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For lucky 13, a double Unsheathed/Anthropodcast with Flain. We talk about news, how to get stories from your head to the page, and whether furry fandom is a fetish. Unsheathed: Episode 13 - Flain drops in to shake things up!

Welcome to the Halloween season, with this tale of love and loss and dark surprises in the graveyard..."Epitaph" by Jason GillespieRead by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast Podcast novel.Music cues by Infinity Squared Additional music from the Podsafe Music Network.Sound effects from the FreeSound Project. AD Flash 008 - Epitaph - Welcome to the Halloween season, with this tale of love and loss and dark surprises in the graveyard..."Epitaph" by Read by of the .Music cues by Additional music from the .Sound effects from the .

This week on KnotCast, it's a webcomics safari! Fuzz, Isty, Savrin, and Shiva read tales of woe and wtf, then go on rather long about comics in general. We hear tales of long distance seperation, seperation anxiety, and really good roomates. We'll post a list of the mentioned webcomics on our FA here in a couple days. This weeks music break is No More Sun by Arkloud. www.furaffinity.net/user/arkloud Episode 68 - Webcomics Safari

At an even dozen, we shake up the format a bit, talking about our own work as well as answering questions on world-building and the furry writing markets. Unsheathed: Episode 12 - Your fox and otter discuss current projects, upcoming episodes, world-building, and whether furry writing has to be erotic to sell.

Woyro talks with the panda behind the Frozen Oasis parties...SORON. We discuss his new project...FOXMAS! Episode 97---Foxmas! A Chat with Soron - Woyro talks with the panda behind the Frozen Oasis parties...SORON. We discuss his new project...FOXMAS!

In another tale of were-creatures, we learn how one teenager deals with his transformations."Le Roux’s Love Center" by Phil Geusz Read by Chris Hvidsten of the Outcast PodcastMusic cues by Infinity Squared Special music used in the story: "Hide and Seek" composed by Marty Buttwinick and performed by Julia Nonet's Woodwind & String Orchestra, available online at the Podsafe Music Network. AD 010 - Le Roux's Love Center - In another tale of were-creatures, we learn how one teenager deals with his transformations."Le Roux’s Love Center" by Phil Geusz Read by of the Music cues by Special music used in the story: "Hide and Seek" composed by Marty...

When searching for something magical beyond a mundane life, it's not certain what you'll find, or at what cost."Transformation" by Renee Carter HallRead by Peter KattMusic by Infinity Squared AD 009 - Transformation - When searching for something magical beyond a mundane life, it's not certain what you'll find, or at what cost."Transformation" by Read by Music by

This week on KnotCast, it's Savrin and Fuzzwolf versus the world! Due to our last try being eaten by our production program, Fuzz and Savrin got together on Saturday night and rerecorded. We talk sex timing, sex toys, and sex politics. We go on a bit about various referendums and bills that effect the gay community. Specifically Washington, Maine, and Califurnia. URLs of note.. Equality California http://www.eqca.org/ WA Approve 71 http://approvereferendum71.org/ No on 1 Maine http://www.protectmaineequality.org/ Episode 67 - Bleep Bloop Blorp

That scoundrel Not Tube is back! Your intrepid K-team debates him on why we love writing, how to write a good blow job, and why you don't have to if you don't want to. Unsheathed: Episode 11 - Not Tube joins Kyell and K.M. to discuss why we write and other issues, and to add twenty minutes to our podcast.

It's KnotCast, episode 66... Live with Bucktown Tiger on UStream! This was a new experience for the cast, with Bucktown bringing his stuff and setting up his show for this weeks episode. With a show topic like "Music to Yiff To" it was only logical to have our favorite musical tiger in the house. This week we hear lots of suggestions for music that would be good and really, really bad to yiff to. Also, we hear back from the authors of Furthia High and Concession, get asked about too-tight boyfriends from someone new, and hear from a couple listeners who are new to the show. It's an awesome week here on Episode 66 of KnotCast! Episode 66 - Music to Yiff To

Double digits! To celebrate, we kick it LIVE at RainFurrest, with an audience of 25+. Wine flows and the crowd has some great questions as we hang around for over an hour to talk all things erotica. Unsheathed: Episode 10 LIVE at RF - Live show at RainFurrest!

Woyro and Wild Bill talk about Mephit Furmeet. Woyro also strums his guitar, talks about furry news, conventions and plays a song by Luke Ski!!! Episode 96---Ch-ch-ch-Changes, featuring Wild Bill TX - Woyro and Wild Bill talk about Mephit Furmeet. Woyro also strums his guitar, talks about furry news, conventions and plays a song by Luke Ski!!!

