Has Gramma overstayed her welcome? Will Billy stay or go? Does Ariella count coins in her sleep? And why does Magda put up with this crap, anyway? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 24, 2023•26 min•Season 3Ep. 39
Season Two of SLAY picks up where the Season One Epilogue left off. Gramma handed the gang their collective ass. Will she end them all, or can Billy stop the madness? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 17, 2023•31 min•Season 3Ep. 38
The 2nd half of the descent into madness that is our post-podcast Q&A. I may have banished several people to the fiery depths of hell. To be fair, they should have expected this would happen when they started listening to my work. I don’t take responsibility at all. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Dec 10, 2023•51 min•Season 2Ep. 12
As is our long-standing tradition, we finish up this season with a plethora of questions submitted by fans of Scott's work. SPOILER ALERT! Many questions deal with BLOOD IS RED, but many more deal with Scott's other works. Keep your ears open for questions about books you have not yet enjoyed, as the answers could spoil a thing or two. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megap...
Dec 03, 2023•57 min•Season 2Ep. 11
There is a fine line between absent-minded genius and idiot savant. Gordo Gordon keeps a foot planted firmly on either side. Father Al knows this better than anyone. Father Al watches over Gordo and tolerates the young man’s endless — and useless — inventions. When Gordo creates a theory to track “prayer energy,” however, Father Al will find a religious secret that puts his faith to the test. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set E...
Nov 26, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 10
NFL Security agent Lawrence Cutter’s standard background check of number-one draft prospect Eugene Patterson should have been easy work. It was – until he learned of the animal sacrifice, and that was just the beginning of his unfortunate discoveries. It's past midnight in Memphis, and Cutter is on the run, trying to avoid the “Pitter-Patterson” of little feet. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dea...
Nov 19, 2023•26 min•Season 2Ep. 9
In the high-stakes world of the National Football League, a wasted draft choice can cost careers and damage a franchise for years to come. When they investigate sure-fire number-one pick Eugene Patterson, however, they find far more than they want to know. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 12, 2023•29 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Tranquilizers and sledgehammers in hand, the Penniless Quartet set out to catch a Snipe. It may very well be the last thing they ever do… Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Nov 05, 2023•31 min•Season 2Ep. 7
The “Penniless Quartet” have their final exam assignment – to demonstrate their zoology skills and creativity in an exercise looking for an urban species that, technically, should exist. What they will find will take them down an unexpected path. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 29, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Nature abhors a vacuum. One such vacuum exists in the “urban ecologies” of our cities. From bacteria to insects, from rodents to hawks, from feral cats to the mass numbers of pigeons, plants, and animals weave together a web of life that goes mostly unnoticed by humans. What is missing from this mosaic? Four college students set out to find this mythical creature, the “Snipe,” and learn that a vacuum isn’t the only thing nature abhors. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance ...
Oct 22, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 5
With the storm coming in, the family seals the house and arms up. Kevin and Martha want out fast, but will Bobby and the others let them leave? All does not end well in Fenders Pointe, IA. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Oct 15, 2023•21 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Come visit Fenders Pointe, IA. We'd love to have you stop by, see the trees, smell the flowers, and relax with our Midwestern hospitality. Only you should try to schedule around the rainy season. If you're here when the typhoons hit, we'll be happy to welcome you as a permanent resident. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone...
Oct 08, 2023•24 min•Season 2Ep. 3
To be marked as a sex offender, a pedophile, or a child rapist is to carry a stigma that all but banishes you from society. And if that mark is literal - a permanent, inoperable face tattoo - anonymity vanishes, and all who see you know of your crime. For a man who is wrongly convicted of horrible deeds, this mark becomes his life. This story won a Parsec Award. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “De...
Oct 01, 2023•22 min•Season 2Ep. 2
In the time before man, one animal ruled the Americas – the wolf. Wolf packs roamed the continent, hunting and killing and breeding. But before any wolf ever saw the death that would walk on two legs, there came another danger… Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is “Dead Silence” by Vasya Sakal Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 24, 2023•32 min•Season 2Ep. 1
More SLAY questions and a ton of questions about Scott, the Siglerverse, writing, and everything else. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min•Season 1Ep. 37
Questions from fans about SLAY Season 1. Scott and co-author Rob Otto answer them all. SPOILER ALERT! If you haven’t finished Slay Season One yet, do that first. NOTE: We had an echo for Rob and ARealGirl courtesy of Zoom. We can’t fix it, so hopefully, you can bear with it. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Sep 10, 2023•1 hr 26 min•Season 1Ep. 36
The aftermath of the final battle(s) has left Linc and Billy battered and broken, but a new danger is already closing in. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON . Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices...
Sep 03, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 35
Bobby, Gary Satyr, Mercutio, and all the club kids are down for the count, leaving only a badly wounded Lincoln and a battered Callista to stand against Dante, Oleus Oakbeard, Boss Hawg, and the last of Dante’s Miami thugs. Meanwhile, at the Old Stone Church, Billy is trying to free Dragon from the meshwork net that keeps her from attacking Butch and the Rolling Outlaws. The story of SLAY concludes with this episode (but there is an epilogue episode next!) Written and performed by Scott Sigler P...
Aug 27, 2023•50 min•Season 1Ep. 34
Billy, Magda, Ariella, and Dragon are at the Old Stone Church, under assault from Butch and the Rolling outlaws. Billy and Butch fought one-on-one. Billy broke Butch’s knee, but his celebration was short-lived — Money Monday beat Billy down, leaving him a limp mess atop the now fifteen-foot-long Dragon, who has been bound up in a ball by a meshwork net provided to Butch by Boss Hawg. Magda did some damage to B’Lockay and to Money Monday, but she collapsed in fear brought on by memories of her fi...
