Emmitt's Homecoming Runs Into 2nd Act Problems

Sat, 01 Aug 2020 12:20:54 +0000

Emmitt is planning to show off his girlfriend and his new short film to his family in San Diego, but a series of unfortunate events gets in the way.

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The Ungriftable Howard Zez

Tue, 09 Jun 2020 08:55:05 +0000

In "The Ungriftable Howard Zez", Peggy is accompanying Howard to a meeting with a mysterious benefactor. Howard hopes this guy will help finance Dope Dealers From Outer Space. Peggy means to stop Howard from getting taken by a con man. Please donate, if you can, to some of the causes you'll find by following these links: Black Lives Matter: https://blacklivesmatter.com/ Coronavirus Relief:https://www.charitynavigator.org/index.cfm?bay=content.view&cpid=7779#group-470

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Your Time On Earth Is Finished

Wed, 18 Mar 2020 05:42:15 +0000

Years after Dope Dealers From Outer Space was released, an actor tells all about a mysterious figure who appears in the background of her final scene.

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Meeting The Creature

Mon, 24 Feb 2020 06:43:51 +0000

Emmitt is visiting a reclusive movie monster maker for help with a student film project when his girlfriend's stepfather, who wasn't supposed to meet him yet, arrives. This story was first published in Across the Margins a couple of years back. You can find a link to it on my website, www.jimsnowden.com.

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The Day Molly Got Into The Room

Fri, 17 Jan 2020 02:44:29 +0000

“The Day Molly Got Into the Room” can be found in the literary magazine Constellations #7: Transgressions. I hope you enjoyed the story. I did want to give a shout out to Anita Felicelli’s novel, Chimerica. I just finished it and thought it was fun, engaging, surreal, and moving. Buy it or encourage your library to buy it so you can check it out. Anyway, you know the drill. If you liked this story, like, share, subscribe, and review on iTunes. If you want to read the stories I’ve read on this podcast, or get ahead of me by reading the ones I haven’t recorded yet, visit www.jimsnowden.com and follow the links. I’m Jim Snowden. See you in February.

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Stanny Couldn't Make It

Sat, 28 Dec 2019 08:57:40 +0000

On a chat show decades after Dope Dealers From Outer Space came out, one of its actors tells the tale of how his involvement with that turkey intertwined with the premiere of a much more significant indie film.

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Ep 2- Two Ways To Say Goodbye To Milford

Sun, 24 Nov 2019 02:10:01 +0000

Howard Zeleznick is sure that giving the eulogy at his brother Milford's funeral will be his moment to shine, but he discovers that someone has plans to one-up him. This story was originally published in Elsewhere Lit. Read it at elsewherelit.org.

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Curious Legend Of The Grade Z Ghost (1) - 10:31:19, 12.40 PM

Thu, 31 Oct 2019 20:38:22 +0000

For Halloween, the story of the schlock movie director who made a town believe in ghosts. This will be the first of a series of stories I'll be podcasting here. If you enjoy this one, don't forget to share, like, subscribe and all that. I'll keep them coming once a month. This story was published in Oddville Press's Winter 2019 issue.

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