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The Melting Potcast
by A. F. Grappin
A Writing Variety Show featuring a little of Everything from Everyone, Everywhere. Host A. F. Grappin brings you smallcast microstories, interviews, and flash fiction with back-to-back stories based off the same writing prompt.
Episodes
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Episode 97- Chef's Table - CSI: Fantasy
Another fantastic panel from Balticon 2019, discussing CSI techniques in fantasy (and other fictional) settings. Announcement: We're scaling back to 1 episode a month for a bit while we're working on house prep and moving and such. Once we triumphantly return to our regular scheduling, we hope to...
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Episode 96- Chef's Table- Muse ON!
A. F. and Erin got invited onto an Inside the Actors' Studio-like interview show run by creative enabler Sue Baiman. At Balticon 2019, our Head Chef and Grillmistress held nothing back and spilled all. Don’t forget to check out our Patreon, our Swag Shop (featuring all that new artwork), and to...
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Episode 95- Main Ingredient "Jen of Sedgeholme" and Processed Food
Happy New Year! We're back from our little hiatus (holidays kinda kicked our butts) with a Main Ingredient story from Potcast regular James Silverstein! Jen of Sedgeholme- One young girl gets chosen by her god to stop a war. We chase that with a Processed Food segment that tears apart…
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Episode 94- Stoke the Fire Prompt #21 and Processed Food
How is it December already? Well, I hope it means you're hungry, because we have a light, delicious meal for you. We'll start with a pair of Stoke the Fire stories based on Prompt #21: You found a star that actually grants wishes! "Sealed with a Kiss" by Christopher Michael "WishStar" by Quinn…
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Episode 93- Chef's Table- Twitch for Dummies
Our November midmonth episode brings you a TMP friend and contributor's latest big triumph: a panel on Twitch for Dummies by Tee Morris, with Tee Morris, of Tee Morris. Don’t forget to check out our Patreon, our Swag Shop (featuring all that new artwork), and to heart us on Spotify! And please…
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Episode 92- Stoke the Fire Prompt #20 and Mystery Meal
It's November (holy cow) and it's time to serve up some stories! We have a pair of Stoke the Fire stories based on prompt #20- The forecast called for heavy snowstorms. But what's falling from the sky is NOT snow. "On the Winds of Winter" by Christopher Glick "Red Sky" by Christopher Michael We...
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Episode 91- Botched Recipes and Processed Food
October midmonth gives us a short and sweet episode. Grillmistress Erin has prepared some rather pungent Botched Recipes, followed by Processed Food from the film A Few Good Men. Don’t forget to check out our Patreon, our Swag Shop (featuring all that new artwork), and to leave us a review on...
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Episode 90- Main Ingredient- Father- and A Little Seasoning
Listeners, it is October 1, and have we got a story for you! We’ll start this month with an epic yet somewhat disturbing (there’s your warning) Main Ingredient story by Potcast friend James Silverstein. It’s been a long time since we had a massive cast like this, so let me start by thanking our...
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Episode 89- Chef's Table- Toxic Fans and Fandoms
Fans can be very passionate, and the things they are passionate about can spark arguments and obsession. A panel of professionals at Balticon 2019 discuss toxicity in fans and fandoms. Experiences, how to protect yourself, and how NOT to be toxic are all touched on. Don’t forget to check out our...
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Episode 88- Stoke the Fire Prompt 20, Processed Food, Mystery Meal
Lots of fun new stuff this episode! We are still getting used to actually being able to PAY WRITERS, so thanks again to our amazing Patreon backers (who are also getting this episode FOUR days early) for helping to make this possible! So they get a head start hearing the two Stoke the Fire…
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Episode 87- Stoke the Fire Prompt #19 and Short Order Cook
For our August midmonth episode, we're proud to present our first stories we were able to PAY FOR! That's right! The Stoke the Fire stories in this episode have been BOUGHT! These are for Prompt #19- You have two left feet... along with your right one. "Skip Skip Hop" by A. F. Grappin (I actually...
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Episode 86- The Potcast's Fifth Birthday!!!!!
