111.23: The Broken World by Tim Etchells

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Advent day 23: The Broken World by Tim Etchells

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.21: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

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Advent day 21: His Dark Materials by Philip Pullman

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.20: Dystopian YA

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Advent day 20: Dystopian YA featuring The Hunger Games, Divergent, The Maze Runner

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.19: The Secret History of the Sword by J Christoph Amberger

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Advent day 19: The Secret History of the Sword by J Christoph Amberger

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.14: Dark Matter/Killjoys

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Advent day 14: Dark Matter and Killjoys

(inspired by listening to the end episode of the Frankenstein’s RPG podcast — here)

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.11: City by P. D. Smith

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Advent day 11: City, a guidebook for the urban age by P.D. Smith

find out more here

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.10: Ultraviolet

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Advent calendar day 10: Ultraviolet (TV series, 1998 with Jack Davenport, Idris Elba, Suzannah Harker)

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.9: Sapphire and Steel by Big Finish

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Advent calendar day 9: Sapphire and Steel audio plays by Big Finish

The image I used is from Andrew Orton’s site, who created several covers for the first series (see this page) and has some other interesting pages (I love the Minimalist Dr Who graphics)

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero with a Thousand Faces

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Advent day 7: Joseph Campbell’s Hero’s Journey and Dan Harmon’s Story Cycle (plus Christopher Vogler)

Links, etc.

This is Dan Harmon’s story circle (graphic from https://www.studiobinder.com/blog/dan-harmon-story-circle/)

And here’s a cycle I noted for Beyond the Wall where “Order” is the Village and “Chaos” is Beyond the Wall from here (old DepartmentV site, bit of a mess right now)

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.6: the Books of Abarat by Clive Barker

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Advent 6: the Books of Abarat by Clive Barker

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.3: White Fang by Jack London

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Advent calendar day 3: White Fang by Jack London. Animals, their gods and gods’ laws.

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.2: Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality of Mankind

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Advent calendar day 2: space travel in the universe of Cordwainer Smith’s Instrumentality of Mankind

space travel // sacrifice // journeys // closed environments

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

111.1: The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

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On day 1 of the advent calendar I ramble about The Satanic Verses by Salman Rushdie

magical realism // hooks // nested stories // metamorphosis // Nephilim RPG

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube

Episode 111: The Fictoplasm Advent Calendar

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This is the Fictoplasm Advent Calendar. I’ll update this post with links to each new episode! Mmm, jingle bells.

Episodes

None yet…

Music

Music is by Chris Zabriskie: chriszabriskie.com // bandcamp // instagram // youtube