Seeing through the Pretender’s eyes, Shep lives the final chapter of the gods’ time on old Earth. Raxes refuses to take his part in the planned revolt and tries to reach out to his true father.
Peace Lord of the Red Planet – Chapter Thirteen
Seeking help in getting Xhylanna back from Raxes, Shep and Hylas confront the gods of New Earth face to face.
Balticon schedule – Steven H. Wilson
I’ll be representing Prometheus and Firebringer at Balticon. If you’re attending, catch up with me at these events:
Saturday, May 29
3:00 to 5:00 PM, Parlor 1041, Book Launch – Peace Lord of the Red Planet
6 PM, Chesapeake, Audio Theatre Today. Since the earliest days of radio, audio theater has engaged the imaginations of millions in a unique way. Though it never went away, the age of the internet has brought a new vibrance to the scene, withamateur productions popping up all over and professional groups finding new ways to reach people. From the retro to the experimental, this panel will discuss the state of audio theater productions today, where they came from, and where they are going.
9 PM, Derby Room, MODERATOR for Baltimore Fan Culture. Baltimore is one of the most nerd-friendly towns on the East Coast. New around here? We’ll talk about area events, hotspots, landmarks and all the great things you need to know. Fellow panelists are John Cmar, Laura Burns, and Bryan Prindiville.
Sunday, May 30
11 AM, Derby Room, MODERATOR for Storytelling. Be it sitting around the campfire, gossiping over the fence, or blogging and podcasting, we’ve always been up for hearing a new story, or passing on an old one. The Internet has given us a much bigger audience and helped to pull the focus off of the few who could afford to get into mass communication under the old TV and radio models. What is the continuous thread which New Media helps us to follow, and how might it better fulfill our longtime need to tell our stories? Fellow panelists are Patrick E. McLean, Heather Welliver, and Brad Smith.
2 PM, Maryland Foyer, David Sherman and Steven H. Wilson Autograph Session
3 PM, Salon D, Steven H Wilson Reading
Peace Lord of the Red Planet – Chapter Twelve
Shep and his companions set out for the home of the gods of New Earth. Within sight of their goal, they are attacked by an anrgy god as Shep meets the Firechild in the divine flesh.
Peace Lord of the Red Planet – Chapter Eleven
Sorry this is a week late. Steve was working a con in Portland, OR, which may get a podcast rant all to itself.
Shep goes through two profound life changes in one night and stands trial for espionage. Leadership in the city of Jentana changes.
This is it – the chapter that proves this is NOT your grandfather’s sword and sorcery epic. Once again, check your armchair psychologist’s license at the door. Enjoy!
The Arbiter Chronicles – Contraband
Belowdecks on the CNV Titan, we get a glimpse of Bos’n Aer’La through the eyes of her crew. A young recruit named Benny (Lee Arenberg) picks up a souvenir — and some unexpected consequences — while on shore leave.
Written by June Swords. The Arbiter Chronicles was created by Steven H. Wilson. Recorded live at Farpoint 2010.
Stars June Swords as Aer’La and Cindy Shockey as Dr. Faulkner. Guest stars: Renfield as Pete, Chris Carothers as Jack, Lee Arenberg as Benny and Felicia Day as Martha the Space Ferret. Music by Kevin MacLeod. Foley by Ethan Wilson, Sound Engineering by Marty Gear and Sharon Van Blarcom. Director: Steven H. Wilson. Producer: Cindy Woods. Tech Support by Larry Kozek, John Vengrouskie and Lew Aide.
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Kayan’na Atal is bored. With her sites set on an appointment to the Naval Academy, she has no interest in her planet’s vapid culture or the sybaritic rites of the parties she and her father must attend. So Kaya decides to make trouble–and a very public spectacle–by victimizing spoiled rich kid and media idol Sestus Blaurich. This story contains explicit sexual content.
Listen to the free podcast at Nobilis Erotica
It’s like this: Nobilis Reed had proposed erotica readings at Farpoint 2009, and I didn’t want to be left out of something that all the cool kids were doing. I had never published actual erotica, but I was pretty sure I could write a story, especially in the Arbiters universe, where sex was the, er, driving force. The plot was just sort of an extended dirty joke, but, as I wrote it in Kaya’s voice, I found myself developing and describing parts of my universe which had never occurred to me before. I also found myself falling slightly in love with Kaya, a character I’d always been emotionally distant from. The experience of writing “porn” actually deepened my understanding of my characters and the world they live in. I read an abridged version at the con, then turned the full manuscript over to Nobilis for consideration for his podcast. He said he’d never laughed so hard while turned on in his life. So I guess the story was a success. Give it a listen, if sex, salmon and physiologically unlikely acts with vegetables don’t offend you.
Waste of Space (Pilot) – Guest-Starring Felicia Day and Lee Arenberg
Four evil geniuses share a home and plot world domination. In this episode, Golth, an out-of-work alien invader, meets Stella the vampire, Corky the Internet Pirate and Heinrich the Irish (wink) war criminal.
This was recorded live at Farpoint, so please bear with the background noise. The first segment was recorded only via the audience mic due to technical difficulties. You can hear everything, but the audience is loud. This clears up at 11:57. Gotta love live recording!
Stars Steven H. Wilson as Golth, Cindy Woods as Stella, John Scheeler as Heinrich and Ethan Wilson as Corky. Guest Stars are Felicia Day as Nicole, Lee Arenberg as the Zinbarian High Commander, Christian Wilson as Professor Perilous, Renee Wilson as the AI and Cindy Shockey as herself.
Foley was performed live by Eli Senter. Sound Engineering by Marty Gear and Sharon Van Blarcom, with an able assist by John Vengrouskie and Larry Kozek.
Waste of Space was created and written by Steven H. Wilson and Ethan Wilson. The song “Waste of Space” was composed by John Scheeler, with lyrics by Steven H. Wilson. All additional music is by Kevin MacLeod.
Peace Lord of the Red Planet – Chapter Ten Part Two
The Aspar attack! Fliers rain destruction on the Jentana’s island, and fear grows that this time their enemy has found the location of their undersea city as well. Xhylanna races into battle, leaving Shep behind. But when his beloved drops off the radio, the Peace Lord cannot sit on the sidelines.
Peace Lord of the Red Planet – Chapter Ten Part One
The Jentana doctors rush to save Hylas. She learns the origin and meaning of his troubling dreams.