Five. Years. The Potcast is old enough to start kindergarten. Who can believe it?! In lieu of a Main ingredient or Stoke the Fire segment, Erin and A. F. tell the story of the Potcast itself. Then we screw with words in a Mystery Meal destroying Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter. And THEN…
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Episode 85- Chef's Table- Dynamic Voice Acting
Erin suggested Dynamic Voice Acting as a panel for Balticon and as a result, got to moderate it. Featuring Veronica Giguere, Tee Morris, Starla Huchton, and A. F. Grappin as vocal artists, the panel discusses interpretation when only voice is used. ALSO, ANNOUNCEMENT! Thanks to our amazing…
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Episode 84- Main Ingredient "The Chosen One," A Little Seasoning, Mystery Meal
There’s some sort of construction going on in the Disaster Kitchen, but that won’t stop us from bringing you a meal’s worth of content! We start with a ducky Main Ingredient story. The Chosen One by Christopher Michael One wizard is determined to find the chosen one who will save the world from...
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Episode 83- Chef's Table- You Can't Shop at Target on Middle Earth 2019
We recently played 2018's panel of the same name. This year, it was new panelists and a totally different discussion. Great new information and insight. Enjoy!
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Episode 82 - LIVE at Balticon 53
We were LIVE at Balticon 53 on Friday, May 24, 2019 at 8pm Eastern. To a crowd of pairs and pairs of people, A. F. and Erin were joined by voice actors/podcaster/creatives Tee Morris, Philippa Ballantine, and Spence Spencer to bring you a Main Ingredient story by none other than Potcast Word Chef...
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Episode 81- Chef's Table- You Can't Shop at Target on Middle Earth
We’re preparing for Balticon 2019, but we still have one little bit of enjoyment from Balticon 2018 to throw into your ears. “You Can’t Shop at Target in Middle Earth” is a panel about figuring out just what resources your characters have access to in worlds that are vastly different from our…
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Episode 80- Main Ingredient "Before Breakfast" and Food Critic
Our 80th episode! At least in numbers. We're getting awfully close to that legendary 100th episode. BUT we aren't going to reach that mythical number if we don't get more submissions in. PLEASE check out our submissions and prompts pages! In this one, we bring a Main Ingredient story from the…
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Episode 79- Stoke the Fire Prompt 18 and Mystery Meal
We're in hectic preparing-for-Balticon mode, but that doesn't mean we can't still serve up a hearty word meal! Erin and A.F. start off with a pair of Stoke the Fire stories based on prompt #18- You are informed via phone that your SO has been in an accident. They are standing right next to you.…
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Episode 78 - Botched Recipes and A Little Seasoninng
Okay, we're back on track. And yet A.F. still isn't back in the kitchen. So Grillmistress Erin is serving up another helping of Botched Recipes. She follows it up with A Little Seasoning with authors/streamers/podcaster Pip Ballantine and Tee Morris! Prompt #18 is now closed. And now opening is:...
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Episode 77- Chef's Table- Improving Your Readings
Gah! Sorry this episode is late. A.F. and Erin had a hectic weekend that got in the way. But better late than never, right? We bring you an amazing workshop recording from Balticon 2018: Improving Your Reading. Erin ran the workshop, keeping things in order as narrators helped authors discover…
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Episode 76- Botched Recipes, A Little Seasoning, Mystery Meal
A. F. is out of the kitchen so Erin is serving up some Botched Recipes! Authors Chris Lester and Charlie Brown get some mentions in this set of bloopers! After that, A. F. (who still isn't in the kitchen) interviews author Hugh J. O'Donnell in A Little Seasoning. Apologies for some audio issues…
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Episode 75- Main Ingredient- Date Night at the Ostinato Cafe, Processed Foods
We love you! Okay, now that the sappy Valentine's Day stuff is past... we're bringing you MORE! We start with a Main Ingredient story by David "Doc Blue" Wendt The Ostinato Cafe is full, and there are couples at every stage in their life sharing this special night. But something more makes it…
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Episode 74- Main Ingredient "The Jewel of Lir's Hammer," A Little Seasoning, Mystery Meal
We kick off February with a three-course meal for your ears! Start out with Main Ingredient story "The Jewel of Lir's Hammer" by Laura Nicole. Winifred wakes up, remembering only an explosion, to discover the ship she's been living on has been taken by pirates. Now outed as a woman, how is she...
