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Welcome to the seventh and final official audio episode of Voices From the Darkness. You ll likely see a few more audio contributions in a bootleg episode down the road, but this the last audio Voices presentation for OBSIDIAN. All of the audio in this episode was contributed anonymously by 7th Son fans around the globe. If you recognize your contribution in this episode, please contact J.C. and he ll include your credit in the shownotes here. Coming up on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: More fan-created content and Eusocial Networking by Scott Sigler . ShareThis

Welcome to the eighth video episode of Voices From the Darkness, where the stars and creators are 7th Son fans from across this globe. This is the third of a daily triple play of videos. There will be one final Voices From the Darkness episode later this week. Today s fantastic episode was created by Dan Woodward and friends. Check out their work here and here. ShareThis

This is a fixed repost of OBSIDIAN episode 28. The video froze in the previous version of this episode, but has been fixed here. Please accept J.C. s apologies for the inconvenience. Also, please see his note at the end of this post for another apology regarding another part of this vid. Welcome to the seventh video episode of Voices From the Darkness, where the stars and creators are 7th Son fans from across this globe. This is the second of a triple play of videos: tomorrow will see the release of the third and likely final Voices From the Darkness video episodes. Scene One: Les Zaldor Scene Two: Geoff Schaadt Scene Three: Jeremiah McCoy Scene Four: Rob Suarez NOTE FROM J.C.: I had some serious issues with the video for this episode. In the process of troubleshooting, I swapped the order of two clips Geoff Schaadt s and Jeremiah McCoy s but neglected to change their order in the end credits. The credits list Jeremiah s clip as being Scene Two and Geoff s as Scene Three. The video is inaccurate; those credits should be reversed. The correct credits are listed here in the shownotes. Please accept my apologies, Jeremiah, Geoff and 7th Son viewers. ShareThis

Welcome to the sixth video episode of Voices From the Darkness, where the stars and creators are 7th Son fans from across this globe. This is the first of a triple play of videos: tomorrow and the next day will see releases of additional episodes, as well. Scene One: Chooch, Viv and family Scene Two: Corwin Scene Three: Jett Scene Four: Micheal Bekemeyer ShareThis

Welcome to the sixth episode of Voices From the Darkness. All of the audio in this episode was contributed anonymously by 7th Son fans around the globe. If you recognize your contribution in this episode, please contact J.C. and he ll include your credit in the shownotes here. Coming up on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: More fan-created content and Eusocial Networking by Scott Sigler . ShareThis

Today sees the release of the hilarious short-short story The Odds by the legendary Wichita Rutherford! Wichita Rutherford is the world-renowned podcast celebrity. He is recognized as a true pioneer of the podcasting movement and continues to push the envelope with his cutting edge, innovative digital content. He s also precious. When Wichita first came on the podcasting scene, it was obvious he was something special. An interviewer and Bluegrass historian with a knack for making famous people laugh, it didn t take long for the Bluegrass community to take notice, including superstars such as Alison Krauss, Dierks Bentley, John Paul Jones, Ricky Skaggs, Gillian Welch, Bela Fleck and Doc Watson. These are just some of the superstars who lined up to be interviewed on his podcast, 5 Minutes with Wichita. Demand became so insatiable that Wichita soon found himself the very first Podcaster with a deal at SIRIUS Satellite Radio. XM is now Wichita s satellite radio home after his two-year run on SIRIUS. His new show, The Grand Old Time Machine, has an unprecedented fan base. Wichita is also one of the celebrity spokespersons for TreeMe.org, a fledgling non-profit whose goal is to have 25,000 trees planted the week of 4/20/09. PROMOS: TreeMe.org Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: Two Voices from the Darkness episodes one audio, one video and then the debut of Scott Sigler s two-part masterpiece, Eusocial Networking! ShareThis

