You Snitches have been waiting, and waiting more than patiently. Well, here it is…Chapter Fifteen.
Brace yourselves. This one is going to leave a mark!
00:00 — The 2007 Parsec Awards
1:00 — Opening
- Sponsored by Typical Mac User, Give Us a Minute, The Sorrow, and Ink ‘n Doodles Creative Workshop
- I gave myself Saturday to clock in some quality time with the podcast. Leann Mabry is such the pro!
- More banter after the chapter…
2:58 — Chapter Fifteen: Hell, Hell, the Gang’s All Here
Dwarf detective Billi Baddings was originally hired by socialite Julia Lesinger to uncover the “why’s” behind the death of her mobster boyfriend Pretty Boy DeMayo. Unexpectedly, he uncovered the existence of The Singing Sword, an ancient talisman from his own homeworld of Acryonis. This weapon of mass destruction is now somewhere in the streets of the Windy City and everyone from crooked curators to frustrated feds to the big boss — Alphonse “Scarface” Capone himself — is looking for it.
Oddly enough, the breakthrough in this case — both in DeMayo’s death and The Singing Sword — happened over Mick’s chicken soup and ham-and-cheese special. The hunch led Billi to a speakeasy and left him at the docks.
Tonight, everything happens.
1:01:27 —Sponsors
1:04:02 — Billi Banter
- Some sound effects featured in this episode courtesy of The Freesound Project
- Bed Music: “Droid Jazz” by Rubber Band Banjo
- To all of you beautiful Snitches, thank you. Wow, you sure know how to make an author and a podcaster feel the love.
- Did you enjoy this episode? Then do yourself a favor and listen to Leann Mabry’s 25th Tag in the Seam.
- The new Story So Far segment, from the Empire’s Finest.
- Why I’m sticking with “Billi’s Snitches” for your moniker (with respects to Siggy).
- The Billi #14 Rant Follow-up
- Foenixfyre…her stuff is online and for sale. Do what I’m doing and decorate your studio with Chainmail Carrie’s art.
- The Mac Pro got its workout, and I’m loving this monster.
- Wiley and the Day Job…still dealing with it, but getting some control back on things.
- Feeling groovy, especially in this episode’s afterglow.
- Dragon Moon Special — Billi and Legacy of Morevi = $30.
- Snitch Line is open at 206.202.3973 (206.202.DWRF). E-mail’s are welcome and with one chapter to go, all your calls and e-mails will appear in the listener appreciation show!
- Mark your calendars! July 7, 2007. After you listen to J.C. Hutchins‘ opening podcast of 7th Son: Book Three, join me and Leann Mabry for an exit interview where you Snitches can call in! Cian of View from the Quad is putting this together, so click here for more details on how to call in and talk to us!
- CALLING ALL SNITCHES: Let’s take a page from Clone Boy’s playbook…
- You all rock! I’m going to ask you one more time to bear with me as I finish up this Podcasting Boot Camp and remaining chapters. Look for the next chapter on Friday…
1:24:18 — Promos
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10 Responses:
June 25th, 2007 at 12:26 pm
‘Tonight, everything happens.’
Great Caesar’s Ghost! Another amazing chapter. I won’t spoil anything, but DAYUM. I am happy, happy, happy that this is one of the chapters sponsored by The Sorrow.
Great work, Tee, Leann, Dani, and Orion!
June 25th, 2007 at 1:13 pm
Ho. Lee. _Crap!_ O_O
This episode stunned me — not just with the awesome production values, but with the actual events contained therein. I totally did NOT see the twist with Julia coming, nor did I expect Billi to be as callously pragmatic as he was. Granted, doing what he did almost certainly saved his life, but even so, it was unexpected. After reading Harry Dresden for so many years, I guess I expect all private dicks to have his over-developed sense of chivalry. 
All the voice actors did a terrific job on this one. Orion continues to impress me with how well he plays Chicago’s Kingpin of Crime, Dani gives another very nice performance aas Daphne, and Leann … wow. What can I say about Leann? Girl, you crazy. And I mean that in the best possible sense.
Keep up the great work! Some of what happened in this episode made me sad, but it’s still one hell of a ride.
June 25th, 2007 at 7:31 pm
So it’s monday..i’m all jacked in…listening to the comments after chapt 15… AND YOU SAY MY NAME…AHHH! How FRELLin KEWL is that!!!!???
thanks for the “honorable mention”
and of course the ep was all that and a bowl of chilli! (which billi really makes me want to try— X-chicagoan that i am). keep bangin them out with the quality we all expect…WE LUV IT/
cannot hardly wait for Morevi remastered (been w/you since then and yeah i got the book already)
much luv/yo snitch
poda
p.s. TD a snitch, well duh!!!
June 25th, 2007 at 8:25 pm
Tee, what an ending! The amont of passion and effort you put into this production just blows my mind. I know you’re not eligible for a Parsec this year, but if you don’t get on in 08 then I know something is seriously wrong with the world.
June 26th, 2007 at 12:00 am
Excuse me while I hump Tee
hump
hump
hump
hump
wowza
baby
*high five*
WE did it!!!
dance dance dance at DragonCon!!!
June 26th, 2007 at 8:16 am
You weren’t kidding about pulling out the stops and working that MacPro! I think this one crosses the line from mere podcast to full audio drama.
Very nice work from all the voice players.
I must confess, perhaps it’s the limitation of listening to the story as I drive and not catching every detail, but a lot of the “Billy Solves the Case” banter with Julia seemed to come out of nowhere. Perhaps it will come through better in the written form.
Still, it’s been a great ride.
June 26th, 2007 at 8:07 pm
I listened to the whole thing this morning and was blown away. You outdid yourself on this one. And I can’t say enough about your guest voices — they consistently rise to the occasion. Your reading of the story is always spot on — such as, “I wish you hadn’t said that, Al.” Just the way you delivered that line made me laugh out loud.
SPOILER ALERT
I was bummed that Leann ended up being the villain, but WHAT a villain!
END OF SPOILER
Anyway, this has been an awesome podcast novel. Thanks for all your work.
Tim
June 26th, 2007 at 9:13 pm
YOWZA!
Man oh man, was this a great episode! Best chapter to date (putting aside dwarf loving, of course!). 
How is it that this book is not a movie yet? ‘Cause the final battle was such a Hollywood moment. I could just picture this on the silver screen.
Absolutely fantastic, Tee. You’ve raised yourself up to a whole new level with this one.
I look forward to hearing Billi’s future adventures, and I hope he makes his way to Kansas City sometime in the future. Mr. Pendergast would like a word!
Trampas