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P.G. Holyfield “Novelette” Pre-Order

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“Canary in a Coal Mine”

A few years ago I wrote a short story (short for me, in any case, around 8K words) for Matthew Wayne Selznick\\™s The Sovereign Era: Year One anthology. It was called \\Every Breath You Take.\\ It\\™s the story of high school senior Christian Murphy, who has it bad for a foreign exchange student named Stacey… \\˜but in a world where thousands of people are learning they possess unique, incredible powers, what exactly stands in the way of Christian getting what he wants?\\™

Last Fall, Matt did a Kickstarter for his second novel set in this universe, and I offered to write a \\˜sequel\\™ to my first story as a pledge reward for his fans. Matt allowed me to play in his universe once again, and this story became more of a \\˜novelette,\\™ with a word count of nearly 14K. Now that Matt has fulfilled his Kickstarter obligations, we\\™re getting this puppy out as an e-book on Amazon and B&N for $3.99. The name of this novelette? \\Canary in a Coal Mine.\\

It will be available at online retailers on Friday, but if you are an .epub or .mobi consumer, you can pre-order it now for $2.99 until 11:59 PM PST, tomorrow night.

Here are the pre-order links:

https://gumroad.com/l/canary-coal-mine-epub

https://gumroad.com/l/canary-coal-mine-mobi

For that $1.00 off, enter coupon code – sfmfan

So, more about \\˜Canary,\\™ which can be read as a standalone story (although there are characters from the first story that appear in this one as well, so go get \\˜Breath\\™ for 1.99 at Amazon or B&N… it\\™s good)

\\Sovereign Conduct Enforcement Team (S.C.E.T.) investigators Adoette Smith and Joshua Wolff team with a local police officer to investigate what happened at the end of \\˜Breath,\\™ and the disappearance of the potential Sovereign, Stacey Miller

When circumstances bring Adoette\\™s violent, troubled past to the surface, will she be able to utilize her own Sovereign abilities in time to find Stacey?

I had fun with this story, and doing it got me back in the writing mood, in a big way. I hope you enjoy it. And if you enjoy the setting and haven\\™t read Matt Selznick\\™s Sovereign novels, please do!!

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AudioConsumption Consumption Podcast

Audio: Consumption Ep. 02

Our second episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on August 7, 2013.

Guest: writer/musician/filmmaker/husband/father/carpenter James Durham, creator of the award winning FETIDUS podcast.

(Actually, I have no idea if he is a carpenter)

Show Notes:

6:00 – The Last of Us
25:30 – Grounded: The Last of Us
29:00 – True Blood
34:00 – Rogue Legacy
42:00 – We Didn’t Playtest This at All
45:00 – Dixit
49:00 – Civilization V – Brave New World
52:00 – Starcraft: Heart of the Swarm
57:50 – X-Com: Enemy Unknown
1:01:00 – The Legend of Zelda: Wind Waker
1:05:00 – News
1:05:00 – Elysium
1:07:00 – Doctor Who
1:20:00 – Game of Thrones
1:26:00 – Animal Crossing: New Leaf
1:36:00 – James Durham
1:48:00 – Closing Credits
1:49:30 – SPOILER CHAT – I WARNED YOU – The Last of Us

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

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Audio: Consumption Ep. 01

Our first episode of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout on July 31, 2013.

FIRST OFF: Apologies for the audio. The damned hamsters that power my internet took the f’ing night off, apparently. But my partners in crime carried the show, and our guest was just great… as you will soon learn.

Our guest was Matthew Wayne Selznick, author of Brave Men Run and the recently released Pilgrimage.

Show Notes:

00:00 – Introduction – Where we discover P.G.’s internet sucks…
06:30 – The Venture Brothers – Christiana’s Venture Brothers Podcast
11:30 – Adventure Time
13:45 – Arrested Development
23:00 – Pacific Rim
34:00 – The Last Avatar
36:45 – Matthew Wayne Selznick
47:00 – Battlestar Galactica
52:00 – Falling Skies
59:00 – Blackfish (documentary)
1:02:00 – A Band Called Death
1:08:00 – The Pixar Theory

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Beyond the Wall Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Vivid Musings Blog)

 

If you want to be part of this or future episodes of the show (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 06, 9/15/13

Episode 6 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded on Sunday, September 15th.