Feast your ears on the penultimate showcase short story in 7th Son: OBSIDIAN The Goodbye Party, by Christiana Ellis. Christiana Ellis is an award-winning writer and podcaster living in Morrisville, North Carolina. She has been podcasting since September of 2005, when she launched her first show, Christiana Talks About Stuff. Since then, podcasting has assimilated all of her free time, much like the Borg. In 2006, she produced a podcast audiobook version of her then-unpublished novel, Nina Kimberly the Merciless, a comic fantasy about the teenage daughter of a feared Barbarian conqueror. Nina Kimberly the Merciless was a finalist for the first ever Parsec Award for Best Speculative Fiction Story: Long Form, and since completion of the podcast version, the novel has been selected for print publication by Dragon Moon Press, coming to bookstores in May, 2009. Among her multiple other projects, Christiana also produced Space Casey, a ten-episode audiodrama miniseries about a con artist who steals the wrong spaceship. Casey s adventures earned Christiana multiple award nominations, and was the winner of the both the American Society for Science Fiction Audio s prestigious Mark Time Award, and the 2008 Parsec Award for Best Audio Drama Short Form. Even beyond the podosphere, Space Casey has received radio play on multiple radio stations all over the country. Presently, Christiana has some big projects in development, but in the meantime she has been contributing to other podcasts, including Mur Lafferty s Stories of the Third Wave, 7th Son: Obsidian, and the collaborative storyline of the Pieces Podcast. Last but not least, Christiana s Shallow Thoughts has been running continuously since April, providing a daily dose of serene surrealism, and earning the 2008 Podcast Peer Award for Best Short Podcast. Find her online at ChristianaEllis.com. PROMOS: The Prophet of Panamindorah podiobook The Naked Bootleg Collapse at Hidden Verse Three Three Two podiobook Coming up on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: More Voices from the Darkness episodes and Euscocial Networking, the two-part tale by Scott Sigler! ShareThis

Filmed in 1992 in a basement with no script, no budget and a borrowed videocamera, two teenagers made a Star Trek fan film. Nearly 10 years later, the footage was edited with music and sound effects, creating this result This week, I ve been posting a hysterically bad (but, based on fan reaction, very charming) Star Trek fan film I helped create when I was a teenager. Part One showed us the setup; Part Two delivered the punchline. In 2001, using video editing software nearly 10 years after friend Adam Fisher and I shot this silly little flick, I created the version of USS Proxima that we d always wanted to make. However, the original version of the movie wasn t as polished as what you ve seen. (If what you ve seen could be called polished, natch.) Now you can witness a far more accurate take on what Proxima originally looked like sans music, sound effects and special effects in this outtake reel. There s plenty of blank stares into the video camera, flubbed lines, windbag stream-of-consciousness Captain s Logs and perhaps best of all, what our original special effects shots looked like. Set phasers to stunned. J.C. ShareThis

Filmed in 1992 in a basement with no script, no budget and a borrowed videocamera, two teenagers made a Star Trek fan film. Nearly 10 years later, the footage was edited with music and sound effects, creating this result Yesterday, I posted Part One of a preposterously, wonderfully bad Star Trek fan film that me and childhood friend Adam Fisher created 16 years ago. Star Trek: USS Proxima was filmed in about five hours with a bulky VHS video camera in the basement of my childhood home. Adam and I made up the story as we went along, shamelessly (and wittingly) aping the plot of our favorite Trek movie for inspiration. This footage remained untouched for nearly a decade, but using a video editing app in 2001, I cut out a great many flubbed lines, and spliced in sound effects, a soundtrack and special effects shots (read: footage from several Trek movies). The result is this video, a slightly less-bad version of the flick. This was the version Adam and I always wanted to make. Here s the second part of the movie; expect a blooper reel to drop tomorrow. Among other sundries, that episode features what our special effects shots initially looked like. (We pointed our vidcam at a TV screen that played Trek movies). As with most science-fiction epics, the final act of USS Proxima relies heavily on space battle shots. There s not as much acting in this episode as there is in Part One, but I m fairly happy with how my 2001 editing turned out. More important, the ending featuring close-ups of the crew should make you chuckle. More to come tomorrow, but for now, enjoy the conclusion of Star Trek: USS Proxima . J.C. Link to Blip.tv version here. ShareThis

