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Welcome to the second installment of the adventures of Ava Minerva! I hope you had as much fun listening to it as we had making it. A little background if you haven’t listened to it yet: We’re bringing you 1980s-style sci-fi tonight. A little derring-do, a little humor, and the occasional corny moment is (hopefully) … Continue reading "Ava Minerva: The Other Side of the Black Hole"

In a galaxy where water is scarce, the most precious commodity is - Ice! And where treasure is found, there are sure to be - pirates! Sail the spaceways with Captain Ava Minerva and her first mate Guthrie as they attempt to steal - the Colossus of Ice! If you wandered through a video store between 1989 and 1999, or if you were watching TBS at 3 a.m. around 1995, then you know you’re ready for a totally spaced adventure.

On the networked battlefield of the future, a cybernetically enhanced soldier has the worst five minutes of his life.

“But I do not fear Harley Warren now, for I suspect that she has known horrors beyond my ken. Now I fear for her.” This was the very first episode we recorded, about six years ago. On that day, we missed a page and a half, and then it took a few years to get … Continue reading "HP Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter”"

“She traded her eyes for forbidden knowledge.”  When creating the character of Susan Downs, I was looking for something with a strong logline that could carry any story I felt like telling. I wanted something with a supernatural bent, and I was tired of the crime noir stuff I’d been doing before that. She’s appeared … Continue reading "Downs: The White Ghost"

Jerod Brennan always goes dark. I’ve mentioned this before, but when we were first conceiving this show, for some reason we kept coming back to threats to children. “Godmother” was my riff on this theme, and Greatest Show is Jerod’s. He, uh, managed to go a little darker than me. Greatest Show (Left) on Earth … Continue reading "The Greatest Show (Left) On Earth"