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Giant's Reach
by Steve Cook
A flash fiction podcast set in the fantasy world of Giant's Reach
Episodes
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Coming Home
She was a spy, and they took everything from her. Now she has nothing left except for the memory of better things. It's time to come home.
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The Dimming, Part 3
As the situation worsens, martial law is declared. Coming back home to Little Grange, Joanna finds that uplifts are suffering from some sort of effect that dims them, makes them docile. The villagers demand action, but, more pressingly, her lifelong friend Brock is missing…
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The Dimming, Part 2
A mystery disease is sweeping the country, affecting uplifts. As restrictions on yellowdust get tighter as well, what can be done about her friend…?
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The Dimming, Part 1
For Joanna and Brock, life has been good. They share a house together, living well, both with local jobs. But something is changing in the world, and it's being felt first in their little village...
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The Messenger, Part 3
A chapter ends for Artesano. Obsolescence beckons. Progress marches on.
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The Messenger, Part 2
Things have changed in Centrum, and industry drives the city. But the face that industry wears is not a pleasant one. Progress is fuelled by the sweat and blood of humans and uplifts alike...
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The Messenger, Part 1
In the first part of three, a Guild Messenger finds that things have changed in the city of Centrum. A pall of smoke hangs over the slums, factories and refineries churn out yellowdust, and the poor work hard in the name of progress...
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Hero
Two treasure-hunting squirrels bite off more than they can chew...
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In The Jungles of Tchudeka
An explorer, a seeker of antiquities, finds himself at a point of no return...
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Succour
A con-man tries to get one over on a church congregation…
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Last Orders
A barkeep tidies up as he closes a chapter of his life. Surely it'll be easy to sneak away - not like anyone will miss him anyway...
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Bundle of Joy
Rana lives alone, and she likes it that way. It's peaceful; just her, the hunt, the shelter of this old-world human building and... and what is that noise out the front?
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The Lighthouse, Part 2
The conclusion to the mystery of The Lighthouse, based on the real-life mystery of the Flannan Isles lighthouse.
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The Lighthouse, Part 1
Based on the true story of the Flannan Isles lighthouse, here is a distinctly Giant's Reach take on things. A spooky lighthouse, missing men, a storm raging, and an enduring mystery...
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Worth Its Weight
A man from out of town arrives, and he has one thing in mind: That those giant animals, wandering around like they own the place, are mighty fine. Why, one of those would be worth its weight in gold back home...
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From The Earth To The Sky
A farmer stands in the way of progress, but will not be moved. As the world of Giant's Reach moves forward into an industrial revolution of sorts, the old ways must make way for the new...
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Liquid Yellow
Two chemicks bemoan their fate over drinks. Why can't they have been the ones to create the Next Big Thing in yellowdust research? Well, they'll just have to see about that!
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Buried Gold
Digging the deepest hole, right through to the other side of the world. What could be more wholesome? Kai's doing it because there's something in the soil, something that smells amazing... but what will his father say about the eight foot hole in their yard?
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Foreign Trade Part 3
As Ferret and his father attempt to get the contraband out of Centrum, they come face to face with a new threat - one that combines the worst tendencies of humans with those of animals...
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Foreign Trade Part 2
It's smuggling. Of course it's smuggling; no-one would pay that much for simple cargo. Ferret trusts his father to make the right choice - but a smuggled shipment of Guild yellowdust could land them both in prison, or worse...
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Foreign Trade
Competition is tight now that uplifts have their own voices. For Ferret, living with his father from one cargo contract to the next, things are only going to get tighter - until they are approached with a deal that could make them or break them...
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Train Gang, Part 3
The Silver Talon enact their plan and Todger cannot simply stand by. They claim to fight for uplifts and humans alike, but who are the real victims?
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Train Gang, Part 2
The train has come to the world of Giant's Reach, but not everyone is happy. Terrorists attack the testing site of the new invention, claiming they fight for uplifts. Their vengeance is swift and bloody, though, and leads Todger to a difficult choice...
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Train Gang, Part 1
Change comes to the world of Giant's Reach and technology marches on. At the testing site for a new type of technology called a 'train', the labourers are poor and broken people. But even they can't fail to be awed by the train... and to consider what it might mean for the future.
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Freedom of Speech
A yellowdust researcher gives an uplifted animal the greatest gift she can: the freedom to speak.
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Take Your Marks
In the world of Giant's Reach, uplifts are giant animals that can reason and think like humans - and play like humans. Helen is a hare, among the best at running - but before she can beat her rivals she needs to overcome her own insecurities...
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Dead Of Winter
As his wagon skids out of control, caught on the treacherous Pank's Peak, how will Keffyn save his life, his wagon and, most importantly, the expensive ornaments he's transporting?
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When The Circus Came To Town
An uplifted cat goes to the circus. What starts out as an interesting diversion turns nasty when the lion-taming act comes on...
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Passed The Post
There's a messenger system that runs all over the known world, powered by giant geese and dedicated messengers. The bond between man and uplift is strong, but there are limits to even that...
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Patrol
Captain Gita's unit stumbles across Purkoy dog soldiers, and battle ensues. But why are they this deep in Gita's homeland?
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A Tangle of Fur
Larrow is a professional groomer - someone who helps those who can't help themselves. In this window into her life we see one of her patients, and the unique skills she brings to their aid.
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Museum Piece
Two researchers find a buried treasure - a fossil from the past. But the clues don't add up, and the site is protected...
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Fugutive
A reclusive smith living in the forest, and a young man who wants to be his apprentice - or so he claims. The truth comes calling soon enough...
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The Hunt
A young woman - a hunter - prepares to go on a walkabout.
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Market Pressures
A dangerous new substance is unleashed onto the streets of Centrum. Highly addictive to humans and deadly to some uplifts, information about it is limited - but in the wrong hands, it could spell disaster.
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Over Roast Beef
A meal, an uncomfortable meeting, and a pile of gold. Lean beef and lineage collide for a poor family, and for the young man Kinder it means a link to a past that he’s always known about.
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The Scatter
In the warmth of a balmy evening, and after a hard day bringing in the harvest, a farm cat and a desert cat share a little of themselves.
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Hunting Party
In the frozen wastes, a giant seal shepherds a colony of his kin. But when hunting season starts, he and his human companion are forced to defend their home and their way of life...
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Homecoming
A standalone episode this week; as a soldier comes home from the war, he finds much has been changed - and some things that have been buried are only now coming to light...
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Corpse Dust
A drug is sweeping the streets of Centrum, evil and pervasive, and its effects are felt in every corner...
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Raw Deal
Stripes the cat is up to his neck in something murky, but as the flood waters rise, will he sink or swim?
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A Culinary Challenge
A customer at a high-class restaurant discovers that her prejudice is not welcome.
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Noblesse Oblige
The most recent addition to Wainwright's Yard, Harriana, helps out a neighbour - but does she need a helping hand herself?
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Salon Animalé
A human wonders what it would be like to be groomed at a high-class grooming salon for uplifted animals.
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A flash fiction podcast set in the fantasy world of Giant's Reach
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Giant's Reach is created and hosted by Steve Cook.
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