Filmed in 1992 in a basement with no script, no budget and a borrowed videocamera, two teenagers made a Star Trek fan film. Nearly 10 years later, the footage was edited with music and sound effects, creating this result Those two teenagers were Louisville, Ky., residents Adam Fisher and Chris Hutchins that Hutchins kid now known on the World Wide Everywhere as me, J.C.  We recorded the footage for what became Star Trek: USS Proxima in about five hours, spread over two days. I was 16 or 17 at the time. Adam was a year younger. The locale in which you ll see this fine 16-year-old cinematic masterpiece (or farce, depending on your sense of humor) take place is the basement of my childhood home. For a handful of years, Adam, me and other neighborhood boys would play Bridge meaning, play in this subterranean Star Trek bridge for hours, day after day. We built the set out of scavenged wood, milk crates, old chairs, and broken computer and audio equipment. Our wall-mounted readout screens were chalkboards. We even rigged red alert lights and other fixtures to make our bridge as believable as possible. I have a very clear memory of being electrocuted in the Proxima bridge, while connecting a strobe light to an overtaxed electrical outlet. That knocked me on my ass, and blew a fuse, to boot. By 1992, Adam and I were the only kids on the block playing Bridge. The fun had died for the others understandable, as we were growing up, after all. But Adam and I got a wild idea for one last hurrah: a movie. Neither of our families could afford video cameras, so I borrowed one from Blockbuster Video, where I worked. We shot the footage, and as wise filmmakers, even filmed special effects i.e., we pointed the vidcam at Star Trek movies playing on a television. Spaceships! Since there were only two of us, but numerous roles to fill, you might notice that many of the Proxima crew are very similar in appearance. Run with it. We ad-libbed the story and dialogue as we went, shamelessly stealing the plot of our favorite Trek movie near the end. (We were tired.) It was all so wonderfully, desperately cheesy and bad, but we had a blast. Our plans to take our footage and Trek movie videocassettes for our special effects to a local video editing company died on the vine. As the years went on, I lost contact with Adam, as well. I don t recall ever playing Bridge with Adam after we made this movie. When I moved to Florida for my first post-college pro gig, I bought an iMac and used iMovie to create the version of USS Proxima that Adam and I envisioned. I added music, sound effects and those all-important special effects shots we d pined for back in the day. What you see here is the first half of the movie; I ll soon post the second half and a deleted footage reel in which you ll bear witness to some classic flubs in the days ahead. Watching this movie takes me back, man. I ll likely blog about how Star Trek, playing Bridge, and that tiny basement room made a big impact on my life. But that comes later. For now, just dim the lights, hit play and watch the biggest little movie two teenagers could make, 16 years ago. J.C. Embed code for sharing: embed src= http://blip.tv/play/AcytMIuSQQ type= application/x-shockwave-flash width= 320 height= 270 allowscriptaccess= always allowfullscreen= true /embed ShareThis

Howdy, faithful Beta Clones! Sorry for the delay in posting new OBSIDIAN content, but as many of you know, I spent the past weekend at Dragon*Con and as you ll soon see, I obviously needed a few days to recover from the sleep deprivation. While I was in Atlanta, I did shoot a very brief video that delights me to no end. You get to meet a member of my family in this handheld minute-thirty masterpiece! You also get to see what I m like in person, when in the company of my wonderful sister, Melissa. Enjoy and expect OBSIDIAN to resume next week! J.C. ShareThis

Welcome to the fifth Voices From The Darkness video episode a series of video stories created by 7th Son fans. This one, titled Obsidian: Blackout, was created by 7th Son fans based in Australia. How did these Aussies portray life in the U.S. during the two-week OBSIDIAN blackout? You ll have to watch, to admire their creativity. Obsidian: Blackout Starring Matt Brooks, Holly Barker & Nic Barker With support from Lachlan Brooks, Kathryn Brooks & Robert Mitchell Excellent stuff, guys. Thanks so much for playing in my universe, from a half-world away. ShareThis

