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Or party favors… The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast...
No lights. No chance. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This […]
Just another trip up the stairs. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new […]
Inevitability. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast presentation is […]
More tests. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast presentation […]
Breaks loose. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast presentation […]
Contact this! The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast presentation […]
All life produces waste. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This […]
Liquid can go nearly anywhere. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. […]
The morgue. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast presentation […]
Fun in the basement. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This […]
Is there any? The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast […]
Not a good place. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This […]
Welcome to Ben Taub hospital. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. […]
Are there any? The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast […]
It’s a little more dire than the flu. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, […]
The tests begin. The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast […]
And M2 arrives… The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter for exclusive content, store discounts, and new releases. This podcast […]
Howdy, Fiendlings and welcome to the first episode of The Black: Arrival. Enjoy! The Black series is available from Amazon.com. To support the podcast, please consider becoming a member or purchase the novel. If you’re suffering from depression, bipolar disorder, or have suicidal thoughts, please check out these resources and get help. Join the newsletter […]
They were promised a fortune… Engineer Jordan and the crew of the mining vessel Kirkland traveled a year to reach the MacReady system. Following a lead from a prospecting satellite, the Kirkland deploys its mining operations on one of the system’s three planets. From the moment they begin drilling through MacReady’s rocky surface and into […]
Paul’s patrons join him for a Q&A, random babbling, a live reading of a chapter from The Black: Extinction, and an announcement regarding The Black: Oceania. To see the YouTube video, go here.
The Keiko Kitty, also known as the Keiko Fiend, came into my life several months after I’d buried my first cat. Our surviving cat, Johnny, seemed rather lost without his older sister. Like any childless couple that anthropomorphizes our pets, we made the decision that he needed a sibling. I didn’t know that meant my … Continue reading "RIP Keiko Fiend"
Red’s Cargo Bay Howdy, folks and welcome to The Derelict Saga finale. If you’re new to the story? Please check the links below for the first book: Derelict: Marines. New to The Derelict Saga? Start with Derelict: Marines. Books 1-3 of The Derelict Saga are available for purchase in both ebook and trade paperback from … Continue reading "Red’s Cargo Bay – Derelict: Trident – Episode 07"
Support me on Patreon and earn exclusive rewards. Or, Buy me a coffee. Are you in The Graveyard? If you are suffering from depression or other mental disorders, please get help. Bipolar Support Suicide Prevention Lifeline DBS Alliance To stalk the author on social media:Twitter: paul_e_cooleyFacebook: paulelardcooley Subscribe to the Shadowpublications.com mailing list to get … Continue reading "Dreams – Legends of Garaaga -09"
Howdy, folks. While I wait for a new mic, please excuse my intros/outros. I promise it will get better. However, the Legends of Garaaga narration will do just fine. Enjoy episode 1. Support me on Patreon and earn exclusive rewards. Or, Buy me a coffee. Are you in The Graveyard? If you are suffering from … Continue reading "Rashim – Legends of Garaaga -01"
The Shadowpublications.com art team, as in the amazingly talented Scott E Pond, came up with this little beauty for the audiobook, podcast, and YouTube productions. You’ll be seeing this pop up every Friday in your feed. Because for the next 31 or so weeks, every Friday is The Black Friday.
New to The Derelict Saga? Start with Derelict: Marines. The Derelict: Destruction enhanced edition audiobook is now available from my store. Want to hear a cool podcast about Kuiper Belt Objects and other madness? Check out the After-On podcast. The Derelict Saga is available in ebook and trade paperback from Amazon. Purchase a copy, leave a review, and … Continue reading "Derelict: Destruction –Episode 25"
New to The Derelict Saga? Start with Derelict: Marines. The Derelict: Destruction enhanced edition audiobook is now available from my store. Want to hear a cool podcast about Kuiper Belt Objects and other madness? Check out the After-On podcast. The Derelict Saga is available in ebook and trade paperback from Amazon. Purchase a copy, leave a review, and … Continue reading "Derelict: Destruction –Episode 20"
New to The Derelict Saga? Start with Derelict: Marines. The Derelict: Destruction enhanced edition audiobook is now available from my store. Want to hear a cool podcast about Kuiper Belt Objects and other madness? Check out the After-On podcast. The Derelict Saga is available in ebook and trade paperback from Amazon. Purchase a copy, leave a review, and … Continue reading "Derelict: Destruction–Episode 16"
Howdy, folks. Just a little update on the second book in the Derelict Saga. The manuscript is in the publisher’s hands, their editors doing what they do. I’m expecting the final manuscript changes back within the next two weeks with publication following a few days after I return them. This means that Derelict: Tomb will … Continue reading "Derelict: Tomb–Update"
Earlier this year, my pal and writing companion, Indiana Cooley passed away. Last year, my long-time little son Jonathan Irving Cat was lost as well. This weekend, we finally brought in a new Fiend to shore up the numbers. I present to you: Shadow Fiend. He’s only 13 weeks old and is keeping me VERY busy. … Continue reading "Shadow–Our Newest Fiend"
If you read/listened and enjoyed Legends of Garaaga, you might want to take a gander at this. It’s a diagram listing all the known religions and their ancestors. It’s pretty damned neat.
