Variant Frequencies Podcast

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Bloody Monday

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 03:02:00 GMT

Get Scott Sigler's "Ancestor" as a FREE PDF file!

http://media.libsyn.com/media/scottsigler/Ancestor_ScottSigler.pdf

Then buy it on April 1, 2007.

The Failed Cities Monologues 26 - The Maven

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 11 Mar 2007 18:56:00 GMT

For street mediators and their watchers, life and death lives in a shot glass placed over a smashed steel slug. Only one among their ranks can wrap up the story of the Failed Cities. The Maven is about to have the last word, and if you've come this far, you owe it to yourself to listen...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Jan Dalton
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

(c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace

No World for Warriors

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 5 Mar 2007 03:42:00 GMT

War remains a constant throughout human history. How we wage war does not. When a man that has battled with Spartans, Celtic barbarians, and Mongol hordes joins today's techno military, the question becomes: Is there a place for warriors among soldiers? And when you've seen the rise and fall of a thousand nations and empires, can war still hold any meaning?
***
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer

Promos
Wander Radio
http://www.wanderradio.com/

7th Son
http://www.jchutchins.net

(c) 2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

The Failed Cities Monologues 25 - d'Anger

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 23 Feb 2007 02:11:00 GMT

A good hustler knows when to get out of town. A good con woman leaves on their own terms. And a femme fatale does it in style . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Stacey Griffith-Livingston
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
Slice of SciFi
http://sliceofscifi.com/

Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

(c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
February 2007

The Failed Cities Monologues 24 - Klimenko

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 9 Feb 2007 16:58:00 GMT

What's the difference between being heroism and self-preservation? Just ask Valeri Klimenko. While the whole city celebrates him as the man who caught notorious serial killer The Conductor, the constable-turned-detective sits in his darkened apartment with a glass of scotch, taking solace only in the fact that he's lived through the week with a few scars and a few more nightmares...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Anton Buntic
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
Geek Fu Action Grip
http://www.geekfuactiongrip.com/

The Sonic Society
http://www.sonicsociety.org/

Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

(c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
February 2007

Life Sentence

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 5 Feb 2007 00:17:00 GMT

"Don't do the crime if you can't do the time." But for a man who lives outside the fringe of society, there's never been a choice. Time is all he's got, and he's serving a life sentence of a different kind.
***
Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Jeff Frank

Promos
Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

(c) 2007 Rick Stringer and Anne Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

The Failed Cities Monologues 23 - Fera

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 28 Jan 2007 18:43:00 GMT

Fera's past is written in her own scarred flesh. Tonight, watching her lifeblood run slowly into the gutters of the Failed Cities, hear that history recounted by Fera's own mind as she battles the one enemy that has threatened her for so long like no other: Death . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Maia "KnitWitch" Whitaker
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
Billibub Baddings
http://www.teemorris.com/billipodcast/

Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Sound Effects from The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

(c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
January 2007

The Failed Cities Monologues 22 - Truck

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 19 Jan 2007 02:45:00 GMT

Tonight's the night. Truck's sharpening his blade to a razor edge, and a chance meeting with the reluctant Detective Klimenko has provided the set-up for him to carve out the revenge he's been chasing after at a 100 miles an hour . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Ian Jones
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
Billibub Baddings
http://www.teemorris.com/billipodcast/

Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

(c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
January 2007

See

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sat, 6 Jan 2007 01:12:00 GMT

One unusually warm winter morning, she wakes up and finds that something she took for granted -- about the entire universe -- has radically changed.

It is either the end of reality -- or the beginning of a new one...

****
Written by A.R.Yngve
Narrated by A.R.Yngve
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://yngve.bravehost.com

PROMOS
The Sci Fi Podcast Network
http://www.tsfpn.com/
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Variant Frequencies (c)2007 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
See (c)2007 A.R.Yngve
January 2007

The Failed Cities Monologues 21 - Sterne

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 12:42:00 GMT

Tonight, as street preachers poise for war, Rastafarian soldiers pray for battle, and The Stacks prepare for Judgment Day, Sterne is just trying to write the end of his novel before The Feral Twins write the end on him. And it's anybody's guess who'll get the last word . . .

