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On today's Voice of Dog podcast, hear Madison Scott-Clary read my poem, "Thoughts Chelonian," with both grace and power. Under three minutes, give a listen here.

Khakidoggy outdoes himself. Today he posted my story "Coyote's Voice," which first appeared in ROAR vol.6 back in 2012. This fable tells how Gaia made the world and all the creatures in it, then gave each animal, bird, or fish special gifts. What happens when some of them start trying to swap gifts around? Hint: Some get in trouble, but Coyote comes out sounding good. And Khaki sounds good telling the story for us, too. (About 30 minutes duration, freely accessible to all.)

The Voice of Dog: "Coyote's Voice" by Altivo Overo

I was pleased with this when I wrote it, and had fun putting it together. I think Khaki's audio version makes it even better. I hope you enjoy it.

Check out the other stories on the podcast too. Some very fine work by many furry authors you may already know. NSFW/Adult material is flagged as such.

The other part of that excerpt is now available on Khakidoggy's site: http://thevoice.dog/

The title of this episode is "All That Glitters."

Background: These two chapters are excerpted from a mystery novel entitled ARROW: A College Tail. I wrote most of it during National Novel Writing Month a few years back. The characters are as follow:

Francis - a raccoon, student, and a species dysphoric. He is gay, but not trans-sexual. Instead he identifies as a wolf trapped in a raccoon's body. In his composition class, he wrote an essay about that and had to read it aloud. You can imagine the derision (and sympathy) heaped upon him.

Jay - a wolf, a couple of years older than Francis. Also gay, but attracted to raccoons rather than his own species. You can see where this is heading. Jay invited Francis to join Alpha Eta Rho, a Greek letter society that is structured as a wolf pack (with Jay as alpha, of course.) Francis has accepted, taken a pledge, and received a brass token to carry as proof of membership.

Ernie - another raccoon, student, straight but open-minded, and Francis' room mate.

Win - a wolf, student, straight, and a friend (dare I say "wing-wolf") to Jay in his pursuit of Francis' attention and affection.

Also mentioned, Stefan Ulf, historic figure from the university, founder of the real Alpha Eta Rho group which had been a sort of speciesist organization that harassed deer and probably physically injured or killed several of them.

At the beginning of "Gibbous Moon Rising," Francis has had a nightmare in which he was visited by Stefan Ulf, a threatening black wolf, who directed him to go to a certain hollow tree and find an ugly claw like weapon concealed there. Francis was to use this to kill a deer in order to prove his loyalty to Alpha Eta Rho. Naturally, Francis awakens quite disturbed and tries to make sense of this nightmare. On his way to the library to look for information about Alpha Eta Rho and Ulf, he passes a police investigation of an apparent murder, and the victim's body is still lying there: a young buck deer. Now Francis fears that he himself has somehow committed this grisly deed, while hypnotized or sleepwalking. That's the point at which these excerpts begin.

The complete novel has never been released, but at Khakidoggy's urging, I am looking at the manuscript to see whether I can get it into shape and do something like that with it. Possibly an ebook, anyway.

Please enjoy the teasers. Comments or criticisms welcome.

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Fourteen and a half minutes this week, about 7.1 MB download. This week's topic: The Lion, the Witch, & the Wardrobe. (Just in time for the film premiere on Friday.)

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Written transcript also available upon request. (You can also download it directly in PDF format.) Hope you enjoy it. :)

P.S. After some earlier confusion, here's a bit of info for the uninitiated. You do not need an iPod in order to listen to a podcast. The 'cast is just an mp3 file and it can be played back on any device that reads mp3 files, including, most likely, the same PC you are reading this on. The XML link is used to subscribe with an RSS reader that automatically downloads each new podcast when it is released. You don't need such software in order to listen, though.

This week's podcast, on Beatrix Potter's The Tailor of Gloucester is postponed due to other things that must happen today: fursuit progress, NaNoWriMo progress, and a guild newsletter to be edited. I'll get it out as soon as I can, I promise.

Well, I have been saying "every week or two" haven't I? ;P

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Fourteen minutes this week, just under 7 MB download. I'm afraid the sound quality is a bit off, but not that bad and I can't spend a lot of time with it today. This week's topic: Jack London's The Call of the Wild and White Fang.

<==For those brave enough to want to subscribe.

Note that the RSS/XML link has been revised. I wasn't happy with the one generated by Ourmedia, since it combined everything I post into a single subscription. Those of you who want Fabulous Furry Tales without adulteration will probably want to unsub and resubscribe here.

Written transcript also available upon request. Hope you enjoy it. :)

P.S. After some confusion last time, here's a bit of info for the uninitiated. You do not need an iPod in order to listen to a podcast. The 'cast is just an mp3 file and it can be played back on any device that reads mp3 files, including, most likely, the same PC you are reading this on. The XML link is used to subscribe with an RSS reader that automatically downloads each new podcast when it is released. You don't need such software in order to listen, though.