For those of you that’ve been listening to the podcast presentation of The Black, I’d like some feedback from you regarding the music I play for certain scenes in the book. Whenever the narrator takes us down to the ocean floor, I have a piece of music (thank you Kevin McLeod) that I play. Is … Continue reading "A little question about music…"
So, kids, if you’ve been paying attention, you know that The Black was supposed to go on sale today for 99¢. However, that didn’t happen. Evidently there was some miscommunication between Bookbub, Amazon, and my publisher. Therefore, the promotion has been pushed back to January 16th. I’ll update the information in the next podcasts for Legends … Continue reading "A funny thing happened on the way to a discount…"
Download Now John Mierau convened a roundtable of potty mouthed writers for a roundtable show on “branding.” Included is my nemesis, Jake Bible, and writer/designer Starla Huchton. This episode has lots of f-bombs and Garaaga knows what else. Enjoy.
I’ve been a bit remiss in extolling the virtues of some writers I respect. Writers who are very good at their craft and produce excellent content. For that, I’m whipping myself with a wet noodle. So here we go, kids. Before I introduce the first one, I need to disclose something. Jennifer Melzer has edited … Continue reading "Pimpage–Jennifer Melzer and Matt Wallace"
Download Now Against their better judgement (and sanity), the MythWits crew invited me on to their live streaming show. Hilarity occurred and you should give it a listen. Check out their great show at MythWits.com
I have spent the last 12 months promising a new website. Due to the crazy work schedule, funding, and etc, I’m just now getting round to getting this up and running. So what does this mean? In order to move way from my old hosting, I had to change the feed url. This means there … Continue reading "New Website…"
Download Now The FiendMaster joined Michell Plested’s excellent show "Get Published" to discuss horor with Scott Roche and Jake Bible. It was a doozy. Thanks to all for having me on and the great conversation.
Download Now Terry, Justin and I rant and rave about pros and cons of self versus traditional publishing.
It’s been a very long wait. Too damned long. But here it is: the dustjacket for your very own copy of Garaaga’s Children: Ancients. We expect to send the book off for proof print the first week of September. If all goes right, we’ll start shipping in earnest come end of the same month or … Continue reading "GC: Ancients Dustjacket"
Download Now This week Terry, Justin, and I talk about writing for the market or writing for yourself.
Download Now We talk about Charlie Brown’s anthology "Dirty Magik" and the possible future of Transmedia projects.
Download Now This week, the other Robots and I discuss what inspires our writing and a little hint of where we get our ideas and WHY we write.
Download Now Panel from Balticon 47 on the subject of writing historical fiction. Enjoy!
Download Now The folks at The Hollywood Outsider made the mistake of inviting me on their show to discuss horror movies and the industry. Also, monster mash!
Download Now Marker: Part Two. Live reading from Balticon 47 (2013). This presentation is copyright 2013 by Paul Elard Cooley. Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: * stories@shadowpublications.com * twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley * facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Marker-02"
Download Now Marker: Part One. Live reading from Balticon 46 (2012). Yes, you may have heard this before, but I edited out all the whooping and hollering from the fiendlings. So perhaps your brains will be spared. Then again, perhaps not… This presentation is copyright 2013 by Paul Elard Cooley. Visit shadowpublications.com for more … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children: Marker-Part One"
Download Now Authors Michell Plested and Veronica Giguere joined me for a live Dead Robots’ Society panel at Balticon 47. We discuss…SUPERHEROES! Give a listen and be sure and check out their work. This presentation is released under a Creative Commons attribution, non-commercial license.
All right, Fiendlings. Here’s my "tentative" panel schedule. I say "tentative" because I’m certain there will be adjustments. There always are… Date/Time Panel Location Description Friday 1600 (4pm) Podcasting 101 Chesapeake Podcasters tell you how to get started. Friday 1800 (6pm) Historically Uncompromised Salon B Discussion of using history in genre fiction Friday 2100 … Continue reading "Balticon Schedule"
Download Now This week, Terry and I discuss what it takes to podcast your fiction as well as create audiobooks for sale. Not only that, but how to make the choice between the two.
Ask anyone who’s read and listened to my work, and they’ll probably tell you Tattoo was the gateway drug into my fictional worlds. There’s a reason for that. It’s a quick, nasty ride that rushes through your blood like adrenalin and leaves you gasping. Since Tattoo was first podcast, I have put out volumes of other stories, … Continue reading "Tattoo–New Cover Design"
Download Now Justin, Terry, Lauren "Scribe" Harris, and the Fiendmaster discuss writing "the other."
