{"id":2539,"date":"2020-11-02T14:58:19","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T19:58:19","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2022-12-28T22:34:25","modified_gmt":"2022-12-29T03:34:25","slug":"the-word-count-podcast-episode-100","status":"publish","type":"wc-podcast","link":"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wc-podcast\/the-word-count-podcast-episode-100\/","title":{"rendered":"The Word Count Podcast: Episode 100"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Humans: Of the FUTURE<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>Listen to the last show right here:<\/p>\n<p><iframe style=\"border: none;\" src=\"\/\/html5-player.libsyn.com\/embed\/episode\/id\/16654784\/height\/180\/theme\/standard\/thumbnail\/yes\/direction\/backward\/\" width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #333300;\">Ten years, 100 podcasts&#8211;it all comes down to this very last show.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Author Eden Baylee surprised me last Friday by arranging a socially- distanced teleconference with quite a few of the authors I&#8217;ve worked with over the years.<\/p>\n<p>I was an act of kindness and friendship that goes beyond the simple &#8220;thank you&#8221; I offered to her, and the #WordCountIrregulars who were on the call.<\/p>\n<p>We all chatted and caught up&#8230;.and when the call ended, I sat alone in my writing lair sipping a double-bourbon for a very long time, reflecting on all that has happened in the last decade or so.<\/p>\n<p>To our listeners, I say thank you for allow us to entertain you with our stories&#8211;nearly 700 of them. We wrote these for you.<\/p>\n<p>To the authors who have shared stories on the show&#8211;there would have been NO &#8220;Word Count Podcast&#8221; without you. Thank you for your time and your talent.<\/p>\n<p>Before I shed more tears, let&#8217;s get on with the show. There are ELEVEN stories to share with you this time&#8211;tied for the most stories in a single show. We have a few &#8220;blasts from the past&#8221; who wanted one more go before the end of the podcast. This show is the third in our end-of-season trilogy of animal stories. This one deals with&nbsp;<strong> Humans of the Future&nbsp;<\/strong> and is based on this visual prompt:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt.jpg\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2535\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1180\" height=\"650\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt.jpg 1180w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt-600x331.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt-300x165.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt-1024x564.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/WCPep100_Prompt-768x423.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1180px) 100vw, 1180px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Our Guests:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RobEdwardsme-with-glasses.png\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2527\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RobEdwardsme-with-glasses-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RobEdwardsme-with-glasses-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RobEdwardsme-with-glasses-500x500.png 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/RobEdwardsme-with-glasses-100x100.png 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Rob Edwards<\/strong><\/span><strong> \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201c100 Humans of the Future\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Rob Edwards is a British writer and podcaster living in Finland. What he would mostly like you to know though is that his debut novel The Ascension Machine, a scifi superhero&nbsp;adventure was released last month. He\u2019s still slightly excited.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/storycastrob.co.uk\/JusticeAcademy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/storycastrob.co.uk\/JusticeAcademy\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Twitter: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StorycastRob\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@storycastrob<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MJKingheadshot.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2528\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MJKingheadshot-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MJKingheadshot-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MJKingheadshot-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/09\/MJKingheadshot-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>M. J. King \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201cThey Don&#8217;t Win in This One\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div>Melissa lives in the woods of coastal Maine with her family and writes many flavors of fantasy. Her short stories have been published in the crowd-funded&nbsp;anthologies Fight Like a Girl and What Follows, and she is a co-founder of the blog Anxiety Ink.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"http:\/\/mjkingwrites.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">mjkingwrites.wordpress.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Twitter: @Mwithpen<\/div>\n<div>Instagram: @writinginterrupted<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell.jpeg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2540\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell-150x150.jpeg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell-150x150.jpeg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell-100x100.jpeg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell-450x450.jpeg 450w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell-300x300.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Karl_Dandenell.jpeg 480w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Karl Dandenell &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201cStones of S\u00e4rdal\u201d&nbsp;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Karl Dandenell is a first-generation Swedish American and an Active Member of the Science Fiction Writers of America. He lives on an island near San Francisco with his family and cat overlords. He is fond of strong tea and distilled spirits. When not editing help files for a major HMO, he reads a lot of speculative fiction, and serves as a First Reader for The Magazine of Fantasy &amp; Science Fiction.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.firewombats.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.firewombats.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Twitter: @kdandenell<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2541\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-600x599.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/Cameron.jpg 669w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Cameron Garriepy &#8211;<\/strong> &#8220;<em>Dinner Plans&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Cameron Garriepy&#8217;s humans of the future are inspired by the Dresden Dolls. Can you name that tune?