With tongue firmly in cheek, I retell the tale of Big Red.

All right, yes, I admit it. I’m waaaaay behind on my podcasts. Between work, family and gearing up for a sequel, I’ve let my vocal assets slip. Here, after too many months of waiting is the next installment of How Deep Lies the Shadow. There’s lots going on in Chapter 6 folks:

• Sean finds his sister Megan and hears a tale that makes him wish he hadn’t.
• Digs gets an unexpected visitor.
• Tim comes to the rescue but bites off more than he can chew.

My goal is to complete one chapter every other week. I figure if I slip, I’ll at least get one a month. Thanks for your patience, and thanks, Lisa, for lighting a fire under my butt.

It’s been years since I watched the classic 1982 horror movie The Thing, but I recently relived the experience while listening to a Clarkesworld Magazine podcast of The Things by Peter Watts.

Watts does an awesome job of retelling the story from the point of view of the alien. In the movie, the alien life form appears as a shape-shifting goo that can take over any organic life form. It goes on a killing spree till only two characters remain at a standoff with flamethrowers and guns, each suspecting the other of bring the alien.

But wait, there's more: The Things by Peter Watts

There’s an app for that! I don’t know why I didn’t think of this sooner. About the only time I have to write is while I’m on the train between Seattle and Tacoma when all I have at hand is my iPhone.

I just downloaded the Wordpress app and configured it. We’re pulling into Tacoma, do o need to sign off. Watch for more to come.

So what’s been happening with Sean Glynn, Kirstin Olsen, and Tim Richards since they kicked butt on the Queen of the Night in How Deep Lies the Shadow? They’ve been trying to live normal lives. Some have been more successful than others. Sean has legally adopted his nephews who are now in their teens; Sean received a job offer he couldn’t refuse and is now working as lead designer for a cutting edge social media developer. Tim and Ruth have had a long, difficult climb from their traumatic experience almost losing their daughter Angela and facing the issues of infidelity; they do see a light at the end of the tunnel, though. Kirstin could be doing better. She and her true brother Carl have taken on the responsibility of caring for the remaining Lost Boys; however, their attempts to reunite their broken family have met with disaster.

Ten years after these three parted company, Sean faces a new challenge. His twin brother Brix makes a ghostly appearance with omens of their father’s death. Sean suspects that the swap that nearly killed him is back in the form of a ten-year-old child capable of performing miracles. Sean will track down his old comrades in hopes of uncovering the truth.

Working title: What Mysteries Sound the Echo
(I’m open to suggestions)

P.S. I’m drafting my sequel on my iPhone.