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Episode 90: BMSE-May He Reign Forever by Nathaniel Lee

Posted in BMSE, Fantasy, Nathaniel Lee, Short Story on January 12, 2011 by dunesteef

When the priests name 10-year-old Arem as the new king, they expect to be able to continue their way of life without a hiccup. Arem might have other plans…

Also, Big and Rish talk about wife-beater tank tops, Winger, New Year’s resolutions, and even use a special radio magic time machine.
Outtakes
Special thanks to Eric J. Blommel, Rich Girardi, and Josh Roseman for lending their voices to today’s episode.

Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.

Related Links:
Nathaniel Lee Mirrorshards Site
Eric J. Blommel’s Site
Rich Girardi’s Lady Jade’s Lair
Josh Roseman’s Site
Some sound effects were provided by freesound.org.
Music was Gol Ashamdir by Mattias Westlund and The Return Of The King by Zero-Project.
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Episode 89: BMSE-Dax Plays Faire by Void Munashii

Posted in Adventure, BMSE, Fantasy, Mystery, Novelette, Void Munashii on December 16, 2010 by dunesteef

A demon hunter is missing. Now Dax is assigned to find her, and destroy the shape shifter she was after. This time, he might be in for more than he can handle.

Also, Big and Rish talk about the Buffy the Vampire Slayer movie reboot, and some advice that Tobias Buckell passed on to beginning writers.

Special thanks to Juliet Bowler, Rich Girardi, and Lizanne Herd for lending their voices to today’s episode.

Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.

Related Links:
Void Munashii’s Blog
Void Munashii’s Mallville – A Journal Of The Zombie Apocalypse
Juliet Bowler’s Site
Rich Girardi’s Lady Jade’s Lair
Lizanne Herd’s Site
For Wendy
Some sound effects were provided by freesound.org.
Music was Rezolution by Mister M and Beyond the Veil by Excess Pressure.
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Episode 88: BMSE-Cenizas And The Ash King by Lizanne Herd

Posted in BMSE, Fantasy, Lizanne Herd, Short Story on November 23, 2010 by dunesteef

The Dunesteef is proud to bring you the first of the Broken Mirror Story Event finalists, “Cinezas and the Ash King.” The time to choose a new king and queen has come. One will be made ruler of the land…and the other will die.
Outtakes
Also, Big talks about difficulty pronouncing names in Fantasy, and Rish talks about sacrificing children in the name of religion. Rish wonders if Big would kill his own child if he had to. Would you?

WARNING: this episode touches on religious and political themes in a way that may offend listeners sensitive to such subjects. Listen to the post-story commentary at your own risk.

Special thanks to R.E. Chambliss for producing today’s story and to Rhonda Carpenter, Emerian Rich, and Kenn Crawford for lending their voices to today’s episode.

Right click HERE to download the episode, select Save Link As, and save the file to your hard drive.

Related Links:
Lizanne Herd’s Site
Lizanne Herd’s Blog
Lizanne’s BMSE Finalist From Last Year
R.E. Chambliss’s Site
Rhonda Carpenter’s Site
Emerian Rich’s Site
Kenn Crawford
Some sound effects were provided by freesound.org.
Music was Folk Round by Kevin MacLeod.
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Broken Mirror Story Event 2010

Posted in Administrative, BMSE on May 7, 2010 by dunesteef

Between May 7th and June 7th, 2010, write a short story based on the following premise:
Story Chat
A CHILD IS PROCLAIMED KING (OR QUEEN), BUT IT TURNS OUT TO BE MORE THAN JUST A GAME.

This story can be any genre and of any length. However, our podcast usually buys Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy stories, and we prefer stories longer than five hundred words.

A couple of rules:

  1. No multiple submissions, please. If you have more than one take on this idea, only send us the one you feel is best.
  2. Seriously, write the story between May 7th and June 7th, based on the idea we’ve presented. You can always rewrite an old story and present it as though it’s new, but if you do this, at least have the decency to lie about it.
  3. In the subject line of your email, mention that this is for the Broken Mirror Story Event (or the BMSE/BME).
  4. Even though the event ends on June 7th, we would rather get a complete, proofread story a couple of days late than a rushed story with typos and errors on June 5th.

Send the completed story in the body of an email to submissions(at)dunesteef.com (replacing the “at” with @. Thanks for participating and being a creative person!

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Episode 47: The Broken Mirror Story Event, Part 2

Posted in Action, BMSE, Comedy, Drama, Horror, Josh Roseman, Liz Mierzejewski, Mystery, Science Fiction, Short Story, Wendy Cooper on September 29, 2009 by dunesteef

“Someone arrives in town, and discovers that everyone there is exactly the same.”

