The Word Count Podcast

"The Tell-Tale Podcast"

HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

Episode 70 finds three stories and an essay inspired by a picture of Edgar Allan Poe's statue near Emerson College where the host attends online MFA classes:

Guests:

Bill Kirton – "Nevermore"

Maria Haskins – "Buried"

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "A Descent into the Maelstrom"

Eden Baylee – "On Poe, Words and Legacy"

Episode 69 of the #WordCountPodcast challenged our #irregulars with the month of August and this picture:

HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

Guests:

Cameron Garriepy - "The St. Andrews Target"

Bill Kirton - "No Fairy Tale Ending"

Maria Haskins - "Hidden"

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Call of the Wild"

Episode 68: The Narrows in July

HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

This is a photo I took while hiking in Zion National Park in Utah. This is the beginning of the Narrows hike, previous hikers sometimes leave their walking sticks for future hikers.

A reminder that we are looking to increase the number of likes on the show's Facebook Page, so hope on over there and tell you friends about us (use the #WordCountPodcast hashtag).

GUESTS:

Eden Baylee - "Sticks and Stones"

Eden Baylee left a twenty-year banking career to write and is now a full-time author of multiple genres.

She has written three collections of erotic novellas and flash fiction ~ SPRING INTO SUMMER, FALL INTO WINTER, and HOT FLASH.

In 2014, she launched the first novel of her trilogy with Dr. Kate Hampton—a psychological mystery/suspense called STRANGER AT SUNSET. In addition to working on her next novel, Eden created Lainey Lee for the Lei Crime Series, a feisty divorcée who finds adventure and romance in Hawaii. Her novellas are available on Kindle Worlds.

An introvert by nature and an extrovert by design, Eden is most comfortable at home with her laptop surrounded by books. She is an online Scrabble junkie and a social media enthusiast, but she really needs to get out more often! To stay apprised of Eden's book-related news, please add your name to her mailing list.

Website: http://edenbayleebooks.com

Blog: https://edenbaylee.com/blog/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/edenbaylee

Twitter: @edenbaylee

Bill Kirton - "What's Love Got to Do With It?"

Before taking early retirement to become a full-time writer, Bill Kirton was a lecturer in French at the University of Aberdeen. He's written stage and radio plays, short stories, novels, skits and songs for revues, and five non-fiction books aimed at helping students with their writing and study skills. His five modern crime novels, Justice, The Darkness, Shadow Selves and Unsafe Acts are set in north east Scotland and his historical crime/romance novel, The Figurehead, is set in Aberdeen in 1840. The Darkness won the silver award in the mystery category of the 2011 Forward National Literature Awards and his spoof mystery, The Sparrow Conundrum, was the winner in the humor category.

He's published a novel for children called The Loch Ewe Mystery, and his latest publication is a satirical novella about online gaming and the real and virtual worlds.

He's had radio plays broadcast by the BBC and the Australian BC. His short stories have appeared in many anthologies, including three of the CWA's annual collections, and one was chosen by Maxim Jakubowski for his 2010 anthology of Best British Crime Stories. It's also been optioned by a film company in Los Angeles.

He's been a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at universities in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews.

Website: www.billkirton.com

Twitter: @carver22

Maria Haskins - "Deathlight"

Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and certified translator. She writes speculative fiction and poetry, and debuted as a writer in Sweden. Since 1992 she lives in Canada, just outside Vancouver, with a husband, two kids, and a very large black dog.

Website: https://mariahaskins.wordpress.com

Twitter: @mariahaskins

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "Of Human Bondage"

Jack Gwaltney was born in Virginia, went to the University of Virginia and lives in New York, fortunate to perform as an actor on stage, television and in film. Collaborating with John McCaffrey is one of the wisest things Jack does. Thanks to The Word Count Podcast!

John McCaffrey grew up in Rochester, New York, attended Villanova University, and received his MA in Creative Writing from the City College of New York. He is the author of The Book of Ash and Two Syllable Men. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.

Four stories, six artists-original FREE stories on this June 2017 episode of the #WordCountPodcast!

HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

Prompt:

"Concert at the Beach in June"

GUESTS:

Cameron Garriepy "The Comeback"

Eden Baylee & Bill Kirton "In Two Minds"

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Love of the Last Tycoon"

Maria Haskins – "A Song for Hugo"

"May in the Harbor"

Episode 66 of the #WordCountPodcast

Host: R.B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

Guests:

Bill Kirton – "The Island"

Maria Haskins – "Hungry Beasts"

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Power and the Glory"

C. Thomas Smith – "Darlings"

Eden Baylee – "The Fury of Poseidon"

R.B. Wood - "Calliope"

HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com

Four lovely tales and a competition this time around dear friends! The Prompt was the month of April and this picture donated by our own Bill Kirton:

Our Guests:

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Man Who Was Thursday"

Maria Haskins - "Magpies and Moonshine"

Eden Baylee - "The Cottage Life"

Bill Kirton - "The Coming of Night"

March in the Wild has four marvelous stories based on the month and the prompt photo donated by Becca B. Jenkins

Host: R.B. Wood Notes: www.rbwood.com

Guests:

Maria Haskins - "Lost"

Bill Kirton - "The Lochan"

Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "Seldom is Heard"

Julia Mae Staley – "When on Fire"

Based on the picture prompt and the month of February, the Word Count Irregulars craft four new stories for your listening pleasure.

HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

GUESTS:

Bill Kirton - "George"

Eden Baylee - "Love and Death"

C. Thomas Smith - "Fecking Direction"

Maria Haskins - "Wolves and Girls"

The picture and the month (January) are the prompts to kick off a new season of The Word Count Podcast!

Host: RB Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com/

Guests:

Maria Haskins - "The Weight of the Sea"

C. Thomas Smith - "The Wasteland"

Cameron Garriepy - "By the Sea"

John A. McCaffrey - "Clamming in January"

Bill Kirton & Eden Baylee - "Selfie Love"

Welcome, dear sinners to the Halloween Season!

Grab your pumpkins and listen my dears to four tales of horror and woe!

Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com

Guests:

C. Thomas Smith "Trick"

Maria Haskins "The Demon"

Matthew Munson "Dreaming"

Rob Edwards "A Lesson in Feldok"