Cal is driving down the road, his two year old nephew in the back, when the boy makes a strange sound. And begins to talk. And talk. And talk. Afterward, Rish tries to defend his story, and Big talks about time travel. Again.Special thanks to Tobias Queen and Abigail Hilton for lending their voices to the tale.

Just under the wire, since there's still a few hours left of Christmas...at least in our time zone, here's our annual holiday spectacular.Jaxon has written a letter to Santa Claus. He needs something a little out of the ordinary this Christmas. Will he get it? Ho, ho ho!Afterwards, Big and Rish talk about the story, believing in Santa, and the crazy things people name their children...and their characters these days.Special thanks to Justin Charles for producing today's story, and to Renee Chambliss and Dave Robison for lending their voices to the tale.

Sorry kids, I'm a bit too tired and busy to do a Christmas story this year.* But I'm still up for talking about doing a story, and about the Christmasness of it all.

It's a five year plan, and I've just made it to the end of month...two, I guess, although October was an extra month, so maybe it's just month one. Anyway, I'm here to report again on how things went this month, and to make a few promises as well.

Sony made an announcement. Then Fox made an announcement! Then Warner Brothers made announcement too!! Then Marvel made an announcement as well!!?!Sorry guys, my calendar is a little full, I don't know if I can fit this all in.

So, here's the end of the story. Special thanks to Marshal Latham, who was kind enough to lend his voice to this episode.

Hopefully, you enjoyed the lengthier story (and the shorter space between shows). If so, let us (ie, me) know. As usual, the full text can be purchased on Amazon, and the audiobook on Audible.

Originally, this was going to be the final episode of my presentation of "Birth of a Sidekick." But now . . . it's not.

Music by Kevin McLeod, of Incompetech. Special thanks to Gino Moretto for the logo, which is only 612 times better than what I came up with myself.

Continuing the story from last time, here is my long(er) form experiment in action.

*If you'd like to purchase the story, the ebook can be found at Amazon.com, and the audiobook is at Audible.com or Amazon.com.

The Chromatic Knights are out destroying vampires, which means that the clean up crew will have some work to do. The Blue Knight does a lot of good, but he really ought to give a thought or two to the little guy.I'm a trombone, you're a clarinet. Afterward, Rish and Big talk janitor work, Little Caesars, and wait...why is that light blinking? What does that blinking light mean?Special thanks to Justin Charles for producing today's story as well as providing the episode art, and to Renee Chambliss and Julie Hoverson for lending their voices to the tale.