Variant Frequencies is a podcast that stretches the entire bandwidth of genre fiction, modulated by a constant element of the fantastic. Every month we give you a new story.
Our goal at Variant Frequencies is to entertain and expose you to our work, and we work hard on every story you will hear. So tune in, turn the volume up, and let some of our weird carrier waves distort your reality....
for just a little while.
Anne and I had a wonderful time talking with Stephen Kilbride, the host of the excellent Tea and Chat podcast. So, you want to know more about how we started Variant Frequencies? Here is your chance. If you liked it, please let Steve know.
Also, if you haven’t heard it yet, Steve recently interviewed Matt Wallace.
Matt Wallace and Mur Lafferty are guests on Adventures in SciFi Publishing. Shaun Farrell does a great job interviewing both of them. If you are a Matt Wallace or Mur Lafferty fan, then you will want to check out this podcast.
Even if you have heard other interviews with Matt and Mur, you will learn new things about both of them.
Hypericon is returning to Nashville, Tennessee June 27-29, 2008. Hypericon is a speculative fiction convention celebrating science fiction, horror, fantasy, literature, arts, and media. Variant Frequencies will be represented by both Matt Wallace and Anne Stringer. They both are participating in panels. If you are going to be near Nashville that weekend, stop in and meet Matt and Anne. They both would love to talk to some of our listeners.
Deck Gibson: Far Reach Commander is back on Decoder Ring Theatre. They are running the second of six new episodes, Deck Gibson and Two Days on the Tundra of Terror by Matt Wallace.
Here is the description from their site:
Responding to a faint distress call brings Deck to a frozen wasteland of a planet. With bone-chilling temperatures and blinding blizzards, surely nothing could have survived in such an environment… Or could it? Isoloated from the Far Reach One, far from help, far from hope, Deck will find the answer to this and more questions during… Two Days on the Tundra of Terror!
As always, this is another great production by our friends at Decoder Ring Theatre. The Deck Gibson stories are a great example of Matt Wallace’s diversity. They are very different from the type of work you have heard by Matt here on Variant Frequencies. The series is old style pulp science fiction tales.
Alright, Matt Wallace fans. Just in case you have been living under a rock, Act Two of Latchkeepers is now on Stranger Things. I just watched it. You have to see it. Earl Newton and his crew have put together as good of a production as anything you will see on TV. Oh, that’s right, soon you will be able to see Stranger Things on TV. This thing totally ROCKS!
If you haven’t seen Act One of Latchkeepers, then you need to go here NOW!
Posters
By Executive Order 12919: Martial Law is in effect for the United States and its territories… Stay in your homes… Your government is in control…
Bring a piece of the nationwide 7th Son: OBSIDIAN blackout into your world with these fourteen collectible propaganda posters! These high-resolution printable posters — which would appear in the 7th Son Universe during the blackout — reveal the horrifying circumstances in the U.S. during OBSIDIAN. Martial law has been declared. Looting is rampant. Chaos reigns. (Newcomers: subscribe to the OBSIDIAN podcast by clicking here, or catch up with the story by subscribing to the 7th Son podcast novel trilogy legacy feed.)
Only one of these posters will be available for download at JCHutchins.net during the OBSIDIAN event. The rest roll out exclusively on thirteen other websites. Each site will feature one poster design only. To collect them all, you must visit all thirteen sites.
During your quest to obtain all fourteen unique posters, you’ll be exposed to incredible storytellers and resources. These thirteen participating sites feature world-class fiction, sci-fi and gaming news, reviews and music. They’re the very best sources of online entertainment for 7th Son fans, and J.C. Hutchins endorses them as “must subscribe” content.
Which sites are participating in the OBSIDIAN propaganda poster evert?