****

Written by Matt Wallace

Narrated by Tom Rockwell

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

Music: Spherical by Evan Tate

http://www.evantate.com

PROMOS

Silent Universe

http://www.silentuniverse.com/

Podiobooks.com

http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Sound Effects from The Freesound Project

http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

December 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 20 - Ferus

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 17 Dec 2006 16:30:00 GMT

Sometimes things go wrong. Sometimes dead wrong. But for the first time in their storied and bloody careers, Ferus is the one making decisions for The Feral Twins. His strength has always been their deadliest weapon, but only when guided by his sister's hand. Tonight, if they're going to get out alive, Ferus will have to find a new strength . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Neil Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
Destructomundo
http://destructomundopodcast.com/
Planet Retcon Radio
http://www.planetretcon.com/
Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Sound Effects from The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
December 2006

A Story of Kindness

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Tue, 5 Dec 2006 00:02:00 GMT

A traveling salesman learns that a story or two can help ease the burdens of a post-apocalyptic worldânot to mention push a sale or two. But, of course, some stories don't always turn out the way you think....
****
Written by Carmelo Rafala
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://carmelorafala.blogspot.com/

PROMOS
The Immortals by Tracy and Laura Hickman
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=76
The Failed Cities Monologues
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Sound Effects from The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

Variant Frequencies (c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
A Story of Kindness (c)2006 Carmelo Rafala
December 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 19 - Ethan

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 01:26:00 GMT

There's no chapter in the Steel Gospel on the apocalypse, but that's exactly what the street preachers are facing tonight: Their own personal end of times. As blood and fire threaten to engulf Ethan, his brethren, and their city, the question isn't whether or not they'll survive to see the dawn, but whether or not the dawn will come at all.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com

PROMOS
The Daughter of the Sun
http://www.LonnieEzell.com
Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110

Sound Effects from The Freesound Project
http://freesound.iua.upf.edu

My Odeo Channel (odeo/23331af1006b52db)

(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
November 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 18 - Operative 853

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Nov 2006 02:24:00 GMT

You're not the only one invested in the story of The Failed Cities. The Nicodemus Consortium is very interested in what's been happening on both sides of the river, and one of their best operatives is about to give them a full report. Be warned that the Consortium protects their secrecy with a vengeance. Eavesdrop at your own risk . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Benjamin Grundy
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://www.sohpodcast.com/mu/
PROMOS
Scott Sigler's The Rookie
http://scottsigler.podshow.com
Podiobooks.com
http://www.podiobooks.com/podiobooks/book.php?ID=110
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
November 2006

The Gift

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 3 Nov 2006 00:11:00 GMT

I've heard that the body becomes lighter at the moment of death. Just a little, but enough to measure. As if the soul could be weighed, its departure verified. I look closely, to see if I can detect its ascent...
***
Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Jan Dalton
Promos
StarShipSofa
http://www.starshipsofa.com
Lipstick Aliens Podcast
http://lipstickaliens.libsyn.com/
(c) 2006 Rick Stringer and Anne Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
November 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 17 - The Maven

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 00:04:00 GMT

What do you do when your life and your livelihood both depend on words and your voice has been locked away inside your own head? For The Maven, the answer to that question lies inward. And the only thing worse than searching for it is finding out what's waiting when he finally opens his eyes . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Jan Dalton
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
7th Son
http://www.jchutchins.net
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
October 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 16 - d'Anger

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 15 Oct 2006 19:16:00 GMT

Interlude or prelude. When it's a romantic encounter with d'Anger you can never be sure which you're caught up in. Learning about her past, however, you might know which to expect . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Stacey Griffith-Livingston
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Dateline Jasoom
http://www.panthanpress.com/
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
October 2006

Satin Widows

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Wed, 4 Oct 2006 00:06:00 GMT