All sorts of animals can be anthropomorphized, even cockroaches. Mark Mellon brings us an intriguing tale of a not-too-distant future and what denizens might inhabit it."The Brave Little Cockroach" by Mark MellonRead by Stoker BramwellMusic by Infinity Squared AD 008 - The Brave Little Cockroach - All sorts of animals can be anthropomorphized, even cockroaches. Mark Mellon brings us an intriguing tale of a not-too-distant future and what denizens might inhabit it."The Brave Little Cockroach" by Read by Music by

This week on KnotCast, its open topic! Due to some miscommunication, we didn't have a guest this week, but Savrin, Fuzz, and Isty got together and read some emails. Questions about hookahs, being too tight for sex, living in the tip of Virginia, and more. Also this episode, a recording from Anthrocon with Savrin, Fuzz, Zap, and Flain discussing the magic that was AC09. This and more on episode 65 of KnotCast! Episode 65 - KnotAnthroPodcast

In this post-modern episode, we tackle nuts and bolts of writing, Hirosaki-san unleashes a samurai rant, and we sound like idiots for lamenting the lack of bumpers in our first episode to have one. Unsheathed: Episode 9 - Review us! Also, writing basics.

Thia week on KnotCast, Savrin Fuzz, and Istanbul go on about the joys of college. Well, what we remember. Or do we? We read several tales from our listeners, get a couple follow up emails, and hear back from our official purple fox. We also go off on a lot of silly tangents. :D All this and more on episode 64 of KnotCast! Episode 64 - Tales from College

Kyell talks about Camp Feral! K.M. talks about not writing! Then they cover art and music and how they relate to writing, and erotic writing, and wine drinking. Unsheathed: Episode 8 - Camp Feral recap! Art and music and writing, oh my!

Ok, Those of you who have seen my numerous posts across many different forums will know that Im a collector of furry related fiction, so I started a mild hobby of hunting down knowledge of different furry books and conveying them into a list. The list has grown and is now to date, the largest list in existence and the most well reviewed one too. All books on my list have been discussed or someone has at least pulled a review before I submitted them to the list. Ive been quite careful to try and ensure that all books on the list meet at least one of four guidelines to be considered "furry" or anthropomorphic in some form.

To see the list, you will have to browse the raccoon's bookshelf at the planetfurry bbs. 7-8th posts on the following page
http://www.planetfurry.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9427&start=30&sid=14a9dd2186f5bd0f582ef35bcb8b6f99

I encourage anyone to sign up and post knowledge of any books you are positive fit one of the 4 guidelines ive mentioned. The reason Im doing this is because I would like to encourage furries to show an interest in novels and graphic novels instead of an almost exclusive interest in general art. Stories can entertain for days, if not weeks while a comic will be read in a matter of a single hour and cost likely twice as much. Im not saying comics are any easier to make than novels. Im just saying there is a big underappreciation in the written word among furs. Yes, im probably preaching to the choir as im betting a few of you are writers yourselves, but neverless, this is my hobby, and my first act since creation of this list will be to start reviewing the books as I read them.

If by any chance you all would prefer to stick to books printed and published for and by furries, then thats alright, but for starters, ill list three independent books that ive come across that I have read so far.

Im going to do this in groups of three or a group with all the books in the series, the current books that ive read will be reviewed as a list in alphabetical order for the most part.

1. "The Guardsman" by PJ Beese and Todd Hamilton
The story is told from the point of view of one Ki Lawwnum, a Lionman warrior who happens to be the primary guard of the emperor. The Lionman are a race of warriors that lost a war to an emperor many years before and to allow them to save face, the leader proposed that in return for allowing them to save honor and face, he would allow them to become his personal guard. The lionmen in the book all seem to be bound by this odd need to serve the empire and the emperor with an absolute attitude showing no restraint for the enemy. On the down side, the emperor sadly seems to be slipping slowly further and further into madness. Ki is bound by his code to serve the empire, but the leader of this empire is clearly not in his right mind. The question that comes up is "is serving the emperor serving the empire, or should he find another way" and better yet, if he chooses that other way, would that still be standing true to his code? or would he be considered treasonous? Personally I rather liked the story, but I will admit things were a smidgen on the predictable lane. The emperor was way to easy to hate, and its pretty easy to see where most of the story will be going. Granted, it does have a final bit of surprise at the end. I can guarantee you wont see the ending coming either. It has one of those satisfying endings that I enjoy so much. Not exactly happy, but still fairly short and satisfying. Ill give it a 6/10

