Chasing the Bard

Ahhh... the wonderful world of podcasting. May I direct your attention to the side of the screen, to all those lovely little pictures? Linkage, because I love them all. But I am commanded by the Dark Goddess Sive the Shining for a bit more attention to be directed towards the realm of the Fey. Yes, Sive from Chasing the Bard. Heard of it? Good, awesome podcast that everyone should listen to.

Excuse me for a minute...

(Yes Chris, I will blog about Metamor City for my 4 or so readers when the episode with me is posted! Then it will be all special-like.)

And I'm back. Miss me? No? Whether you are among those that missed me or not, I have cookies. Yes, cookies. Ha. Don't worry, random tangent is over... back to Chasing the Bard by Philippa Ballantine.

First and foremost, Philippa Ballantine is awesome. Philippa has lent her voice talents to the podcasts of Murder at Avedon Hill, Morevi, and Metamor City. Granted, her voice is probably in other podcasts across the world wide web, but these are the podcasts I listen to and know of. A voice like hers is hard to miss or be mistaken on. Chasing the Bard is a bit ahead of the other podcasts, as the narration is done by Philippa herself in a gorgeous New Zealand accent.

Now that my love for accents has been taken care of, onto the story itself. Chasing the Bard is based back in the time of William Shakespeare and in the realm of the Fey. Sive finds the young baby Shakespeare, filled with bardic art, noticeable even at such a young age. Shakespeare is placed under the protection of the trickster Puck, so full of wit and humor that brings a smile to anyone's face. To know more, you must listen. Not only will listening get you a sneak peek into the Fey realm, but a bit of time travel back to Shakespeare's world.

I am only on Chapter 9 at the moment, but my favorite character is Puck by far. I'm slowly making my way through as I find the time, so that could very well change, even though Puck is too impish to have favorite character status taken away from him easily. This story isn't fully done out in podcast yet, but is available in book form and the sequel, Digital Magic, will be out in August.