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The Word Count Podcast
by R.B. Wood
A show of original short stories written based on a different theme each 'cast! Read by the authors and hosted by Fantasy author R. B. Wood.
Episodes
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 100
HUMANS of the FUTURE Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: HTTP://www.rbwood.com Ten years, 100 podcasts--it all comes down to this very last show. To our listeners, I say thank you for allow is to entertain you with our stories--nearly 700 of them--we wrote these for you. To the authors who have shared...
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The Word Count Podcast: Episode 99
HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com As I mentioned last time, after the 100th show, the sun will finally be setting on the Word Count Podcast after ten years. Ten years. My God. But before I tear up and get all "old man nostalgic," we still have two shows left to knock out of the...
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The Word Count Podcast: Episode 98
Humans of the Past Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: www.rbwood.com Episode 98 begins our "Human" trilogy of shows, and we have five brand new stories about Humans of the past. The WordCountIrregulars certainly have outdone themselves this time 'round! The Picture for the prompt and inspiration?…
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The Word Count Podcast: Episode 97
Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: www.rbwood.com Finally. The "Year of Hell" as I'm calling 2020, took a personal turn over the summer. The details are unimportant. But suffice to say that there were troubles and they were addressed (or continue to be addressed). Prompt: GUESTS: Bill Kirton & Eden...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 96
"WHO GOES THERE?" HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com Time flies when you're in quarantine, I guess. But my bright spots each month include receiving stories from the Word Count Irregulars based on a theme posted earlier in the month, and putting those stories in a FREE to Listen...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 95
"Sssssilence" Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com I hope this post finds you and your families all well and safe. 2020 has been a nightmare so far, hasn't it? I hope the coming months see better times ahead for us all. Our theme this year is Animals and the Word Count Irregulars…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 94
Isolation HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com What a fitting title for episode 94 in this era of "social distancing." I hope this note finds you and your families all well and safe. 2020 has been a nightmare so far, hasn't it? I hope the coming months see better times ahead for us...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 93
HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com Climate change is happening all around us. In recent years, we've seen record temperatures across the planet, significant melting at the poles, the accelerated extinction of many species, and an increase in the violence of major storms. Nothing...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 92
Welcome to the start of SEASON 10 episode 92 of the #WordCountPodcast! HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: www.rbwood.com The theme for this season is Animals and we start with new stories all written about this cute little guy (and in some cases, his friends): GUESTS: Bill Kirton – "It's a Question of...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 91
Murder, Mayhem, and Horror Welcome to the 9th Halloween Special of the #WordCountPodcast! HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com A few stories for your listening terror this time around. The theme, along with the picture below, is all about Murder, Mayhem, and Horror. I've just…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 90
HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Here in New England, the evenings are getting colder and the trees are donning their "technicolor dream-coats." My favorite season is here. I wanted to select a prompt for our #WordCountIrregulars that would show the transition And as you know…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 89
Where Giants Walk HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: www.rbwood.com A lovely follow-up show to our LIVE show last month is in store for you, dear listener! I lived in the Republic of Ireland for five or so years back in the late nineties, early aughts. While a wonderful experience in of itself, my...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 88
A couple of the Word Count Irregulars read their stories to an audience at Readercon 30 based on this prompt: SHOW NOTES: www.rbwood.com Host: R. B. Wood GUESTS: W. B. J. Williams – "Untitled" R. B. Wood –"Dear Dad"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 87
Host: R. B. Wood SHow Notes: RBWOOD.COM A short, but delightful show this time around. I thought I'd have a bit of fun with the photo this month. As you know, the theme is Landscapes. I took a picture from my archive of the gardens at The Ogunquit Museum of American Art over-looking the sea, and...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 86
This month, our intrepid authors--the Word Count Irregulars are continuing the season of Landscapes with this photo of crocuses in a forest: HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Bill Kirton - "Flower Power" Maria Haskins – "After the Fall" Rob Edwards - "Treeson" R. B. Wood…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 85
This month, we have five stories from our intrepid authors, called the Word Count Irregulars--and you even have a little something from me for a total of six delicious tales based on the picture of Cherry blossoms in full bloom with Mt Fuji in the background: HOST: R. B Wood SHOW NOTES:...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 84
Episode 84 of the Word Count Podcast continues our season of Landscapes with this beautiful shot of Bryce Canyon in early Spring: HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Maria Haskins – "The Body" R. B. Wood -"The Traveler" Eden Baylee & Bill Kirton -"A Matter of Love and Death"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 83
Welcome to episode 83 of the #WordCountPodcast! HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com This month, we have four stories from out intrepid authors, who I lovingly call the Word Count Irregulars. Starting in March, I'll be featuring one of our irregulars per month with a new segment...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 82
Welcome to the start of SEASON 9 of the #WordCountPodcast! Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: www.rbwood.com We hope that you all enjoyed your holiday season, I know we enjoyed our time away--yet that burn of creativity flared up after the New Year and here we go with a new season! The theme for this...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 81
Welcome to the 8th Halloween Special of the #WordCountPodcast! Our prompt: HOST: R.B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests this week: Bill Kirton - "The Ball" and "Halloween" ***NOTE: "The Ball" is performed by Bill, but was written by Dutch author Anneke Klein*** Maria Haskins – "Big Bad"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 80
Episode 80 of the Word Count Podcast explores three stories based on this prompt: HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Eden Baylee - "Final Ride" Bill Kirton - "School Bus" Maria Haskins – "The Monster Hunter's Last Lament"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 79
