Recently, several tech billionaires have suggested that copyright should be abolished, at least for individual creators like Scott. What help, if any, is that to the creator? How might it benefit you personally? Is this just another power play by billionaire tech bros?

We discuss all these questions and more on this DEEP CUTS.

Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs

Produced by Steve Riekeberg

Production Assistance by Allie Press

Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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“Rainy Day” is a short story written for the upcoming charity anthology “Dread Coast, A Collection of SoCal Horror Stories,” which will benefit individuals and families directly impacted by the LA wildfires.

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press

Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment 

Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON.

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When there’s market volatility due to on-again, off-again tariffs, how does that impact Empty Set?

From day-to-day operations to release schedules, tariffs can affect every step of our production timeline. We’ve already been affected! 

Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs

Produced by Steve Riekeberg

Production Assistance by Allie Press

Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Dante Oganov made a deal with Lincoln — help Dante blackmail Callista into giving him her turf, and Linc gets the ability to get his son, Sam, off the Shelf.

All this while Lincoln tries to hide his affair with Ariella, while Billy tries to hide the fact he’s training with Morgan Stone in Cordis, and Magda tries to hide her ever-growing drinking problem. If the Old Stone Church gang can’t trust each other, who can they trust?

So, what is the blackmail material that could set Sam free? Dante has not yet told anyone but Cantrell, Lincoln’s friend and former lawyer. When Lincoln finds out what must be done, will he go through with it?

Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press

Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment 

Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON.

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When life and the world around you are chaotic and things are feeling desperate, does a made-up tale about monster hunters do any good at all? 

Scott & A discuss the hows and whys of creating fiction in desperate times, and where art fits in when the world is bracing for impact.

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Lincoln and Billy are in Cordis. Lincoln is about to meet with Juanita. Billy is sneaking in another round of training with Morgan Stone, former assistant to Kellius Droman,  father of Delilah.

After Lincoln’s meeting, he intends to take Billy shopping at the Clearinghaüs to see if they can find Billy a signature weapon, something Billy can train with and master.

Lincoln sent a message to Peanut, manager of the Clearinghaüs, asking to set some ideal weapons aside for the purpose. Did Peanut find something ideally suited to Billy’s skills?

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As a pro writer and podcaster, Scott wears many hats: writer, marketer, technology expert, social media manager, face of the brand, and more. On this episode, we discuss how he fits in all the different obligations and manages creative speedbumps and other distractions.

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Dante Oganov is getting ready to make another run at Callista to take over her criminal holdings in Lumencia. Dante, with help from Lincoln’s friend and former lawyer Dillon Cantrell, set up a bounty to test Lincoln. Lincoln had to defeat a swarm of lagrounes, water-based undead that attacked from beneath the Bendelson Bridge near downtown.

Dante is on the run from Vestinian, who once tasked Dante to find Billy Middleton. Dante failed. Vestinian wants payback. He hired famed bounty hunter Icepick to find Dante. Icepick, and his familiar Herbie, a giant, diamond-plated tortoise known as a diamortuga, had an early run-in with Lincoln and Billy at the bridge just before Lincoln & co took out the lagrounes.

Now, Lincoln has been summoned to Cordis for a talk with Juanita Socorro, the Clostator of the Bastion. Lincoln does not know what she wants, but he has no choice but to obey her summons.

Billy is joining Lincoln on the trip. Together, they will visit the Clearinghaüs pawnshop and find Billy’s signature weapon. Lincoln, of course, is unaware that Billy has been sneaking off to Cordis for magical training sessions with Morgan Stone, the former assistant of Kellius Droman and former protector of Droman’s daughter, Delilah.

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What’s a hard-working novelist to do when an internet oligarch steals books to train AI? What if that internet oligarch steals over seven million books? Scott & A discuss the potential fallout.

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Magda successfully operated the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure. Will the armor provide a cheat to her agoraphobia? While possessing the armor, can she leave the Old Stone Church for the first time in years?

Lincoln’s brother Lukas and sister Sophia showed up unannounced at the Old Stone Church and delivered a message — the Clostator, the leader of the Bastion, demands Linc’s presence in Cordis.

To the Franks siblings, the Clostator is also known as “Aunty Juanita,” as she was once the fighting partner of their father, Jacoby Franks, known as the greatest monster hunter of all time.

Aunty Juanita doesn’t do things like demand Lincoln’s presence — so what is it she wants?

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