amplificathon

Fandom: Supernatural CW Real People Slash
Pairing: Jared/Jensen
Rating: R (soft)
Warnings: smoop, wedding fic
Title: Coffeemaker Fettuccini and A Silver Ring
Author: thehighwaywoman
Reader: dodificus
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: In which Jared decides he wants to propose and discovers that it's not as easy as it sounds.
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:30:08 (14.1MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

Please comment to dodificus via the awards (and mp3) post to amplificathon here. It was recorded for the 2008 2nd place winner leviticus_lied.

You'll find the text of the story and can comment to the author here.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to podslash and spn_multimedia. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

so, a little mopping up.

first, prizewise!

leviticus_lied's anthologies actually include a back cover, which didn't make it into the original post, but is here now. feel free to save it from below and tuck it into the file you have already downloaded, or if you haven't downloaded yet, the files without a back cover have been replaced by the files with a back cover. the graphic is by the lovely ms trialia.




and this is also a note to say that leviticus_lied will also be receiving one more prize podfic, delivered privately, donated by general_jinjur.

mailed prizes will go out soon after the not-very organized third of podmod gets her damn act together. (we're not naming names, but her initials are gj. just sayin'.)


okay. second, otherwise.

this is the end of the prize posting. really, honestly, stick a fork in me, next time when we say two week prize period, we will mean it (we have a plan).

we are considering a mini-fest sometime in the fall/winter. we will be happening again next year, on the same schedule. there will be some changes, nothing dramatic, we'll tell you about them then.

keep posting and reccing here in the meantime. and hey! you know all those new readers who stepped up during the amplificathon? if you listened to their stuff, take a look and make sure they got some sort of feedback. at some point. on at least one recording. i mean, can we all decide to leave one piece of feedback so no one is left shouting into the void? because shouting into the void kind of sucks. and i know everyone wants to get better at this (even the people who are old hands at it), and feedback can be really hard to get on podfic.

so one of the aims of the amplificathon was to introduce diversity into the podfic available in fandom. we mostly did that by pushing for more fandoms - the happy accident was diversity in story types. most ficathons have a 1,000 word minimum - which means that a lot of the rare pairings are mostly short stories, ficlets, and drabbles, topping off at around 1,000 to 2,000 words. most of the podfics recorded prior to this challenge were much, much longer than that. i mean honestly, you can't swing a cat without hitting an epic in spn and sga. that makes it a little tough to let readers or listeners dip into the format, and the amount of time commitment for anything over 4,000 words gets crazy fast, and approaches exponential at some point (yes, i once recorded a nineteen hour long podfic. i had to do a lot of wacky and improbable things to make that possible, and i try not to think about how much working time it actually took. if we want more podfic in the world, that isn't a sustainable model). short fics are manageable and actually help reflect the reality of the extant written fics! okay, i'm not sure i'm making sense, but: <3.

one of the beauties of a drabble or ficlet is the economy of words, and the demonstration of the skill it takes to convey a story in a tiny space. pulling the reader into your universe for half a breath at a time. reading those stories is a challenge, and i think it's pretty awesome that people were willing to give it a shot.

leviticus_lied managed the very shortest of these palm-of-the-hand stories, at 47 seconds (she had a close competitor at 50 seconds!)




leviticus_lied's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by trialia, the lovely graphic seen below, donated by raz0rgirl,and a read-to-order podfic donated by dodificus.




title: coffeemaker fettucine and a silver ring
author: thehighwaywoman
fandom: spn rps, jared/jensen
click to download (32.6 MB)
running time - 30:08


\o/ YAY leviticus_lied! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

See triedunture's podfic post (mp3) to this comm here.

Cover Artist: cybel
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:12:13 (5.9MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permissi. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

See juice817's podfic post (mp3) to this comm here.

Cover Artist: cybel
Length: 0:32:10 (15.3MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to motelwincest and podslash. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

Title: Phthonus in Lethe
Author: leonidaslion
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: NC-17
Summary: There's only so much jealousy a guy can take, and Sam's reached his limit ...
Read by: juice817

29.3 MB, 32:05 min

Story is posted here and the mp3 can be played or downloaded here

I don't have time this morning to upload it elsewhere, but if anyone wants it from megaupload or sendspace or somewhere else, let me know and I'd be glad to do it!

Megaupload link: here

Enjoy!

Drumroll Please!

Introducing yet another wonderful first time podficcer reading one of her own (hilarious) works: newredshoes! Be sure to comment to her at her mp3 link to welcome her to the group and give her lots of lovely feedback.

