I'm sad to say Bill Peters (Heradel) has asked to step down as PodCastle's mod. Not because of anything bad - quite the contrary, because of a lot of awesome. He's been working like a madman over at Escape Pod, and smartly realized that since he doesn't have a time turner, he'd need to let something go, and that something is moderating PC.
On the one hand, Anna and I were stoked for all the cool stuff Bill's working on. On the other hand, ALAS. Bill is freaking awesome to work with. Who could rise in his stead, and wield Mighty Mjolnir the way Bill did? No single human could do that!
Well, the answer is: not one but two people! We've asked both Ocicat and Talia to don their capes and cowls, and take to the night, a dynamic duo of mods at PodCastle. We had Mjolnir cloned, you see, which we can totally do at PodCastle, because if the cloned item retains all its memories (and yes, Mjolnir does have memories. If you read the Ultimate line, I think...), everyone knows that's NOT how cloning actually works, so since it's not SF, it must be Fantasy...
Heh. Okay, getting a little carried away. Sorry. The point is that Talia and Ocicat will now be your new mods here at PodCastle, and Anna and I are both thrilled to have them aboard. They're gonna be awesome. So please give them a mighty welcome.
Also - personally, I want to give a shout out to Bill for everything he's done here at PodCastle. He's set the bar really high with eveyrthing he's done since the inception of PodCastle, weathering some insane storms, and was incredibly cool welcoming both Anna and I as editors. Thanks for all your hard work, sir. It's been a pleasure working with you!