Last minute books to buy:

A Time To...Anthology from The Lorelei Signal.

Prophecy of Swords from Yard Dog Press.

The following are the links mentioned in this cast:

Podiobooks.com -- Don't forget, Prophecy of Swords is there!

www.scifitravelingroadshow.com -- We've got books!

www.shadowhelm.net -- Maggie's own website

Maggie's Livejournal Blog

Music provide through music.podshow.com:

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Santa is Coming to Town!

Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas

O Holy Night

When you purchase books through this website, you support the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show without even breaking a sweat.  What a cool idea, huh?  You were going to buy those books anyway, so support us at the same time!

If you haven't been to our website at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com, surf on over and send us a message.  We'd love to hear from you. 

Lee Martindale is a very accomplished short story author with numerous professional credits.  She filks, naturally, fences with the SFWA musketeers, is active in SFWA that is SFWA and is a member of SCA.  Visit her website for her CD's at www.harphaven.net.

Today we have two book reviews: Dadgum Martians Invade the Lucky Nickel Saloon by Ken Rand (www.sfwa.org/members/Rand/) and The Hounds of Ardagh by Laura J. Underwood (www.sff.net/people/keltora/).  We also have an email from Doyle Wilmoth, the editor of www.specficworld.com, and a shoutout to my friend Bill Allen (www.geocities.com/ozarkpress/), author of Gods and Other Children (www.yarddogpress.com/allen&.htm).

Dadgum Martians Invade the Lucky Nickel Saloon is Ken Rand's latest and best SFF book to date.  Ken is an awesome SFF writer and a neat person. This book takes us back to the Lucky Nickel Saloon, Second Avenue, Laramie, Wyoming Territory, U S of A.  There's a crisis brewing because Martians in the form of chickens with lips are invading Earth!  Available through Yard Dog Press (www.yarddogpress.com/dadgum.htm)

The Hounds of Ardagh by Laura J. Underwood is another tale set in Keltora in Ard Taebh, this story pits a hedgewitch named Ginny Ni Cooley against a demon and a bloodmage looking to wreak their vengeance on the MacArdagh clan.  This book is available through www.scifitravelingroadshow.com.

We also have a special treat!  Lee Martindale (www.harphaven.net) sings a filk for us called Fever in the Blood that is off of her Ladies of Trade Town CD.  Lee is a professional author with many short stories to her credit.  She filks, fences, is active in SFWA, and is a member of SCA.  You can buy her CDs and other works at her website.

Remember that we are now a paying market.  Go to www.scifitravelingroadshow.com and check out our guidelines.  We're also looking for donations and subscribers. 

Lastly, tell a friend about the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show.  Blog about us.  And thank you for listening!

Matthew Wayne Selznick is committed to the DIY ethic and is a steadfast supporter of independent creative endeavors. He lives in the High Desert of Southern California with his wife and several pets. 

Over the last twenty years, Matt has performed as a bassist, singer, and guitarist in several bands, duos, and as a solo artist, and composed over two hundred original songs. He has edited and published of two print lit-zines, two online webzines, and is the author of Brave Men Run - A Novel of the Sovereign Era. Matt has also been a podcaster since 2004, and is very active in the new media community.

Currently focused on writing novels, Matthew Wayne Selznick is also available as a freelance writer, editor, podcasting consultant, web designer, and voice talent. His MWS Media provides inexpensive web site hosting for DIY, independent creative endeavors. 

You can purchase Brave Men Run from Matt's site, www.bravemenrun.com or through the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com.  You can also listen to it as a podiobook through Podiobooks.com.

David Lee Summers is author of the novel Vampires of the Scarlet Order and the "Old Stars" science fiction trilogy. He's also the author of numerous science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and poems that have appeared in such places as Realms of Fantasy and The Santa Clara Review. David also edits the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman, serves as a book editor for LBF Books, and a consulting editor for El Paso Community College's literary magazine, Chrysalis. In addition to his work with the written word, he is also an astronomer who has discovered variable stars and worked in the field of robotic telescopes.  His website is www.davidleesummers.com.