&nbsp;In April of 2015, Cameron released <a href=\"https:\/\/books2read.com\/DamselflyInn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><i>Damselfly Inn<\/i><\/a>, the first full-length novel in her&nbsp;Thornton Vermont series, which is not about a dystopian off-world future or synthetic life partners. The Thornton series is complete,&nbsp;and she is hard at work writing more works of contemporary, small-town romance.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Websites:<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/camerondgarriepy.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/camerondgarriepy.com<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/camerondgarriepy\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/facebook.com\/camerondgarriepy<\/a><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/profile\/cameron-d-garriepy\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">https:\/\/www.bookbub.com\/profile\/cameron-d-garriepy\/<\/a><\/div>\n<div>Twitter: @camerongarriepy<\/div>\n<div>Instagram: @camerongarriepy<\/div>\n<div>Pinterest: @camerongarriepy<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2542\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-scaled-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-scaled-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-scaled-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/CThomas-Smith-2048x2048.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>C. Thomas Smith &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8220;Morpheus&#8221;<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>C. Thomas Smith is the author of such groundbreaking and memorable pieces as, \u201cWhoops, that wasn\u2019t meant for you\u201d, \u201cSeriously though, it was a joke\u201d and \u201cno, I did not shave the cat\u2026 it always had a mullet you just didn\u2019t notice\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>He is presently trapped in his house with a wife who is rapidly losing patience with him, two children who ask their mother \u201cwhen\u2019s our real daddy coming home\u201d and a cat with a mullet that it always had but no one noticed.<\/p>\n<p>He writes in many genres, though has mastered the art of the \u201capology\u201d email above all others. Currently, he is pretending that a small green torch is a spaceship while making pew-pew noises. This and other works will someday be available on his psyche eval.<\/p>\n<p>If pushed, his favourite colour is grand strategy games, and his favourite flavour is purple.<\/p>\n<p>Um, that\u2019s it really. He\u2019s bald. Did I mention that? He\u2019s got a beard, a wonky eye. I mean, it doesn\u2019t plop out of his face or anything. It\u2019s just, you know, useless. Eh, he wishes they\u2019d hurry up and make a season three of Lost in Space. That kinda fits in with the story, kinda. That\u2019s a good show too. I mean, is it as good as Battlestar Galactica? I don\u2019t know. It\u2019s different. Saw Brian Cranston on an episode of X-Files recently. That was pretty cool. Not really space stuff. His head exploded, or his ear, or something. Not sure why I thought of that. The Brian Cranston thing, just, you know\u2026 it popped in there.<\/p>\n<p>Not sure what goes here, really. What do the professionals do? Sure, I could check. But then there would be no mystery. Where\u2019s the fun in that? Except, I guess a professional would check. Anyway.<\/p>\n<p>I think that\u2019s it. Did I mention the bald and wonky eye? Yes, yes, I did.<\/p>\n<p>So, eh, yeah. Thanks for reading this. If you did read this. Well, you must have. Otherwise, how would you be reading this bit? Maybe you skimmed. I guess all that\u2019s left to ask is if anyone is interested in buying about a pound of cat fur I found. If you are, send a detailed essay to Richard explaining why you want it. Include any plans you have for about a pound of shaved cat fur. I\u2019m thinking of turning it into a wig, a cat fur mullet perhaps.<\/p>\n<p>Imagine, if it were not for the Wordcount Podcast, no one would see this. Then again, if it were not for Richard and the show, I\u2019d probably have given up writing a long time ago.<\/p>\n<p>(<strong>HOSTS NOTE: I missed these insane bios, mate.)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Instagram: @KRSTVR<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-2543\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/MariaHaskins.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Maria Haskins<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>\u201cThe Stars in Heaven Sing a Music\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>Maria Haskins is a Swedish-Canadian writer and reviewer of speculative fiction. Her work has appeared in Black Static, Mythic Delirium, Fireside, and elsewhere. She was born and grew up in Sweden but currently lives in Canada with a husband, two kids, a snake, several birds, and a very large black dog.<\/p>\n<p>Website:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/mariahaskins.wordpress.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MariaHaskins\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mariahaskins<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/smaller-wbj-williams.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1914\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/smaller-wbj-williams-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/smaller-wbj-williams-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/smaller-wbj-williams-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/smaller-wbj-williams-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>W. B. J. Williams \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201cA Phoenix Lands\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<div>W. B. J. Williams, the author of The Garden at the Roof of the World (Dragonwell Publishing) and the InfoCoup (Abyss and Apex Magazine, October 1, 2019 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abyssapexzine.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">http:\/\/www.abyssapexzine.com\/<\/a>), holds advanced degrees in anthropology and archeology. He is an avid historian, mystic, poet, and author who manages an information security program at a prominent New England firm. He is noted for his bad puns, and willingness to argue from any perspective. He is endured by his beloved wife and two daughters, and lives in Sharon Massachusetts. When he is not at home or at his computer, he can often be found haunting the various used bookstores of Boston.<strong><br \/>\n<\/strong><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Websites:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wbj-williams.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.wbj-williams.net<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wbjwilliams\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/wbjwilliams<\/a><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><strong>Jack Gwaltney &amp; John McCaffrey<\/strong> \u2013 <em>\u201cUnclogged\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-large wp-image-1690\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-1024x586.jpg\" sizes=\"(max-width: 474px) 100vw, 474px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-1024x586.