Hello Listeners. Because I suspect many people might be popping back here regularly to check for the arrival of Episode 45, I thought it only polite to give you an update.

Episode 45 is HUGE. It's easily the biggest podcast episode I've ever produced; the story content alone runs to over an hour, making it double the length of an average episode. I'm still working on the story audio content - making sure every moment of recording is absolutely the best it can be. But once that's done, I have some important notices to write about and record for the outro which relate to the future of Underwood and Flinch - and details of a forthcoming project that will involve you (I hope) in that future. There will also be a bumper Planet U&F because lots of you wanted to get in at the last minute before U&F ends (no more recordings, please - we're completely full up!)

This massive workload is (understandably) taking a long time to produce, but add to this the fact that next week, my wife and are moving apartment again! (3rd time since U&F started) So there'll be a lot of packing up and trucking about. And then, the week after that, I'll be offline.

So, while I hope to get the episode live next week (in between packing and moving), I can't guarantee it. So it may be another two weeks before the episode goes live. I know that has you wailing and punching the computer screen, but console yourself with the knowledge that when it does come, it's double the size of a normal episode, so if you have to wait double the length of time, the pay off is proportionate.

I could, of course, rush it ... but then the episode would be cr*p, so rushing it would be a really stupid thing to do.

Have patience, people. It'll be worth the wait

Since Mevio (website that used to house a lot of my podcasts) went and dumped all my (and everybody else's) shows, my poetry podcast, Miss Wong, Someday, We'll Meet Again has been offline. However, now, thanks to listener, Justin Elsdon, who kindly sent me his copies of the podcast (since I didn't have any because Mevio was my backup) I've been able to re-post all the episodes I've recorded for the podcast so far. Yay! Many thanks to Justin. You can listen or download the episodes from here.

David, Damo and Miguel arrive at Sergei's club in Malaga, looking for trouble - and finding it

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Mike's page at Smashwords - get free e-books

Ladies and gentlemen, I'm proud to offer yet another FREE ebook from the Hall of Mirrors collection. This time it's "Salvation", a story of Hell and damnation that was originally podcast in 2008. This edition comes with awesomely Hell-tastic artwork by M.J. Hahn of Bellefaire Podcast fame.

I'm giving it to you at Smashwords and making it available for all e-reader formats. The only thing I ask in return is that you leave some stars and maybe a few kind words at the Smashwords page. Oh, and if you're a regular Smashwords user, I'd be very grateful if you could "favorite" me on my author page. It all makes me and my books more attractive to potential new readers / listeners, which is the method behind my big giveaway madness. I thank you warmly in advance

(Update Feb 12th: Salvation is now also available at Wattpad.com)

Yay! More FREE e-book stories from the Hall of Mirrors podcast now available at Smashwords.com and Wattpad.com.

This time it's the turn of The Green Man, and in case you've forgotten the plot, here's a reminder.

A short, darkly comic tale of murder and weird goings-on in an English wood that fans of the old TV show, "Alfred Hitchcock Presents" might find to their liking.

If you go down in the woods today, you're in for a big surprise - Alec Bingham is murdering his wife. He's got it all worked out. But there are some things in the woods that even the most careful planning can't anticipate.

So rush on over to Smashwords and Wattpad and grab your freebie today! As always, stars, votes, reviews etc etc, are all very much appreciated