The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine

Episode 123: Save The Date by Joe Zieja

dunesteef — Sat, 28 Jan 2012 20:24:16 +0000

When Angela’s husband died, she was devastated. She just couldn’t stop dwelling on her pain, until a friend gave her a book to help distract her. Working her way through the hobbies in the book, she made it to “calendar keeping,” and that’s where it all went horribly wrong. Never buy a calendar from a goth chick!

Afterward, Big and Rish try to explain why this episode is so late, and talk about calendars and record-keeping (sounds fascinating, I know). Also, some kind of announcement is made in there somewhere.

Special thanks to Kenn Crawford for producing today’s story; R.E. Chambliss, Ryan E. Stevenson, and Cheyenne Amero for lending their voices to today’s episode; and Melissa Hills for providing the episode art.

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Episode 122: Rain by Abby Manheim

dunesteef — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 13:54:17 +0000

When Rain was born, he was different from others, he was colicky for one, and babies weren’t colicky anymore. Not since before. But things were about to change…

Also, Rish and Big talk utopias, dystopias, and the story potential of such concepts.

Special thanks to R.E. Chambliss for producing and narrating today’s story; Heather Roulo, The Tie Dye Flipster, and Sgzhanke S. Carlo for lending their voices to today’s episode; and Lisa Wilde for providing the episode art.

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Related Links:
R.E. Chambliss’s Site
Heather Roulo’s Site
Artist Lisa Wilde’s Showcase
Artist Lisa Wilde’s Blog
Some sound effects were provided by freesound.org.
Rish On Podcastle

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Episode 121: Catastrophe Baker Makes First Contact by Mike Resnick

dunesteef — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 19:49:02 +0000

Happy new year! Everybody’s favorite galaxy-hopping (as well as bed-hopping) hero, Catastrophe Baker, is back in another Mike Resnickian adventure. Has he met his match when making first contact with an alien race?

Afterward, Big and Rish seem to have forgotten what show they’re on, as they talk about New Year’s Resolutions, writing goals, and give R080T ample opportunity to play the sad music.

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Special thanks to Tobias Queen for producing today’s episode; to Kathryn Pride, and Renee Chambliss for lending their voices to the tale.

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Episode 120: Ass-Hat Magic Spider by Scott Westerfeld

dunesteef — Thu, 22 Dec 2011 06:04:39 +0000

All that stands in a young man’s way of getting on a colony ship bound for a new world and a better life is a few grams of extra weight, and Charlotte, of course. outtakes

Also, Big tells the tale of the tale, Rish talks about Secret Santas, and both wish you a happy holiday season. Oh, and singing. Lots of annoying singing.

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Broken Mirror Story Event

dunesteef — Fri, 16 Dec 2011 16:41:38 +0000

We haven’t posted an official announcement with the rules and whatnot to this yet, so I figured I’d better before the contest is over and all.

The Broken Mirror Story Event is a story contest in which the participants are given a writing prompt, and they take that prompt and run with it however inspiration strikes them. Then the stories are read by our judges, and the top stories are produced as episodes of The Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine. The fun of the event is getting to see how different all the takes on the same idea can be.

This years prompt is:

A phone rings in the middle of the night. The voice on the line says only one word…but it is enough.

And scene. I mean, sorry, not scene. And go! Start writing. You have until January 12, 2012 to write your story and submit it to submissions at dunesteef dot com. Also, we like to publish all the losing entries on our site in text format, so that those of us who aren’t judges can see them, and get that same fun experience that the judges got. This is not mandatory, and you may opt out of this. There’s always somebody every year who doesn’t want to participate in that part, but if you’d like to have your story published along with the rest, then folks can come to read the lot, and see where all the different takes went. Here are the stories from last year, and these are the stories from the year before. Check them out.

Thanks for participating, and get writing!

Episode 119: Aldo by Michael C. Thompson

dunesteef — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:18:48 +0000

Warning: If you’re often offended about things, this one will probably do so.

In “Aldo,” author Michael C. Thompson tells the story of a sort of love triangle in space. Except one of them is a starship. Outtakes

Afterward, Rish and Big talk about the elephant in the room. And say goodbye to a master of puppets.

Special thanks to Rich Girardi for producing today’s episode; to Juliet Bowler, and Rich Girardi for lending their voices to the tale; and SonnySee for the episode art.

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Broken Mirror Story Event

dunesteef — Fri, 09 Dec 2011 22:16:46 +0000

SonnySee put this absolutely awesome trailer together for the BMSE 2011. It was a must share.

Announcement: The 2011 Broken Mirror Story Event

dunesteef — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 02:52:56 +0000

Rish and Big don’t have a story for you this week, but they do have an announcement. That’s right, the 2011 Broken Mirror Story Event is about to begin. Let’s listen in and find out what this year’s premise will be, shall we?

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Photo by Norrix
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Episode 118: Beachcombing by Ray Cluley

dunesteef — Wed, 16 Nov 2011 18:34:30 +0000

When Tommy touches an object, he gets an impression from whoever has touched it before. He wanders the beach each day, combing it for discarded items that may in fact be lost treasures.

Afterward, Rish and Big talk beaches, their power, their allure, and the sharks that patrol their waters. Outtakes

Special thanks to SonnySee for producing today’s episode and to Desia B., and SonnySee for lending their voices to the tale, and Lisa Wilde for the episode art.

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Related Links:

Ray Cluley’s Site
Desia B’s Blog
Artist Lisa Wilde’s Showcase
Artist Lisa Wilde’s Blog
Some sound effects were provided by freesound.org.
Music is by Vladimir Sterzer and Herbert Boland
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Submissions Closed Until Sometime In 2012

dunesteef — Wed, 02 Nov 2011 18:35:01 +0000

The Way Is Shut

Sorry, Charlie, the Dunesteef Audio Fiction Magazine is closing submissions until 2012. It’s the holiday season, and to make the season bright, we’re giving our submissions editor and slush readers some time off. We’d like to thank all our readers and co-editors, and hope to give them a few weeks to catch up on stories and catch up on some Z’s. If you’ve sent us a story in the recent past, and we haven’t responded about it, just be patient with us. We will respond to it eventually, we promise.

Hold on to your potatoes, however. We’re not quite done with 2011 yet. At least possibly not.