Podioracket Presents - Glimpses

H.E. Roulo"s short story, "Future in Hand" is a follow-up to her Podiobooks.com novel Fractured Horizon. The future isn't ready for Katherine Downs when she awakens after another long hibernation. At the wild borderlands of space, she's excited to continue her secret journey. But is keeping her secret worth losing people's lives? October 30, 2011 the ebook release will be live. Check out www.podioracket.com for the details.

Brian Rathbone's "Wayward Spirits" is a prequel to The Dawning of Power trilogy. In this fantasy short story we see that for Wendel Volker and Benjin Hawk, a day of skipping classes turns into a journey that will shape the future of Godsland.

This is the audiobook adaptation of Mike Luoma's comic book short story Alibi Jones: Blind Eye. "Blind Eye" is a prequel story to Mike Luoma's novel ALIBI JONES. Alibi Jones is a mediator for the Solar Alliance in the year 2135. He's come across talk of people buying into a new human settlement - but the news sounds suspicious. Could Poyas be more con job than colony?

Katharina Maimer short story is about: Franz and Dorde come to our world with a gift for mankind, but find themselves stuck in the midst of the Siege of Vienna. What can a lowly coffee merchant do to help turn the tide of one of the most important battles in world history? “The Siege” is a glimpse into the past of the families and cultures visited in “Wiener Blut” available right here on Podiobooks.com.

Emerian Rich’s “Holy Rites” tells the story of Sandro’s birth into vampirism. As an unwilling initiate into vampiric priestdom, can he survive the extinction of his church by a self-righteous band of Blood Warriors? This gives greater insight into a character from the full-length novel Knight's Nights.

Note from author Dave Donelson about the short story "Blind Curve": I heard a version of this tale when I was in Africa researching Heart of Diamonds, a novel of scandal, love, and death in the Congo. While the novel is a work of fiction, it’s based on real events in the modern history of that strife-torn nation.

This short story takes place in the world of Keith Hughes' "Borrowed Time", a time travel, action adventure novel available on Podiobooks. About the short story Fleeting Time: When the inventor of the world’s first time machine uses his invention to visit his familiar past and an unknown future, he discovers that yesterday offers meager comfort and tomorrow holds little hope.

A short story from the universe of ETERNITY, a series by Casey S Townsend About the short story: “Good Luck” is the story of how Greg Covey became the killing machine feared around the world known as General “Bulldog” Covey. As Covey faces every sort of enemy, and even comes face to face with death and the supernatural, his life is forever changed. This short story is based on the “Eternity” series written by Casey S Townsend.

In this historical fantasy story a young samurai goes to a peasant village and unexpectedly encounters the supernatural.  “Appeasement” relates to Gloria’s Podiobooks.com novel In the Service of Samurai.

Melissa Vonruden is a typical young woman, just making her way in the corporate world of the future. When an acquaintance meets with an extraordinary case of injustice, however, she realizes that she can no longer ignore the world around her. She seeks out the only organization she knows of that can help, and applies for a job. “The Interview” is set in the same world as Podiobooks.com novels Self Made and Act of Will by M. Darusha Wehm.

The Fox Spin-Offwww.radasky.comAbout the short story: A treacherous walk up a mountain trail for a pregnant woman, Wynda, leads her to a druid who tells her the goddess Morrigna foretold the birth of her daughter. A danger-filled trading journey ends with Prys, the father of the new babe, coming home with tales of killing and rapes by the Roman soldiers. Beathan, the clan chieftain, utters a promise to protect the girl born that day and the druid Ogilhinn foretells the babe Jahna’s future and the importance of her birth to the clan. Foretelling is the story of the start of the life’s journey of Jahna, who as a woman tries to protect her clan in the novel The Fox.

Mick Bordet's short story "Conclave" (alternative history) Mick is also the author of Some Other Scotland and the co-author of Every Picture Tells... anthology series. About the short story: Scotland, 2000 BC - Three men and a polar bear meet in a cave to change the world, but can they overcome their personal agendas and preconceptions of each other for the greater good? One petty squabble triggers a chain of events that will build over the following four thousand years, culminating in the story that takes place within "Some Other Scotland".