Welcome to the fifth audio episode of Voices From The Darkness, a set of stories set during 7th Son: OBSIDIAN blackout. Voices From The Darkness is a series that is entirely created by you, and people just like you: 7S fans from across the globe. I ve been amazed by these contributions, and the experiment in fiction that they represent. Ultimately, VFTD reveals, at least to me, that a creator of a fictional world can successfully open up his universe for not just other authors which is what OBSIDIAN s short stories do but to fans, and receive world-class, world-building, universe-enhancing entertainment from them. VFTD is remarkable in that it proves that the membrane between audience and author isn t just flexible, it s downright breakable, and that the roles can be reversed in a way that everybody benefits. I m delighted to be a spectator for the OBSIDIAN experience for these episodes specifically and I m proud of what you have created here. And so, let s turn the lights off, and once again dive into the calls from the blackout. Behold, the world that you and your fellow fans have created: a world where, when the power fails, chaos reigns J.C. Note: I will post contributors names and links in this entry next week, after return from Dragon*Con. Thanks for your patience! ShareThis

This OBSIDIAN episode features a comedic skit from musician and podcaster George Hrab and writer and podcaster Soccergirl. These artists are dangerously smart and talented, and it s an honor to have them appear here in the OBSIDIAN podcast. About George Hrab: Multi-instrumentalist, singer, songwriter, producer and composer George Hrab has written and produced five independent CDs; published one book; performed for President Clinton; shared the stage with countless numbers of musicians and acts; and is the de facto President for Life of The Geologic Orchestra. He also does a mean solo acoustic show. Dude s got charisma. George also produces a weekly podcast called The Geologic Podcast, which has been nominated for a 2008 Parsec Award for Best Infotainment Cast. About Soccergirl: One of the first podcasters ever, Soccergirl has written, starred in and produced nearly 300 episodes of her popular audio and video podcast, Soccergirl, Incorporated, reaching an audience of up to 80,000 worldwide. The show features free thinking moxie, the pluck of the ages and satirical social commentary via an eclectic mix of experimental fiction (much of it science-y), original music (including freestyle rhymes), fake news, interviews, the lusty interpretation of cartoon classics and comedic improvisation. She s switchblade brilliant. Learn more about George s work at GeologicRecords.net, and find Soccergirl s podcast and blog at SoccergirlIncorporated.com. PROMO: Star Wars: Codename Starkeeper audio drama ShareThis

The black is back. Today marks the debut of the second half of 7th Son: OBSIDIAN, and it s a frickin doozy thanks to this week s powerhouse author. (If you re dying to know why OBSIDIAN was on hiatus, listen to the intro of the most recent UltraCreatives interview with author/podcaster Mur Lafferty.) Meet Matt Wallace. He s as tall as a tree and as dangerous as Killdozer because Everyone Knows a Machine Cannot Kill. Except the Machine. Ferociously talented, Matt is a Parsec Award-winning author whose short story Delve is nominated for a 2008 Parsec for short story and is best known in the podcasting community for The Failed Cities Monologues and countless contributions to the exceptional short story podcast, Variant Frequencies. Matt is also a screenwriter, and is currently working on several short- and long-form fiction projects. His short story anthology The Next Fix, published by APEX Publications, is currently available for purchase. Try Amazon.com. It will make your head explode. This week, Matt Wallace brings us Receiver. In addition to being a perfect representation of his gritty, kick-you-in-the-balls, tear-out-your-jugular prose, Receiver is also the first full-length short story that Matt Wallace has read in podcasting. The audio was produced by Rick Stringer, creator of the Variant Frequencies podcast. Learn more about Matt s work at Matt-Wallace.net, and find Variant Frequencies at VariantFrequencies.com. PROMOS: Jesus Geek Seth Harwood s new Young Junius podiobook Adventures In Sci-Fi Publishing s contest ShareThis

