Mark Ollila, founding director of the Endless Games and Learning Lab at Learning at Arizona State University, chats with Scott about the future of video games. Can you someday get a college degree by just playing games? How big of a factor is storytelling in games? Listen in for Mark’s captivating vision of the future.

• Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
• Edited by Steve Riekeberg
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Fish is the kind of man who won’t take “no” for an answer. Lisa made a huge mistake walking into that alley. The only thing that can save her now is her training, the same training that failed her when she heard the Laughing Man.

• Written and performed by Scott Sigler.
• Edited by A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Guest Jennifer Brody, also known as Disney Chills author Vera Strange, talks about what it’s like to write fiction for the biggest storytelling company in the world. 

We also ask a ton of questions about her new novel, A SACRIFICE OF BLOOD AND STARS.

• Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
• Edited by Steve Riekeberg
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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The Victims. They are damaged people, the dregs of a far-future, post-apocalyptic North America. Victims know how to throw blades. They are dangerous. They are also desired.

Lisa just wants to enjoy New Year's Eve in San Francisco. A man named Fish is about to spoil that fun.

• Written and performed by Scott Sigler.
• Edited by A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Guest Brian Asman discusses his move from indie horror author to traditional publishing for his new novel GOOD DOGS (which hit stores the day this episode was released).

Indie authors know the grind of doing everything by themselves, from writing to publishing to marketing to promotion and on and on. What’s it like for an indie author with a hit novel under his belt to get a support team behind him? Listen in and find out.

Brian’s 2021 indie novel MAN, F**K THIS HOUSE put him on the map and led to his signing with Blackstone Publishing, the publisher of GOOD DOGS. 

• Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Since moving into the perfect apartment, Robert has lost all of his friends. That’s okay because the entries in the diary he found there speak to him through their tales of the past, tales filled with isolation and betrayal.

And all will soon be well because Robert is about to make a new friend… a forever friend.

• Written and performed by Scott Sigler.
• Edited by A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Guest Chris Grall, author of TRIGGER GUARD: A WRITER’S GUIDE TO FIREARMS, discusses how to use guns properly in fiction.

How much do you need to know about guns to get them right in your stories? Is there a reference book that explains it all? Because the Chicago Manual of Style and AP Guide do not provide consistent guidelines.

What you’ve learned about guns from movies and TV is often flat-out wrong. Grall gives you the goods.

• Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 
• TRIGGER GUARD cover artist Ravi Zupa

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An apartment building is full of closed doors, and behind them, dark stories that you'll never know. If misery loves company, it absolutely hates being lonely.

• Written and performed by Scott Sigler.
• Edited by A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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Full-cast audio dramas dominate the podcasting charts. Producers have to write the scripts, cast the talent, do all the sound effects, the music, the editing… it’s a ton of work.

Fool & Scholar Production’s Travis Vengroff joins us to talk about the work that goes into this art form. With popular dramas like THE WHITE VAULT, VAST HORIZONS, and DARK DICE under his belt, he knows of what he speaks.

• Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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In space, no one can hear you scream, but your buddy's cooking sure does smell delicious. A scifi-horror story that will make your mouth water.

• Written and performed by Scott Sigler.
• Edited by A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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From manuscript to marketplace, what exactly does a publisher do? We cover the big picture and explain how the large houses do it but focus on our two-person shop – how does Empty Set get so much done?

• Created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs.
• Production Assistance by Allie Press
• Copyright 2024 by Empty Set Entertainment 

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