How to Succeed in Evil - The breakdown.

How to Succeed in Evil is not a self-help page for the maladjusted. It it is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He’s like Arthur Anderson for Supervillians.

How to Succeed in Evil is not a self-help page for the maladjusted. It is the story of Edwin Windsor, Evil Efficiency Consultant. He’s like Arthur Anderson for Supervillians.
Just because a person can melt walls by winking at them or build a device to threaten the very fabric of our reality doesn’t mean that they know how to manage investments or squeeze money out of a scheme. Just look at M.C. Hammer. (Not that’s he’s evil or super — just that he’s exquisitely bad with money.)

This is a novella. It clocks in at ten episodes all fairly short. Patrick McLean, the writer, voices it himself and does a great job. This iteration leaves you wanting more and fortunately he's providing it. The novel is in progress. Making a villain "sympathetic" without making him pathetic is a challenge. Patrick succeeds. I found myself rooting for Edwin and his viciously evil sidekick

The Metamor City Podcast - This is someone who is taking a concept very similar to Shadowrun and cranking it up to awesome.

The stories of The Metamor City Podcast take place in a high-magic, high-technology setting, an epic fantasy world projected into the near future. The action focuses primarily on the inhabitants of Metamor City, a mega-metropolis that is also the capital of the world’s largest superpower, the Empire of Metamor.

Chris Lester is the author and narrator in addition to doing some of the voices. This is one of those 'casts that includes a number of voice actors and some great production values. The first few eps are short stories. Now he's into a novel in this world featuring some characters from the shorts and some new ones. I actually enjoyed the short stories more. That's not a ding against the longer work at all though.

FYI there's some adult content here, which you get a heads up on. Sometimes that gets in the way of the story imo, but the sexuality of the telepaths is really interesting. Imagine if sex extended to melding of minds as well as bodies. "Teeps" do a mind meld thing during any intimate contact and that can be dangerous. In addition to that though there's a really interesting analog to Christianity that I'm thoroughly diggin on. As a writer myself it would be a detail I'd include, but maybe not as well as Chris has.

Morevi: The Chronicles of Rafe & Askana - I thoroughly enjoyed Tee Morris's Case of the Singing Sword, a unique mix of fantasy and noir detective story so subscribing to this was a no brainer. This is thoroughly fantasy though there are characters from our own past.

Morevi, a landlocked kingdom shrouded by jungles and mystery, falls under the rule of Askana Moldarin, known in her realm as “The Black Widow” following her swift and bloody ascent to the throne. In the dawn of this New Age, hidden traitors in her own regime threaten to destroy everything. Askana, independent of council, seeks help to reveal the conspiracy against her… Enter Rafe Rafton, captain of the Defiant.

This 'cast is a remastered version of one that came out a few years back. The music, voice acting, and effects are great. This is another one of those 'casts that reminds me of radio drama. Purposely, I'm guessing. This is another very rich world populated by interesting characters.

Writing fantasy and coming up with something new is a challenge I'm sure. I've tried it myself with mixed results. Tee's been at this a while and his hard work and passion shows. You'd do well to subscribe to this and The Case of the Singing Sword (available at Podiobooks.com)

There are more (so many more), but this'll do for now.