Podcast on Episode 881 for Tuesday the 4th of March 2025.

Part 1 of How to Steal the Plot Armour by Luke Wildman, read by Hollis Monroe and produced

by Eric Valdez, rated PG. Good morning, good day, good afternoon and good evening, and welcome to Podcastle, the Flying Castle of Fantasy Fiction.

I'm your host, Matt Dovey, and it is my pleasure to present for your enjoyment, the first part of two of How to Steal the

Plot Armour by Luke Wildman, narrated by Hollis Monroe. This story was first published in

writers and illustrators of the future volume 37 in 2021. Luke Wildman is an amateur

crustinator, but dreams of someday going pro.

Born in Liberia and raised in Nigeria, he moved to the US at 19 and currently lives with his wife, dog and kid in small town Indiana,

entrenched behind a rampart of overdue library books.

His award-winning short fiction has appeared in his friends' inboxes and lesser venues, including Writers of the Future 37, Parnasse's Literary Journal and the Inner Workings Anthology from Calendar of Fools.

Horace Monroe is an award-winning writer, producer, voice talent, music director, opera and jazz singer, MC and Shakespearean.

He's done numerous commercial and industrial recordings, published movie soundtrack reviews,

served as executive producer and as a reader for IPR's long running of the book club,

and as a writer, producer, narrator of the Severade Award-winning radio series,

Soundtrack to the Struggle.

And now pay attention, for our tale is about to begin, and these words of prophecy will guide you all your days hence.

How to Steal the Plot Armour by Luke Wildman, narrated by Hollis Monroe.

The day before it started, I had to chase off three more heroes with a stick.

I swear, winter is the worst season for them.

You get a few enterprising farm boys during the spring and summer, and falls the time for

disinherited princes looking to reclaim kingdoms that their uncles stole from their murdered

fathers.

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