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Sculpting God

Summary: A woman’s body is found battered in the surf at the bottom of a cliff, but her death can’t be explained by normal police work. A man receives a package and a visitor that do not come entirely from this world. A creature named “Control” runs the universe from a little room, and never has contact with another being. A boy in a summer town stumbles upon a mystery too big to ignore. The first woman in the world tells the real story of the first man, and his second wife, and the snake that came between them. A sculptor struggles with the ultimate commission. These are some of the men and women and creatures whose tales make up the world of Sculpting God, a podcast-only anthology of gothic tales sprinkled across the canvas of time and space. In the tradition of Ray Bradbury and Neil Gaiman, this anthology is intended for adult audiences and contains enough terror, sex, mystery, and wonder to keep you awake all night. Every one to three weeks, a new story will be posted to the feed, week or three, a new story or installment in a novella will be posted to the feed. Podshow PDN {podshow-ed102240b86e5ff367aecb50332d6288}

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 The Gift of the Magi | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 16:09

A classic Christmas story, short and sweet, slightly revised and performed by members of Casa Sawyer.nbsp; May your holiday be filled with warmth and delight.

 Episode 8: The Man In The Rain | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 48:00

Warning: Contains adult language and graphic violence. To kick off the Antithesis series, I'm bringing you a story that's just at the edge of what Sculpting God normally deals with. Still a bedtime story for adults, this one tells the story of Mondu, a pawnbroker on a nature preserve in the Amazon rainforest, and a customer who walks into his store and turns his life upside down. When you're looking for excitement, or an escape from boredom, be careful what you wish for. You might get The Man In The Rain.

 Embrace Your Destiny | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:44

Sculpting God is not dead, but it has been on hold while I get other projects lined up and hopping. This post is a preview of some of the things to come - enjoy!Also, anyone heading to BayCon this weekend, let me know. I'll be there, and I'll have goodies to give out.

 Episode 7: Lilith | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 29:25

Warning: This episode contains explicit sexual situations, and is intended for adult audiences. You've heard the story of Adam and Eve? Don't be so sure. The Bible doesn't tell the whole story, but if you look closely you see where something has been removed. First, God creates "man" male and female, and then, a few verses later, he creates woman again, this time from Adam's rib. Where did the first woman go? If you've ever read the Babylonian Talmud, you know. She was kicked out of the Garden of Eden for not being properly defferential, and she went on to become quite notorious in her own right. A sexual predator, a dark goddess, a spurned woman, and the first feminist, this is her story in her own words. Lilith. Guest voices this week: Stephanie Sawyer Kitty Nic'Iaian Promos this week: Hutchins and Harwood explain why you have only three days left to buy Scott Sigler's excellent novel Infected

 Ep. 6: We Create Worlds, Part 2 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 00:01:01

Warning: This episode of Sculpting God is intended for adult audiences, and has content that is probably unsuitable for children and the easily offended. Strong language, dirty euphamisms, violence, sexual themes, and disturbing subject matter. Here, at long last, is the conclusion to We Create Worlds. I had intended to release this over a month ago. Unfortunately for all of you (but fortunately for me), I was asked to write a screenplay. The resulting effort, Down From Ten, is a science fiction/mystery miniseries which my producing partners and I are now seeking funding for. It may even make an appearance as a miniseries at a future point in this podcast. You can read more about what the writing entailed at www.jdsawyer.net Thank you all for your patience in hanging around the feed. Please spread the word - more episodes are coming. Enjoy!

