We're back with our fifth Balticon Bonus episode, featuring panels from Balticon 49! This time, we bring you the How to Intelligently Torture Your Characters panel. Enjoy! Bumper- Tim Dodge
It's about time A. F. disappeared so Erin could bring you some Botched Recipes. Not a lot of preamble on those. Time to see once again how dumb our hosts are. Following that is an interview with the vivacious and amazing Starla Huchton , author of the Flipped Fairy Tales , the EVOLUTION trilogy, the Endure series... and a lot more. Go check out her work! Prompt #7 closes at the end of March, so get your stories submitted! Voting for our Cookoff Challenge ends March 23rd, so go get in your votes ...
First of all, sorry this episode is a week(ish) late. Our recording space lacked sufficient silence for us to get this episode done on time. Then work happened, so A. F. didn't have tons of time to produce audio. Lots of sorry all around. We promised it would happen, and the day has arrived! We're here with our first Cookoff Challenge! Back in November, David "Doc Blue" Wendt challenged JRD Skinner to a write-off. Erin and A. F. laid the ground rules. No more than 2500 words. Valentine's Day lov...
You may remember Chris A. Jackson from our special November episode when his book HELLMAW: DRAGON DREAMS was released. Well, Mr. Prolific Writer Man has ANOTHER book out today! PIRATE'S PROPHECY is now available!...
It's been a while since we've had a Main Ingredient story (not counting our Christmas episode), so here we are with a gritty sci-fi story by Paul K. Ellis . CHRONOS ITERUM- A Colonial Marshall has been exiled to a station on the far side of the sun. His task- to assess property damage, a job that is far beneath him. He wasn't in the best mood to begin with, so this is only going to cause problems. Special thanks to the author for providing the voice of a character in the story. After the story, ...
Another panel from Balticon, and this one is definitely NOT for children. The panel is Dirty Madlibs. A group of authors and podcasters have taken scenes from romance novels and turn them into madlibs live with the audience. Among the panelists are: Scott Roche Laura Nicole- the Gypsy in the Attic Bliss Morgan
Scott E. Pond's book, Mental Graffiti , will be available for purchase at the end of January. He was kind enough to ask the Potcast crew to make a promo. And here it is!
Happy New Year! The Disaster Kitchen is still up and running, bringing you a pair of Stoke the Fire stories based on Prompt #4- A company has just received an order of "Fledges." They did not order these. "Paper Dolls" by Austin Malone, read by Erin Kazmark "Sanguine Delivery" by Paul K. Ellis , read by Theo Kazmark Then we close things up with a Little Seasoning from Potcast friend and Word Chef, Scott Roche. You might remember him as the author of "Hole Card" the very first Main Ingredient sto...
The crew of the Disaster Kitchen wants to wish you a Merry Christmas, so we've put together a trio of presents, one from each of us. From our Grillmistress, a poem: "The Great Kringle Caper" by Jeff Brackett From our Dish Boy, a Main Ingredient story: Do You Believe in Magic? by Briana Robertson From our Head Chef, a pair of short Mystery Meals, two scenes from A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens Special thanks to our guest voice artists for the Main Ingredient story: Dave Robison Terrie Keenan...
We've got a new promo. If you've got a podcast of your own, please give us a shoutout!
Balticon Bonus Episode- How to Write an Effective and Engaging Short Story
It's time for another book release in the Hellmaw setting of The Ed Greenwood Group imprint! A. F. talks with author Erik Scott de Bie about his novel, Blind Justice . It's available today through amazon.com and other sites!
It's our December episode, featuring a bagload of goodies! We start out with a pair of not-at-all-Christmas-related Stoke the Fire stories for Prompt # 4- A company has just received an order of "fledges." They did not order these. "Fledge Invasion" by A. F. Grappin "My Brother's Keeper" by Jrd Skinner of the Flashpulp Podcast Then, we're off to the Food Critic segment, where A. F. tells Erin (and you!) about THE BLACK: ARRIVAL by Paul E. Cooley . It gets 4 of 5 spoons from the Head Chef. And fi...
Author John G. Walker's next book, Best Served Cold , releases in December! He asked the Potcast crew to make a promo for him. So of course, we delivered!
A. F. and Erin are joined by author Chris A. Jackson , to talk about his new book with The Ed Greenwood Group , Hellmaw: Dragon Dreams . There's a little audio warping issue a couple times, but it really only messes with a word or two. Sorry about that! Promo- Best Served Cold by John G. Walker
This midmonth episode has A.F. drowning in a sea of fanmail, so it's up to Grillmistress Erin to host. She brings A Little Seasoning with John G. Walker , author of The Statford Chronicles . Following that, we had another mess of Botched Recipes. Promo- Nobilis Erotica Podcast...
Our November episode is bringing you something a little different. We're starting off with three Stoke the Fire stories, but unlike the usual delivery, we've got three stories by the same author, based on three different prompts. But all three stories are in the same series. Prompt #4- A company has just received an order of "fledges." They did not order these. Prompt #6- Why is everyone afraid of the mailman? Prompt #7- Write a story featuring a member of the Potcast crew as a main character. W...