As reported in my recent UltraCreatives interview with author and podcaster Mur Lafferty, Mur recently reactivated the Playing for Keeps Stories of the Third Wave fan podcast to promote the novel s Author Sanctioned™ release date of August 25 at Amazon.com. This anthology of fan-created content is astounding in scope; Mur told UltraCreatives listeners that she d received so many stories for Third Wave, she s resorting to a daily release schedule just to keep up. How cool is that? Even cooler (at least for me) is that Mur invited me aboard to write a short story set in her Playing for Keeps universe. I was flattered by her offer and concocted Gestalt, my contribution to the project. It was also a blast to get back in front of the mic and reading my own fiction again. Longtime listeners of the 7th Son podcast know that 7S was originally conceived as a superhero story but since I was (and to a degree, still am) convinced that believable superhero tales are extremely hard to tell in prose fiction, I abandoned that concept for a more realistic narrative. As I wrote Gestalt, I set to prove myself wrong and I think I did just that. Your reaction as a reader may prove differently, but I m very proud of this little story, and I hope I did Mur Lafferty s universe justice with it. If you ve never heard the Playing for Keeps podiobook or the Stories of the Third Wave podcast, but like what you hear here, be sure to visit PlayingForKeepsNovel.com to subscribe to both projects. And please help support Mur Lafferty s work as she rushes the Amazon charts on August 25. Here s a link to the book s product page at Amazon.com but please be a part of the community effort and wait to purchase Playing for Keeps on the 25th. Stay super. J.C. ShareThis

My apologies to you amazing Beta Clones for not delivering a 7th Son: OBSIDIAN episode in nearly two weeks. Things have been ultra-hectic in these parts. What have I been up to? I put the final final edit of Personal Effects: Dark Art to bed, performed some first reader duties, wrote a short story for Mur Lafferty s Stories of the Third Wave podcast (watch for its release next week, narrated by me), and have been putting a treeemendous amount of time and sweat into my new pop culture blog project, MINE. That s in addition to concocting promotional plans for Dark Art, wooing authors for blurb quotes, sniffing for a film agent, doing a few more UltraCreatives interviews before the series concludes it goes on and on But I m still alive that counts for something, I hope and I wanted to deliver something cool (and hopefully) interesting in the podcast feed as I gear up for releasing the second half of 7th Son: OBSIDIAN. I m proud to present this, a recent interview I did with several podcasters and fans at Podcast Island in Second Life. Podcast Island is the awesome creation of Gary Leland, Itazura, Radar and others at PodcastPickle.com. (Podcast Pickle is the very best place on the Net to learn about podcasting, and become part of an amazing community of casters and listeners.) Here, I was welcomed into an awesome round table style discussion, where anyone could ask me questions. The conversation started with us (appropriately enough) chatting about Second Life, but quickly veered into some fun, funny and deep territory. The interview will soon be added to the Podcast Island Podcast feed. This interview captures a lot of my perspectives on new media and podcasting, and reveals some details about my personal philosophies and life that I ve never publicly shared before. It was a trememdous honor to chat with podcaster colleagues, and I hope you enjoy this conversation as much as I did. Expect the second half of 7th Son: OBSIDIAN to debut next week. J.C. ShareThis

This week s OBSIDIAN short-short story is presented by the amazing characters from The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd. If you ve never listened to The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd before, you re in for a real treat. This episode is the perfect introduction to the funniest, best-produced, most-charming and most-creative podcast on the planet. The web s longest running family friendly podcast, The Radio Adventures Of Dr. Floyd is often called A Prairie Home Companion for kids.   Imagine Rocky ve got The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd! Each episode is zany fun for kids from 4 to 90, so check it out at DoctorFloyd.com and be sure to send Dr. Floyd and the gang an appreciative email for their OBSIDIAN story! (And don t forget to visit ImaginationRanger.com to learn how you can get your Dr. Floyd Decoder Ring!) A note to Dr. Floyd fans and you know who you are keep in mind that this episode takes place before the events in Episode #613. For everyone else, enjoy this fun stand-alone episode! Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: We return to Voices From the Darkness territory with more fan-created audio and video! ShareThis

