First there was Zombie Cheerleaders, an epic audio tale of flesh, death and coordinated chanting of “Brraaiiinnns! Who’s got ‘em? You have! When do we want ‘em? Now!!!!”

Now there’s a sequel, to be released this Halloween, called Zombie Cheerleaders Two: The Pom-Poms of Death. And it’s bound to be a killer. How do I know? Well, I came to a nasty end as a result of this show. They invite me in to record a promotional spot for them and what happens? No wonder I’m bitter and twisted! Just listen to this, and you’ll understand.

Click here: Zombie Cheerleaders 2 promo

While waiting for Zombie Cheerleaders Two: The Pom-Poms of Death to arrive, be sure to check out some of the other great audioplays available from BrokenSea Audio Productions — everything from Doctor Who to Escape From New York to The X-Files! I’ve been listening to these and also the adventures of Jake Sampson: Monster Hunter – and can thoroughly recommend them.

An overweight, insecure loser who might be the key to the amorphous creature’s diabolical plan! All he has to do is eat the Blob.

This is the premise of my story “The Slimelight, And How To Step Into It” — a humorous, but grossly gooey scifi horror tale based on my experiences in regional theatre.

The story was originally published in a short-lived US horror magazine edited by John Schipp and Craig Spector (who were prominent in the new wave of horror writing at that time) called Iniquities: the Magazine of Great Wickedness and Wonder (No. 2, 1991). It also appears in my recently released collection, Creeping in Reptile Flesh (Altair Australia Books 2008).

Now you can hear me reading the story via Podcast on the new Terra Incognita Australian Speculative Fiction website.

TISF is an offshoot of the independent publisher, Coeur de Lion Books, who, among other things, were responsible for producing the speculative fiction anthology, cØck, edited by Keith Stevenson — a thematic anthology that features stories dealing with the future (and speculative present) of male sexuality. My experimental post-human SF story “Birthmark” appeared in this volume.

The podcast of “The Slimelight, And How To Step Into It” is also available as a MP3 download, via stream audio and via iTunes. Keith tells me that the show is going to be syndicated on community radio station 2NVR, which broadcasts between Kempsey and Coffs Harbour. I don’t know when.

And for a change, the monster’s military opponents:

• Source: via Kaiju Search-Robot Avery
• Previous article on Gualagon

Give me a B, give me an R, give me an A, I, N! What d’we want? BRAINS! When do we want ‘em? NOW!

BrokenSea.com and Grindhouse Audio has obliged for Halloween and you can download a series of free audioplays from the website, one of which is full of gory zombie mayhem!

An over-caffeinated cop arrests a blood- and gore-covered High School bus driver wielding an ax… and parts of bodies line the rain-soaked highways, cemeteries, and surrounding areas. He has all the evidence he needs… open-and-shut case — or so the cop thinks. But he didn’t count on a military semi truck transporting highly toxic secret bioweapons. Nor did he give much credence to the bus driver’s claim that ZOMBIE CHEERLEADERS were out to get him…

Join the carnage… But beware of the ZOMBIE Cheerleaders…

It goes for about 30 minutes, comes with abundant warnings of adult content, and as it’s marked “ep1″ there will be more gore to come, I assume….

Oh yeah, and it’s free (apart from the cost to your sanity).

• Download here.

The site includes lots of other audioplays of a less-than-New Age nature.

• BrokenSea Halloween Specials