Jason Sizemore and I have been dancing around the idea of my doing podcast readings for Apex — I had a ton of fun doing the audio versions of “Foiled” and “The Giant & The Unicorn” (from Shimmer — coming soon!)
Ladies and gentlemen — the Apex Audio Revolution has come! My first audio ever of SOMEONE ELSE’S WORK is now up: Seanan McGuire’s “Dying With Her Cheer Pants On.” (Click here to listen — it’s about 16 minutes long.) The story is about a group of high school cheerleaders — The Fighting Pumpkins — and their last ditch effort to save the world when Aliens invade during homecoming. The story itself was a blast, and doing all the voices for the cheerleaders — and the cheering — was similarly so.
Interesting issues come up when you’re not the writer of the piece, though. Like…for example…the correct pronunciation of the author’s name! Seanan (pronounced “Shawn-in”) was very sweet and patient with my silly queries. And now I want to steal her name for a story character.
Bookmark that Apex site — there will be new audio fiction content every month! I’ll also do my best to poke you and remind you. Especially when it’s me reading.Leave a comment when you stop by to let Jason know you were there!
Enjoy!
So I clicked on the link above to get to the audio version of “Dying with Her Cheer Pants On” and I got a 404 File Not Found. Is there any way I can get the audio version of that story from you? It would save my throat from getting thrashed having to read that story three times a day to my students. If there is any way you can send it to me, or send me a link to a place where I could stream it, I’d appreciate it. Thank you!
Unfortunately, this is now so old it’s not longer in the Apex archive. (I checked.) I’m so sorry!
No worries! Thanks for checking.