Read “Interview with a Gatekeeper” at 512 Words or Fewer Insert your own Twilight Zone, Ghostbusters, and/or Stargate joke here.
Year: 2013
Artisanally Hand-Crafted in Portlandia
On Tuesday, while setting up for Puzzled Pint at Beulahland, we managed to lose one of our answer sheets while stuffing puzzle packets. I quickly made an extra one by hand, just in case a full complement of 20 teams…
SnoutCast #173: Keeping the Dream Alive
In which we respond to some lovely listener mail! [ Download mp3 – 24 MB ] 00:59 – “continuous”02:10 – Q0 (paraphrased), from Chris in England: how do you keep a small puzzle hunt community together between events? can online…
Friday Flash Fiction: “In Which Miss Hartfeil Drops Some Science on Her Tenth Grade Classroom”
Read “In Which Miss Hartfeil Drops Some Science on Her Tenth Grade Classroom” at 512 Words or Fewer Listen, you just keep all your goddamn “Dora the Explorer” jokes to yourself, buster.
SnoutCast #172: Press Your Luck
What do Godzilla and Cribbage have in common? Find out in this week’s show! [ Download mp3 – 25 MB ] 00:59 – “fortunate”01:21 – yesterday’s birthdays: Curtis’ sister, and WarGames04:24 – Craps and Blackjack06:04 – Zombie Dice, also the…
Friday Flash Fiction: “This is the Job”
Read “This is the Job” at 512 Words or Fewer I have no idea where the hell this came from. Really, I promise: I am not a serial killer.
SnoutCast #171: Shirt Shrift
I’m not going to lie to you, Marge: this is not our best podcast ever. Far from it. But at least I got a pun into the title. [ Download mp3 – 18 MB ] 00:58 – “sartorial”19:24 – The…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Who Died?”
Read “Who Died?” at 512 Words or Fewer I like to imagine Jeremy Irons performing this particular monologue. YMMV. And now, apropos of nothing, some a cappella: http://youtu.be/tJT4L7HGKzQ It’s been a rough couple of weeks. I guess I’m still processing…
SnoutCast #170: The Coin Heist Report with Glenn Willen, Part 3 of 3
The conclusion of our conversation with Glenn Willen, one of the Manic Sages who ran the 2013 MIT Mystery Hunt! [ Download mp3 – 27 MB ] 00:58 – “metaphysical”02:35 – here’s Glenn again…07:32 – “pure” meta-puzzles vs. “shell” meta-puzzles11:44…
Friday Flash Fiction: “Down to Earth”
Read “Down to Earth” at 512 Words or Fewer I freely admit that this week’s story was inspired in part by the Gravity trailer: http://youtu.be/ufsrgE0BYf0 I’m sure I was also influenced by the death of my friend Matthew Schuler. It’s…