In this episode, we feature three different pieces on the above theme, by three different authors.

In “Wrong Turn,” a traveling family encounters a world that could only exist in Wendy Cooper’s imagination. Or could it?

In “Where Once Your Soul Dwelled” by Liz Mierzejewski, Mike has the misfortune of stopping for gas in the wrong little town, running into an unfriendly bunch of . . . twins? bloopers

In “27 Jennifers” Josh Roseman tells of a young woman who is considered all-too replaceable by her demanding husband Michael.

Also, Rish and Big open the doors to next month’s story contest.

Special thanks to Liz Mierzejewski, and Dani Cutler for lending their voices to today’s show.

Right click to download the episode HERE.

Related Links:
Liz Mierzejewski’s site
Liz Mierzejewski’s Novella Apparition
27 Jennifers by Mike Doughty on YouTube
Josh Roseman’s Site
Dani Cutler’s Truth Seekers Podcast
Music by Roger Subirana: Thryst, Point Of No Return, Christmas Lullaby
Music by Tryad: You Are God

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Episode 46: The Broken Mirror Story Event, Part 1

Posted in Action, Adventure, BMSE, Comedy, Drama, Fantasy, Horror, J.M. Perkins, Kevin Anderson, Michael A. Kechula, Mystery, Poetry, Science Fiction, Short Story on September 19, 2009 by dunesteef

“Someone arrives in town, and discovers that everyone there is exactly the same.”

In this episode, we feature three different pieces on the above theme, by three different authors.

In “The Return,” Kevin Anderson interprets the subject in verse.

In “Scriptopia,” Michael A. Kechula tells of a visit to a strange place, where everyone is a writer, but Kevin would decidedly not be welcome.

In “Chemo: The Town of Golden Woods” by J.M. Perkins, an elite team of trained agents is sent into a little town, in search of the previous team that went in . . . and didn’t report back. bloopers

Special thanks to Josh Roseman, Nicole Suddeth, Liz Mierzejewski, Abbie Hilton, and Marcus Brodeur for lending their voices to today’s show.

Right click to download the episode HERE.

Related Links:
Kevin Anderson’s site
Michael A. Kechula’s two books: The Area 51 Option and Full Deck Of Zombies
J.M. Perkins’ site
Josh Roseman’s Site
Liz Mierzejewski’s site
Abbie Hilton’s site
Music by Roger Subirana: Requiem, A Piece Of Heaven, Morphosis, and Pyraminx

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Broken Mirror Story Event Update

Posted in Administrative, BMSE on April 30, 2009 by dunesteef

Hey folks, Big and I have been blown away by the response to this story contest/event/challenge. We’ve had many submit their stories long before the deadline (indeed, more than participated in the October Scary Story Event, which we hope means our listenership has expanded), while those who came up with this activity are still toiling away.

We want everyone to do their best work, and so, we’ve extended the deadline to this Monday, May 4th (May the fourth be with you), giving people the weekend to put their finishing touches on the work. If you have already sent us your story, and want to take these extra few days to make revisions, simply send us the story a second time and we’ll replace the older tale with the new one.

Remember, please put “Broken Mirror Story Event,” “BMSE,” or “Broken Mirror” in the subject line.

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The Broken Mirror Story Event

Posted in Administrative, BMSE on April 3, 2009 by dunesteef

Between April 1st and April 30th, 2009, write a short story based on the following premise:

SOMEONE ARRIVES IN TOWN AND DISCOVERS THAT EVERYONE THERE IS EXACTLY THE SAME.

This story can be any genre and of any length.  However, our podcast usually buys Horror, Sci-Fi, and Fantasy stories, and we prefer stories longer than five hundred words.

A couple of rules:

  1. No multiple submissions, please.  If you have more than one take on this idea, only send us the one you feel is best.
  2. Seriously, write the story in April, based on the idea we’ve presented.  You can always rewrite an old story and present it as though it’s new, but if you do this, at least have the decency to lie about it.
  3. In the subject line of your email, mention that this is for the Broken Mirror Story Event (or the BMSE/BME).
  4. Even though the event ends on May 1st, we would rather get a complete, proofread story a couple of days late than a rushed story with typos and errors on April 29th.

Send the completed story in the body of an email to submissions(at)dunesteef.com (replacing the “at” with @.  Thanks for participating and being a creative person (even if you own a dog)!

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