The Metamor City Podcast

If P.G. Holyfield is to be believed, I have a promising future ahead of me as a podcasting villain:

Life should always be related to Samuel L. Jackson characters

Remember in Unbreakable (underappreciated moive, by the way) when Samuel L. Jackson explains to Bruce Willis that in order to create a hero, he has to have a villain that is his equal?

Well, I’ve finally discovered my nemesis…

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Now, I’ve always thought of myself as a nice guy, so this whole villainy thing took me a bit by surprise. At issue seems to be this juicy little tidbit:

Yes, that’s right: The Metamor City Podcast has leapfrogged Murder at Avedon Hill in the standings of iTunes Literature! Given that MaAH is an extremely addictive fantasy/mystery in its own right — and that it has been around for almost a year longer than MCP — I find this quite satisfying.

Plus, there’s this to consider:

Yep, you read that right. Metamor City is the #11 Literature podcast in New Zealand — we even beat out Tee Morris’s excellent swashbuckling adventure Morevi and two Harry Potter fancasts!

Speaking of kiwis, both P.G. and I appear as key cast members in Philippa Ballantine’s upcoming podcast novel, Chasing the Bard. I’ll be playing Mordant, the suave, handsome, charismatic Fae Lord who hoodwinks the entire royal court, weds the heroine … and just happens to be working to bring all of creation down in a storm of roiling chaos. And who’s P.G. playing in this little drama? None other than Sucker #1: Auberon, King of the Faeries.

(I swear I knew nothing about this when I cast him as a gay massage therapist in Metamor City…)

So, all things considered, I feel pretty good about being a nemesis. Do your worst, P.G. Holyfield! You may be the master of mystery in a high fantasy setting, but I’ve got plenty of magic of my own!

Plus, my wizards have guns.

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