You can purchase his work and magazines through his website or through the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com

You can purchase both books through www.scifitravelingroadshow.com or you can purchase Brave Men Run from www.bravemenrun.com or listen to it at Podiobooks.com. You can also visit Matt's website at www.mattselznick.com. You can purchase The Golems of Laramie County from www.yarddogpress.com or directly from Ken Rand at http://www.sfwa.org/members/Rand/. 

Lastly, some of us podcasters have noticed that people are still under the mistaken impression that they need an Ipod to listen to podcasts.  While I really love my Ipod, the truth is you don't need an Ipod to listen.  To this end, the band, Uncle Seth, has a PSA announcement -- and a darn good one!  Check it out here at: http://www.musicpodcast.ca/podcast-psa/

The song, You Don't Need an Ipod, we're playing here is courtesy of the band, Uncle Seth.  They've asked that I include these links to their websites on the show notes: http://musicface.com/uncleseth/news.html. Also they'd like me to point out that John C. Havens of the About.com Guide To Podcasting is their co-writer, and to link to http://podcasting.about.com/ as well.

Today's interview is with THE James K. Burk.  James K. Burk was born long, long ago in a place far, far away.  He had as normal a childhood as one can expect from someone who grew up to be a critic and writer.  He has worked with every building material known to man (how many stone-planers do you know?)  Besides reviews in DeLap's F&SF Review and Tangent, his first published work was STRANGE TWISTS OF FATE, a chapbook from Yard Dog Press.  Since then, he's had a novel, HIGH RAGE appear and go out of print (from Silver Dragon Books), another YD chapbook, ILLUSIONS OF SANITY, has had stories in several Yard Dog anthologies, especially the Bubbas of the Apocalypse series and will have another novel published.  HOME IS THE HUNTER,  a science fiction novel, will be half of Double Dog #3, along with Lazette Gifford's FARSTEP STATION.  You can find Jim's books by going to www.yarddogpress.com and www.scifitravelingroadshow.com

Jim and I had a lot of fun talking and IÃÂ??d love to share it with you. 

Don't forget, we've got a new format.  This week was our interview segment -- and supposedly it's shorter than our former podcasts.  Well, it allowed us to to have long interview segments.  Next time will be the book review part.  Give us some feedback at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com and let us know what you think of it all. 

Also, remember we're now a paying market for flash fiction.  Go to our website for guidelines.

Speaking of new format, we've decided that paying our authors will be good.  Check out our new guidelines at the website at Our New Guidelines Page.  Lastly, because the money is coming out of our pockets, we don't mind donations -- they go to pay our authors and for website and podcast hosting.  Donate at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com

While she readily admits this is simply an ego boost, it's more or less a stall until she can get more flash fiction in.  So, feel free to follow the guidelines and submit some flash fiction. 

Our flash fiction writer is Rhonda Eudaly who lives in Fort Worth, Texas where she's worked in various industries to support her writing habit and her cat, Dixon.  She likes spending time with friends and family, swing dance, and read.  Her two passions are writing and music. 

Rhonda Eudaly's work is featured in The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse; Apex Digest Issue #5; Flush Fiction; International House of Bubbas; More Stories That Won't Make Your Parents Hurl; Fundamentally Challenged; Sinister Sleuths; Cyber Oasis; Small Bites; Apex Digest Online; Panic; and is featured in the March/April 2006 issue of Today's Christian, and the "Newbie Revelation" column on CoffeeGeek.com.  - check out her website - www.RhondaEudaly.com- for the links. COMING December 2006 - Aegis Somnia from APEX Digest Press.

Our interview is with Laura J. Underwood. 