This week s short story showcase episode features the exciting conclusion of Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff s tale, Nemesis. This powerhouse of a novelette is packed with wordsmithing hot sauce: sex, violence, double-crosses and an ending that ll rock your socks. Please do yourself the favor of checking out Mark s other fiction the Shadow Falls audio drama series, Number One With A Bullet, Transistor Rodeo and much more by visiting his website, MarkYoshimotoNemcoff.com. And please send him an appreciative email for his OBSIDIAN story and stellar performance. J.C. is mum during this episode s outro, but the intro is bursting with talky-talk pimpage of J.C. s recent appearances in the podosophere: J.C. reads a The Story So Far recap for the terrific New World Orders podiobook and schools One Minute How-To listeners on how to promote a podcast novel He also had a terrific interview with Carrie Runnals on her in-depth Words To Mouth podcast (episode 1 is here; episode 2 is here) J.C. talks podfiction and comic book movies on The Kid Dogg Show HollywoodJesus.com has released an extensive text interview with J.C. J.C. is also a recurring character in Mur Lafferty s audio drama, The Takeover Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: The cast of The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd experience the blackout. You ll giggle like a kid at this one! PROMOS: Double Trouble promo with Tee Morris and Phillipa Ballantine (watch for an UltraCreatives interview with these brilliant folk very soon!) Seth Harwood s new CrimeWAV crime fiction anthology Celebrate Soccergirl s 300th (and final!) episode J.F. Lewis Staked print novel promo 65 Below podiobook by Basil Sands ShareThis

It s the fourth and longest to date Voices From the Darkness video episode, feautring 20 minutes of content created by fans just like you. We take a slightly different look at the OBSIDIAN blackout in this episode, as we explore the (darkly) humorous side of things, and then wrap up the video with an epic machinima short film. This week s content is both whimsical and ultra-creative, and J.C. Hutchins is proud to showcase it here. Contributions by: Mur Lafferty Beth Case Montie Green and The Galactic Watchtower team Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: The conclusion to Nemesis, Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff s two-part short story! ShareThis

Welcome to the fourth audio episode of Voices from the Darkness, a series of OBSIDIAN episodes that feature stories from 7th Son fans from around the world. These tales are the first of their kind anywhere in podcasting: J.C. Hutchins invited fans to imagine themselves as residents of the 7th Son universe and to share their stories of survival and horror for inclusion in this anthology. This week sees the release of Love Thy Neighbor, written by J.C. s Myxer.com co-worker and friend Jeffrey Sass. Jeff has written and produced for both film and television, with projects ranging from nationally-syndicated childrens programming to classic Troma films such as Sgt. Kabukiman, NYPD. Jeff has also collaborated with William Shatner for a PC game based on Shatner s TekWar novel series. If you enjoyed this tale, send Jeff Sass and email at jwsass@gmail.com. You can also learn more about him at Sassholes.Blogspot.com and SocialNetworkingRehab.Blogspot.com. Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: The fourth episode in the Voices From the Darkness video series! ShareThis

This week s must-listen OBSIDIAN short-short is by Dan Klass. This is a masterpiece of audio fiction, and J.C. considers it one of the crown jewels in the OBSIDIAN anthology. Dan Klass is the host and creator of The Bitterest Pill, an award-winning podcast in which he talks about his life on the outskirts of the entertainment industry while raising his kids under the flight path at LAX.  The show has been described by The New York Times as intelligent, endearing, and sublime, and has been featured on NPR, NBC 4, Fox News and in USAToday.com and The Christian Science Monitor.  He is also the co-author of Podcast Solutions: The Complete Guide to Audio and Video Podcasting. Please subscribe to The Bitterest Pill and send Dan Klass a well-deserved appreciative email by visiting TheBitterestPill.com. J.C. also unleashes gobs of timely news in his talky-talk intro and outro, including: Parts One and Two of J.C. s fun interview with Joe on the OnThePodcast podcast, featuring some delicious tidbits about J.C. s next book, Personal Effects: Dark Art An opportunity to lend a helping hand to 7th Son superfan Gemini and her family by making a donation at the Time Well Wasted blog A mini-geekout update about Personal Effects: Dark Art, and its state of production The 7th Son T-shirt store at Geeklabel.com is closing on Aug. 15. If you want to snag a shirt or two (at less than $15 a pop), get crackin The world premiere of a brand-new Celldweller song this one is the ultra-intense, incredible Birthright (Birthwrong Remix by Blue Stahli) . The full song is available here in this episode; download the song for free at FixtOnline.com/FreeDownloads.html Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: A very special Voices From the Darkness episode! ShareThis

