Lincoln, Delilah, Billy, Sophia Franks, Lukas Franks, and Morgan Stone, Kellius Droman defeated Teddy Two-Fingers, Haimana, Agneetha, and Teddy’s thuengol henchmen, securing the release of the children Teddy kept captive for years. In the process, Lukas was badly injured, Kellius Droman died, and Teddy was left catatonic, completely unresponsive to Lincoln’s questions about how to get his son Sam off The Shelf. Agneetha died, too, at the hands of Lincoln, and Haimana burned alive as a result of ...
Aug 18, 2024•47 min•Season 3Ep. 73
In the book business, the category is “Fantasy & SciFi.” They are not separate things. Why are they lumped together? What’s the difference? Author Scott Sigler and audiobook narrator A.B. Kovacs discuss the differences in the marketplace and in Scott’s horror/scifi work. New York Times bestselling author Jonathan Maberry weighs in with his definition. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This Deep Cuts comes courte...
Aug 14, 2024•34 min
Deep underground in Teddy Two-Fingers’s cell block lair, Haimana’s giant scorpion delivered a massive dose of poison to Kellius Droman. Kellius is down for the count — is he dying? Fueled by rage, Billy unleashed his internal power and torched Haimana’s killer beetles. Under the light of ten thousand fireflies, Billy rises up for the final battle with Haimana, but first, he must defeat the same scorpion that down his teacher. With the help of her fellow captives that she may or may not be contro...
Aug 11, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 72
After fifteen years as a full-time fiction novelist and podcaster, what would author Scott Sigler change if he could go back and do it all over again? Listen in for great tips as well as some heartfelt truths about the writing business. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 06, 2024•41 min
With Magda’s help, Lincoln saved his sister Sophia’s life, using Sophia’s healing mesh to stave off the effects of Agneetha’s centipede poison. After giving Lincoln her rixator cloak, the Man in Gray is going after Delilah… and Teddy Two-Fingers. In another part of the sprawling cell block complex, Morgan Stone engulfed Haimana in a whipping tornado. The mesh-buzz effect short-circuited Droman’s magic — will it do the same to Morgan’s and Billy’s if he tries to use his? Teddy Two-fingers knows h...
Aug 04, 2024•29 min•Season 3Ep. 71
As the publishing industry contracts and the internet’s reach expands, the days of “just writing” are over for the vast majority of authors. Modern-day authors (and creators at large) have to manage social media, marketing, fan interaction, conventions, and much more, in addition to crafting the actual things that will sell to happy customers. The FDØ and ARealGirl herself chat about the minefield that is the modern-day creator’s world and the sacrifices that go into becoming successful. Created...
Jul 30, 2024•33 min
Haimana has had years to prepare for a duel to the death with Kellius Droman. Can Billy and Morgan tilt the scales? Lincoln and Sophia are pushed to the edge. Will they survive the day? Oh, and hey, take a memo — do not incur the wrath of Delilah. Who lives? Who dies? Season Two is almost complete. Awful nice of GoDaddy Promo Codes to bring you SLAY 70 free as a bird! Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by...
Jul 28, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 70
Scott and ARealGirl Herself discuss the difficulty of taking vacations when you are a content creator, and your content is your business and your income. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This healthy dose of Deep Cuts comes courtesy of the GoDaddy Promo Codes page, where the code CJCFOSSIG3 saves you 99 percent on your first year of a three-year dot-com registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit mega...
Jul 23, 2024•29 min
Lincoln, Billy, Lukas, Sophia, Kellius Droman, and Morgan Stone assaulted the Big Nasty’s burger joint located just outside the main gates of the Bastion’s fortress in Coris. At the restaurant, Lincoln and his comrades found the elevator that leads to Teddy Two-Finger’s lair. In that lair, Teddy is already evacuating his “line workers,” the kidnapped paranormal children whose nightmares he harvests to make the purest filament in existence, filament for which Teddy demands — and receives — astron...
Jul 21, 2024•51 min•Season 3Ep. 69
SLAY co-creator Rob Otto joins Scott for a chat about their annual writing retreat and their collaboration process. Links in this episode: The Puppy in the Red-Checkered Coat: Meets Santa BLUE EYE SAMURAII on Netflix. Deep Cuts is: Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment This round of Deep Cuts comes courtesy of the stamps.com promo code page. 75% off the startup costs with that link! Learn more about your ad choices....
