Inner Peace Is For Losers

Here at the home of Variant Frequencies, we are delighted to present The Destruction of Sennacherib by Bryn Sparks. It's got an old-time feel that it owes to H. G. Wells' "The Time Machine," but Bryn puts his own unique spin on it. Marck Pearlstone and Ali Groves give it an outstanding reading. I'm a huge fan of these two and could listen to those smooth voices all day.

As usual, Rick pulled it all together. He makes it sound easy, which it isn't. He's a wizard with editing and mixing, putting in enough sound effects and music to help transport the listener into the story. Once again, we're thrilled to be able to use music by Abney Park as part of this podcast. The music suits the story perfectly.

So, if you haven't, give us a listen. We do this stuff every month.

There's a new issue of Murky Depths about to be released. Terry Martin plans to show it off at the Bristol International Comic Expo, May 9-11. As a co-editor, I'm excited about this one. The stuff I've seen so far is awesome, in the real sense of the word. And Vincent Chong did the cover, inspired by a story by DK Thompson, which appears in the issue.



At Variant Frequencies we were impressed with the story, too. As a real first, "St. Darwin's Spirituals" will be podcast at the same time as the Murky Depths release. Rick gave it the full VF treatment, including some top-notch voice talent, and Abney Park(!!!) has kindly given us permission to use some of their music, so you'll hear that in the podcast.

Finally, if you go here and look for "Shush! Don't tell anyone..." it will lead to savings on a subscription to Murky Depths. That's the forum over at Whitechapel, Warren Ellis' place.