Hello everyone.
I knew that if I looked long enough I'd find the introduce yourself thread. I have been listening to Escape Pod for about six months, but I started at the (almost) beginning and don't have much free ear time, so it's taken me this long to catch up. Well, almost catch up, I'm on episode 91. Somehow, the episodes keep coming out. Since I'm current now, I figured I could participate in the ongoing conversations about the episodes, so it was time to log into the forums.
I'm not, uh, all that interesting but I love SF, specially short stories, and I've been amazed at how much of Escape Pod's content I've really, really liked. Thank you, Steve. I'm also very opinionated, and will soon begin throwing around my reactions and analysis of stories as though they count.
(I also mumble mumble put a story in to the flash contest but found the idea of making an account and voting for myself too nerve-wracking to actually do. Now that voting on my group is closed, it's safe, of course). I love the idea of story as promo. It's going to be great. Good luck to all of you who have entered.
Some of my favorite Escape Pod stories have been "The Craphound", "L'Alchimista", and "Authorwerx".