Playing For Keeps
Stories of the Third Wave #16 - Pallas and Stan
I have been excited about this one for a while. Many months ago, Matt Wallace approached me to write the history of Seventh City’s most famous hero and villain, and the birth of the Academy. We talked at length about what I had in my story bible, and Matt created this fabulous epic out of [...]
24Aug2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
Back from vacation, new interviews and NPR
The week in the Outer Banks was well-needed, even despite all the stress of making sure the podcast updated automatically. Gods bless Wordpress. Much to blog about, but here are some notes:
News: I will be on The State of Things, a local NPR live interview show, on Tuesday, Aug. 26. You can listen live or [...]
24Aug2008 | Mur Lafferty | 1 comment | Continued
One Day to Go! FAQ
I was on vacation all last week, and I’ve gotten a lot of questions. What follows is a FAQ to cover them all:
Your book is listed as available on Amazon. Did I miss the launch?
No! Amazon made it available earlier than I expected, but since I’d already been spreading the word about August 25, I [...]
Stories of the Third Wave #15 - A Klamath Home Companion
Grant Baciocco managed to do this amazing piece for me in the middle of doing The Radio Adventures of Dr. Floyd, the music of Throwing Toasters, and umpteen other projects! It’s more Garrison Kellior parody here, plus music! Be sure to watch for the PDF in the feed later today!
Playing For Keeps full PDF with bonus story- PARASITE AWAKENS
Thanks to everyone who helped out with this, especially Paul Fischer and Martha Holloway!
This is the full book, including a new short story, Parasite Awakens.
He likes Pallas. He likes who he is when he experiences her life out of her eyes. And now he looks through her eyes at his own sleeping brown face as [...]
Stories of the Third Wave #14 - This Seventh City Life
Congrats to <a href=”http://christianaellis.com”>Christiana Ellis</a> for winning the Podcast Peer Award for her podcast Shallow Thoughts! Her content is amazing, and I recommend all of her stuff. She brings us a look at Seventh City with plenty of… pathos…
Contest Video is up!
We dont have a winner yet, but we do have a fantastic video! Thanks to everyone!
August 25 Release Date for Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
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August 25 Release Date for Mur Lafferty’s Playing for Keeps
Swarm Press is pleased to announce the upcoming release of breakthrough podcaster and author Mur Lafferty’s newest novel of superheroic action Playing for Keeps. Originally a self-released “podiobook,” this new printed version of Lafferty’s novel [...]
Stories of the Third Wave #13 - Block Party!
The Academy opening a TV studio? What are they thinking? Find out exactly what on Block Party, by Jason Block.
Stories of the Third Wave #12 - Gestalt
JC Hutchins is the author of the trilogy of podcast novels, 7th Son and the host of the Ultra Creatives Podcast. (Not to mention the brain behind Obsidian, his own anthology which I took part in.) His books 7th Son Book One, Descent, and Personal Effects: Dark Art will come out in in print in [...]
19Aug2008 | Mur Lafferty | 5 comments | ContinuedSubscribe to the Murverse
Any idea when The Takeover will return? I miss it 
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What would I compare it to? I thought Heinlein. More specifically "Job: A Comedy of Justice".
I was ...
Saw the headline and nearly freaked. Than saw there was a video and got it.
Needed more Michelle Trachtenberg. ...
Thanks for putting this out, Mur. I've been stressing out a little about whether or not I need to be ...
I also have to wait to find a Mac to view the video files. I have tried several different media ...
I have that problem on my home PC too. Any time Mur, or J.C., or George Hrab, or any other ...
Woah, I was just thinking about something similar to that this morning... crazy. 
If memory serves me right, this is your first studio ISBW since Dragon*Con. So, when you were relating your news, ...