A. F. is back with Ed Greenwood, now that the first book of The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG) has been released! That's right! Hellmaw: Your World is Doomed! by Ed Greenwood is finally available to buy! If you hadn't preordered, well, then you should go get it now! Right now! At Onder Librum , Amazon , or other retailers like this one ! We'll wait. Okay, you're back? Great. A. F. and Ed discuss briefly some of the quirks of this book before they derail into talking more about the setting, and you ma...
SURPRISE! A. F. speaks with Ed Greenwood about his new shared world project, The Ed Greenwood Group (TEGG)! Find all the information you could ever hope for at Onder Librum !
Our October midmonth episode is the second of our Balticon Bonus episodes, featuring a recorded panel from Balticon 49. This time, we give you "Podcaster Improv." Not a lot to discuss here, as the panel is lengthy. Check out our prompts and submissions pages, and keep an eye on our Facebook page and Twitter feed for more details on our pending Mystery Meal segment.
Our October episode brings some great material. First of all, we've got the entire crew hosting, so you know it's already a disaster. First, we have a pair of Stoke the Fire stories (and one poem!) based on prompt #5- Something in the bathroom is your character's spiritual leader or confidante. "Origami Sin" by Martin Spernau "Drip Drip Drip" by A. F. Grappin "Bathtime: An Invocation" by Austin Malone We've got our first poem, so thanks for the submission, Austin! Our Food Critic segment has A. ...
Another mid-month episode, this time with bloopers and more bloopers. Actually, just the regular amount of bloopers. Then we add A Little Seasoning with Doc Coleman Prompt #5- Something in the bathroom is your character's spiritual leader or confidant, will be closing on Sept 30th, so if you've got a submission, get it to us NOW! Promo- The Freelance Hunters Bumper- Gypsy in the Attic...
It's September, and you know what that means! Good, because we don't. Anyway, it's our first true variety episode. We've got a few things for you! First, we have two Stoke the Fire stories based on prompt #5- Something in the bathroom is your character's spiritual leader or confidant. Expiration Date by D. E. Medus Drunken Confessions As Told to My Confidante, the John by Briana Robertson Then we move on to A Little Seasoning with Katie Bryski . Find more of her stuff here . And finally, we're i...
It's happened! Another mid-month episode! This is a panel from Balticon 49, entitled Dynamic Voice Acting. Listen to six amazing voice artists put their talents to scenes first one way, then another, and hear the differences in character, tone, and other things. Laughs and fun, but definitely not for children. Enjoy!
It's our first anniversary, and the Melting Potcast is growing up! First of all, we're proud to announce a new name for you, our fans: Lexiconnoisseurs The name came from Stephen Granade and Alex White of Disasterpiece Theatre .Thanks guys! Our featured story this week is THE ICE BOX by Hugh J. O'Donnell of http://hughjodonnell.com/ and http://wayofthebuffalopodcast.blogspot.com/ . This is actually Main Ingredient length, but was based on Prompt #3- Each food in your refrigerator has a different...
We just wanted to make sure everyone got the fixed version of our audio. Here's the real, full version of Episode 14. Sorry about the problems!
SORRY! We had some technical difficulties. This file should work better. You know... actually being complete. It's the last episode of our first year of The Melting Potcast, so things will be changing come next month. Until then, enjoy a new Main Ingredient story: A BAD IDEA by Martin Spernau Coyote lost at cards, and now an old fortune teller is making him pay off the debt by changing history. But when his target isn't alone, things go awry. How is Coyote going to deal with this new development...
At Balticon 49, A. F. and Erin had the honor of being interviewed by Hugh and Pat of The Way of the Buffalo podcast. Here's the recording of the live audio. Liner notes from The Way of the Buffalo Today we are proud to present our Balticon 49 live recording featuring A F Grappin and Erin Kazmark of The Melting Potcast! Special thanks to our lovely audience! What we're enjoying this week: P-Tone watched The Lone Gunmen ! Hugh read Marvel's Secret Wars ! A F watched Game of Thrones ! Erin watched ...
Erin and A. F. are still recovering from Balticon , so Theo is alone at the controls, bringing you another collection of bloopers for you to enjoy. We've also got the results from last month's guesses of what A. F.'s initials stand for! Prompt #4 is now closed, so we're opening Prompt #6! Why is everyone afraid of the mailman? Promo- THE CASEBOOK OF ESHO ST. CLAIRE by Scott Roche...
We've got a returning author presenting his second Main Ingredient story! BOBBY AND SPINEL by Scott Roche The little pink dragon has shown up in Bobby Stewart's backyard a few times, and Bobby has finally decided it's time to try and catch it. But the interaction turns out to be far more life-changing than he could have expected. Other news- Erin and A. F. will be at Balticon 2015 and hope to see you there. We'll have some swag to give out, and we hope to do tons of recording, so be ready to tal...