Jul 16, 2024•38 min
Working together, Lincoln, Billy, Magda, and Ariella learned that Teddy’s lair is beneath a Big Nasty’s restaurant in Cordis, close to the supernatural pawnshop known as “the Clearinghaus,” and also close to the Bastion’s fortress headquarters. The Bastion has a magical interference zone around it, a zone that includes the Clearinghaus and Big Nasty’s. This zone, affected by a persistent spell known as “mesh-buzz,” hides the detection of all meshwork within it. It also makes magic unpredictable ...
Jul 14, 2024•46 min•Season 3Ep. 68
This episode was recorded on vacation at my parent’s house, so it doesn’t have our usual studio-quality sound. Episode 68 will also be recorded on the road. If this sound bothers you or takes you out of the story, we will be re-recording these episodes the third week of July. Come on back then to get the good stuff. If the sound doesn’t bother you that much, then saddle up, sailor! PREVIOUSLY ON SLAY: Thanks to a clue that Delilah Droman planted in Gabriella Radu’s mind, Lincoln and Billy paid a...
Jul 07, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 67
Scott and ARealGirl Herself go over the process of how your favorite novels transmogrify into audiobooks. What does an editor do? How do you make these things? What’s this “volume” knob all about? Let’s turn it to 11. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 02, 2024•28 min
Lincoln visited Gabriella Radu at her home after Teddy ransomed her to her father. The little girl had been through hell and may never fully recover, but she brought with her a clue to Teddy’s whereabouts — a clue planted in her mind by Delilah Droman. That clue? The name Finicus Sleidan, a darkmesh creator in Trenton, New Jersey, who is possibly the maker of dreamgaunts that Teddy uses on defenseless enlightened children in his hidden nightmare factory. Meanwhile, Delilah is breaking down. To s...
Jun 30, 2024•44 min•Season 3Ep. 66
So you finally publish that novel — now how do you interact with your audiobook narrator? How do you make sure the narrator matches your tone and vibe? Author Scott Sigler (also an audiobook producer) and audiobook narrator A.B. Kovacs (also an audiobook producer and director) give you the ins and outs. Plus, newbie narrator tips from Ray Porter, narrator god known for HAIL MARY, EARTHCORE, and JOE LEDGER. Hat tip to K.C. Alexander for her SINless series, which A.B. Kovacs narrated. Created by S...
Jun 25, 2024•48 min
Delilah continues her plan to escape Teddy Two-Fingers's clutches, using captive Gabriella Radu as a pawn. Delilah manipulates Teddy into ransoming Gabriella. Lincoln and Billy had a run-in when Billy dumped all the booze, beer, and wine in the Old Stone Church. Things got heated and came to blows, stopping only when Gabriella’s father, Bogdan Radu, said his daughter must see Lincoln immediately. Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by ...
Jun 23, 2024•49 min•Season 3Ep. 65
His first “database” was a binder with handwritten notes. After three decades in the biz, how does he track all the ideas that clog up his big bald noggin? Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 18, 2024•40 min
Magda used her healing talents to dress Lincoln’s bar fight wounds, but it will take him a bit of time to fully heal. Billy, Ariella, Magda, and Lincoln are at a dead end in the search for Delilah Droman. With no leads and less hope, is it time to give up? If so, Delilah herself didn’t get that memo. She’s put her escape plan into play, and what a dangerous plan it is. Can she maneuver her way out of Teddy’s two-fingered clutches? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Sco...
Jun 16, 2024•33 min•Season 3Ep. 64
Scott’s writing career began by writing roleplaying game books and articles for the games Champions, Silent Death, and Dungeons & Dragons. Scott and ARealGirl Herself look back on this exciting, breaking-into-the-business time of Scott’s 20s. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs. Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 11, 2024•40 min
Following the brawl at Stoolie’s Bar, and the showdown with rixator Basil Beverly and adjurator Rochelle Dollar, Billy took Lincoln back to the Old Stone Church. Teddy Two-Fingers is reveling in his new foreman’s talents. Delilah Droman has been the find of the century for him and his nightmare-harvesting operation. Delilah, though, isn’t quite as excited. She spends her days amplifying the nightmares of children, forcing them to face their deepest terrors over and over again. If Delilah doesn’t...
Jun 10, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 63
How did roleplaying games like Dungeons & Dragons, Champions, and more help turn Scott into a New York Times bestselling author? Scott and ARealGirl herself dig into the history of many weekends of teenage nerdom. DEEP CUTS are bonus episodes of SCOTT SIGLER SLICES. There is no story content; it’s all a couple of nerds in love talking about topics generated by Scott’s fans (the Junkies) in front of a live chatroom audience. We apologize for the Kobold Cabbage. Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kov...