This week s OBSIDIAN short story episode begins with a much-chagrined J.C. pleading for your help to make nice-nice with the Podcasting Karma Gods. Why? Well, he totally blew a promise to fellow podcaster Guy David to promote Guy s ultra-cool OBSIDIAN-inspired Night Guy podcast episode. So please after you listen to this episode of OBSIDIAN check out Guy David s blackout version of The Night Guy. Click here to listen to the OBSIDIAN-inspired Night Guy episode! On to this week s short story, titled Nemesis, written and narrated by Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff. This is the first part of an epic suspense-filled novellette; its conclusion will debut next week. If you like what you hear, be sure to email Mark and tell him so. You can find Mark s contact information at MarkYoshimotoNemcoff.com. In J.C. s intro talky talk, he (doesn t) pimp: John Alpha for President Cool deets about his new novel, Personal Effects: Dark Art, which can be heard in J.C. s UltraCreatives interview with Matthew Wayne Selznick The easily-accessible blog post for the first installment in J.C. s serialized text tale, 7th Son: Runner Two incredible must-read thrillers: Deep Storm by Lincoln Child and Hide by Lisa Gardner. He s currently reading His Majesty s Dragon by Naomi Novick (good so far), and John Steakley s Armor and Vampire$ are next in the queue Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: An incredible and poignant contribution from The Bitterest Pill creator Dan Klass, more Voices from the Darkness episodes, and if J.C. can get his shit together an OBSIDIAN Clone Line episode. PROMOS: Guy David s OBSIDIAN-themed Night Guy episode New World Orders podiobook Sci-Fi Dimensions podcast Interview for a Wizard podiobook Feedback about OBSIDIAN is welcome and appreciated! Send J.C. an email, leave a comment below, or call the Clone Line at 206-984-2566 (CLONE). ShareThis

The podcast feed has been hijacked by an ultra-powerful entity! No, it s not Kilroy2.0 it s Matthew Wayne Selznick, author of the trailblazing podiobook (and damned good novel) Brave Men Run: A Novel of the Sovereign Era. Listen to this killer promo personalized for 7th Son fans, in which Matt announces his ambitious plans to rush the Amazon charts on July 13 (the book s release date), and the incredible all-day event he has planned to celebrate the release. As part of this history-making LIVE event, Matt will read seven short stories set in the Brave Men Run universe, from some of the hottest names in podfiction, including: Mur Lafferty (”Playing For Keeps”) Nathan Lowell (The “Golden Age of the Solar Clipper” novels) Matt Wallace (”The Next Fix”) J.R. Blackwell (Voices of Tomorrow) Jared Axelrod (The Voice of Free Planet X) P.G. Holyfield ( Murder At Avedon Hill ) And me. As Matt mentions in this promo, this is the first time you ll ever experience my non 7th Son-related fiction in any medium, so if you dig my stuff, it s one more reason to attend Matt s live event and support his hard (and excellent) work by purchasing a copy of Brave Men Run on July 13, at Amazon. Visit Matt s site for all the details and if you want to learn more about Matt and Brave Men Run, check out his recent interview on the UltraCreatives Interview Series. PURCHASE BRAVE MEN RUN ON JULY 13! J.C. ShareThis

Welcome to the third audio episode of Voices From the Darkness. This week features nearly one dozen contributions from 7th Son fans across the globe. As you ll hear in this episode, America has become an even darker and more dangerous place as the OBSIDIAN blackout rolls on. If you re a contributor to this episode and want credit for your work, send J.C. an email using the link below. Feedback about OBSIDIAN is welcome and appreciated! Send J.C. an email, leave a comment below, or call the Clone Line at 206-984-2566 (CLONE). ShareThis

Welcome to the third video Voices From the Darkness episode, featuring five scenes totaling more than 15 minutes of groundbreaking never-before-seen content. All contributions seen in this vidcast were created by 7th Son fans from across the globe. Behold the 7th Son universe during the blackout, as witnessed by its victims and captured for all the world to see. Contributions by: Robin Hudson Kristina Michael Unquera Nathan Lowell Sam Chupp Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: this week s Voices From the Darkness audio episode, quite possibly a Clone Line episode, and then the first part of novelist and screenwriter Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff s short story. ShareThis

