Here Be Tygers: Your Storytelling Guide

Hey all,

I was so busy preparing the first few chapters of the book for review that I forgot to put this week’s episode up.

Today, we’re returning to the ‘Glorious March’ thread, with further tales of what could or might happen, should your prestigious clan’s most ancient regalia be already possessed.

And how, through establishing some of the “big” beats, you can find all of the smaller ones in between—such as fancy hats, guillotines, and skeleton cryptkeepers with bespoke tastes in board games.

We hope you enjoy,

J

Hi all,

We’ll return with the third and final “Belle of Theta 9” ep soon ( Dave’s currently in the middle of a move ).

In the meantime, Ken and I will be working on an new story thread: one full, as Phillip Hole, the Singing Gravedigger often said, of love, adventure and (un)death.

We hope you enjoy,

J

Hey all,

We’ll be migrating to a new recording service soon, so please bear with us through these last few eps on Zoom.

As for the convo, we take a deep dive into all of the potential weirdness that ensues when one great catastrophe leads to ‘a few’.

We hope you enjoy.

Hey all,

We had some fidelity issues with Zoom on this one, so the cleanup was longer than usual ( and there are likely a few immutable quirks left ).

That said, Ken and I had a good deal of fun with the second round of our pacing exercise: when, with “the great disaster!”, a tale begins.

We hope you enjoy.

J

Today, we return to our intrepid space tourists in fantasyland as we ask: how much you should show, say, or tell ( of this provincial life ) before the one moment when ‘everything changes’?

Hey all, the second half of our foray into the tales found in small places is out tonight. So join Dave and I as we discover who transgresses and why, and how even the same rituals, phrases or rites can—with differing intents—a new thing convey.

Hey all,

Long Covid is a beast sometimes, and this month marks the third year. Still recording when we can though. Even when the schedule goes a little weird.

For today’s ep, Dave and I talk about remakes, remasters, and how in storytelling, even the smallest things, moments or actions can carry a tremendous weight.

We hope you enjoy,

J

Hey all,

Here’s the second half of our wild tour through sci-fi tropes in a fantasy land, now with space tourists, ‘wampires?’, and the new people ( or places ) they’d rule.

We hope you enjoy,

J

Hey all,

With the new trailer to Renfield making the rounds, it seemed like a good time to share one of our vampier streams. This one starts innocently enough, as we ponder the eternal question of “moon wizard v. spaceship 🚀, and then what…?”

But never fear: we will have plenty of space butlers and fancy, fanged aliens in the second half later this month.

We hope you enjoy,

-J

Oh, and this one was somewhat of a salvage job, so there might be the occasional quirk or odd noise.

Hey all,

We went on an unexpected hiatus last month into this one ( sometimes long Covid forces you to rest ). On a partial schedule at the moment but things should hopefully settle down by Feb.

As for today’s episode: sometimes Dave and I like to start with the simple to find the ‘complex’—what will give life to your world, story and characters once they’re outside of your head.

Just a quick note—this conversation was originally featured on Odder Worlds some years ago on older equipment, so the audio quality is a little rough.

-J