amplificathon

Story: Houston, We Have Graduation. (1566 words) by Lanna Michaels

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: The Martian

Characters/Relationship: Mark Watney; gen.

Author's summary: To the University of Chicago graduating class of 2051, I have only one thing to say to you: don't eat potatoes.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: general audiences.

Length: 9 minutes, 45 seconds.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Direct download links for the convenience of archivists (may not be updated in the future; AO3 will always have the most recent links): unzipped mp3.

Reader's note:

I love Lanna's Martian fic, and this one was particularly well-suited to being read aloud.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than tater tots.

Also announced at my journal and amplificathon.

(Mods, can I get a fandom tag? Thanks!)

Story: Cross (33878 words) by lightgetsin

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Dresden Files

Relationship/Characters: Harry Dresden/John Marcone

Author's summary: “Because,” Dresden said, “you’re going to bring me back.” He hesitated, looking somewhat sour. “You’re the only one who can, apparently.”

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: explicit.

Length: 4 hours, 13 minutes.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

There's a bonus playlist at AO3, too.

DW-only direct download links for the convenience of archivists (may not be updated in the future; AO3 will always have the most recent links):

• A single unzipped mp3 file (151 MB);
• Four unzipped mp3 files of about an hour each:
  • Part one (36 MB),
  • Part two (35 MB),
  • Part three (38 MB),
  • Part four (42 MB); or
• An unzipped podbook (M4B file), chaptered at the fic's internal section breaks (165 MB).

Reader's note: Shockingly, this podfic has taught me that it is somewhat difficult to read 30K from the point-of-view of someone who is completely clueless about his feelings and motivations! Who'd have guessed.

My first attempt at recording this story was in 2013; I stopped in November because I just wasn't confident in my approach. I couldn't shake the urge, though, and at the very end of 2014 I came back and recorded the entire thing in three days, which for me is blazing speed, staying up late and getting up early to finish. (Then I spent half a year, off and on, struggling with the editing, but let's not talk about that.) It's a testament to how much I love this story, and how well it works for me on so many levels, that I kept at it all this time.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better, or at least less disturbing, than messages from beyond.

Also announced at my journal and amplificathon.

Story: ghosts in the machine (6956 words) by hollimichele

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Captain America (Marvel Cinematic Universe)

Relationship/Characters: James "Bucky" Barnes/Peggy Carter/Steve Rogers

Author's summary: History, Peggy has learned, never tells the whole story.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: teen and up.

Length: 50 minutes, 22 seconds.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's note: because I also had a lot of Peggy feelings after Captain America: The Winter Soldier, and this fic was an excellent way to work through those, while at the same time testing out some process changes to use in the long hockey WIP (now a whole 10% recorded, woo).

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than proving history wrong.

Also posted to amplificathon, avengers_2k, and AO3. (Archivists, can AO3 be my "comment" link? Thanks.)

Story: You By My Side (12853 words) by twentysomething

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Hockey RPF

Relationship/Characters: Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin

Author's summary: It's not that no one touches Sid. Granted, most of it is through layers of pads or a helmet or gloves, but he gets touched. Even off the ice, Duper will bump against him, nudge him with an elbow; Flower will lean close on the plane, let their arms touch, solid and comforting. So maybe it's more accurate to say no one touches Sid like Geno.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: explicit.

Length: 1 hour, 33 minutes.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Direct download links for the convenience of archivists (may not be updated in the future; AO3 will always have the most recent links): a 59 MB MP3 file or a 63 MB M4B podbook from Dropbox.

Reader's note: because this story is a stunningly hot, yet comfortingly sweet, ode to the pairing that got me into this fandom.

Obligatory RPF disclaimer: the F stands for "fiction."

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than peanut butter and jelly on toast.

Also posted to amplificathon and AO3.

(Archivists, may AO3 be my feedback link, please?)

Points: Fandom: 5 + Relationship: 5 = 10 x Length: 5 = 50.

Story: Floating City (1948 words) by EHyde

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale

Relationship/Characters: Gen; Cecil, Carlos, Pamela Winchell, Intern Devon, Hiram McDaniels, Intern Dana

Author's summary: A new off-ramp has appeared on Interstate 800. It appears to lead to the giant floating city that's hovering in the sky over Night Vale. Plus, an update from Intern Dana!