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Episode 73- Chef's Table- Balticon 2018- Pitches We're Sick Of
It's well past due, but the Balticon Bonus episodes are joining the regular numbered episodes. Also, as Erin and A. F. will being going to OTHER conventions this year, it doesn't make sense to call these Balticon episodes anymore. From now on, any convention panel episode will now be referred to…
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Episode 72- Table Scraps, Processed Food
Happy 2019! We're starting off the year by cleaning the table a bit with some Table Scraps! These are Stoke the Fire stories that never got a partner in the same prompt. Plus, in this case, they're also both stories by our Head Chef! "Red Tape" and "Seeking Kernels" We follow that with a…
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Episode 71- Main Ingredient "There Arose Such a Clatter," Mystery Meal
2018 is nearly over, and this is the final episode for this year. At least, in our normal feel. Our Patreon backers will still have one more special episode just for them, so consider becoming a backer! Link to our Patreon is lower in the notes here. A. F. is cooking solo, bringing you a…
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Episode 70- Main Ingredient "A Most Peculiar Bizarre Day Ever," Processed Foods
We almost didn't make this episode happen in time. Seriously. Things got really hectic in the Disaster Kitchen, but we managed it, and here it is! We start this meal with a Main Ingredient story based on like... 4 prompts. A Most Peculiar Bizarre Day Ever by Jason Goodman Some weird rain has...
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Episode 88- Stoke the Fire Prompt 20, Processed Food, Mystery Meal
Lots of fun new stuff this episode! We are still getting used to actually being able to PAY WRITERS, so thanks again to our amazing Patreon backers (who are also getting this episode FOUR days early) for helping to make this possible! So they get a head start hearing the two Stoke the Fire…
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Balticon Bonus Episode 21 - Cold Reads LIVE!
What? A live episode of another pod/vodcast on the TMP feed? Yes. Yes it is.
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Episode 69- Stoke the Fire Prompt #17, Mystery Meal
We finally made it to an episode that shall not be numbered. Yeah... it's numbered. But never mind which number. More importantly, it's time for some Stoke the Fire stories! These are from Prompt #17: You have a dinosaur bodyguard. And as an added bonus, they're by the same author, David "Doc…
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Episode 68- Main Ingredient "However Improbable" by James Silverstein, Food Critic, Processed Food
It's midmonth October (already?!) and we're here with another Main Ingredient story! "However Improbable" by James Silverstein. A lost file containing words written by Dr. John Watson has been found. Is this really what happened to Sherlock Holmes? We follow it with a Food Critic segment in which...
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Episode 67 - Main Ingredient- Brownsville Creek by Shay Brodbeck, Mystery Meal
We love so much giving new or newish writers an outlet for their words, and this is what we've got today! We bring you Brownsville Creek: A Suburban Legend by Shay Brodbeck. There's something in Brownsville Creek. Even it doesn't seem to know what it is, but it's figuring it out to the detrement…
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Balticon Bonus Episode 20 - I've Got a Blank Space and I'll Write Your Name
Hey there! It's another panel from Balticon 2018, this time about Tuckerization! Along with Nobilis Reed, Val Griswold-Ford, and others, our own A. F. was on this panel! Enjoy!
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Episode 66 - Botched Recipes and Food Critic
It’s been a while since we proclaimed our idiocy. It seems about time to do it again. Grillmistress Erin serves up some Botched Recipes! As if that weren’t enough, A. F. reappears magically to give a Food Critic segment for The Terra Gambit by Terry Mixon. Don’t forget to check out our Patreon…
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Episode 65- Main Ingredient- "ER Invasion", Processed Foods, Mystery Meal
Where has August gone? We're up to midmonth already? Well, fine. Here, have a Main Ingredient story! It's based on Stoke the Fire prompt #14- A rash of people have just entered the emergency room--all of them exhibiting superpowers. ER Invasion by Scott Roche Something strange and urgent is going...
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Episode 64- 4th Anniversary Party- Stoke the Fire Prompts 14 and 15, Mystery Meal, Processed Foods
The Melting Potcast is four years old. FOUR! We can't believe it! We're bringing you a full menu to celebrate, starting with a pair of Stoke the Fire stories. They're both based on Prompt #14 A rash of people have just entered the emergency room-- all of them exhibiting superpowers. But one of…
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Balticon Bonus Episode 19- Dirty Mad Libs 2018
Balticon 52's session of Dirty Mad Libs. NSFW!