Fandom: Supernatural Real People Fiction (Gen)
Characters: Mostly Jensen and Jared
Rating: R for language
Genres: Real People Fiction, Bodyswap, Humor
Title: Less Logical Than A Lot of Things
Author: newredshoes
Reader: newredshoes
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: "JESUS CHRIST." "WHAT?" "YOU'RE--DOING THE DEAN VOICE!"
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:09:17 (4.6MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

Please comment to newredshoes via her original (mp3) podfic post here.

The story text is here.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to spn_multimedia and spn_gen_podfics. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

eta: arrrgh, for serious. all links are fixed.

finally! sorry again about the delay!

when we say this thing was a close race, boy, we mean this thing was a close race. i'll admit it - i thought leviticus_lied had this sucker in the bag. a brand-new reader! reading in a wide variety of new fandoms! taking requests and suggestions by the armload! it's kind of like we had two first place winners, almost! it was awesome.


with a total of SIX HUNDRED AND SEVENTY THREE points (only ten points behind first!), leviticus_lied is our silver medal amplificathon winner!




leviticus_lied's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by trialia, and an anthology of her amplificathon recordings, selected by the podmod team and cybel, encoded by cybel and with front and back covers created and donated by trialia!



download -
regular version - click to download (159.4 MB)
smaller file size version - click to download (78.5 MB)
running time - 5:34:17

(these two files are the same except for the bitrate - you may or may not be able to hear a difference in quality.)

( track listing )

\o/ YAY leviticus_lied! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

Fandom: House, M.D.
Pairing: Gen
Rating: G
Warnings: None
Title: Going Home
Author: Mer (mer_duff)
Reader: cadeira
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: Wilson discovers that you can go home again, as long as you know where home is.
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:19:06 (9.3MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): here ('right click and save as')

Please comment to cadeira via her original (mp3) podfic post here.

You'll find the text of the story and can comment to the author here.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to house_podfic. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

Fandom: Smallville
Pairing: Clark/Lex
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Title: Icarus of Plastic
Author: penelope_z
Reader: anatsuno
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: With love, or any emotion masquerading as love, comes fear.
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:12:42 (6.2MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): here ('right click and save as')

Please comment to anatsuno via her original (mp3) podfic post to amplificathon here.

You'll find the text of the story and can comment to the author here.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to podslash. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

See twilight_angel's podfic post (mp3) here.

Cover Artist: _audrey; view unedited cover here
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 1:03:38 (29.4MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to motelwincest and podslash. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

Fandom: House, M.D.
Pairing: House/Wilson
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: Possible spoilers for Half-Wit, Airborne, the end of season 3, and Alone.
Title: The Big Blue
Author: triedunture
Reader: triedunture
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: Uh, sex toys?
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 1:35:19 (MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

Please comment to triedunture via her original (mp3) podfic post at amplificathon here.

You'll find the text of the story here.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to amplificathon and house_podfic. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

Fandom: Supernatural AU
Pairing: Sam/Dean
Rating: R
Warnings: Wincest, language, violence, AU (darkish)
Title: Darker Shade Of Black
Author: sardonicsmiley
Reader: podfic_lover
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: So, what if the boys really did belong in jail?
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:47:00 (22.5MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): coming soon ('right click and save as')

Please comment to podfic_lover via her original (mp3) podfic post here.

You'll find the text of the story and can comment to the author here.

You'll find the cover art here and can comment to me below.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission and is being cross-posted to podslash and motelwincest. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

Fandom: MacDonald Hall Book Series
Pairing: Bruno/Boots
Rating: NC-17
Warnings: None
Title: The World Is Crumbling All Around Us
Author: Pru, aka rageprufrock
Reader: aphelant
Cover Artist: cybel
Summary: Bruno always knew Boots would make him insane.
File Type: m4b (podbook)
Length: 0:43:19 (20.9MB)
Sendspace Link: here
Permanent link (courtesy of general_jinjur): here ('right click and save as')

Please comment to aphelant via her original (mp3) podfic post to amplificathon here.

You'll find the text of the story and can comment to the author here.

You'll find the cover art here and can comment to me below.