2. "the Ophidian Conspiracy" by John Carr
OK, this book.... I really dont know where to begin, so Ill just start with a summary. The story consists of a sortof universal investigator is sent to a planet of snake people called Ophidians who are generally about as technically advanced as the wheel itself, where he is supposed to determine why a planet of technically backwards beings suddenly acquired a small fleet of battlecruisers. Apparently there is a treaty that says no technology will be shared with planets of a certain level of technology. I dont do spoilers, but I can say the story was fairly predictable. I think my biggest issue with this was the lines. I mean seriously, the lines were horribly cheezy. There were moments when the writer showed potential by employing a unique level of viewpoint into the mind of an anthro snake, but he quickly throws it away in favor of more humanoid behavior. Also, the main character suddenly develops a passionate sense of love for the woman who he is traveling with despite arguing with her constantly throughout the story and never seems to get along with her, but yet suddenly he finds himself all oogly eyed. I have my hunches of where that was supposed to have come from, but ill leave it up to you to figure that out. it aint too hard and if I say anything, it will ruin what little surprises the story has for the reader in the first place. My second complaint was with the writer's habit of fast forwarding through all kinds of stuff, like he was rushing to get the book done. I dont know if I should be feeling sorry for him for having to rush through it like this, or if I should slap him for letting anyone rush him. I think the book would be a good read for teenagers who not only could find a copy, but could also resist the urge to mangle it like most kids do with books. I will say it had potential, just seemed to be badly presented and poorly written. For being so damn predictable with a rather good concept and for rushing the story so hard, I have to give this book a 3/10.

"Wolf Moon" by Charles DeLint
OK, now heres one to talk about. The story was about a young traveler, haggard with sweat, running from some kind of monster, which is clearly trying to kill him. The book cover clearly shows a werewolf howling at the moon and we all know stories these days portray werewolves as horrific monsters, but suddenly you discover the monster is not the werewolf in this book, but instead, turns out to be whats trying to kill the werewolf(yes, for those of you who havent caught that, the man is the werewolf, running from some kind of monster). Through some odd turns of events(yes, this part happens pretty soon in the book, so im not really revealing anything by telling you), the man escapes and eventually finds himself in a town, where he is forced to stand up to an intruder and show what he really is. The only problem is, will the townsfolk see him as the monster instead of the monster that is actually killing them. I will say that this was a fantastic story, never mind the short mentioning of werewolf boners, which seemed like an odd addition to a teenage level of read, but hey, who am I to complain. The author does an exceptional job of visualizing every detail of the story, the characters, and the environment they are in. The concept behind the story was unique for once, and instead of a monster werewolf ravaging the countryside, it turns out to be the complete and utter opposite situation. Ive already given away too much because I want every surprise to leap out at you if you choose to pick this one up. I give this one a 9/10

My final act in this post will be to shamelessly plug a site that has helped me greatly in getting ahold of books that I want. The site works by mailing books you have and want to get rid of in trade for books you want to read. You mail your books to other members, those members notify the website of the book's arrival, and then you request books from other members. Its a cycle that works quite well despite some of the obvious concerns. I hear a lot of people wondering how everyone stays honest on the site. Well, for one thing, if you fail to notify the site after a month that your book has arrived so that the sender can be credited, the website seeks legal charges from the person. Ive never had a single book go unaccounted for and ive been a member for almost a year so far. Ive hunted down comment after comment on this site and I havent heard a single negative one, so I gotta say.... TRY IT!!!! Also, if you post 10 books, they give you a couple freeby points to request random books and get you started.
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=2&r_by=cjkrythos

and now, my shameless plug is done, I return you all to your regularly scheduled.... whatever it is thats going on around here :P

thanks for reading.

Ok, Those of you who have seen my numerous posts across many different forums will know that Im a collector of furry related fiction, so I started a mild hobby of hunting down knowledge of different furry books and conveying them into a list. The list has grown and is now to date, the largest list in existence and the most well reviewed one too. All books on my list have been discussed or someone has at least pulled a review before I submitted them to the list. Ive been quite careful to try and ensure that all books on the list meet at least one of four guidelines to be considered "furry" or anthropomorphic in some form.

To see the list, you will have to browse the raccoon's bookshelf at the planetfurry bbs. 7-8th posts on the following page
http://www.planetfurry.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=9427&start=30&sid=14a9dd2186f5bd0f582ef35bcb8b6f99

I encourage anyone to sign up and post knowledge of any books you are positive fit one of the 4 guidelines ive mentioned. The reason Im doing this is because I would like to encourage furries to show an interest in novels and graphic novels instead of an almost exclusive interest in general art. Stories can entertain for days, if not weeks while a comic will be read in a matter of a single hour and cost likely twice as much. Im not saying comics are any easier to make than novels. Im just saying there is a big underappreciation in the written word among furs. Yes, im probably preaching to the choir as im betting a few of you are writers yourselves, but neverless, this is my hobby, and my first act since creation of this list will be to start reviewing the books as I read them.

If by any chance you all would prefer to stick to books printed and published for and by furries, then thats alright, but for starters, ill list three independent books that ive come across that I have read so far.

Im going to do this in groups of three or a group with all the books in the series, the current books that ive read will be reviewed as a list in alphabetical order for the most part.