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Episode 63- Main Ingredient- The Journal of the Ivory Throne, TMP Goes to Balticon
It's July 1, and the kitchen is gearing up for a hot summer. We start with a Main Ingredient story by Potcast friend James Silverstein! The Journal of the Ivory Throne Lonnie has gone missing, and friends from his seafaring village are determined to find him. But the trail leads to the Ivory...
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Episode 62- Stoke the Fire Prompt #14, Mystery Meal
We're back in action, AND back from Balticon! Time to get the ovens back on and cooking. So we bring a triad of Stoke the Fire stories, based on Prompt #14- A rash of people have just entered the emergency room--all of them exhibiting super powers. "The Day the World Broke" by Linton Bowers...
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Episode 61- LIVE at Balticon 52
Erin and A. F. perform LIVE at Balticon, featuring Main Ingredient story "D.O.D" by Jason Goodman based on Prompt #15- There is an expiration date on your birth certificate. It's only a few days away. Special thanks to guest voice artists Tee Morris, Dave Robison, Christiana Ellis, and Laura...
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Balticon Bonus Episode 18- Why the Storyteller Needs a Narrator
The Disaster Kitchen has reopened, and we're preheating with the last panel we had from Balticon 51 last year. Why the Storyteller Needs a Narrator- a discussion about giving your narrative a voice. As in vocal performer. This is about putting your work in audio. Also, Erin and A. F. were both ON...
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Episode 60- Main Ingredient "The Orb of Sakmip" Short Order Cook, Food Critic
April kicks off with a rather poignant Main Ingredient story. "The Orb of Sakmip" by David Wendt Sakmip's new president seems a little too attached to the relic meant to remind him how not to govern... We follow that with a new Short Order Cook segment, in which Dishboy Theo details...
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Episode 59- Botched Recipes, Short Order Cook
You know what we haven’t done in a while? Given our head Chef a vacation. So Grillmistress Erin gets the kitchen to herself for this midmonth episode, and of course, you’re getting some Botched Recipes! Follow that up with another installment of our new Short Order Cook segment, and that sounds...
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Episode 58- Main Ingredient "Countdown" by Scott Roche, Short Order Cook, Mystery Meal
This whole episode is a huge mess. The Dish Boy greets you, which is bad enough... and everything just kinda goes downhill from there. But the high points... "Countdown" by Scott Roche Barry has years left of indentured servitude as a delivery man. But one particular package may be his own...
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Balticon Bonus Episode 17- Dirty Mad-Libs
Things get raunchy when panelists at Balticon 51 (including A. F. and Erin) turn sexy scenes into hilarious mad-libs with the help of the audience. NSFW!
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Episode 57- Main Ingredient "A Bad Case" by Charlie Brown, A Little Seasoning, Mystery Meal
It’s February, and love is in the air. So we at the Disaster Kitchen are bring you a Main Ingredient story about love…sort of. “A Bad Case” by Charlie Brown When Steven wakes up with a condition that was passed to him, he’s determined to find a way to get rid of it. Unfortunately, the condition,...
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Episode 56- Main Ingredient "Ears to the Ground," What Boils My Pot?
January midmonth brings us a new story by Word Chef Hugh O'Donnell. True to his form, it's a Main Ingredient story based on a Stoke the Fire prompt. In this case, Prompt #13- Where did the corn go? Yes, it's a Freelance Hunters story! When a town goes missing--the whole town--only Glory, Bingo…
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Episode 55- Main Ingredient "World's End," A Little Seasoning, Mystery Meal
Happy New Year, Lexiconnoisseurs and Word Chefs! 2018 is promising some new segments from us (to be announced later this year) and of course, all kinds of new content. But enough about the future. Let’s focus on NOW! We have a Main Ingredient story by dear Word Chef James Silverstein. “World’s…
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Episode 70- Main Ingredient "A Most Peculiar Bizarre Day Ever," Processed Foods
We start this meal with a Main Ingredient story based on like... 4 prompts. A Most Peculiar Bizarre Day Ever by Jason Goodman Some weird rain has brought a bunch of crazy people into the hospital, and Jay is just plain out having a rough day. We chase that with a Processed Foods segment including…
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A Writing Variety Show featuring a little of Everything from Everyone, Everywhere. Host A. F. Grappin brings you smallcast microstories, interviews, and flash fiction with back-to-back stories based off the same writing prompt.
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