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Review of Slasher by F. Paul Wilson

Aural Noir: Review

The Grist Mill: “Slasher”
By F. Paul Wilson; Performed by a Full Cast
Audio Download – 1/2 hour – [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: STH Productions
Published: 2008

A man loses his daughter to a killer. At the funeral, he is approached by an FBI agent who keeps him up to date on the investigation. When the investigation doesn’t go the way the man wants it to… well, I can say no more. This audio drama is definitely worth 30 minutes of your time, if only to experience the ending.

Sound effects are used in a professional manner and the acting is pretty good. The only thing that turned me off about this drama is a bit of jarring piano music that is used at a couple of points in the story – it wasn’t appropriate for the mood.

This is my first experience listening to an F. Paul Wilson story, and my first experience hearing an audio drama from The Grist Mill – I look forward to hearing stuff from both again.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson

Recent Arrivals from The Grist Mill

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The Grist Mill: “The God of the Razor” and “If You Take My Hand, My Son”
By Joe R. Lansdale and Mort Castle; Performed by a Full Cast
1 CD – 1 hour – [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: STH Productions
Published: 2008

The Grist Mill: “Slasher”
By F. Paul Wilson; Performed by a Full Cast
Audio Download – 1/2 hour = [AUDIO DRAMA]
Publisher: STH Productions
Published: 2008

Three audio dramas (two episodes on the CD) from The Grist Mill! These titles are horror, very well done. Radio Drama Revival says: “Slasher” is just a startlingly awesome piece of audio, the best of the best out there.

“God of the Razor” – Master horror writer Joe R. Lansdale introduces us to an ancient razor and the sinister god who controls all who use it. WARNING: this audio is NOT for the squeamish.

“If You Take My Hand, My Son” – Mort Castle’s audio play that tells the tale of a reconciliation between a father and son that takes place beyond the grave; a reconciliation with terrifying results. Taken from his book “Moon on the Water”.

Posted by Scott D. Danielson

Dragon Page interviews F. Paul Wilson

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Dragon Page: Cover To Cover has a new interview with F. Paul Wilson. Coool!

Here’s the scoop:

We chat with F. Paul Wilson, author of over 40 novels including the seminal Repairman Jack and Adversary Cycle series, about his newest book, a young adult entry about Jack’s teen years, Jack: Secret Histories. He gives us a history on building Jack up by going back to his teen years in the Pine Barrens when he’s slowly discovering his abilities as well as defining his loyalties to his friends.

Paul also tells us stories about the mystique of the Pine Barrens, the Jersey Devil, and the supernatural unknowns that might still be lurking deep in the lands untouched by humans.

If you’ve never experienced a Repairman Jack novel, you don’t know what sort of fun you’re missing, and Jack: Secret Histories is a good place to start.

Have a listen direct |MP3| or subscribe to their podcast:

http://www.dragonpage.com/podcastC2C.xml

Posted by Jesse Willis

The SFFaudio Podcast #001 – NEW RELEASES / RECENT ARRIVALS

Podcast

Hey look! We’ve got our own podcast. This is the very first one, which includes SFFaudio founders Scott D. Danielson and Jesse Willis talking about audiobooks, audio drama, and cease and desist orders. We won’t desist podcasting if you won’t cease downloading them – whatever that means.

This week we talked about the most recent of Recent Arrivals, the newest of the New Releases, and the breaking news about the attempt to break Broken Sea Audio Productions‘ productions.

Topics under discussion include:

Ubik, Philip K. Dick, Joss Whedon, Dollhouse, Babylon Babies, Audible.com, audio drama, The Grist Mill, F. Paul Wilson, Charles de Lint, Robert A. Heinlein, Starman Jones, Mort Castle, Dr. Bloodmoney, Frederik Pohl, Lester del Rey, Arthur C. Clarke, 2000x, Star Wars: The Force Unleashed, Star Trek, Audible Frontiers, Wonder Audio, The Last Theorem, Preferred Risk, Alfred Bester, Fondly Fahrenheit, The Stars My Destination, Robert E. Howard, L. Sprague de Camp, Audio Realms, Conan and Mickey Mouse.

Subscribe to the feed:

http://www.sffaudio.com/?feed=podcast

Posted by Jesse Willis

Sound Affects to air: “a good horrible story” next Sunday

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Jerry Stearns, host of Sound Affects: A Radio Playground, will be airing F. Paul Wilson’s “The Slasher” (which we told you about not so long ago) next Sunday evening at 9:30 on KFAI. Sez Jerry: “It’s not very SF a story, but it is a good horrible story.” Also on offer is a time travel story from the Atlanta Radio Theater Company.

In fact, the next few months on Sound Affects will be quite interesting as it’ll look something like this:

September – Crazy Dog’s “The Last Harbinger” (begins Aug. 31)

October – A War of the Worlds Month (with excerpts from many versions and ending with the 50th Anniversary Production complete)

November – ZBS’s “Dinotopia”

December – ZBS’s “The World Beneath” (the sequel to Dinotopia)

Sound Affects airs on KFAI, 90.3 FM and 106.7 FM, in Minneapolis/St. Paul.
between 9:30 and 10:30 PM on Sundays (Central Time).

Posted by Jesse Willis

Radio Drama Revival – F. Paul Wilson’s Slasher

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Radio Drama Revival The Radio Drama Revival, and its host Fred Greenhalgh, have a podcast interview with they guys behind The Grist Mill, a series of horror audio dramas. Their latest production is an adaptation of an F. Paul Wilson short story called Slasher. Have a listen |MP3| to the interview, that has samples from the production within it. You can subscribe to the podcast feed via this link:

http://feeds.feedburner.com/RadioDramaRevival

Posted by Jesse Willis