“But fights aren’t stories,” you say? WRONG-O, FISH-BREATH! Companies like the UFC are exceptional storytellers, creating tales with live performers and unwritten endings. A discusses her initial dismissal and disdain for combat sports, and how she’s come to change her mind. Scott talks about how getting punched in the mouth can lead one to discovering proper, civilized behavior. They both use UFC Fight Night 143 to discuss how these real-life storylines play out, with all the drama, violence, sacrifice and the built-in “Hero’s Journey” path.
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StorySmack 44 - The Storytelling Drama of Combat Sports

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Lincoln astral projected to The Shelf, where his young son, Sam, has been held captive for five years. Can Lincoln find a way to free his only child from that hellish dimension?

Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 


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


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SLAY Episode 55: Father & Son

The stone medallion that Lincoln and Billy acquired from the Troglodyte in Tollingwood is a conduit that will allow Lincoln to travel to The Shelf to see his son, Sam. 
After five years in that purgatory-like realm, is Sam still alive?
And if he is, what will he think of seeing his father for the first time in years, a father who has been unable to rescue him?


Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 


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


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SLAY Episode 54: Samuel

Teddy Two-Fingers missed his shot at kidnapping Delilah Droman, who he wanted as his “foreman” in his malevolent nightmare-harvesting operation. Can he find a replacement candidate?
Delilah’s father, Kellius Droman, hired Lincoln as Delilah’s bodyguard. When Kellius hunts Teddy Two-Fingers or trains Billy, Lincoln must stay at the Droman Mansion and protect young Delilah. Surprisingly, Lincoln and Delilah have hit it off. She trusts he can keep her safe, while he benefits from her optimism and youthful energy that he can’t experience from his own child, Sam, who remains trapped on The Shelf — where Teddy put him.
Billy’s training with Kellius goes on at Kellius’s facility, the “Nonagon,” in the mystical city of Cordis. Billy needs to find his “loom,” the structure upon which he can channel the powerful, innate magic that courses through his body.


Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 


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


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SLAY Episode 53: Goth Kid

Ariella sent Lincoln to collect a bounty on the Troglodyte from Tollingwood, the Lumencia neighborhood Billy lived in with his grandmother. The troglodyte owes debts that must be paid with either gold or his head, but it’s the medallion he wears that Ariella wants.


Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 


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


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SLAY Episode 52: The Troglodyte in T-Wood

Shaken by Kellius Droman’s brutal killing of Thoko Chikondi, a despondent Lincoln set out in search of a drink or two at Stoolie’s Bar & Grill.
Back in Season One, Magda and Billy set up an online T-shirt store for a fictitious candy bar — P.J. Phuq’s Phuq-Ton O’ Nuts. Sales have been trickling in.
The Old Stone Church’s main income is the money brought in from Linc guarding Delilah Droman, but it’s not the only business. The quest for bounties that pay in treasure continues.


Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto

Written and performed by Scott Sigler

Production Assistance by Allie Press


Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 


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


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StorySmack 44 - The Storytelling Drama of Combat Sports

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