This episode of “The Questors from Effpiem” can be found in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #141: A Viable Alternative Path.

About This Episode

Having been turned away from the entrance to the Home for Infinite Winners, the questing party encounters a shapeshifter named Ditto. He offers to use his abilities to help the entire party get past the guard and into the House. Ditto makes a plan, and together, they set it into action.

Voice Cast:

• Kris Kolish as the understudy for Jeremy
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Ditto as Himself
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Justa J0e as Himself

Music:

• Opening and Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix
• Ditto Appears: “Inner Focus,” absentmachine
• The Invisibility Shield: “Ource,” 3vr3n

All of this music is available at Music Alley.

Next Time: The moment the questing party has been waiting for arrives: the reunion with their departed friend, Kris.

This episode of “The Questors from Effpiem” can be found in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #135: Bigger and More Sinister.

About This Episode

With their side quest finally complete, the party arrives at the place where their friend Kris is: the Home for Infinite Winners, where good people with good ideas spend their afterlives together. They quickly discover that the rules for how the Home operates prevent all of them from going to see Kris as they had planned. One party member decides to rebel.

Voice Cast:

• Ed from Texas as Himself
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Kris Kolish as the understudy for Jeremy
• Jessica Sharrow as Jessica
• Justa J0e as Himself
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Paul Maki as John Boze

Music:

• Opening and Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix

Guardian Mind Mix’s music is available at Music Alley.

Next Time: The actions of the rebellious party member lead to an encounter with an unexpected ally.  What devious plan does he have for getting everyone into the Home?

This episode of “The Questors from Effpiem” can be found in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #124: Get Motivated.

About This Episode

When the party reaches the Centaur Court, a marketplace, they encounter an unexpected obstacle.  John Boze discovers that he now has an ability that no one else in the party does… could it be the key to overcoming that obstacle?

Voice Cast:

• Justa J0e as Himself
• Kris Kolish as the understudy for Jeremy
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Tee Morris as Ocan the Centaur

Music:

• Opening and Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix

Guardian Mind Mix’s music is available at the Podsafe Music Network.

Sound Effects:

• Crowd in Marketplace: “market 2,” contributed by vedas

This sound effect was provided by the Freesound Project and is licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

The sounds of the gate unlatching and opening are edited versions of two other Freesound Project sounds.  Thanks to Jack Hosley for his help with the sound editing.

Ideas:

• This episode ends with a callback to some of voice actor Paul Maki’s previous podcast fiction work. (Saying any more than that would be explaining the joke.)

Next Time: The questors find what they’re looking for in the marketplace.  Getting it, however, is going to be interesting.

Sound the victory music! I’m back!

I promised myself that I would not podfade, and I haven’t. The Questors from Effpiem has returned with a brand new episode! This episode can be found in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #117: Nice. Enjoy!

About This Episode

The questing party encounters LostRalph, a man whose many adventures and status as the victim of a curse have made him the subject of many legends and stories.  John Boze is very excited about meeting one of the heroes of his storytelling repertoire.  Ralph and the party help each other by exchanging directions to the places they want to go, and the party gets two steps closer to completing its side quest.

Voice Cast:

• J.R. Murdock as the understudy for LostRalph
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Justa J0e as Himself
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Ed from Texas as Himself
• Kris Kolish as the understudy for Jeremy

Music:

• Opening and Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix
• Ralph’s Encounter with Jack Mangan: “Candles II,” Jack Mangan

Guardian Mind Mix’s music is available at the Podsafe Music Network.

As it turns out, the second half of Episode 2 was released the very next week after the first episode had been released, in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #107.

As they used to say on Star Trek: “And now, the conclusion.”

About This Episode

Awakened in the middle of the night by a strange, powerful surge of curiosity, John Boze is drawn by magic to read three pages of a mysterious, glowing book in the library.  This proves to have a mysterious effect on him, and when his companions set out on their journey again, they’re wondering what its ultimate outcome will be.

Voice Cast:

• Justa J0e as Himself
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Ed from Texas as Himself

Music:

• The Secret Passage: “The Messenger,” The Groove Mine
• The Library: “Mindmixing,” Blazej Lindner
• The Book: “Cats Sleeping on Clouds,” Maneki Neko
• Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix

All music in this episode is available at the Podsafe Music Network.