Laura J. Underwood is losing count of the number of stories she has had published, but there are a lot of them, and books too.  Some of her tales have appeared in such places as BUBBAS OF THE APOCALYPSE, SWORD & SORCERESS, CATFANTASTIC, LOW PORT, Marion Zimmer Bradley's FANTASY Magazine, TURN THE OTHER CHICK and many more.  She has also had several books and chapbooks out including ARD MAGISTER, CHRONICLES OF THE LAST WAR, MAGIC'S SONG: TALES OF THE HARPER MAGE and TANGLES WEBS AND OTHER IMAGINARY WEAVING and MARKING THE SIGNS AND OTHER TALES OF MISCHIEF.  Her novel DRAGON'S TONGUE, Book 1 of "The Demon-Bound" Duology has just been released by Meisha Merlin and is sequel WANDERING LARK is due out in and 2007. She has two more novels forthcoming; a fantasy THE HOUNDS OF ARDAGH (Five Star Press, Oct 2006) and a mystery collaboration with Selina Rosen titled BAD LANDS (Five Star Press, 2007) as well as a short novel "The King's Wind" forthcoming from Carnifex Press.  She is a librarian when she is not a writer, and a fencer and a hiker, and she lives in an area of East Tennessee that is rife with Bubbas of all sorts--which explains where she gets some of her crazy ideas.  Her website is http://www.sff.net/people/keltora/ 

Book reviews are Jack Mangan's Spherical Tomi which is available through www.podiobooks.com and www.creativeguypublishing.com and Rie Sheridan's Tales from the Home of Wayward Spirits and Bar-be-que Grill -- available through www.yarddogpress.com.

Sorry this episode is a tad late.  I've been busy with writing, Conestoga, and whatnot.  Check the blog for my own upcoming books!

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James K. Burk was born long, long ago in a place far, far away.  He had as normal a childhood as one can expect from someone who grew up to be a critic and writer.  He has worked with every building material known to man (how many stone-planers do you know?)  Besides reviews in DeLap's F&SF Review and Tangent, his first published work was STRANGE TWISTS OF FATE, a chapbook from Yard Dog Press.  Since then, he's had a novel, HIGH RAGE appear and go out of print (from Silver Dragon Books), another YD chapbook, ILLUSIONS OF SANITY, has had stories in several Yard Dog anthologies, especially the Bubbas of the Apocalypse series and will have another novel published.  HOME IS THE HUNTER,  a science fiction novel, will be half of Double Dog #3, along with Lazette Gifford's FARSTEP STATION.

Our interview is with Gloria Oliver.  Gloria Oliver lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and three cats.  She is the author of the novels In the Service of Samurai, and Vassal of El, both in the Fantasy genre and both finalists in the EPPIES.  Two other fantasy novels are due for release in 2006 and 2007, Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles and Willing Sacrifice. She also has stories in The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse, Small Bites, and Fundamentally Challenged anthologies.

When not busy working with numbers at work, she enjoys reading, writing, watching movies, Japanese Anime, trying to learn Japanese, and making her mind mush by translating Japanese comics.   To find out more, please visit www.gloriaoliver.com.

The book reviews are of Tee Morris and Lisa Lee's Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe and Askana and Scott Sigler's Earthcore.  The books are available as podiobooks at www.podiobooks.com and available for purchase through the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com. 

Some generic show notes and author/host updates: 

First, I'll be doing this podcast once every two weeks.  It's more or less for sanity reasons as I have a number of other projects going on, which pay me.  This is a labor of love (or maybe a labor of love/hate because it takes a lot of time to produce this) which I make no money from, but I do this because I like to do this.  Donations wouldn't hurt, so if you feel generous and like the content, surf over to www.scifitravelingroadshow.com and donate to keep me motivated and pay for this site.

Secondly, I just sold two novels, Runestone of Teiwas with Yard Dog Press (www.yarddogpress.com) and Lachlei to Dragon Moon Press (www.dragonmoonpress.com).  w00t!  Seriously, you can also purchase Prophecy of Swords from Yard Dog Press or check out the podiobook at Podiobooks.com. 

Lastly, I'm kind of short on flash material.  If you're a small press author with some flash fiction,  I want to hear from you.  You cna get your work promoted through this podcast.  How fun is that?