We’ve often heard the phrase "The Gates of Hell," but did you know the Greeks and Romans actually located it? Not only that, but built an acropolis around it? A recent discovery in Turkey uncovered the legendary site of the "Gates of Hell." When it was discovered by the ancient Greeks and Romans, certain philosophers … Continue reading "The Gates of Hell"
The world is a strange place, folks. When I was writing "Keepers," a Sanskrit text was discovered that might be one of the eldest ever recovered. While writing "Scrolls," new information regarding the Library of Alexandria was mentioned in the news. And now? As Ama goes to the editor and right before Garaaga’s Children: Ancients … Continue reading "New Discoveries in Ur?"
Because I have loyal and talented fiendlings, I must showcase some of their creative endeavors. The lovely and talented Kate Sherrod produced this sonnet in worship of Garaaga. Garaaga was NOT amused. In the near future, I might have to let Garaaga’s response flood the podwaves. Regardless, there WILL be consequences.
Many of you have accused me of being a sick bastard for what I’ve done to your memories of muppets and The Ice Cream Man. Between "The Street" series and "Closet Treats," I’ve destroyed much of your childhoods. And I’ll continue to do so. But dammit, no matter how hard I try someone keeps one-upping … Continue reading "Reggie has some competition…"
Download Now In today’s infocast, I tell you all about the preorder, what you’re going to get for your $35.00, and engage in atrocious pro-Garaaga propaganda.
Download Now Here it is. The promo for the April 1 pre-sale of Garaaga’s Children:Ancients. Enjoy and spread the disease.
Download Now Fiendmaster Call-In-Show! Contained within: major announcement regarding Garaaga’s Children: Ancients. Special thanks to Sue Baiman. Audio Production Assistance provided by: Allen Sale Dave Robison Richard Green Scott Roche Scott Pond Mike Luoma Tony Miller Jake Bible John Mierau and Veronica Giguerre This presentation is copyright 2013 by Paul Elard Cooley. Visit … Continue reading "CallInShow–2013-02-22"
Cuneiform is the oldest known written language. When I first started writing the Garaaga’s Children series, the glyph you see on the left was always in my mind. Coming up with it was a free-form exercise. I needed something recognizable on sight that would also make sense if rendered using just text. After exhaustive searching, … Continue reading "Garaaga Sigil–First Render"
Here it is, Fiendlings. The new cover for the Closet Treats ebook and podcast. The great Starla Huchton got this together for me. I’m pretty happy with it. She’s also going to be doing an alternate cover Tattoo in the near future before I saddle her with the final cover of the Garaaga’s Children: Ancients Volume. … Continue reading "Closet Treats–New Cover"
Download Now Short update on my plans for the year… This podcast is copyright 2013 by Paul Elard Cooley and is protected under a creative commons, attribution, non-commercial, no derivates 3.5 license.
I bitch. I complain. When I read a book, especially one published by the so-called "real" publishers, I don’t expect typos. I don’t expect continuity errors. I don’t expect issues with the narrative. When I find them, I get extremely angry. Why? I paid, usually top dollar if it’s from a "real" publishing company, for … Continue reading "Essay–Making It Right"
Tonight I "finished" my latest book: The Rider. It’s cowritten with Scott Sigler and takes place in his universe. But why did I say "finished?" Well, there’s a lot of work to do. This is merely "my" first draft. It has to be worked on by the other author. That said, this one was like … Continue reading "Essay–Thoughts on the Rider"
Download Now MERRY FIENDMAS! It’s day 6 of Fiendmas. Which means it’s time for Episode 2 of "After Image." This story is available as an unabridged ebook from all major e-tailers. Music by Kevin MacLeoud. Please visit his site. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the … Continue reading "Tony Downs–AfterImage-2"
Download Now It’s day 5 of Fiendmas. Which means it’s time for Episode 1 of "After Image." This story is available as an unabridged ebook from all major e-tailers. Music by Kevin MacLeoud. Please visit his site. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons … Continue reading "Tony Downs–AfterImage-1"
Download Now It’s day 4 of Fiendmas. Which means it’s time for Episode 3 of "The Hunt." This story is available as an unabridged ebook from all major e-tailers. Music by Nine Inch Nails from the album Ghosts. Please visit their site. Additional voices by Veronica Giguere. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: … Continue reading "Tony Downs–The Hunt-3"
Download Now Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Additional voices by Veronica Giguere. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/ or send a letter to Creative Commons, 171 Second … Continue reading "Tony Downs–The Hunt-2"
Download Now That’s right, fiendlings. This is part 2 of your Fiendmas present, episode 1 of The Hunt. Now, just so you know, the ebook for The Hunt is already available at Amazon, Smashwords, Barnes and Noble and etc. It’ll be on MyWrite soon as well. Therefore, I guess I’ll be an autographin’ fool very … Continue reading "Tony Downs–The Hunt-1"
If you’ve listened to Mimes, you might be wondering…WHERE THE HELL DID THAT COME FROM? I don’t normally write to prompts. It’s one of the reasons I guess I’ll never be part of those Iron Chef writing competitions. When I spend so much time wandering around the four series I have going, how could I … Continue reading "Mimes–WTF Made You Write This?"