1. "The Guardsman" by PJ Beese and Todd Hamilton
The story is told from the point of view of one Ki Lawwnum, a Lionman warrior who happens to be the primary guard of the emperor. The Lionman are a race of warriors that lost a war to an emperor many years before and to allow them to save face, the leader proposed that in return for allowing them to save honor and face, he would allow them to become his personal guard. The lionmen in the book all seem to be bound by this odd need to serve the empire and the emperor with an absolute attitude showing no restraint for the enemy. On the down side, the emperor sadly seems to be slipping slowly further and further into madness. Ki is bound by his code to serve the empire, but the leader of this empire is clearly not in his right mind. The question that comes up is "is serving the emperor serving the empire, or should he find another way" and better yet, if he chooses that other way, would that still be standing true to his code? or would he be considered treasonous? Personally I rather liked the story, but I will admit things were a smidgen on the predictable lane. The emperor was way to easy to hate, and its pretty easy to see where most of the story will be going. Granted, it does have a final bit of surprise at the end. I can guarantee you wont see the ending coming either. It has one of those satisfying endings that I enjoy so much. Not exactly happy, but still fairly short and satisfying. Ill give it a 6/10

2. "the Ophidian Conspiracy" by John Carr
OK, this book.... I really dont know where to begin, so Ill just start with a summary. The story consists of a sortof universal investigator is sent to a planet of snake people called Ophidians who are generally about as technically advanced as the wheel itself, where he is supposed to determine why a planet of technically backwards beings suddenly acquired a small fleet of battlecruisers. Apparently there is a treaty that says no technology will be shared with planets of a certain level of technology. I dont do spoilers, but I can say the story was fairly predictable. I think my biggest issue with this was the lines. I mean seriously, the lines were horribly cheezy. There were moments when the writer showed potential by employing a unique level of viewpoint into the mind of an anthro snake, but he quickly throws it away in favor of more humanoid behavior. Also, the main character suddenly develops a passionate sense of love for the woman who he is traveling with despite arguing with her constantly throughout the story and never seems to get along with her, but yet suddenly he finds himself all oogly eyed. I have my hunches of where that was supposed to have come from, but ill leave it up to you to figure that out. it aint too hard and if I say anything, it will ruin what little surprises the story has for the reader in the first place. My second complaint was with the writer's habit of fast forwarding through all kinds of stuff, like he was rushing to get the book done. I dont know if I should be feeling sorry for him for having to rush through it like this, or if I should slap him for letting anyone rush him. I think the book would be a good read for teenagers who not only could find a copy, but could also resist the urge to mangle it like most kids do with books. I will say it had potential, just seemed to be badly presented and poorly written. For being so damn predictable with a rather good concept and for rushing the story so hard, I have to give this book a 3/10.

"Wolf Moon" by Charles DeLint
OK, now heres one to talk about. The story was about a young traveler, haggard with sweat, running from some kind of monster, which is clearly trying to kill him. The book cover clearly shows a werewolf howling at the moon and we all know stories these days portray werewolves as horrific monsters, but suddenly you discover the monster is not the werewolf in this book, but instead, turns out to be whats trying to kill the werewolf(yes, for those of you who havent caught that, the man is the werewolf, running from some kind of monster). Through some odd turns of events(yes, this part happens pretty soon in the book, so im not really revealing anything by telling you), the man escapes and eventually finds himself in a town, where he is forced to stand up to an intruder and show what he really is. The only problem is, will the townsfolk see him as the monster instead of the monster that is actually killing them. I will say that this was a fantastic story, never mind the short mentioning of werewolf boners, which seemed like an odd addition to a teenage level of read, but hey, who am I to complain. The author does an exceptional job of visualizing every detail of the story, the characters, and the environment they are in. The concept behind the story was unique for once, and instead of a monster werewolf ravaging the countryside, it turns out to be the complete and utter opposite situation. Ive already given away too much because I want every surprise to leap out at you if you choose to pick this one up. I give this one a 9/10

My final act in this post will be to shamelessly plug a site that has helped me greatly in getting ahold of books that I want. The site works by mailing books you have and want to get rid of in trade for books you want to read. You mail your books to other members, those members notify the website of the book's arrival, and then you request books from other members. Its a cycle that works quite well despite some of the obvious concerns. I hear a lot of people wondering how everyone stays honest on the site. Well, for one thing, if you fail to notify the site after a month that your book has arrived so that the sender can be credited, the website seeks legal charges from the person. Ive never had a single book go unaccounted for and ive been a member for almost a year so far. Ive hunted down comment after comment on this site and I havent heard a single negative one, so I gotta say.... TRY IT!!!! Also, if you post 10 books, they give you a couple freeby points to request random books and get you started.
http://www.paperbackswap.com/index.php?n=2&r_by=cjkrythos

and now, my shameless plug is done, I return you all to your regularly scheduled.... whatever it is thats going on around here :P

thanks for reading.