This podbook version of the podfic was compiled with permission. It will also soon have a permanent home (as do most of the podbooks posted here) with its original podfic in general_jinjur's wonderful Audiofic Archive.

just kidding. sort of.

the last of the prizes will be posted next week. we're waiting on a couple of things (to be clear - NO ONE has let us down on anything they've volunteered to do, which is amazing and awesome - but there have been unforseen snags with a few donated prize items) still, and expect them then. :)

in the meantime, your podmods feel bad that leviticus_lied has to wait for her silver! so here is a prize to tide her over, donated by anatsuno!

title: icarus of plastic
author: penelope-z
fandom: smallville
pairing: clark/lex
click to download (8.8 MB)
running time - 12:58


\o/ YAY leviticus_lied! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

it's hard to be first. for one thing, it's a hell of a lot easier to screw things up when you don't have the example of other peoples' screw-ups to learn from. going first also means you're extra organized, and you're prepared. it means you care, because when you're willing to go first, you're making a statement: this endeavor is worthwhile.

oh, twasadark. i know i have already waxed rhapsodic about our big winner, but man, i can never manage to go first myself, and i think the ability to do so, and do so gracefully, is worth approbation. :D

and that's how twasadark won the intrepid award!




twasadark's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by cybel, and a read-to-order podfic donated by twilight_angel.

title: under hill
author: astolat
fandom: supernatural
click to download (72.8 MB)
running time - 1:03:38


\o/ YAY twasadark! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

hah! it's tomorrow. :)

the main aim of the amplificathon was to introduce diversity into the podfic available in fandom. this was the whole point of the points system - to make the rare valuable. the lack of fandom/pairing diversity seemed easily correctable - after all, the dominance of sg:a & spn are something that was inherent to podfic, not to the extant body of available fic. it would have been pretty easy, given that point system, to just pick an unrepresented, crossover-friendly fandom and churn through the work of a couple of prolific authors.

the emissary award is for adhering to the spirit of the challenge, not just the letter.

leviticus_lied introduced the largest number of new fandoms to the challenge. (this is where you can imagine your podmod face-palming a LOT. as i went through and tallied how many she did. on a piece of scrap paper. which i can't find now. it was lots, though. )




leviticus_lied's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by liviapenn, and a read-to-order podfic donated by podfic_lover.

title: A Darker Shade Of Black
author: sardonicsmiley
click to download (43 MB)
running time - 46:58


\o/ YAY leviticus_lied! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

yeah, i don't know. it just happened this way! more prizes really are on the way for our many other winners, but here is another prize podfic as we offer our congratulations again to our third place winner, jadesfire2808! graciously donated by the very lovely cadeira!


title: going home
author: mer_duff
reader: cadeira
fandom: house
file type: mp3
length: 8.7 MB, 19:06
audio link: right-click/save-as

author's summary:
Wilson discovers that you can go home again, as long as you know where home is.

you know what we love, hereabouts? new readers. a high percentage of participants were new readers from the start, and we expected and encouraged that. seeing all of the late entrants was a fantastic thing as well, but i have to admit that we didn't really promote the challenge much after it started, and we didn't manage to figure out a way to reward participants for seducing new readers in to podficcing. as a consequence, the late entrants came in to an ongoing challenge as outsiders. that takes extra fortitude, and it's awesome.

but anyhow. you know what we especially love? people who finally talk themselves into trying podfic two weeks before the end of the challenge with no expectation of winning anything, who then manage to place fourth. :D

malnpudl's first post was made on may 25, in the last two weeks of the challenge. she managed to earn two hundred and fifty-two points, and the fashionably late award!




malnpudl's prizes include the lovely graphic seen above, donated by liviapenn, and a read-to-order podfic donated by kinseyx. (this podfic will be privately delivered.)



\o/ YAY malnpudl! \o/

thank you and congratulations!

It's short, so I added more music than I do for the longer stories.


Fanfic Title:Managing
Rating:Teen
Format:MP3 5.40 MB 5:54 minutes
Fanfic Author:T. Verano t_verano
Author's email:t.verano@earthlink.net
Link to Fanfic:Text
Fandom:The Sentinel Pairing Jim/Blair
Read by:Laurie laurie_ky
Reader's email:holler@duo-county.com
Comments:This double drabble was writen for Sentinel Thursday's prompt 'Row'. t_verano is a 2007 Light My Fires Award Winner for Sentinel fiction. Her website with gen stories is at http://home.earthlink.net/~t.verano/
Will be crossposted after I get a permanent link to tspodfic and podslash

Permanent link here
Audio Fic Archive Entry here
Mods? Should I send this link by email to Audio Fic, or will you give it to me in comments?

ETA: Thanks so much for the links.

Laurie