First, we have another wonderful flash fiction reading by David Lee Summers. 

David Lee Summers is author of the novel Vampires of the Scarlet Order and the âOld Starâ science fiction trilogy. Heâs also the author of numerous science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and poems that have appeared in such places as Realms of Fantasy and The Santa Clara Review. David also edits the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman, serves as a book editor for LBF Books, and a consulting editor for El Paso Community Collegeâs literary magazine, Chrysalis. In addition to his work with the written word, he is also an astronomer who has discovered variable stars and worked in the field of robotic telescopes.

We have our interview gues, Dusty Rainbolt, one of the Four Redheads of the Apocalypse. 

Dusty Rainbolt is author of the award-winning kitten care book, Kittens For Dummies, as well as the science fiction romp, All The Marbles. Her book with the working title, Cat Ghosts will be released by Lyons Press in March, 2007. She just finished a paranormal mystery, Death Under the Crescent Moon. She writes the award-winning monthly column, âDear Hobbesâ for City + Country Pets, and she is the product reviewer for the Tufts University magazine, Catnip. In addition to all the articles printed as a staff writer for Whole Cat Journal, Lewisville Leader, Lewisville News, The Frugal Bride, Christian Informer, Crossroads, and Star Telegram NE, she has had more than 50 freelance articles printed.

Dusty has won Cat Writersâ Association Muse Medallions for Best Magazine Column, Best Humor, as well as the HSUS Pets For Life Award, Petmate Safe Cat Award, Purina Kitten Chow Kitten Award, Iams Responsible Cat Ownership Award, ASPCA Special Humane Award, Sticky Paws Training Award, Purina Cat Chow Nutrition Award, Tidy Cat Feline Behavior Award, Cat Writers' Association/American Cat Fanciers Association Cat Safety Award and she was recognized by Open Government Coppell for Excellence in Reporting. 

You can purchase her chapbook, The Four Redheads of the Apocalypse by going to www.yarddogpress.com.

David Lee Summers is our most interesting guest interview this time  David is author of the novel Vampires of the Scarlet Order and the âOld Starâ science fiction trilogy. Heâs also the author of numerous science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and poems that have appeared in such places as Realms of Fantasy and The Santa Clara Review. David also edits the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman, serves as a book editor for LBF Books, and a consulting editor for El Paso Community Collegeâs literary magazine, Chrysalis. In addition to his work with the written word, he is also an astronomer who has discovered variable stars and worked in the field of robotic telescopes. Visit his website at www.davidleesummers.com or Tales of the Talisman at www.zianet.com/hadrosaur or LBF books at  www.lbfbooks.com.

If the Valley Girls title didn't get your attention, I figured not much will.  This issue of the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show has Party by Gloria Oliver, where you learn the answer to that burning question.  Gloria is a talented writer. 

Gloria Oliver lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and three cats.  She is the author of the novels In the Service of Samurai, and Vassal of El, both in the Fantasy genre and both finalists in the EPPIES.  Two other fantasy novels are due for release in 2006 and 2007, Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles and Willing Sacrifice. She also has stories in The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse, Small Bites, and Fundamentally Challenged anthologies.

Her website is www.gloriaoliver.com.

Our interview is with Carol Hightshoe, editor of the Lorelei Signal.  She's a great person to talk to.

Our book reviews are on Lee Killough's Blood Games, an interesting cop-vampire novel and Steven Wedel's Murdered by Human Wolves -- a creepy story you don't want to miss.

As always, you can purchase almost all the aforementioned books through the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show site at www.scifitravelingroadshow.com.

As always, we appreciate feedback and would love to hear from prospective authors, publishers, and, of course, fans. Contact us via the website and if you have some fun comments, we might just dip into the mail bag and read a few on the air.

Our featured flash, On The Ramjet, was read by the author David Lee Summers. 

