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(http://media.clonepod.org/nowrobot.jpg) Illustration by Steve Cartwright.  Y ou can find more of his work at www.angelfire.com/sc2/cartoonsbycartwright (http://www.angelfire.com/sc2/cartoonsbycartwright). Read by Rufus Nagel Now that I'm a Robot was originally published online at Science Creative Quarterly in November, 2006. He has had other humor pieces published at McSweeneys Online Tendency, The Big Jewel, MonkeyBicycle, The Morning News, Weird Tales, Fantastic Stories of the Imagination and Talebones.  You can find Mr. Gamelli at http://webpagewithlinks.blogspot.com/ (http://webpagewithlinks.blogspot.com/) 

(http://media.clonepod.org/Goblin_Hunter.JPG) Illustration by Phil Eggerding. His website can be found at http://www.wilderhom.com/mindex.htm (http://www.wilderhom.com/mindex.htm) (http://www.wilderhom.com/mindex.htm) Read by Bruce McDonald PG for low level violence You can read more about Jig the goblin in Jim C. Hines' books Goblin Quest, Goblin Hero and Goblin War. You can purchase these books through an Amazon Bookstore link on our site. You can find Jim Hines and his goblins at www.jimchines.com (http://www.jimchines.com/) Jig had muck duty again. His shoulder ached from hauling the muck pot around as he scooped gobs of green sludge into shallow indentations in the stone floor. So far, he had made it through his duties without splashing himself. Even the unlit muck blistered skin in a matter of seconds. When burning, the yellow and green flames were almost impossible to extinguish, which was why the goblins used the stuff in the first place. Unlike most muck-workers, Jig had survived several years with his skin and lungs intact.

(http://fc02.deviantart.com/fs23/f/2007/342/f/5/The_Poisoned_Chalice_by_kayngi.jpg) Illustration by Kayngi - www.kayngi.deviantart.com (http://www.kayngi.deviantart.com/) Read by Bruce McDonald PG for low level violence Originally appeared in Fantasy Gone Wrong edited by Martin H. Greenberg and Brittiany A. Koren You can find out more about the author at http://freespace.virgin.net/diri.gini/brian.htm (http://freespace.virgin.net/diri.gini/brian.htm) WORLD'S EDGE 4 miles said the relevant arm of the signpost. At least, that's what it said now. The 4 replaced a scratched-out 5, which had replaced a scratched-out six, and so on to 10. There had been other numbers before that, but someone had repainted the sign some years ago to make way for a new set....

Episode 1: Spooklights by Mike Robinson read by Kada McDonald The town of Lansboro had many names for them. They called them fireflies at first, with a reluctant voice tremor that always indicated it was merely a familiar nickname to offset the phenomena's eerie unfamiliarity. Listen and find out what happens to a small town confronted by a transforming power through the eyes of one of its more humble residents. You can find out more about the author Mike Robinson at his website, www.freewebs.com/twifalls (http://www.freewebs.com/twifalls), including how to buy his anthology, Too Much Dark Matter, Not Enough Gray: An Anthology of Weird Fiction, which contains the print version of this week's story. The illustration for Spooklights was created by Marc Sandroni. Our clonepod illustration was also completed by Marc.