An interesting question was posed on this week’s "The Dead Robots’ Society." As 2012 is currently rolling into 2013, we asked ourselves what our achievements were for the year. "Do you think you were succesful" was followed by writing, business, whatever. I read the question as "do you feel successful as a writer." And it … Continue reading "How do you measure success?"
Download Now I sat down with my friends Robert Stikmanz and Amanda Kimmerly to discuss Confabule and the 3000 Weeks Project. Rob and Amanda are creators of great fiction, poetry, and music and are probably the most artistic folks I know. In addition, they have created a new language both in speech and writing. "Dvarsh" … Continue reading "Interview–Confabule And The 3000 Weeks Project"
Download Now A few thoughts about Tony Downs and my most recent e-book releases “The Hunt” and “After Image”. The ebooks are available from Amazon, Smashwords, and BN.com The Hunt: Amazon BN.com Smashwords After Image: Amazon BN.com Smashwords Music by Nine Nails from their album “The Slip.” Please visit their site at NIN.com
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings, the final episode of Scrolls. There will be a Q&A episode at the end of November, so get your Garaaga’s related questions to me via stories@shadowpublications.com, on twitter, facebook, or by carrier pigeon. I’ll also take audio comments/questions so send those too. Be sure and take a gander at … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-11"
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings. Scrolls, episode 10. There will be a Q&A episode at the end of November, so get your Garaaga’s related questions to me via stories@shadowpublications.com, on twitter, facebook, or by carrier pigeon. I’ll also talk audio comments/questions so send those too. Be sure and take a gander at John Mierau’s … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-10"
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings. Scrolls, episode 9. Be sure and take a gander at Scott Roche’s Kickstarter Project “Way of the gun” Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-09"
Download Now Justin Macumber, Dave Robison and I discuss the terrible things we do to our inner children.
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings. Scrolls, episode 8. Be sure and take a gander at Scott Roche’s Kickstarter Project “Way of the gun” Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-08"
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings. Scrolls, episode 7. Be sure and take a gander at Scott Roche’s Kickstarter Project “Way of the gun” Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-07"
Download Now Here it is, fiendlings. Scrolls, episode 6. Be sure and take a gander at Scott Roche’s Kickstarter Project “Way of the gun” Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-06"
Download Now Yes, it’s late. My apologies. But here’s Episode 5 of Scrolls! Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children series, is copyright 2012 by Paul Elard Cooley and is protected … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-05"
Download Now This week the robots discuss the topic of killing off characters. Whether they’re primary or a bit player, characters are going to die, but the real questions are when, why, and is it a good idea? We hope you enjoy the conversation.
Download Now Hello, fiendlings. This is episode 4 of Scrolls. Be sure and check out John Mierau’s book “Subversion: Enemy Lines Book 1”. Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Purchase the Garaaga Ebook bundle from BackMyBook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children series, … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-04"
Download Now Hello, fiendlings. This is episode 3 of Scrolls. Be sure and check out John Mierau’s book “Subversion: Enemy Lines Book 1”. Scrolls: Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children series, is copyright 2012 by Paul Elard Cooley … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-03"
Download Now Terry Mixon and I talk about writing serial fiction and how to carry characters and plots through many books.
Download Now Hello, fiendlings. This is episode 2 of Scrolls. This means, of course, it’s time to get back to Herodot and Alexandria. Enjoy! Available as a full, unabridged audiobook at Backmybook.com. Download Promo Buy the ebook now from: Amazon.com BN.com Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children series, is copyright 2012 by Paul Elard Cooley … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-02"
Download Now FIENDLINGS! This is episode 01 of Scrolls, book 4 of the Garaaga’s Children series. Visit ancient Egypt in the year 48 BCE during the Ptolemic war. The story takes place at the Library of Alexandria and will tie up some “loose ends” from the previous stories (“The Last Hunter”, “Keepers”, and “Interlopers”). I … Continue reading "Garaaga’s Children–Scrolls-01"
I am the FiendMaster. I write stories about mentally deranged killers, psychotic but sympathetic people, dark gods, and doomed people. But these are fiction. And while this little essay might damage my rep, as it were, I need to rant. Because my wife made the mistake of seeing the picture of a doomed … Continue reading "The Kill Shelter"
Download Now Henry Miller. VC. Andrews. Stephen King. The Bible. Greek Mythology. Upanishads. Torrah. Quran… What the hell do these authors and books have in common? Scenes of rape, incest, beastiality, or underage sex. That’s right, folks. Books like Tropic of Cancer, The Library Policeman, Flowers in the Attic, etc all fit into these categories. … Continue reading "Essay–PayPal, SmashWords, Censorship"
A while ago, I released an essay about “The Dreaded Amazonasaurus.” Since then, KDP Select has not only gone live, but many of my fellow authors have capitalized greatly on its “benefits.” If you’ve forgotten, KDP Select is the new program that Amazon has instituted for authors. Basically it amounts to this: give Amazon exclusivity … Continue reading "Methinks the Amazonasaurus Doth Monopolize Too Much"
Download Podcast Were you listening? Did you hear it? The snap and crunch of digital teeth… The rumbling roar of a giant, market eating monster? Did you hear the screams and cries of small, upstart lifeforms as they quivered in fear? ROAR!!! The Amazonasaurus. The wrathful, menacing, carnivorous giant decided it’s had enough of the … Continue reading "The dreaded Amazonasaurus"