Four stories inspired by the picture below and The Smile Factory by Todd Keisling. Host: R. B. Wood (with commentary by Porno Batman) Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Eden Baylee - "Life is sweet" Bill Kirton - "It's All Relative" Maria Haskins – "Fräulein Maria" Special Guest: Todd...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 78
Our first live show done as a panel at Readercon 29 in Boston, MA Host/Moderator: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Prompt: Guests: W. B. J. Williams M. J. King Eden Baylee Bill Kirton Kathleen Kayembe R.B. Wood
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 77
The 77th episode of the #WordCountPodcast was inspired by this picture: HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Eden Baylee - "The Playground" W. B. J. Williams - "Where The Children Are" Cameron Garriepy – "The Mermaid and the Seabird" Maria Haskins – "Sunlit Surface, Depths...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 76
The 76th episode of the #WordCountPodcastwas inspired by this picture: Sakurajima Volcano erupts spectacularly in southern Japan (Credit: Asahi Shimbun via Getty Images) Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Eden Baylee - "Submission" Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey– "A…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 75
The 75th episode of the #WordCountPodcast was inspired by the book Mongrels by Stephen Graham Jones and this picture: HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Eden Baylee - "Harbinger" Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey– "Life After Death" Maria Haskins – "Una's Hand" Bill Kirton–...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 74
The 74rd episode of the #WordCountPodcast was inspired by the book Stranded by Bracken Macleod and this picture: HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Hustler" Cameron Garriepy – "Security Protocol 42" Maria Haskins – "Recovered Audio…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 73
"Over the Bridge" The 73rd episode of the #WordCountPodcast is all predicated around this picture: HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Bill Kirton – "Love Story" W. B. J. Williams – "Over the Hill and Down to the Bridge" Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "The Weary Blues"...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 72
Welcome to the season 8 opener where we welcome five authors to the show. Host: R. B. Wood Show notes: www.rbwood.com The prompt for this week: Guests: Maria Haskins – "Mabel's Pack" Rob Edwards - "Cold Pursuit" Jack Gwaltney & John McCaffrey – "A Burnt-Out Case" W. B. J. Williams – "Johnny Talon...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 71
Welcome to the 7th Halloween Special! Four creepy tales of dread and woe too horrific to hear during the evening! Host: R. B. Wood Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Prompt Photo: Guests: Bill "Spectre" Kirton – "Guilt" Maria "Fangs" Haskins – "Angel's Heart" Cameron "Undead" Garriepy – "The Eastman...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 70
"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...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 69
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...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 68
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…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 67
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...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 66
"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"...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 65
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...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 64
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"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 63
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…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 62
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…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 61
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"
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 60
Six brand new stories for episode 60 of the #WordCountPodcast all based on the three word theme: Key, Charming, and Computer. HOST: R. B. Wood ([email protected]) Show notes: www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Bill Kirton "In an Alternative Dimension" Cameron Garriepy "Blood Magic Is Nothing to Trifle With" C....
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 59
We return to our three word theme for episode 59 of the #wordcountpodcast: Newspaper, Cigarette, and Scotch Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: www.rbwood.com Guests: Rob Edwards "Armchair Armeggedon" Cameron Garriepy "Going Places" C. Thomas Smith "Just Right Now" Maria Haskins "Chiaroscuro" Bill…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode58
A Summertime Sizzler! Hot stories coming to you this time around all based on the first line: "I was enjoying the summer holiday when..." HOST: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Rob Edwards "Time Rigger's Lament" Maria Haskins "True Words" C. Thomas Smith "Doomsday" Bill Kirton...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 57
Four wonderful stories for your rum-soaked listening pleasure this week--all based on the theme: PIRATE, ISLAND, and RAT. HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Bill Kirton "A Happy Ending" Rob Edwards "Legend of Redhook's Gold" C. Thomas Smith "The Bear's Fate" Maria Haskins...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 56
Episode 56 brings us five original stories based on the three-word theme: CAT, DAWN and FLOWER. Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: C. Thomas Smith ”Truly” Cameron D. Garriepy “Fresh Scandal” Eden Baylee “Puppy Love” Bill Kirton “Cats” Maria Haskins “Miriam and Cat”
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 55
Episode 55 this week challenges our Word Count Irregulars with the three word prompt: Dog. Wheelchair. Addiction. I must say they all rise rather brilliantly to the occasion. Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: http://www.rbwood.com Guests: Maria Haskins “Nemesis” C. Thomas Smith ”Doug Needs Mary” Eden...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 54
With Episode 54, we return to our three-word format. The theme for this episode: Chocolate, Thorns and Lust. Four new and original stories await your listening pleasure. HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Eden Baylee “The Letter” C. Thomas Smith ”Take Me” Bill Kirton...
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 53
Three stories this week on our theme "Celebrity Death, a Fan’s Perspective." HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: http://www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Cameron Garriepy "Serious Moonlight" C. Thomas SmithB "To Kadath and Back" Eden Baylee "I Just Want to be Your Everything"
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The Word Count - Episode 52
A glorious return for 2016 with six new stories from "old Hands" and returning WCP Irregulars. Host: R. B. Wood Show Notes: www.rbwood.com Guests: C. Thomas Smith ”Fledglings” M. J. King “Full Deck” Tristan Stone “How to Get a Promotion in Time Travel” Cameron Garriepy “Uncertain Chapters”…
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The Word Count Podcast-Episode 51
Ghost Stories. Nothing like the Halloween season to indulge in an old campsite past times. The Word Count Irregulars present to you six spectral tales for your listening pleasure. HOST: R. B. Wood SHOW NOTES: www.rbwood.com GUESTS: Bill Kirton “Shadow” Cameron Garriepy “The October Garden” C....
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A show of original short stories written based on a different theme each 'cast! Read by the authors and hosted by Fantasy author R. B. Wood.
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