Episode 197: The Authorized Biography by Michael G. RyanEpisode 198: The Authorized Biography by Michael G. Ryan• Narrated by
Brian Rollins• Audio production by
Rikki La Coste•
A Cast of Wonders original!We present
The Authorized Biography by
Michael G. Ryan. Michael considers himself a late bloomer as a published author–but not as a writer. He’s been writing for over 40 years, but is only now taking all those short stories and novels out of the digital bottom drawer and submitting them for consideration.
He’s planning a Kickstarter in early 2016 for his novel
None of This Has Happened Yet, a fictional biography told in short stories presented in reverse order. He’s been an editor in the gaming industry for twenty years, working now as the director of publications for
Privateer Press.
The story is narrated by
Brian Rollins. Brian is a voice actor living in the Denver, Colorado area with his wife, two kids and a Great Dane. He has narrated for a variety of podcasts as well as several audiobooks, including the Glen & Tyler series. When he’s not in the soundbooth, he works as a web developer and can occasionally be coaxed out into public and onto the stage (usually with Dr. Pepper or chocolate). You can find Brian
online and on
Twitter.
In the beginning, Tim Toonby was bewildered to find his biography. Bewildered and ultimately alarmed.
It appeared Saturday morning on his front porch in an unadorned metal box, the fireproof kind meant for legal documents. No key. Tim Toonby had just stepped outside to leave the full diaper pail liner for the service, and in the age of letter bombs, he hesitated when he saw the box on the steps. He looked around as if the deliverer would still be nearby, waiting for the detonation, but the neighborhood was typically quiet—prefabricated homes with lawns of sod, flower boxes along porch railings, stone lions at the end of driveways as affectations of the neighbors’ aspirations. Toonby had them, too. It was a street for dreamers, not killers.Click here to listen to Part One of this storyClick here to listen to Part Two of this storyClick here to read the text of the storyTags: alternate realities, Brian Rolling, Cast of Wonders, decisions, dogs, family, Fantasy, growing up, love, Michael G. Ryan, Modern Fantasy, Rikki La Coste, writing, Young Adult fiction