David Lee Summers is author of the novel Vampires of the Scarlet Order and the Old Stars science fiction trilogy. He's also the author of numerous science fiction, fantasy and horror short stories and poems that have appeared in such places as Realms of Fantasy and The Santa Clara Review. David also edits the science fiction and fantasy magazine, Tales of the Talisman, serves as a book editor for LBF Books, and a consulting editor for El Paso Community College's literary magazine, Chrysalis. In addition to his work with the written word, he is also an astronomer who has discovered variable stars and worked in the field of robotic telescopes. You can visit David's website at www.davidleesummers.com and Tales of the Talisman at www.zianet.com/hadrosaur.

Our featured interview is with Melanie Fletcher.  Expatriate Chicagoan Melanie Fletcher is a woman of simple tastes -- she likes to write, preferably for money. She also quilts, fences, knits, bellydances, and functions on way too little sleep. Her latest publishing credits include "Lost in Whitby" (FABULOUS WHITBY, Shrew Press UK), "Lurleen Terwilliger and the Swedish Bubba Balls" (INTERNATIONAL HOUSE OF BUBBAS, Yard Dog Press) and "It Takes Brains to Run a Con" (FLUSH FICTION, Yard Dog Press), and her novella "Best Protection" will be half of the fourth Double Dog from Yard Dog Press (www.yarddogpress.com). Oh, and if she can convince the cats to leave her alone long enough, she may even finish editing her first novel, WHITE KNIGHT, QUEEN ALICE.  Visit her website at www.melaniefletcher.com

Gloria Oliver lives in Texas with her husband, daughter, and three cats.  She is the author of the novels In the Service of Samurai, and Vassal of El, both in the Fantasy genre and both finalists in the EPPIES.  Two other fantasy novels are due for release in 2006 and 2007, Cross-eyed Dragon Troubles and Willing Sacrifice. She also has stories in The Four Bubbas of the Apocalypse, Small Bites, and Fundamentally Challenged anthologies.

When not busy working with numbers at work, she enjoys reading, writing, watching movies, Japanese Anime, trying to learn Japanese, and making her mind mush by translating Japanese comics.   To find out more, please visit www.gloriaoliver.com

Check out our website at www.SciFiTravelingRoadShow.com for Gloria's books.

This is my promotion cast for Prophecy of Swords as published and available through Yard Dog Press and as an ongoing podcast at Podiobooks.com.  You'll be occasionally hearing this through the various podcasts.

Tired of the same old, same old?  Did you know that there are alternatives to the same handful of authors you see on bookshelves?  Check out the Sci Fi Traveling Road Show -- an exciting alternative to large press.

We have nothing against large press.  Heck, I'm published with large press, so I have a special spot in my heart with them.  But sometimes it's nice to see who's out there on the horizon who is going to be the next big author.  (You know who you are!)  Everyone needs a start and small press is publishing some of the most interesting and innovative stories around.  Small doesn't mean inferior. 

Wow!  Well, here we are at the Promo for the Sci Fi Traveling Road  Show.  I'm pretty psyched because it's a spiffy promo and I'm in the middle of getting guests signed up and interviewed. 

Some very important show notes:

Our website will be www.scifitravelingroadshow.com.  There, I'll have books available for sale and also other show information.  Surf over there and bookmark those pages.

A dragon as a cohost?  Yeah, and you want to make something of it?  A dragon makes the perfect cohost!

We're not just Science Fiction, but Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror.  Speculative fiction.  Slipstream.  Whatever suits my fancy.

We'll have readings, interviews, reviews of books, and news about the small press scene.  A lot of exciting literature is coming out of small press and I feel it's time it has its own podcast. 

If you want to exchange promos, drop me a line.  Happy to do so.  I'll be cruising around and looking for other people's promos as well to drop in.

If you're an author or publisher and wish to get involved in this crazy traveling road show, send me an email at margaretbonham@aol.com with the words, TRAVELING ROAD SHOW in the subject.  We're looking for authors and publishers to interview who are published by a legitimate small press publisher (no PODs unless you're already an established author -- sorry!).

Look for our next podcasts coming soon. 

Remember, it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the blaster in the paws of the dog.