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.
Anne and I had a wonderful time talking with Stephen Kilbride, the host of the excellent Tea and Chat podcast. So, you want to know more about how we started Variant Frequencies? Here is your chance. If you liked it, please let Steve know.
Also, if you haven’t heard it yet, Steve recently interviewed Matt Wallace.
Matt Wallace and Mur Lafferty are guests on Adventures in SciFi Publishing. Shaun Farrell does a great job interviewing both of them. If you are a Matt Wallace or Mur Lafferty fan, then you will want to check out this podcast.
Even if you have heard other interviews with Matt and Mur, you will learn new things about both of them.
Hypericon is returning to Nashville, Tennessee June 27-29, 2008. Hypericon is a speculative fiction convention celebrating science fiction, horror, fantasy, literature, arts, and media. Variant Frequencies will be represented by both Matt Wallace and Anne Stringer. They both are participating in panels. If you are going to be near Nashville that weekend, stop in and meet Matt and Anne. They both would love to talk to some of our listeners.
Deck Gibson: Far Reach Commander is back on Decoder Ring Theatre. They are running the second of six new episodes, Deck Gibson and Two Days on the Tundra of Terror by Matt Wallace.
Here is the description from their site:
Responding to a faint distress call brings Deck to a frozen wasteland of a planet. With bone-chilling temperatures and blinding blizzards, surely nothing could have survived in such an environment… Or could it? Isoloated from the Far Reach One, far from help, far from hope, Deck will find the answer to this and more questions during… Two Days on the Tundra of Terror!
As always, this is another great production by our friends at Decoder Ring Theatre. The Deck Gibson stories are a great example of Matt Wallace’s diversity. They are very different from the type of work you have heard by Matt here on Variant Frequencies. The series is old style pulp science fiction tales.
Alright, Matt Wallace fans. Just in case you have been living under a rock, Act Two of Latchkeepers is now on Stranger Things. I just watched it. You have to see it. Earl Newton and his crew have put together as good of a production as anything you will see on TV. Oh, that’s right, soon you will be able to see Stranger Things on TV. This thing totally ROCKS!
If you haven’t seen Act One of Latchkeepers, then you need to go here NOW!
This is just too well done to ignore. One of Matt Wallace’s fans created some historical images for The Next Fix. This stuff is very cool. Go check out Matt’s blog to see them. (Warning, for those few of you who don’t know Matt Wallace. His blog is not for the easily offended.)
Closing time. Game over. But some people think it’s more than a game. Some people don’t want to go home. They don’t have to, but they can’t stay here. Because you stay too long down here, they send the Grounders.
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Written by Jonathan McGoran
Narration by Thomas “cmdln” Gideon
Promos
Nobilis Erotica
http://nobilis.libsyn.com/
7th Son Obsidian
http://jchutchins.net
Notes From the Vault
http://www.crescentstation.net/
Tale Chasing
http://www.talechasing.com/
The Command Line
http://thecommandline.net/
The Parsec Awards
http://www.parsecawards.com/
Grounders
Copyright 2008 Jonathan McGoran
http://www.jmcgoran.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Posters
By Executive Order 12919: Martial Law is in effect for the United States and its territories… Stay in your homes… Your government is in control…
Bring a piece of the nationwide 7th Son: OBSIDIAN blackout into your world with these fourteen collectible propaganda posters! These high-resolution printable posters — which would appear in the 7th Son Universe during the blackout — reveal the horrifying circumstances in the U.S. during OBSIDIAN. Martial law has been declared. Looting is rampant. Chaos reigns. (Newcomers: subscribe to the OBSIDIAN podcast by clicking here, or catch up with the story by subscribing to the 7th Son podcast novel trilogy legacy feed.)
Only one of these posters will be available for download at JCHutchins.net during the OBSIDIAN event. The rest roll out exclusively on thirteen other websites. Each site will feature one poster design only. To collect them all, you must visit all thirteen sites.
During your quest to obtain all fourteen unique posters, you’ll be exposed to incredible storytellers and resources. These thirteen participating sites feature world-class fiction, sci-fi and gaming news, reviews and music. They’re the very best sources of online entertainment for 7th Son fans, and J.C. Hutchins endorses them as “must subscribe” content.
Which sites are participating in the OBSIDIAN propaganda poster evert?
* Science-fiction news blog io9.com
* Sci-fi book interview/review site and podcast Dragon Page Cover to Cover
* Video game news/review site and podcast Sarcastic Gamer
* Indie rock showcase podcast Accident Hash
* Science fiction podcast magazine Escape Pod
* Sci-fi short story podcast Variant Frequencies
* Website of New York Times bestselling novelist Michael A. Stackpole
* Website of bestselling novelist Scott Sigler
* Website of award-winning novelist Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
* Website of award-winning novelist Mur Lafferty
* Website of award-nominated novelist Christiana Ellis
* Website of award-nominated novelist Tee Morris
* Website of author, podcaster and musician Matthew Wayne Selznick
Which posters appear on what website? Ahh, that’s a secret. On Tuesday, May 20, all participating sites will release their posters into the wild.
While you can visit those sites on that day (or after) to download each poster manually, J.C. Hutchins recommends that you subscribe to these sites’ RSS/podcast feeds NOW. That way, and you can immediately enjoy the free killer content these sites provide, and know that their posters will automatically appear in your RSS reader or podcatcher on May 20.
It’s part scavenger hunt, part “collect them all” trading card concept, part cross-promotion. So download all fourteen posters, expose yourself to some of the best entertainment on the web … and of course, print the posters and display them proudly for all your friends and coworkers to see!
Spread the word. OBSIDIAN drops May 31st. When the power fails … chaos reigns.
Ghost inspectors and golems patrol the streets of Whitechapel. Prostitutes turn tricks for the fever-dream flesh lusts of the spiritual. And the statue of Saint Darwin, the scientist who broke the barrier between the natural and the supernatural, oversees it all. Now a disciple of Darwin - a woman of skin and bone - follows a trail of blood and corpses over cobblestone streets, hoping to unravel the devastating mystery of her own life.
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Written by D.K. Thompson
Narration by Rick Stringer, Ali Groves, Dani Cutler, Maia Whitaker, and Anne Stringer
Music by Abney Park
Artwork by Vincent Chong commissioned by Murky Depths
Print version on Murky Depths
Promo
Matt Wallace’s The Next Fix
http://www.thenextfix.net/
Saint Darwin’s Spirituals
Copyright 2008 D.K. Thompson
http://krylyr.livejournal.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
Before he got to be big in the San Francisco drug game (JACK WAKES UP), Junius Ponds had to cut his teeth on the small-time capers and crimes of a fourteen-year-old wanna be gangster on the late 80s streets of greater Boston. With his brother Temple just killed, a fresh nine in his hand, and a mystery to solve, Young Junius has one way to go: straight ahead.
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Written and narrated by Seth Harwood
Promo
Jack Wakes Up
http://sethharwood.com
Matt Wallace’s The Next Fix
http://www.thenextfix.net/
Basil Sands’ 65 Below
http://www.basilsands.com
Music - The Podsafe Music Network
http://podsafemusicnetwork.com/
Young Junius
Copyright 2008 Seth Harwood
http://sethharwood.com/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
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