 Episode 5: We Create Worlds, Part 1 | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 36:00

Warning: This episode of Sculpting God is intended for adult audiences, and has content that is probably unsuitable for children and the easily offended. Strong language, dirty euphamisms, sexual themes, and disturbing subject matter."I love deadlines. I love the wooshing noise they make as they go by." -Douglas Adams This time, it's very much a case of blown deadlines for the sake of a god product. It's also, I'm sure you're thinking, better late than never. This story turned out to be a difficult one to produce, simply becasue I hadn't looked at it in a number of years. When I did, I realized that it wasn't up to snuff for Sculpting God. "No problem," I thought, "A quick rewrite will fix that." Well, the quick rewrite wound up stretching to six weeks, and this little bugger of a story turned out to be a very difficult nut to crack. However, crack it did, and here you are - the meat of the walnut, as it were. This is the story of Rick. He's a scurrilous, irascible scoundrel, with a heart of gold. Not in the sense of being warm and fuzzy and good underneath, but in the sense of having a heart totally devoted to gold. His favorite goldmine is his shop, an entertainment venue where he vends virtual reality and manufactured novels to his latter-day escapist customers. He runs a tidy shop, he keeps his customers happy, and he always knows the right party to hit to find a pliable college girl with more cocaine than sense. Life is good. But life has a way of doing unexpected things, and the world has a way of changing around the most adaptable people. So, please step into Rick's parlor. Don't mind the bell on the door or the old fashioned cash register. Buy a manufactured novel, fresh from the computer, a first edition. Sit in the easy chair or lay out on the sofa. Strap on a helmet and a skinsuit and take a swim on Europa. He can be trusted, really. It says so on the door. He's completely upfront with his advertising. In ten foot high letters, right above the shop front, he tells you what they do in his place: "We Create Worlds." And he does it on the cheap.

 Christmas Interlude | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 18:02

Heya everyone! Merry Christmas/Solstice/Haunnaka/New Year's/Saturnalia/Bacchinalia/Random Day Off Work! So, the episode due this week has been delayed. I haven't looked at the story in a few years, and discovered that it needed a major rewrite, which has taken me in some unexpected directions. Between that and the ramp-up for the Seminar I'm teaching at the end of January, I haven't had time to record. However, there are a few hundred of you out there now, and I can't just leave you with an empty feed, so there IS a podcast this week. Take a listen - I think you'll get a good smile to tickle the cockles of your geeky hearts. Special thanks to Jonathan Coulton for making so much excellent podsafe music!

 Episode 4: Control Room | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:25

What if somewhere in the universe there was a room, and in that room was a creature, surrounded by screens and dials and controls.nbsp; In his room, he sees all, knows all, manages all.nbsp; He directs the thoughts and actions of every being in the cosmos.nbsp; Would such a creature be God?nbsp; And what would it be like to be that being, spending your days and nights watching the screens and managing the affairs of all beings from a control room? Special thanks to the Reason Driven Podcast and to the Going Linux podcast for running our promo.nbsp; Enjoy!

 Episode 3: Train Time | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 21:58

This week, we take you to the mountains of Northern Italy at the dawn of the 22nd century for the story a woman, a man, his walking stick, and a train that never seems to come in.nbsp; Join me for Train Time.

 Sculpting God listed on 7th Son | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 1:57

Thank you all for your support. With any luck, our small listener community is soon going to explode. You're all very well appreciated and in the weeks ahead there are some very exciting new stories on the cast. For the moment, to hold you over, here's the new audio promo for Sculpting God, which is going to run on J. C. Hutchins' 7th Son podcast in the near future. So, please spread the promo far and wide, and tell your friends and lovers and enemies. More soon...

 Episode 2: The Coffee Service | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 27:00

On this episode of Sculpting God, we meet a quaint, friendly man who invites strangers into his house for coffee. Alone in the world, wanting someone to talk to, he discovers more than he expected when he starts a polite conversation with the UPS man. This episode contains terrifying elements, and is best suited to audiences over age 10.

 Episode 1: Angels Unawares | File Type: audio/mpeg | Duration: 26:29

Sculpting God kicks off with a story of an unusual cliff diving episode. In 1898, a woman's body was discovered broken and battered at the bottom of a tall sea bluff in Southern Scotland. and the small town she lived in began locking the doors at night. Only one man saw what happened, but the secret of her death is one he carried to his death bed. Wounded in World War One, he gives his last confession. Content advisory: Suitable for all ages, though not necessarily intelligible to prepubescents.

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