Author name: Skiffy Fanty

Torture Cinema Polls

Torture Cinema Poll #3 Results

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We’d like to thank Eoghann Irving for launching a small, but not inconsiderable, campaign for our next Torture Cinema movie selection.  Without him, we’d likely be watching something like Jumper, which is only moderately bad as a movie.  In fact, after all the awful movies we’ve been forced to watch in the last year, we might have actually come to like Jumper.  Maybe. But such niceties are not in the cards, it seems.  Instead of Jumper, we get to watch this: Thanks, Eoghann.  Really.  You’ve just given us the much-needed rationale for committing homicide…

The Skiffy and Fanty Show Podcasts

Episode 58 — Interview w/ Stina Leicht

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.5–InterviewWStinaLeicht/Sandf–Episode4.5–InterviewWStinaLeicht.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWe’re back with an awesome interview with Stina Leicht, author of Of Blood and Honey, a brilliant urban fantasy novel set in 1970s Ireland.  Feel free to let us know what you think.  Your hate mail is always appreciated! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 58 — Download (MP3) Interview w/ Stina Leicht (0:00 – 1:05:00) Stina’s website Of Blood and Honey by Stina Leicht (at Night Shade Books) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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Episode 57 — Books Will Take Over the Universe

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse/Sandf–Episode4.4–BooksWillDestroyTheUniverse.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSIt’s time for some book love!  When you think about it, it’s been a while since we dedicated an episode almost exclusively to talking about book things.  But we’ve done it in Episode 57, so tune in and enjoy! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 57 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 35:23) Spotlight Publishing picks up Jason Sanford’s Never Never Stories and the Million Writers Award (And we have decided to be his first official stalkers) Secret Service Confiscates Young Man’s Stuff (You know, because taking pictures of this guy is a threat to national security) Should we alter classic works of literature to make them easier? (Alternatively:  should we reduce the number of laws we have to observe while driving so we don’t have to think too much while doing it?)  Seattle Mystery Bookshop Sticks to Amazon (Meanwhile, Borders tries to sell its body to anyone who will pay for it…) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

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Episode 56 — Story South Million Writers Award

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward/Sandf–Episode4.3–StorySouthMillionWritersAward.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSThis week is all about short stories!  The Story South Million Writers Award (an award for online short fiction) is inches away from being announced.  Episode 4.3 is our take on the top ten selections!  Don’t forget to vote before the 6th! Note:  If you have iTunes and like this show, please give us a review on our iTunes page, or feel free to email us with your thoughts about the show! Here’s the episode (show notes are below): Episode 56 — Download (MP3) Discussion (0:00 – 33:22) Story South Million Writers Award (entries and voting) Our new intro music is “Time Flux” by Revolution Void (CC BY 3.0). That’s all, folks!  Thanks for listening.  See you next week.

Viking Amoeba

A New Viking Amoeba Recruit from Philippa Ballantine

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I’m waiting for the day when a microbiologist stumbles upon this blog and tells me I’m being clever with these Viking Amoeba.  After all, I do an extraordinary amount of research on these things. In any case, here’s the new recruit: The Shield — Palustria Apteryxe Strength 6; Intelligence 3 Special Ability: Encase (divert all damage dealt to one ofyour amoeba to Palustria; reduce that damage by half) (Geist by Philippa Ballantine)

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Monthly Movie Madness #1 — July 2011

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http://media.blubrry.com/skiffyandfanty/dts.podtrac.com/redirect.mp3/www.archive.org/download/TheSkiffyAndFantyShow–MonthlyMovieMadness1–July2011/Sandf–MonthlyMovieMadness–July2011.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | DownloadSubscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Android | iHeartRadio | Podchaser | Podcast Index | Email | TuneIn | Deezer | RSSWelcome to our new segment!  If the title isn’t clear, this bonus episode is all about the movies coming out in July.  We’ll release a new MMM on the first of every month. Here’s the episode: MMM #1 — Download (MP3) The big question:  which movies do you want to see and which would you rather throw in the dumpster?

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