Download now What does the word “demon” mean? For those of us brought up in a Christian household, going to church and such, the word probably conjures up visions of a fork-tailed, fork-tongued, red menace know as Satan, or Beelzebub, or some other creature from our collective unconscious. Or perhaps it drags up images we’ve … Continue reading "Demons"
Download Now Enter the Fiends:Vol1 GoodReads.com giveaway! This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–15-Interlopers Part 5"
Download Now Enter the Fiends:Vol1 GoodReads.com giveaway! This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–14-Interlopers Part 4"
Download Now Enter the Fiends:Vol1 GoodReads.com giveaway! This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–13-Interlopers Part 3"
Download Now Enter the Fiends:Vol1 GoodReads.com giveaway! This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–12-Interlopers Part 2"
Download Now Enter the Fiends:Vol1 GoodReads.com giveaway! This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–11-Interlopers Part 1"
Download Now Lovers end… This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative Commons … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–10-Lovers Part 7"
Download Now Drimesh struggles with his conscience. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–09-Lovers Part 6"
Download Now Aftermath… Author's notes. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: http://twitter.com/paul_e_cooley facebook: http://facebook.com/paul.e.cooley This work is licensed under the Creative … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–08-Lovers Part 5"
Download Now A new ally, a warning, and disaster at the temple of Ishtar. Author's notes. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: stories@shadowpublications.com twitter: … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–07-Lovers Part 4"
Download Now In 1780 BCE Babylon, Drimesh has a religious experience with the priestess Ishtal. And makes a new enemy. Author's notes. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–06-Lovers Part 3"
Download Now In 1780 BCE Babylon, Drimesh swims with an Ishtar priestess and remembers his childhood. Author's notes. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–05-Lovers Part 2"
Download Now In 1780 BCE Babylon, a young man encounters a thief and a beautiful woman… Author's notes. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Additional voices provided by Sue Tallyapharoh. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–04-Lovers Part 1"
Download Now Hello, Fiendlings! Here we are at Balticon. Yes the madness has been going on for over 72 hours and I still live! Siglerfest was Thursday and Friday and we had a blast. I've already posted some pics on facebook and twitter and I'll post more as time goes by. I'm on a lot … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–03-Keepers Part 2"
Download Now It's Sunday, fiendlings, which means another episode of Garaaga's Children! So here you go: Keepers, part 1.
My good friend John Mierau invited me to submit an essay for his blog. It's a nice little piece on genres.
Garaaga's Children– The Last Hunter Download Now Here it is, Fiendlings. The first episode of the new story collection. You can find author's notes here. This presentation is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. Contact me at: … Continue reading "Garaaga's Children–01–The Last Hunter"
Download now This essay is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley performed by the author, and is protected under a creative commons, attribute, non-commercial, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album, the Slip. Please visit their site. This has been a presentation of shadowpublications.com, where we don’t believe in … Continue reading "Essay–Science Versus Magic"
I did a book launch. Yes, Blue Moose Press is my publisher, but it's essentially an author co-op. They provided fantastic resources and experience in getting a book from editing phase into layout, graphics, and the like. Basically, without their help, Fiends: Vol1 would never have happened. Now, I was absolutely certain I was going … Continue reading "Lessons from the book launch"
I dropped a bomb on twitter yesterday when I said “I find magic systems to be the most f'ing annoying thing about fantasy. I mean, why do I care? Keep it consistent and it doesn't matter.” As you might imagine, there were, um, quite a few people who took issue with the statement. The funny … Continue reading "Magic versus Science"
Download Now Quick discussion on choosing language and the subtlety of writing horror and sex. This essay is copyright 2011 by Paul Elard Cooley performed by the author, and is protected under a creative commons, attribute, non-commercial, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album, the Slip. Please visit their site. … Continue reading "Essay–Subtlety"
Download Now A little lesson in publishing, a disconnected rant/essay about the latest screwed-uppedness from the major chains and the publishers. This essay is copyright 2010 by Paul Elard Cooley performed by the author, and is protected under a creative commons, attribute, non-commercial, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album, … Continue reading "Essay–Another Lesson and Rant About Publishing"
Download Now Fiendlings! A little essay for your earhole, guaranteed to give you a shiver. Links: Dean Corll Neil Colquhoun’s “Boiling Point” This essay was written and read by Paul Elard Cooley and is protected under a creative commons, non-commercial, attribution, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by nine inch nails from their album ghosts. Please … Continue reading "Essay–The Subconscious and Dean Corll"
Download Now Mythos: An analysis of JM Barrie’s Peter Pan, Peter Shaffer’s play “Equus” and the destruction of mythos. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album “The Slip”. Please visit their site. This is a presentation of Shadowpublications.com and is protected under a Creative Commons, Attribution, non-Commercial, no Derivatives 3.5 license.