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-300x172.jpg 300w, http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/03\/john-and-jack-768x440.jpg 768w\" alt=\"\" width=\"474\" height=\"271\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Jack Gwaltney<\/em><\/strong> 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 <em>The Word Count Podcast<\/em>!<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>John McCaffrey<\/em><\/strong> 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 <em>The Book of Ash<\/em> and <em>Two Syllable Men<\/em>. He lives in Hoboken, New Jersey.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1053\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-100x100.jpg 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-600x594.jpg 600w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-300x297.jpg 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-1024x1014.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/05\/Billk-80x80.jpg 80w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Bill Kirton<\/strong>&nbsp;\u2013&nbsp;<em>\u201cPerhaps. Nothing More\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Bill Kirton was born in Plymouth, England, studied French at Exeter University, and graduated in 1962. While teaching at Hardye\u2019s School, Dorchester, he started his Ph.D. on the theatre of Victor Hugo and was a lecturer at Aberdeen University from 1968 to 1989.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s also been a voice-over artist, TV presenter and has extensive experience of acting and directing. His directing credits include many French language plays as well as works by Shakespeare, Orton, Beckett, and Ionesco. He spent a sabbatical year at the University of Rhode Island Theater Department, which commissioned translations of 3 Moli\u00e8re plays from me, one of which he directed himself. The script also won third prize in the British Comparative Literature Association\u2019s Annual Translation competition, 1999.<\/p>\n<p>Bill wrote and performed songs and sketches in revues at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe, stage plays, two of which were commissioned by Aberdeen Children\u2019s Theatre, and radio plays for the BBC, two of which were also broadcast in Australia.<\/p>\n<p>Since the late 1990s, his writing has concentrated on prose fiction. He has written many short stories and ten novels, two of which have won awards, with a third being long-listed for the Rubery International Book Award.<\/p>\n<p>Bill has held posts as a Royal Literary Fund Writing Fellow at universities in Aberdeen, Dundee and St Andrews and, since 2015, have been the organiser of a Scotland-wide scheme which places professional writers in schools to help students with the transition to writing at university. He still gives workshops in schools from Orkney to Dundee as part of the scheme and he\u2019s written five books in Pearson Educational\u2019s \u2018Brilliant\u2019 series on the study, writing, and workplace skills. Bill also co-authored \u2018Just Write\u2019 for Routledge.<\/p>\n<p>Website (and blog): <a href=\"http:\/\/www.billkirton.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.billkirton.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook pages:<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=620980849\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/profile.php?id=620980849<\/a><br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bill.kirton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/bill.kirton\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><span class=\"\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1671\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-100x100.png 100w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM-300x300.png 300w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Screen-shot-2016-04-16-at-1.41.13-PM.png 447w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>Eden Baylee<\/strong><\/span><strong> \u2013&nbsp;<\/strong><em>\u201cFinal Cut\u201d<\/em><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><span class=\"\"><strong>Eden Baylee<\/strong> left a twenty-year banking career to write and is now a full-time author of multiple genres.<\/span><br class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><span class=\"\">She has written three collections of erotic novellas and flash fiction ~ SPRING INTO SUMMER, FALL INTO WINTER, and HOT FLASH.<\/span><br class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><span class=\"\">In 2014, she launched the first novel of her STRANGER TRILOGY with Dr. Kate Hampton\u2013a psychological mystery\/suspense called \u201cStranger at Sunset.\u201d In addition to working on her next novel, Eden created the LAINEY LEE SERIES about a feisty divorc\u00e9e who finds adventure and romance in Hawaii.<\/span><br class=\"\"><br class=\"\"><span class=\"\">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!&nbsp;<\/span><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>Website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">http:\/\/www.edenbaylee.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Blog:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/blog\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/edenbaylee.com\/blog\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Facebook:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/edenbaylee<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Twitter:<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/edenbaylee\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@edenbaylee<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rbwood.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-1705\" src=\"http:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rbwood-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" title=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rbwood-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rbwood-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/rbwood.com\/dir\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/rbwood-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>R. B. Wood &#8211;&nbsp;<\/strong><em>&#8220;100&#8221;<\/em><\/p>\n<p><strong>R. B. Wood<\/strong><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>is a recent MFA graduate of Emerson College and a writer of speculative and dark thrillers. Mr. Wood recently has appeared in Crystal Lake Publishing\u2019s <i>Shallow Water\u2019s <\/i>anthology, as well as online via<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><em>SickLit Magazine<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span>&amp;<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">&nbsp;<\/span><em>HorrorAddicts.net<\/em><em>,<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i>&nbsp;<\/i><\/span>and in the award-winning anthology \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Off-Beat-Nine-Spins-Song-ebook\/dp\/B06XZDFCV7\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Offbeat: Nine Spins on Song<\/em><\/a>\u201d from Wicked ink Books.&nbsp; Along with his writing passion, R. 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