It's October, and in the spirit of the month we're turning our dial to horror with a story written just for All Hallows Eve. This frightening frequency is the tale of two strangers who meet on a lonely night in a grand old hotel. They're about to learn that sometimes it's better to stay home and weather the storm, and that it's all well and good to go looking for ghosts . . . until you actually find one.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
The Time Traveler Show
http://www.timetravelershow.com
Variant Frequencies (c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
October 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 15 - Constable Klimenko

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Thu, 21 Sep 2006 00:20:00 GMT

A new detective's shield, an old suit, and a lethal case no one else wants. It's not the way Valeri Klimenko, the former constable, wants to start out his night. But they may have all underestimated this simple young man from the Ukraine, who's been pushed just about as far as he's willing to go by the powers that be.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Aleksey Raskhodchikov
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com/
PodcastPEN
http://www.tsfpn.com/
The Time Traveler Show
http://www.timetravelershow.com/
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
September 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 14 - Fera

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Thu, 14 Sep 2006 00:17:00 GMT

Fera and her brother have murdered, maimed, and massacred on every continent across the globe, but it's the hard, ugly lessons she learned as a girl that command Fera's pathology. When her intended victim for the night is snatched away by a resourceful pit fighter, it sparks a recall that can only lead to blood.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by KnitWitch
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com
KnitWitch Zone
http://www.knitwitchzone.com
Evan Tate
http://www.evantate.com
Spherical (c)2006 Evan Tate
Variant Frequencies and The Failed Cities Monologues
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
September 2006

Cell

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Thu, 7 Sep 2006 21:10:00 GMT

Life on the very edge of the solar system is a bleak nightmare, punctuated only by the blissful euphoria afforded by the drug, trace. Andi is a trace addict. Trace is Andi's only escape from his crushing life. But a new drug is taking hold of Andi. Cell is strong, addictive and, above all else, the cell is being hunted.
****
Written by Darren Reid
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://www.myspace.com/darrenreidcell
Skepticality
http://www.skepticality.com
Variant Frequencies (c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
Cell (c)2006 Darren Reid
September 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 13 - Truck

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:22:00 GMT

Truck lives for the action, for life on the edge of a blade. But when a routine pick-up goes a hundred miles south of wrong, that pace comes to a crashing halt...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Ian Jones
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com
Sundown Lounge Podzine
http://www.larrywinfield.com/sundownlounge.htm
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
August 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 12 - Sterne

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 13 Aug 2006 12:58:00 GMT

Jump into the story with Sterne. He's about to live one of his own pulp adventures, but unlike Curly, his fearless juggernaut alter ego, Sterne is going to find out that the real bad guys don't wear hats. And his instructors for the evening? The Feral Twins . . .
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Jason McDowell
Music: Spherical by Evan Tate
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com
http://www.evantate.com/
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
August 2006

The Dark Harvest

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Tue, 8 Aug 2006 15:05:00 GMT

Every season it grew stronger.

Every season more children vanished.

Every season the gardeners dwelling grew, forcing the village to retreat its borders, until at last it could shrink no further...

****

Written and Narrated by Adrian Grey Marsden

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

http://www.adriangrey.com/

August 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 11 - Ferus

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 16 Jul 2006 21:54:00 GMT

Boredom's a dangerous thing when you're one of The Feral Twins, and not even arson, kidnapping, and back alley crucifixions can relieve it. Ferus just wants one worthy opponent before the night is through. He's forgotten what the Chinese say about what you wish for...

****

Written by Matt Wallace

Narrated by Neil Stringer

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com

July 2006

The Last Frequency

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Tue, 4 Jul 2006 22:47:00 GMT

Spend a night in the far reach with Sherk Maxwell, doctor of broadcast journalism. Sherk is humanity's last voice of dissent, set forth on a mic and beamed out across deep space to every rift-tripper and manic ET roaming the great void. But as the same slimy threat that evacuated Earth encroaches on Dr. Maxwell's weird corner of the big black, will it signal the final broadcast of mankind's last frequency? You'll have to tune in to find out...
****
Written by: Matt Wallace
Narrated by: Evo Terra
Music by: Cagey House, Neil Stringer & Greg Seaman, Rick Stringer, and The Traverse Symphony Orchestra
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com
http://www.podiobooks.com
http://www.sliceofscifi.com
http://www.myspace.com/cageyhouse
http://www.tso-online.org
http://www.gregseamanmusic.com
Variant Frequencies (c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
July 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 10 - Ethan

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 00:46:00 GMT

Reverend Ethan is a man who likes to keep things simple: a collar, a street to keep, a stick to keep them with. But tonight, with war looming just around a battered brick corner, things are about to get complicated. A missing mediator, a fallen street preacher left as a message, a mysterious lady of quality bearing a warning and a gift. And that's just the beginning...