Flying Island Press has started a new imprint: "Abattoir." Abattoir is an e-zine focusing on psychological horror. I was asked to contribute for the first "issue" and therefore sent them my essay "On Psychological Horror." This essay was originally podcasted near the beginning of the Shadowpublications.com reboot period, but I thought you fiendlings might like … Continue reading "Flying Island Press: Abattoir magazine"
Download Now A few thoughts on the scope of conflict in stories. Essay inspired by this episode of The Dead Robots’ Society. This essay was written and read by Paul Elard Cooley and is protected under a creative commons, non-commercial, attribution, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by nine inch nails from their album ghosts. Please … Continue reading "Essay–The Scope of Conflict"
Download Now A little essay about the temporal considerations of storytelling… This essay was written and read by Paul Elard Cooley and is protected under a creative commons, non-commercial, attribution, no derivatives 3.5 license. Music by nine inch nails from their album ghosts. Please visit their site. This has been a presentation of shadowpublications.com, where … Continue reading "Essay–The Intricacies of Time"
Download Now! I visited the local Barnes and Noble today and this led to the following rant. Warning: definitely NSFW!
This is The FiendMaster. Due to the fact Mr. Cooley is still trying to finish fiction to podcast, and several of his friends were let go by his former employer, I felt it was time to dig out an old rant. Please enjoy. Download Now
Download Episode Ever wonder why the Shadowpublications.com motto is "We don't believe in happy endings"? Well here ya go. I'll be in San Antonio on June 26th for the Scott Sigler Ancestor reading. Please come join me, meet Scott, and buy a book. Oh, and then get hammered with us. BORDERS BOOKS & MUSIC 255 … Continue reading "Essay– No Happy Endings"
Yup, it's begun. As of today, I have already sent three query letters or full novel submissions. Now we get to wait and see how long it takes for the rejection cycle to begin. I've been asked why the hell I'm interested in getting published by a publishing company when I can obviously make more … Continue reading "It has begun…"
Well, here it is: answers to your questions about Closet Treats, at least those I could answer. Thank you to JP and Stephanie Harvey for doing the interview and all those that attended!
I challenged you Fiendlings on Sunday night via twitter and facebook to purchase 30 copies of the Tattoo e-book. If you succeeded, I would release episode 17 early. Like Tuesday early. Well, you failed. But you know what? Your tried so damned hard that I had to get this out. So enjoy the epilogue. … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 17"
Here it is. Episode 16. I spoil you fiendlings with these early releases. Enjoy. Leave comments in the q&a. DO EET! Please go to Amazon.com and/or Smashwords.com and get your ebook copy of Tattoo for $.99. That's right, 99 cents! Or you can also rate and review and help me find new listeners/readers. … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 16"
It's that time of week again. The time for me to bust a cap in your ass with the latest episode of Closet Treats. Getcha some! "Hospitals and Questions" Please go to Amazon.com and/or Smashwords.com and get your ebook copy of Tattoo for $.99. That's right, 99 cents! Or you can also rate and … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 15"
You ungrateful fiendlings demanded it early, so here it is. Download episode 14. We're getting close to the end folks! "Sleepless" I am putting out the Fiends short story collection on smashwords.com FOR FREE! Please do me a favor, download them, read them, and rate them. When they come out on amazon.com, b&n.com, and the … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 14"
Yes, because I am made of awesome, I'm early again! Download episode 13 and get ready for one hell of a ride! "The Warehouse" I am putting out the Fiends short story collection on smashwords.com FOR FREE! Please do me a favor, download them, read them, and rate them. When they come out on amazon.com, … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 13"
Because I love you, here's Episode 12. I am putting out the Fiends short story collection on smashwords.com FOR FREE! Please do me a favor, download them, read them, and rate them. When they come out on amazon.com, b&n.com, and the iTunes store, I'll need yo uto do the same. Leave obnoxious comments. Whatever. … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 12"
Because I love you, my wonderful fiendlings, here is the next episode. I have written a story for Scott Sigler's "The Crypt" collection. If you haven't heard "The Crypt" yet, you better go and listen before my story airs in May. The Crypt: http://www.scottsigler.com/taxonomy/reverse/71 Promos included in this episode: Seth Harwood: http://sethharwood.com "Closet … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 11"
Download Audio Version What the hell is my time worth? Why the hell do you, the listener or reader, care? This is the question being bandied about these days, especially since the announcement by certain content creators that they will no longer give away their work for free. Now, I've already put out a podcast … Continue reading "Figuring out the price…"
That's right, my Fiendlings. Here's episode 10 chock full of fiendy goodness. This episode includes promos for Seth Harwood's Young Junius. May 5th is Cinco De Harwood, the day you have a chance to get your little paws on a special order custom copy of the book. Check it out, fiendlings. Also, last week I … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 10"
Happy Freakin' Easter, Fiendlings! Because it's Good Friday, I'm kicking this out early, because you've been so good this week. Or bad. Or, whatever. Regardless, here it is for your enjoyment. Thank you to John Mierau for this week's bump. Please check out his work! "Closet Treats" episode 09. Written and performed by Paul Elard … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 09"
