DUNE 7 BLOG

Wednesday, September 20, 2006

Podcasts

A lot of you are probably already ahead of me, but I've just been introduced to the world of podcasting. I jumped in head-first when I was asked (by the hosts of The Dragon Page SF radio show) to be a judge for the Parsec Awards for best podcasts. I listened to a great many short stories, original audio dramas, news shows, and interviews.

Several of my own short stories are going to appear as podcasts as well. Two are already available, "Rough Draft" and "Identity Crisis" (both of them preliminary Nebula Award nominees) at MechMuse.

MechMuse Audio Magazine publishes serialized novels, short stories, columns, and interviews all in audio format for easy transfer as podcast streams, all for immediate download -- as well as artwork and original music. AND IT'S ALL COMPLETELY FREE. Check out the second issue at www.mechmuse.com.

Another one of my stories, "Paradox and Greenblatt, Attorneys At Law," will soon be released on EscapePod, which bills itself as the world's first audio science fiction magazine (it's been around since May 2005 and has a large library of stories in its backlist). Again, it's all free. Look for it at escapepod.org.

In the meantime, enjoy!

-- KJA