This week s OBSIDIAN short-short is slightly different which perfectly matches the sensibilities of its creator, the incomparable Soccergirl. For nearly as long as there s been podcasting, Soccergirl has been there, defying expectations and conventions and telling tales on her terms, normalcy be damned. New media performance artist, skeptic, atheist, author, musician, (and super-spy, J.C. is convinced of it) and one of the first podcasters ever, Soccergirl has written, starred in and produced nearly 300 episodes of her popular audio and video podcast, Soccergirl, Incorporated, reaching an audience of up to 80,000 worldwide. Soccergirl has also appeared on Sirius satellite radio, television and terrestrial radio, and in various print publications including The New York Times and Wired Magazine. Soccergirl wrote, directed and starred in The Soccergirl Second, a theatrical adaptation of her show (performed at The Brick Theater in New York City) and has just completed an absolutely brilliant book of short fiction and essays, forthcoming from Mevio Press. If you enjoyed this small peek into the genius that is the Soccergirl, Incorporated experience, please visit SG s website at SoccergirlIncorporated.com, send her an appreciative email, and check out her other work. (Photo by Chris Marquant.) Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: J.C. takes us out of the blackout for another UltraCreatives interview with J.R. Blackwell, and then we dive back in with audio and video Voices From the Darkness episodes. Feedback about OBSIDIAN is welcome and appreciated! Send J.C. an email, leave a comment below, or call the Clone Line at 206-984-2566 (CLONE). ShareThis

This week s OBSIDIAN showcase short story, titled A Rose By Any Other Name, is written and narrated by award-winning author and podcaster Mur Lafferty. Ride shotgun with young heroine Rose, as she learns a secret about her name and must face unfathomable odds during the OBSIDIAN blackout. If you enjoy Mur s tale, please send a few gracious words her way. Her contact information can be found at her website, Murverse.com. J.C. covers some fun, if familiar, ground in his talky talk segments, including: The popular John Alpha for President election campaign 7th Son: Runner, J.C. s new serialized mobile phone text story, which is rolling out now. Find details here and here. Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: A priceless video short-short by Soccergirl. A new UltraCreatives interview with J.R. Blackwell will drop after that, and we ll close out the week with more audio and video Voices From the Darkness OBSIDIAN episodes! PROMOS: The Takeover audio drama Short Cummings Audio podcast Aurora Hunter podcast novel Feedback about OBSIDIAN is welcome and appreciated! Send J.C. an email, leave a comment below, or call the Clone Line at 206-984-2566 (CLONE). ShareThis

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I rarely post interviews of myself in my own podcast feed I always fear that the act is a little smug and self-congratulatory but I simply could not not showcase this recent conversation with brilliant interviewer Stephen Kilbride from the Tea and Chat podcast. What makes Stephen s interview so special? While it is perhaps the longest interview I ve ever done in podcasting and I ve done well over 100 in the past two years it s also one of the most exhaustive and authoritative in its scope and depth. While longtime 7th Son fans will know the trilogy s plot elevator pitch all too well and several other anecdotes found here this conversation explores my perspectives on podcasting, publishing and writing and how I think projects like 7th Son: OBSIDIAN can permanently (and positively) change the landscape of storytelling. I believe no other interview I ve done to date better encapsulates my thoughts on new media, free content, and where I think fiction can go, when authors empower their audiences to participate in the creative process. The lines between creator and spectator are blurring, and I think that s an exciting thing indeed. You ll also hear me chat about topics other than 7th Son and OBSIDIAN. We touch on the UltraCreatives Interview Series (and why it may not return after OBSIDIAN s conclusion), my advice for new writers, creative inspirations for my characters, the roots of my undying gratitude for 7th Son fans, and a lot more. I hope you enjoy this very long interview, and more important I hope you check out Stephen s incredible Tea and Chat podcast, in which he interviews other authors in the podcasting space. It s must-listen content, and I m grateful to Stephen for making so much time to chat with me for his show. J.C. ShareThis