Some thoughts on "slow burn" fiction. Visit Zazzle for Shadowpublications.com merchandise! Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album: The Slip. Please visit their site. This presentation is copyright 2010 by Paul Elard Cooley. Visit shadowpublications.com for more free stories as well as my rant casts. … Continue reading "Essay–The Slow Burn"
Once again, my wonderful fiendlings, I am early. Way fucking early. So quit your bitching and enjoy Episode 08. Remember to pre-order Scott Sigler's "The Starter" on Aprii 1st. "Closet Treats" episode 08. Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring original music written and performed by Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 08"
Well, bitches, here I am, more than 20 hours early! Your FiendMaster obviously loves you more than you can possibly understand. Of course he loathes you too. But that's not important. What's important is that you enjoy the episode and check out Drew Beatty's Lost Gods and remember to pre-order Scott Sigler's "The Starter" on … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 07"
A brief essay on publishing and why it led me to stop writing… Promo at the end of the episode for Scott Sigler’s “The Starter.” Visit http://scottsigler.com and get ready to pre-order your copy April 1st! Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley. Music by Nine Inch Nails from their album: The Slip. Please visit … Continue reading "Essay–Fear of Publishing"
Alan and Carolyn deal with Trey's first night away… Download Now Thank you James Melzer for giving us the bumper this week. Visit his site and getcha some Zombie Chronicles love. "Closet Treats" episode 06. Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring original music written and performed by Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 06"
Download NOW! Fiendlings! Please don't forget to add and attack Jason Warden of Shadow Cast Audio. Here's his vitals: Twitter Facebook Add ShadowCast and start pummeling him for his impudence! "Closet Treats" episode 05. Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring original music written and performed by Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-05"
Download Audio Version There has been a lot of noise lately about whether or not giving away content for free is a bad idea. A certain podiofiction author of the most successful podfic series in history, has decided to throw in the towel on the podcasting for free model. He's decided that he's not … Continue reading "Essay–The Cost Of Free"
Yup, I rock. Episode 04 is out early. This episode is bumped by Jason of Shadow Cast Audio. Be sure and subscribe to the podcast for weekly horror goodies. And yes, I am narrating their episode next week. Should be fun. Leave comments for this episode please. Cheers. Written and performed by Paul Elard … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-Episode 04"
Here ya go, Fiendlings. Just a little early for your enjoyment. Episode 3 of Closet Treats. Download it and getcha some! Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring original music written and performed by Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts and music at: http://www.fabkebab.com This presentation is copyright 2010 by … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-03"
My fiendlings. Today is Day 3 of "The Valentine's Day Massacre" Weekend. Today I offer up episode 2 of my new podiobook novel, Closet Treats. Hope you enjoy it. Download Now Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring original music written and performed by Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-02"
My fiendlings. Today is Day 2 of "The Valentine's Day Massacre" Weekend. Brought to you by: me and my sick and twisted brain. Today I offer up the premiere episode of my new podiobook novel, Closet Treats. Hope you enjoy it. Episode 2 drops tomorrow. Download Now Written and performed by Paul Elard … Continue reading "Fiends–Closet Treats-01"
Here you are, my fiendlings. We kick off Day 1 of the Valentine's Day Massacre Weekend with, finally, the Tattoo Q&A show. It's WAY overdue and I apologize for it. This was recorded in the living room of my good friend Brett Cullum. Please enjoy it and if there's anything I failed to cover, well, tough shit, … Continue reading "Valentine's Day Massacre: Day 1: Tattoo Q&A"
Download Now Horny housewife novels. Senseless slaughter fests. Space operas. Braindead action. Tolkien ripoffs. Genre bashing. Yeah, you heard me, genre bashing. I don’t care what kind of genre is your favorite, I guarantee you you’ve bought into the stereotypes of certain kinds of literature and movies. God knows I have. I was talking … Continue reading "Essay–Genre Bashing"
Download Audio Version We love monsters. Whether it's the foot pounding destruction from Godzilla or Hannibal Lecter staring into our minds with his red eyes and cold intelligence, we love them. Horror movies make millions and millions of dollars every year, regardless of how shitty most of the films are. Stephen King belches, and hundreds … Continue reading "Essay: A Monster's History?"
Download Now Information about Tee Morris and Sonic Boom, Daybreakers Review, and WUZ UP! To help out Tee Morris and his daughter, please donate via the Chip-In account or paricipate in the auction as a donor or bidder: Promos included in this episode: Eyes and Knives Dead Mech Closet Treats IS coming. Very very soon…
Some thoughts on modern publishing, and why writers write. Download Now Links presented in this episode: Pseudopod Escape Pod Castle Pod CrimeWAV This presentation is copyright 2009 by Paul Elard Cooley Music provided by Nine Inch Nails from their album "Ghosts" via a Creative Commons License. Please visit their site at http://nin.com Visit shadowpublications.com for … Continue reading "Essay: Why Publish?"