****

Written by Matt Wallace

Narrated by Rick Stringer

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com/

June 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 09 - Sally

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Fri, 16 Jun 2006 01:33:00 GMT

If you're new to the Failed Cities, there's only one place to go if you want to be in the know, and it's not some digital Orwellian info-matrix. It's a tiny tarot den in the shadiest part of town. Psychic Sally is a palm-reader with a third eye on all the action, and for a fiver she'll give you a glimpse into what's happened so far on both sides of the river...

****

Written by Matt Wallace

Narrated by Maia "KnitWitch" Whitaker

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com

http://knitwitchzone.libsyn.com

June 2006

The Spoils of War

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sat, 3 Jun 2006 18:12:00 GMT

Pohraen's childhood was dominated by the interminable war on her planet; only the music of the 100th Day gatherings could lift her mood. Then, in a last desperate arms race, a bizarre turn of events sowed the seeds of change.
****
Written by DJ Burnham
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://www.djburnham.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com/
Variant Frequencies (c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
The Spoils of War (c)2006 DJ Burnham
June 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 08 - The Maven

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 28 May 2006 00:22:00 GMT

When fevered streets reach their boiling point, you bring in a mediator. When it's looking like back alley war, you need a maven. Tonight was already going to be his toughest mediation yet. Then his throat got put on the bargaining table...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Jan Dalton
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
May 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 07 - d'Anger

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sun, 14 May 2006 22:15:00 GMT

In the Failed Cities, being beautiful can make you a victim. Being beautiful and smart can make you dangerous. d'Anger has a flawless form, a Botticelli face...and an IQ of 175...

****

Written by Matt Wallace

Narrated by Stacey Griffith

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

April 2006

Dead Of Night

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sat, 6 May 2006 03:36:00 GMT

Every night I strolled the same path, looking for him. The nights were getting colder. Even in the short time I was out, my fingers were aching from it, and I worried that he was frozen somewhere. I didn't know where to begin to look...

****

Written by Anne Stringer

Narrated by Heidi Jones

Music performed by Neil Stringer
Music composed by Greg Seaman

http://www.variantfrequencies.com

May 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 06 - Constable Klimenko

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 24 Apr 2006 01:56:00 GMT

Constable Valeri Klimenko, whose father and grandfather were both Heroes of Ukraine, never had any intention of living up to his family's legacy. Now he's been made a detective and forced onto the trail of the most feared and talked about serial killer in the city's history. If it weren't for that damned Reuben sandwich...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Aleksey Raskhodchikov
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
http://v-frequencies.livejournal.com/
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
April 2006

The Failed Cities Monologues 05 - Fera

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Tue, 11 Apr 2006 11:54:00 GMT

Fera, alpha female of The Feral Twins. Death lives inside her, and it's a reality she shares with all those she meets, whether they want its secrets or not. But is Fera a predator...or just the ultimate survivor?
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Mel Hall
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
April 2006

Children of the Androphagi

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Sat, 1 Apr 2006 19:36:00 GMT