Aug 20, 2023•37 min•Season 1Ep. 33
Butch and the Rolling Outlaws followed Billy to the Old Stone Church and used a spell given to him by Boss Hawg to bind Dragon in a golden meshwork net. Magda and Ariella tried to fight Butch and his men, but Magda’s flashback from her fight with Vestinian left her helpless in the fetal position. Ariella rescued Magda. The two women are likely somewhere in the church, being hunted by Butch’s men. Butch then told Billy it was time for Billy to pay for Big Hack’s death. Dante and his bounty hunter...
Aug 13, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 32
Butch followed Billy back to the Old Stone Church and was able to lead his Rolling Outlaw gang members into the entryway. Dragon the dog turned into Dragon the dragon, but Butch used a meshwork ring given to him by Boss Hawg to bind the protector. Magda and Ariella came out of the nave to face off against Butch and his men. Ariella used her threadwork necklace to make the Outlaws’ guns heat up to the point where the men could not hold them. Meanwhile, Mercutio led Lincoln through the tunnels ben...
Aug 06, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 31
Callista ordered Lincoln to protect her from Dante’s assassins, a murderer’s row that includes Boss Hawg, the Flechette Sisters, and the druid-sorcerer Oleus Oakbeard. Shitbird signaled to Lincoln that Dante’s troops had been spotted. Callista sent Lincoln and her boy-toy Mercutio out to take out an assassin or two before the real battle begins. Meanwhile, Billy tried to go to his apartment to warn his Gramma to leave town, but he saw Butch’s men around the place — Billy bailed and pedaled for t...
Jul 30, 2023•36 min•Season 1Ep. 30
Lincoln and Shitbird left to fight for Callista, and Billy just plain left. Frustrated and upset, he figured out how to break Magda’s meshwork seal that kept him inside the Old Stone Church. Meanwhile, Dante gathered his mercenaries together to prep them for the coming fight against Lincoln, Callista, and her bodyguard, Bobby. Can Callista call up enough troops to take on Dante’s boys from Miami? Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty S...
Jul 23, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 29
Things are heating up in Lumencia. Butch and the Rolling Outlaws are in cahoots with Boss Hawg, but Butch and his crew can’t handle the powers of the enlightened. Can Hawg help them out? Lincoln and Magda just finished a training session with Billy that saw the kid stomp off, furious that Lincoln didn’t remember killing Billy’s friend Joe. So heated was the argument that Dragon — Lincoln’s dog — went after Billy to console him. Meanwhile, Dante Oganov is putting the finishing touches on his camp...
Jul 16, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 28
Lincoln beat the holy hell out of the guy who mugged Dillon Cantrell, got the gold he needed to pay off Bingles, and took ten grand for himself. Whatever will he spend it on? Lincoln feels lost and alone. He’s been duped by Callista into protecting her, and now he’s contemplating going head-to-head with four deadly bounty hunters. And before he heads out on a mission from which he might not make it back, he needs to help Magda with Billy’s training. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Producti...
Jul 09, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 27
Lincoln went to Cordis to find out why Dillon Cantrell hadn’t delivered Lincoln’s gold to Bingles, only to learn Dillon had been mugged by some thugs shaking down Cantrell & Cantrell. Lincoln is unhappy with said thugs and is paying them a visit. Meanwhile, Billy needs to learn how to fight and fast if he’s going to survive the next few days. Can Magda teach him the basics? Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Th...
Jul 02, 2023•33 min•Season 1Ep. 26
Ariella came to Lincoln’s defense against Callista, but Callista’s lawyer Shocking-Cock Kahn got the upper hand. If Lincoln wants to change his contract with Callista and have her keep his son safe on the Shelf, he must protect Callista from deadly bounty hunters. Before Lincoln goes on the hunt for the Flechette Sisters, Oleus Oakbeard, and Boss Hawg, he needs to put his affairs in order and find out what happened to his friend Patrick Cantrell. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production ...
Jun 25, 2023•25 min•Season 1Ep. 25
Lincoln tried to alter his deal with Callista, but before he could get to her, Finish The Job Johnson got to him. Lincoln wound up in chains, about to be beheaded by Callista’s bodyguard Bobby when Ariella Goldsmith came in with a gun to Gary Satyr’s head. Now, Lincoln’s life hangs in the balance as Ariella attempts to put a lawyering on Callista and her team. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the s...
Jun 18, 2023•30 min•Season 1Ep. 24
Lincoln was on his way to pay a first installment of treasure to Callista when he was jumped by Finish The Job Johnson, who knocked Lincoln unconscious. Meanwhile, work on the Old Stone Church continues as Ariella takes on more debt from unknown sources. Eager to find some way to bring in money, Magda let Billy convince her to start a company that will sell funny T-shirts. All they need is the right idea. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 b...
Jun 11, 2023•28 min•Season 1Ep. 23
Lincoln successfully killed the Wyvern in Wyoming and earned the reward — Hernhol’s Bracelet, the magic item he will use to pay Callista and change the nature of his contract with her. As long as he delivers it to her, and keeps making payments, he’ll be free of her control, and she’ll be forced to continue protecting his son Sam, who is trapped in the purgatory known as “the Shelf.” Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2023 by Empty Set Entertainm...
Jun 04, 2023•27 min•Season 1Ep. 22