Alien Beer Podcast – Shelby

https://alienbeer.podbean.com/e/ep-11-shelby/

The energy for writing can come from many places. Sometimes it’s for the sheer joy of it. Sometimes it’s the adrenaline rush of an external, or self-imposed deadline approaching, other times it’s the siren call of the Muse, demanding that a particular story be written. This one was none of those. I was angry at the world, and I used my writing as outlet for it. I fueled my creativity with fury, and it turned out to also be good therapy at the same time. I wrote it in early 2014, but it didn’t find this final form, and title, until almost a year and a half later.

Content Warning: Loss of agency, bullying, confinement.

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Ch 9 – The Multiverse Blues – Hellhound On My Trail

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Following the attacks in Delta Earth, Hope’s Tour beat a hasty retreat through the New Louie Arch, moving on towards Delta Earth. In this episode, the crew looks to Hope for leadership in the face of deadly danger.

Before I begin this particular episode, I want to thank my listeners for following my stories. I would love to hear from you on Twitter or Facebook, especially if you have comments or questions about the road so far. I’d love to know who your favorite characters are, who you might be shipping with each other, and what you’d like to see happen in future episodes.

Our own ‘verse (Beta Earth Prime) has been an extra hard place for everyone since I began this podcast journey in February 2020; I hope my escape to other worlds has helped some of you cope. For me, it’s been a big help to me to have this project as a focus.

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/bgc7rw/Ch_9_-The_Multiverse_Blues-_Hellhound_On_My_Trail_b0ufm.mp3

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Alien Beer Podcast – Ep. 10 – Nightmare In Frills

For Halloween 2014, I joined a bunch of writer friends in a sort of blog-based celebration of the holiday in an event called the Coffin Hop. I asked for story elements from those friends, and this is what they came up with: Axel Howerton: peanut butter; Lori Michelle: a dead bush; Katie John: Doll’s pram; Julianne Snow: styrofoam plates.

My absolute idol in the flash fiction format is the late Fredric Brown, and his collection of tiny stories, Nightmares and Geezenstacks, served as inspiration for the title and creepy style of this particular story.

Content Warning: Loss of agency.

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Ch 8. The Multiverse Blues – From Four Till Late

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The show must go on! After the attack, the crew of Hope’s Tour gives the people of New Louie on Gamma Earth what they came for — a most unusual rock and blues concert!

The Multiverse Blues is a science fiction serial spanning many alternate realities.

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Alien Beer Podcast – Spectral Delivery

“Spectral Delivery” started life in early 2013 as a sample story to serve as introduction to my Road Ghosts Trilogy. Its chronological place in the series is somewhere between the second book, Sinking Down, and the third one, Me and the Devil, but it’s meant to stand alone, and contains no real spoilers. The story is included as a part of The Road Ghosts Omnibus and is read wonderfully in the audiobook by Sean Duregger. I’m not including his reading here on the podcast. If you’d prefer his professional reading over this free “read by the author”, then you’ll have to buy the audiobook. You should anyway, it’s worth it for Sean’s amazing reading of three books and this short story.

It’s told from the point of view of Enid, who’s an outsider to the supernatural adventures of Brett, Gonzo, and their friends, but she ended up charming me enough that I revisited her in “Christmas Special, which is later in the Alien Beer stories series.

P.S. I used to deliver pizzas for a living; the Hey Dudes are real.

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Alien Beer Podcast – Ch 7. The Multiverse Blues – Phonograph Blues

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When alien rock star Hope fails to show up for her own concert, Jules must spring into action to find out what’s behind her disappearance; they make a startling discovery.

The Multiverse Blues is a science fiction serial spanning many alternate realities.

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Ep. 8 – Killer Cure

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“Killer Cure” was my very first Iron Writer story. I wrote it for the third-ever Challenge, in March 2013, using these four elements: A failed superhero, a piano, a boat propeller and a Chechem/Chaka tree. My story won against two other Iron Writer participants, though their stories were quite good. It was such fun to write, it makes me wonder why I don’t do more superhero stories.

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Alien Beer Podcast – Ch 6. The Multiverse Blues – 32-20 Blues

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Jules and the crew of Hope’s Tour find themselves beset by xenophobic protesters as they set up for a show at the New Louie Coliseum in the Gamma Earth ‘verse.

https://mcdn.podbean.com/mf/web/ekzpvb/Ch_6__-The_Multiverse_Blues-_32-20_Blues.mp3

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Alien Beer Podcast – Ep. 6 – Moonlight Blossom

A rather personal bit of flash fiction. Looking back, it was foreshadowing about my own imminent transition that would blossom later that year.

Written for the Iron Writer Challenge in January 2015, I took on the following elements: Botticelli, a tiger lily, long hair, and steampunk goggles. The latter two elements demanded that I write a story involving my heroine Ida Stillwell, from my Trans-Continental steampunk books. It turned out to be an origin story that I decided was canon.

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Alien Beer Podcast: Bonus 4 – Speakeasy

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For this bonus episode, I have a special guest reading. My wife Amy Garrison wrote a fun bit of microfiction that I thought might make a topical bonus for the podcast. I envy her reading voice.

https://www.podbean.com/eu/pb-djnh9-d9b165

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