In the 1930's 52nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue was home to the speakeasy. In the 2030's it's all about the breakdowns, where they mix biochem cocktails and spark the Ash of the Dead, sucking its acrid smoke through bone pipes. The big ticket is, of course, shooting distilled endorphins. Yes, they'd found the last fix, and it was inside the human body all along.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Anne Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer, Anne Stringer, and Matt Wallace
April 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 04 - Truck

radiomemories@gmail.com — Sun, 19 Mar 2006 17:23:00 GMT

The news webs call him The Conductor. He's responsible for the disappearances of at least thirty young women, all prostitutes. Their bodies are never found. And oh, yes, you're about to discover why...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Ian Jones
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
March 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 03 - Sterne

radiomemories@gmail.com — Fri, 10 Mar 2006 01:42:00 GMT

Walk the streets between the Stacks with Sterne, a pit fighter that splits his nights between brawling for cash and spinning tales of old school tough guys and detectives. The Stacks is considered nothing more than a neo hippie ghetto. But to the folks that live here, the eve trippers and broken artists and freaked out Rastafarians, it's a dreamland. And Sterne has his tiny crumbling place in it, filled with obsession, imagination, and some fresh wounds waiting to scar....
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
Music: "Caution" by Rick Gerics
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
March 2006

Evelyn

radiomemories@gmail.com — Wed, 1 Mar 2006 12:06:00 GMT

At least Mom doesn't walk me all the way to the door. That would be so embarrassing!... They can be stolen away and terrible things can be done to them... I used to be that little girl, the one walking with her mom... What does she think is gonna happen in this dumb neighborhood?... I think she watches the kids walking to school... I wonder if I'll make it until spring....
****
Written by Anne Stringer
Narrated by Stacey Griffith
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c) 2006 Anne Stringer and Rick Stringer
March 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 02 - Ferus

radiomemories@gmail.com — Wed, 22 Feb 2006 02:51:00 GMT

Within social circles linked by blood The Feral Twins are more than assassins, they're celebrities. A predator pack of two that bring animal spectacle to murder, they have no past, just question marks that hang like sharpened sickles above their heads. Ferus is silent death, his sister's single-minded enforcer. But there's the voice of a young boy in his head that tells a very different story...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Neil Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
February 2006

Failed Cities Monologues 01 - Ethan

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 01:40:00 GMT

Two cities separated by 16 miles of river. One side has been written off, zeroed out by its elected caretakers. Now men with white collars and nighted sticks patrol the streets. They're peacekeepers, following a new gospel, the Steel Gospel. Ethan is one of them; part clergy, part lawman, part soldier. A shepherd in a concrete pasture, watching over hophead flocks by night. He's also a believer. Ethan knows that nobility and justice are the cross and shield of the street preacher. But power corrupts, and in a city that has downsized police and politicians the street preacher's power is 100 proof...
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
February 2006

Absolution Insured

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:16:00 GMT

I'd spotted Carey. He heard the Whirring too. He'd grabbed my baseball bat out of the front seat, and now he was standing, braced against the open passenger side door, in his best Sammy Sosa stance. I couldn't believe it, not even after knowing the guy for two years. He was actually going to try to tee off on the lo-gi.
****
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
February 2006

Another Man's Run - Part 2

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:12:00 GMT

You thought that was the sun rising over Saturn and ain't that a sight when really a superflare of magnesium was covering the approach of a creepy-creeper. And by the time the light dissipated they were right on top of you.
****
This is the second of a two-part podcast.
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
January 2006

Another Man's Run - Part 1

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 01:08:00 GMT

They weren't family in the office. It wasn't a brotherhood. They weren't even friends. But they'd all been assigned a singular shitty fate, and that made them the same. When Management descended to rob a corpse of that departed man's few meager possessions it didn't stand with the other postmen. One day all of them would be that corpse.

And there were some actions even dead men jerked at.
****
This is the first of a two-part podcast.
Written by Matt Wallace
Narrated by Rick Stringer
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
(c)2006 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
January 2006

Variant Frequencies Intro

variantfrequencies@gmail.com — Mon, 13 Feb 2006 00:56:00 GMT

Variant Frequencies - Your speculative fiction dial. Find us at www.variantfrequencies.com

Variant Frequencies is a podcast that stretches the entire bandwidth of genre fiction, modulated by a constant element of the fantastic. Every month we give you a new story.

Our goal at Variant Frequencies is to entertain and expose you to our work, and we work hard on every story you will hear. So tune in, turn the volume up, and let some of our weird carrier waves distort your reality....for just a little while.
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(c)2006 Rick Stringer, Matt Wallace, and Anne Stringer