* Science-fiction news blog io9.com
* Sci-fi book interview/review site and podcast Dragon Page Cover to Cover
* Video game news/review site and podcast Sarcastic Gamer
* Indie rock showcase podcast Accident Hash
* Science fiction podcast magazine Escape Pod
* Sci-fi short story podcast Variant Frequencies
* Website of New York Times bestselling novelist Michael A. Stackpole
* Website of bestselling novelist Scott Sigler
* Website of award-winning novelist Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff
* Website of award-winning novelist Mur Lafferty
* Website of award-nominated novelist Christiana Ellis
* Website of award-nominated novelist Tee Morris
* Website of author, podcaster and musician Matthew Wayne Selznick
Which posters appear on what website? Ahh, that’s a secret. On Tuesday, May 20, all participating sites will release their posters into the wild.
While you can visit those sites on that day (or after) to download each poster manually, J.C. Hutchins recommends that you subscribe to these sites’ RSS/podcast feeds NOW. That way, and you can immediately enjoy the free killer content these sites provide, and know that their posters will automatically appear in your RSS reader or podcatcher on May 20.
It’s part scavenger hunt, part “collect them all” trading card concept, part cross-promotion. So download all fourteen posters, expose yourself to some of the best entertainment on the web … and of course, print the posters and display them proudly for all your friends and coworkers to see!
Spread the word. OBSIDIAN drops May 31st. When the power fails … chaos reigns.
One of our friends from podcasting and from Podiobooks has his book coming out on Amazon. Seth Harwood is one more author who is showing that giving your work away for free can lead to success. Of course, that work still has to be good. We think Seth’s book is good.
However, you don’t have to take our word for it. If you haven’t already listened to Jack Wakes Up on Podiobooks.com, then here is your chance to read it for free. We are including in here on our site for you to download it and read the story.
Then, the print version will be available on Amazon for real on Sunday, March 16th, Palm(s) Sunday. Jack is hoping that you will purchase it at 10AM PST, 1PM EST and 6PM GST. Let’s help Seth make a big showing on Amazon!
Only one drug can bring the visceral and the sublime together in a single trip, where the best and the worst of human drives boil down into a tech-noir concoction that’s part street-level heaven and part the fiery beauty of hell. Consider these pages a controlled substance.
Kick back to the strains of Earth’s last Top 40 as the final human DJ sends a shout out over “The Last Frequency.” Step into the hard-boiled beauty of “The Losting Corridor,” where that which once escaped a man is met again. Sink into the visceral embrace of fear when a claustrophobic metal shop teacher finds himself trapped in an MRI machine surrounded by ancient evil in “Killing Jars,” or take your ancient evil with a comedic chaser as a hitwoman is hired to rid her old Catholic high school of a janitor who is up to some “Old Tricks.”
Take a hit off twelve short stories and one novella from two-time Parsec Award-winning author Matt Wallace. Get ready for The Next Fix.
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Apex Book Company
http://www.apexbookcompany.com
(for pre-orders. It will be on Amazon once it’s out)
TheNextFix.net
http://www.thenextfix.net
The Next Fix
Copyright 2008 Matt Wallace
http://matt-wallace.net/
Variant Frequencies
Copyright 2008 Rick Stringer and Matt Wallace
http://www.variantfrequencies.com
You can catch Rick Stringer reading on Well Told Tales. The story is Fat Larry’s Night with the Alligator’s by Ken Goldman. The story has mobsters and alligators. What more can you ask?
Well Told Tales has original sci-fi, horror and hardboiled genres twice a month. Check them out, they do a great job.
The anthology from Cutting Block Press, Tattered Souls, is now on Amazon. Tattered Souls includes The End of Flesh by Matt Wallace. The End of Flesh first appeared on Variant Frequencies as Children of the Androphagi.
The are a couple of reviews on Amazon. Check out this clip from one:
The absolute winner, however, is The End of Flesh, by Matt Wallace, a dark, dystopic science fiction story that just might rock your world. This revelatory novella could and should be expanded into a full novel. Drool and The End of All Flesh are worth the price alone, but all the stories should provide an enjoyable read. –Monstor Librarian
Tattered Souls is selling for $16.95. It is well worth the price.
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