We talked about the new television season. What shows are you looking forward to most? Least? Post here and we’ll include your comments during the show!

We  also announced a couple of new shows from SpecFicMedia.com, so watch the video and look for more info on the website about this!

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 05, 9/04/13

Episode 5 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout.

We spent our time talking about two things in particular: Dragon*Con! and Chooch and Viv’s visit to P.G.’s house, better known as The “Neverpanties” Ranch.

Guests:

Nicole Gugliucci
Timothy Legower
Billy Flynn
Terri “Flynnstress”

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

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SFM Presents: Consumption \\“ Ep. 04, 8/28/13

Episode 4 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout, Wednesday, 8/28/13.

Our guest: one of this century’s Renaissance men, Jared Axelrod.

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

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BTW – S3 Review and Feedback Show – 08/21/13

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Wednesday night at 9 pm Eastern the Beyond The Wall crew will hold a Hangout to discuss Season 3 of HBO’s Game of Thrones. We’ll also figure out who won our season contest, and discuss any audience feedback.

If you’d like to share your thoughts about season 3 or have questions for us, post here prior to the show, or leave us a message on our voicemail line.

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls’ Rules Podcast Host)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Nuchtchas (Host of Nutty Bites Podcast)

Contact Us:

Email: btw at specficmedia dot com
Phone: 6199-BTW-GoT (619-928-9468)
Comments: On the site

 

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Audio: Beyond the Wall – Season 3, Ep. 10

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“Mhysa”

Here is the audio from the Episode 10 Hangout back in June. Chooch moderated the discussion, and did a wonderful job!

I wasn’t there… I was at this wedding, see, went out to pee, and the next thing I knew some guy with a wolf’s head almost ran me down with his horse. What the hell was that all about?

I was able to get some comments to Nutty before the show, however–which means I still got to drive Christiana crazy with my grumpiness!!

NEXT WEDNESDAY, August 21st at 9 pm Eastern, we’ll do our season end show, Live on YouTube! Be sure to the look for post here

Episode 10 Hosts:

Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host), Girls’ Rules Podcast Host)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Nuchtchas (Host of Nutty Bites Podcast)

Contact Us:

Email: btw at specficmedia dot com
Phone: 6199-BTW-GoT (619-928-9468)
Comments: On the site

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SFM Presents: Consumption – Ep. 03, 8/14/13

Episode 3 of SFM Presents: Consumption was recorded LIVE on Google Hangout, Wednesday evening.

Our guest this week was the incomparable Mur Lafferty, author of the recent novel, The Shambling Guide to New York City.

Hosts:

P.G. Holyfield (author of Murder at Avedon Hill and SFM Founder)
Christiana Ellis (too many podcasts to list here, but you can check out all things Christiana at her site).
Chooch (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, and bassist of Ditched By Kate)
Vivid Muse (Into the Blender Podcast Co-Host, Girls\\™ Rules Podcast Host)

 

If you want to be part of this or future shows (questions for the guest, topics for us to discuss, general trolling):

Email us at consumption at specficmedia dot com
Leave a voicemail at (704-981-1SFM)
Post a message here before the show, or on the YouTube page during the show!

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In case you missed it…

Here is the video from the Hangout-a-Thon: The BTW discussion of “weather in Westeros” starts around the 2:23:00 mark.

During the recording of the special BTW discussion during CosmoQuest’s Hangout-a-Thon in June, I made the announcement that any profits from SpecFicMedia.com’s Spreadshirt Store for the rest of this year will be donated to Citizens Science Project: CosmoQuest.

So, if you needed a reason to purchase a shirt from our Spreadshirt store…