April's episode of "The Elephant in the Room."

Afterwards, Rish and I discuss the story and what led to its creation.

You can find the story on the podcast feed or download by right-clicking HERE. Or you can just click the play button below.

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

Anklecast 77 - The Elephant in the Room (Part 4)

Part four of The Elephant in the Room is here!

The egg that Louis discovered in his room turned out to be just the tip of the iceberg. Since disposing of it, the mystery has only grown deeper. Louis was on the verge of giving up on everything, but now, instead, he is determined to take the fight to the aliens. But there's more he doesn't know...find out just what further dark secrets await in this month's episode of "The Elephant in the Room."

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

Find it on the podcast feed now. To download the episode, right click HERE. Or just click the play button below.

Anklecast 76 - The Elephant in the Room (Part 3)

And now for part three of "The Elephant in the Room."

Louis found an alien egg hiding in plain sight in his room. Then the girl of his dreams suddenly started coming on to him. He ran from her like she was radioactive. How will she react the next day at school? What is going on? Why are these things happening? Find out more in this month's episode.

Afterward, Rish is back. Big and Rish now have something in common. They both spent some time in Venice, and they both loved it. They talk all about it in the post show. Hope you enjoy it.

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

Find it on the podcast feed now. To download the episode, right click HERE. Or just click the play button below.

Anklecast 75 - The Elephant in the Room (Part 2)

It's part two of "The Elephant in the Room" this month. 

The story deepens and becomes even more confusing and sinister. Louis thought he had things under control after he and his friend, Collin, figured out the egg a little, but now there's a further wrinkle. Listen and find out where it goes.

Not much in the way of post-show chat in this one. I was horribly sick, and it was all I could do to even get the show put together for y'all, but I'll never let you down, so at least there's that. Hope you enjoy it.

As always, thanks to Kevin McCleod at incompetech.com for the music.

Find it on the podcast feed now. To download the episode, right click HERE. Or just click the play button below.

Why Would Anyone Watch This?

When I was in Milan, I was home killing time before bed, and I turned on the TV. The shows were all in Italian, of course, so finding something to watch was difficult, but I found a couple of soccer games. Those are something that can be understood without speaking the language. Both Inter Milan and AC Milan were playing games in the Champions League that night, but for some reason I could only find Inter on the TV. AC Milan was playing that night in the San Siro, and their game might possibly not be on the TV to encourage people to attend in person. Maybe they do things like they do in the NFL, where the local game isn't on TV unless it's a sellout?

Anyhow, what I did find surprised me. I found this:

That guy is the radio announcer for the game. They had a TV show where you could watch a locked down camera pointing at the radio announcer as he called the game. You couldn't watch the game itself...but you could watch the radio announcer talk about it. I was really surprised by that. Who would want to watch that? I can understand listening to it on the radio, but if you're going to watch TV of the game...you want to actually watch the game, right? Why would you watch someone else watching the game? If we're going to do that, I ought to take it another level and have a show of me watching this guy watching the game. Or maybe I could start a whole industry of YouTube content reacting to the guy reacting to the game.