Jun 04, 2024•32 min•Ep. 2
Lincoln got himself in a whole heapin’ helpin’ of trouble. He started a fight at Stoolie’s bar, got his ass whooped, then sucker-punched Finish The Job Johnson, which got Lincoln’s ass thrown into a gutter, where Basil Beverly — second in command of the Bastion — and his socius Rochelle Kolar tried to bring Lincoln in for questioning regarding the kidnapping of Delilah Droman. Can Billy and Dragon keep Lincoln from being carted away? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by ...
Jun 02, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 62
The first episode of a podcast that celebrates the Sigler Junkies, recorded live with a chat room of said Junkies. As this is a live recording, you’ll notice it’s a bit less polished than the fiction podcast. But in true Sigler fashion, there’s still some naughty language, lots of laughter, and general tomfoolery. In this episode, we talk about AI in writing and audiobook narration as Scott preps for a panel at StokerCon 2024. Links mentioned in this episode: Wondercraft audiobook parrot mode Be...
May 28, 2024•39 min
Lincoln went looking for a fight at Stoolie’s Bar and Grille. He found one. He intends to “follow the pain” and get Booty Shooty and Lupo to reveal the location of Teddy Two-Fingers. Delilah’s training continues. She’s learned how to feed the thirty-two kids held captive in Teddy’s nightmare factory. She’s learned how to harvest filament from the parasitic dreamgaunts. Now, it’s time for her to learn how to change the children’s nightmares, how to make them even worse. Episode sponsored by GoDad...
May 26, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 61
Teddy Two-Fingers kidnapped Delilah Droman from her father’s mansion in Barron Heights. Teddy is holding her captive at his “nightmare factory,” located deep underground in parts unknown, where he and Hiamana are training her to be the factory’s foreman. Delilah is trying to find a way to escape or to get a message to Lincoln, as she believes Lincoln will rescue her. Lincoln was at Stoolie’s Bar & Grill, looking for Lupo and Booty Shooty, accomplices of the recently deceased Thoko Chikondi. Linc...
May 19, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 60
Teddy is training Delilah to work in his nightmare factory. She is learning her duties as “the foreman” of the operation. Lincoln wants to find Delilah, but he has no leads. On the advice of his father, Jacoby Franks, Lincoln set out to “follow the pain.” Lincoln told Billy, Magda, and Ariella that he’s doing this alone, and ignored their efforts to help. When Delilah was taken from Droman’s mansion, Teddy put a bullet in Billy’s arm. Morgan Stone worked on the wound first, then, at the Old Ston...
May 12, 2024•43 min•Season 3Ep. 59
Lincoln and Billy lost Delilah to Teddy Two-Fingers, so Kellius Droman sent them packing. Billy took a shot to the shoulder that should have killed him — how did he survive? Meanwhile, Teddy is about to put Delilah to work as the “foreman” in his nightmare factory. What do her duties entail? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPE...
May 05, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 58
Kellius Droman and Morgan Stone set off to deal with Teddy Two-Fingers at an undisclosed location, but Teddy, Haimana, and Agneetha attacked Kellius Droman’s Barron Heights mansion with magic and a flame-throwing aerial drone that set Droman’s living guardian trees and much of the mansion ablaze. Lincoln and Billy, who were there guarding Delilah Droman, fought against Agneetha and Haimana’s murderous giant flying centipedes. Lincoln had downed a bottle of whiskey, which slowed his reaction time...
Apr 28, 2024•40 min•Season 3Ep. 57
Kellius Droman found out where Teddy Two-Fingers had been hiding. Lincoln demanded to go with Droman to whoop some ass, but Droman refused to take Lincoln with him. Instead, he ordered Lincoln to go to his mansion to protect his daughter, Delilah. Already distraught after seeing his son, Sam, on The Shelf, Lincoln grew despondent. As Droman magicked away to battle Teddy, Lincoln gave up. He downed a bottle of bourbon and headed for the mansion. Billy, feeling terrible for his friend, tagged alon...
Apr 21, 2024•35 min•Season 3Ep. 56
Lincoln astral projected to The Shelf, where his young son, Sam, has been held captive for five years. Can Lincoln find a way to free his only child from that hellish dimension? Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2024 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
Apr 14, 2024•38 min•Season 3Ep. 55