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: general audiences.

Length: 18 minutes, 35 seconds.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's note: I love (a) episode-style fics and (b) challenges, but doing a Cecil episode as opposed to an OC episode turned out be much more of a challenge than I was expecting. Learn something new every day! Still, it was fun, even three complete drafts later.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than visiting the big city.

You can buy the weather, which is "The Wind and Rain" by Atlan, at Amazon or iTunes, or learn more at the band's website.

(Also posted to amplificathon, nightvale_dogpark, and AO3. Archivists, can the AO3 link be my feedback link? Thanks.)

Story: The Case of the Amazon Wishlist (554 words) by sheafrotherdon

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Elementary

Relationship/Characters: Gen; Sherlock Holmes, Joan Watson.

Author's summary: Holmes sets out to discover what will best irritate his father; Watson helps.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: general audiences.

Length: 4 minutes, 49 seconds.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's note: I have a shiny new mic, and this was the perfect fun short thing to try it out with.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than a particularly ugly sweater. In plaid.

Also posted to amplificathon, elementarycbs, chromatic_podfic, and AO3.

(Archivists: could the AO3 link please be my comment link? Thanks.)

Story: Intern Senna and the Unexpected Sick Day (2465 words) by ester_inc

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Welcome to Night Vale

Relationship/Characters: Intern Senna (OC); Cecil/Carlos

Author's summary: A scheduling error prevents Cecil from broadcasting Welcome to Night Vale in person, and with the Sheriff's Secret Police insisting that he exit the radio station immediately, he has no choice but to leave his notes with an intern and hope for the best. The intern -- brand new and untested -- attempts to provide Night Vale with news while dodging Station Management and wielding phone calls, starting with Cecil and ending with Carlos.

Also featuring: Steve Carlsberg, the City Council, and the Night Vale Spiderwolves.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: general audiences.

Length: 18 minutes, 56 seconds.

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's notes: I was in the mood to do a Night Vale episode, and creating Intern Senna out of her words and the context of Night Vale was a really fun challenge.

Thanks to ester_inc for patiently answering all my questions about sound effects. My interpretation of the text is, for better or worse, my own responsibility.

The weather is "Tallulah" by Company of Thieves, which is available on iTunes and Amazon. For those with accessibility concerns, the only music playing under speech is during the credits, which are reproduced behind the cut.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than especially radiant smiles.

( the credits )

Also posted to amplificathon, nightvale_dogpark, and AO3. (Archivists, could the AO3 link please be the one used for comments? Thanks.)

Story: Come At Me by Closer

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Avengers

Relationship/Characters: Pepper Potts/Steve Rogers/Tony Stark

Author's summary: Steve gets a lesson in pop psychology, drives a roadster, fends off an aspiring killer robot, conquers Tetris, wins a quarter, buys pants, battles the undead, and falls hard for Tony Stark and Pepper Potts.

Just your average superhero stuff.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: explicit.

Length: 3 hours, 10 minutes

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's note: Another Avengers story that was not what I was supposed to be recording. Except that this one is three hours long and only the prequel to the one that I really couldn't get out of my head—not that I don't love this one too, it's just not the one that ambushed me. Oops.

ETA: now with amazing cover art by greeniron!

Music notes also at my journal or at AO3.

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than Tetris.

Also posted to amplificathon, avengers_2k, and AO3.

Story: the days are just packed (AO3, LJ) by gdgdbaby

Reader: susan_voight

Fandom: Avengers

Relationship/Characters: gen, team (ambiguous/potential Steve Rogers/Tony Stark, Clint Barton/Natasha Romanov)

Author's summary: Of course, because the powers that be seem bent on making their lives a living hell, the city's entire power grid goes out the third day they've moved in.

Content notes: no standard notes apply. Author's rating: mature.

Length: 26 minutes, 19 seconds

Download or Stream: at the Archive of Our Own (to reduce time spent fighting linkrot). If AO3 is down, check out my reader page at the audiofic archive or my Google Drive.

Reader's note: Because I have to like a story with the author's note, "through a series of unfortunate events, the avengers are forced to get naked."

Feedback and constructive criticism: better than central air conditioning.

Also posted to amplificathon and AO3.