HEY, EVERYBODY #018

It's another terrific interview this week, featuring brilliant storyteller and musician Phil Rossi. The man chats with J.C. about the upcoming print release of his novel Crescent, his new transmedia podcast novel Harvey, the craft of writing, and much more. It's a red-hot episode!

• Purchase Personal Effects: Dark Art
• PHASE TWO: Madness In The Streets
• The Sword of Motherf***ing Blood Giveaway (Scroll to the bottom of the page for all the details.)
• Phil Rossi's website

The anthem for Hey, Everybody! is "Chip Away" by Jane's Addition, distributed freely via BitTorrent and the Nine Inch Nails/Jane's Addiction tour site, Ninja2009.com.

Like what you hear? Please leave a comment, and tell a friend about the show, and about Personal Effects: Dark Art!

"Personal Effects: Dark Art" Video Trailer #11 - The SUPERVLURB

Behold, the SUPERVLURB, an epic video blurb endorsement of Personal Effects: Dark Art featuring a dozen of the most influential creators in the podcast fiction community. All have read the novel. All have something to say. If you're a superfan of podcast fiction, you're gonna love the SUPERVLURB.

uchly thanks go out to these incredible, generous storytellers. Without their years of support for my work, I dare say Personal Effects: Dark Art would never have happened to me. They are all ultracreative people, and worthy of your time and attention. Visit their sites. Listen to their work. You won't be disappointed.

• Philippa Ballantine Author of: Chasing the Bard, Digital Magic, Weather Child
• Scott Sigler New York Times bestselling author of: Infected, Contagious, Ancestor
• Seth Harwood Author of: Jack Wakes Up, Jack Palms 2 & 3, Young Junius
• Mark Yoshimoto Nemcoff Author of: Number One with a Bullet, Shadow Falls, Diary of a Madman
• Christiana Ellis Author of: Nina Kimberly the Merciless, Space Casey
• Matt Wallace Parsec Award-winning author of The Next Fix, The Failed Cities Monologues
• James Melzer Author of: The Zombie Chronicles - Escape
• Stephen Eley Editor of Escape Pod, and publisher of the horror fiction podcast Pseudopod
• Mark Jeffrey Author of: The Pocket and the Pendant, The Two Travelers
• Mur Lafferty
• Author of: Playing for Keeps, the Heaven series, co-founder of Pseudopod
• Phil Rossi Author of: Crescent, Tales from the Vault, Eden
• Matthew Wayne Selznick Author of: Brave Men Run, Hazy Days and Cloudy Nights

As always, co-producer/editor Michael Bekemeyer gets a big salute for his editing skills. Find the first 10 trailers here.

Personal Effects: Dark Art is available in bookstores TODAY. Purchase a copy at your favorite store, or order a copy online.

--J.C.

Special Halloween episode: "Stranded" by Phil Rossi

Horror novelist Phil Rossi recently cooked up a terrific tale for Halloween, and asked J.C. to share it with 7th Son fans here in the podcast feed. A huge fan of Phil's work, J.C. was honored by the offer, and is thrilled to present Stranded, a spooky tale that'll make you chilled to the marrow. "Chilling" doesn't describe just the mood -- it describes the tale itself. In Stranded, a blizzard shuts down an isolated stretch of Route 15 ... and the people left there learn discover that there is more to fear than freezing to death ...

Like what you hear? Learn more about Phil at his website, or subscribe to Rossi's Notes from the Vault.