Just a quick self-indulgent babble about my feelings on the nature of horror. Go ahead and download now.
This is it. The end of the story. The end of the line. So, my fiendlings, please enjoy. Leave comments here for the postshow. Enjoy. Download Now FIENDS–Tattoo–ep7 Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring the voice talents of Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts and music at: http://www.fabkebab.com This … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 7"
Yup, it's that time again… Tattoo, Episode 6. Listen, enjoy, and leave comments… Download Now Promos included in this episode: Seth Harwood Astral Audio Productions FIENDS–Tattoo–ep6 Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring the voice talents of Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts and music at: http://www.fabkebab.com This presentation is copyright … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 6"
Oh, yeah, my fiendlings. Episode 5, good and early. It's a short one (only 15 mins or so) but the last two will kick your ass. As always, leave comments. Enjoy… Download Now FIENDS–Tattoo–ep5 Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring the voice talents of Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 5"
Tattoo Episode 4. The intro contains information about the Scott Sigler Tailgate Tour. Infocast to come later… Links: Scott Mofo Sigler Lark Neville Interviews me Download Now FIENDS–Tattoo–ep4 Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring the voice talents of Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts and music at: http://www.fabkebab.com This presentation is … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 4"
You bitched. You complained. You cajoled. You demanded. And the FiendMaster made me do it. So here it is, you bitches. Episode 3. Download Now FIENDS–Tattoo–ep3 Written and performed by Paul Elard Cooley featuring the voice talents of Andrew Richardson. You can find Mr. Richardson's podcasts and music at: http://www.fabkebab.com This presentation is copyright 2009 … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 3"
And…here's episode 2. Many of you have been pestering me on twitter and facebook as to when this episode was going to drop. Therefore, because I am a kind and merciful FiendMaster (yeah, right) I'm dropping it a day early. In addition, you'll get some more content this week. Don't you love me? Enjoy… Download … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo-Episode 2"
After weeks and weeks and weeks of writing, editing, recording, re-recording and mixing, I present to you the first episode of Tattoo. Enjoy. Please leave comments in the forums or attached to the Tattoo topic. Suggestions, complaints and death threats are all welcome…as are kind words. Download Now FIENDS–Tattoo–ep1 Written and performed by Paul Elard … Continue reading "Fiends–Tattoo–Episode 1"
Most painters don't give their canvas a second thought. They purchase them. They paint upon them. They sell, or try to sell, their works, thinking of the canvas as nothing more than a container for their art. I, on the other hand, believe finding the right canvas, constructing it, creating it, is as important as … Continue reading "Fiends–Canvas"
Yup, here it is. Nasty. Horrible. It's a rant. Keep your kids away from this one… Due to advice from legal, this rant will be offline for at least 90 days
"The Meal" is sort of a prose poem. It's another one of those cases where "the voices made me do it." I like its simplicity, but I've been too lazy thus far to explore this character. But I wouldn't discount its appearance in a future tale. Download Now
A stiff breeze blew sand across the road. The wind was rising now. Upon the hill. The ancient Victorian, its wood white with recent paint, hedges trimmed, windows clean and sparkling, path immaculately mowed, driveway raked lovingly with gravel, stood silently on the hill. Nothing was out of place. Yet the palm trees were swishing … Continue reading "Fiends–The Ghosts of 1900"
Momma was a college term paper for my ethics class. Yup, that's right, a term paper. Hard to believe, I know, but after a serious argument with my professor regarding Aristotle's Nicomachean Ethics and the ramifications of living by one's own understanding of "what is right for man," I cleared writing this tale with him. … Continue reading "Fiends–Momma"
Welcome to the Fiends Collection. This episode is just an introduction to the collection, a little bit about me as well as a bit of an apology to my current audience. Episode
Audio Version A long time ago, in a suburb far far away, there was an elementary school called Greenwood Forest Elementary. It served children between kindergarten and 5th grade with great teachers, horrid bullies, and spoiled children. Well, I was spoiled. So were a lot of my classmates. Trust me, you know who you are. … Continue reading "Rant–The Death Of Childhood"
Download Audio Version Okay, so I have to write this. Richard Cartwright on twitter wondered aloud if a certain creature from Scott Sigler's Ancestor would BBQ well. This got me to thinking: what horror movie monsters would be the most fun to consume? What would be the worst? In no particular order, here's my take. … Continue reading "Horror Creature BBQ? Fresh Sushi?"
From Cory Doctorow, author of Little Brother, comes this. Essentially, the article points out that the Obama administration, along with other corporate interests, are trying to ensure that a world-wide copyright treaty fails. Basically, the idea is that media that can be presented in digital form (via text-to-speech, audio only, etc) for the blind and … Continue reading "Copyright, Screwing the Disabled, and The Success of a New Business Model"