Sound Effects:

• Match being struck: “LightingMatch2,” contributed by HerbertBoland
• Knocking on door: Provided by Justa J0e (Thanks!)

The first of these two sounds was provided by the Freesound Project and is licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

At last, “The Questors from Effpiem” continues!  Two moves in the same month and a new occupation kept this episode from debuting in August, but the Deadpan Ambassador will not be deterred from finishing what she started!

This episode runs so long (17:36) that it had to be split up over two episodes of the Deadpan Podcast. The first part is in Jack Mangan’s Deadpan #106: Three Stories. Look for the conclusion of Episode 2 in an upcoming episode of the Deadpan.  Jack cut it at the perfect moment, too.  The upshot of his editing is that I just cliffhangered my listeners for the first time, and I didn’t even do it intentionally! Cool! Thank you, Jack!

About This Episode

Having left their original campsite behind, the questing party stops for the night at the home of Andrea and Hugh, a pair of mated demons known as the Sophia Pulchra.  Over dinner, the guests learn that the two demons and their apprentices act as caretakers and catalogers of beauty and wisdom.  During the night, John Boze hears a faint, pulsating humming coming from somewhere in the house, and is seized by a sudden, mysterious surge of curiosity…

Voice Cast:

• Ed from Texas as Himself
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Justa J0e as Himself
• Paul Maki as John Boze
• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf

Music:

• Opening Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix
• The Dining Room: “Falling Pieces,” For Enemies Of Reason
• The Art Collection: “The Love Temple,” Matt Mango
• The Humming Sound: “The Messenger,” The Groove Mine

All of these songs except “The Love Temple” are available at the Podsafe Music Network.

Sound Effects:

• Footsteps: “HighHeelsWendyQuick.mp3,” contributed by acclivity
• Ravens’ wings: “wing_flaps_layered,” contributed by martian

These sounds were provided by the Freesound Project and are licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

Ideas:

• The reference to the rabbit of Caerbannog and the appearance of the blue bird leg were suggested by Ryah and Paul Maki, respectively, via email. (Thanks!)

To celebrate the 100th episode of Jack Mangan’s Deadpan Podcast, a group of its longtime listeners and contributors recorded a fan-created episode. I was asked to contribute some audio fiction, and I did.

“The Questors From Effpiem” is a serialized fantasy story starring members of the community over at the Deadpan Podcast. Deadpan Episode 100 showcases the strength of our community as well as celebrating our host, and the members and spirit of the podcast and its community inspired this story. I am very excited to announce that the first of my story’s six episodes was released today as part of the Deadpan Podcast’s celebratory 100th episode. I’m flattered that it’s at the end of the episode. Subsequent episodes of the story will be released in future episodes of the podcast.

About This Episode

Seven citizens of the land of Effpiem have set out on a quest to recover lost knowledge. After dinner goes horribly wrong, they encounter a friendly psychopomp who tells them they must complete an additional task, but also provides them with a shortcut to their destination.

Voice Cast:

• Jack Hosley as WNDRWolf
• Jeremy from Seattle as Himself
• Justa J0e as Himself
• Ed from Texas as Himself
• Rhettro as Jack Mangan, the Death of Pans (we surprised the real Jack Mangan with this episode, so I couldn’t ask him to record lines for it)
• Ryah Deines as Ryah
• Paul Maki as John Boze

Music:

• Opening and Ending Theme: “Journey’s End,” Guardian Mind Mix
• Battle Music: “New Wave of Terror,” Alter Der Rune
• Travel to the Underworld: “Spirit Man,” Matt Mango

The first two of those songs are available at the Podsafe Music Network. (The other one has been played on the Deadpan Podcast many times before.)

Sound Effects:

• Forest Background Sounds: “evening in the forest,” uploaded by user reinsamba
• Campfire Sounds: “Fire Burning v2,” uploaded by user pcaeldries

Both of these sounds were found at the Freesound Project and are licensed under a Creative Commons Sampling Plus 1.0 License.

Images and Ideas:

• The notion of Jack Mangan as the Death of Pans is not mine. It originates from Cheyenne Wright’s drawing of Jack.
• Justa J0e contributed the joke about Metallica.