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Shorthand Missile

Shorthand Missile

by Matthew C. McLean

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The Exchange

About this podcast

An anthology series featuring short, punchy tales spiked with chapters from long form projects. A mix of noir, crime, thriller, espionage, and the cruelties and loves of everyday life.

Episodes

The newest 20 of 147 episodes

  • The Exchange · 3 min · Season 3 Episode 59A short Halloween piece on need and fear.
  • Lie Settled · 3 min · Season 3 Episode 58A Shorthand Missile piece on the madness of power.
  • House Broken · 2 min · Season 3 Episode 57A Shorthand Missile piece about the road to the cold, straight world of men.
  • What We Leave Behind · 5 min · Season 3 Episode 56What does the angry youth do when they see their parents have left them with no future?
  • Survivor's Bias · 3 min · Season 3 Episode 55A short story about what happens to everyone else when the won't go along with self-propagating obsolescence.
  • The American: Chapter 61 · 12 min · Season 1 Episode 60The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In…
  • Boulevard Escape · 2 min · Season 3 Episode 54The madness had been spreading for some time.
  • The American: Chapter 59 · 15 min · Season 1 Episode 59The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In…
  • The Dunhill Usurpers, Chapter 1 · 19 min · Season 4 Episode 7The queer tales of Cole McDowell, last heir to the McDowell family line. As he makes his way through the city of Dunhill, Cole must contend with dark alchemy and religious…
  • The American: Chapter 58 · 10 min · Season 1 Episode 58The American is a noir tale in which expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In…
  • Strong Spirits · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 53A very short story on the dangers of serving alcohol in a fantasy world.
  • AMM: The Case with No Client, Conclusion · 14 min · Season 3 Episode 21In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases…
  • AMM: The Case with No Client, chapter 3 · 9 min · Season 3 Episode 20In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases…
  • AMM: The Case with No Client, Chapter 2 · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 19In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases…
  • What Goes Around · 2 min · Season 3 Episode 52When hope keeps old ideas alive.
  • The American: Chapter 57 · 1 min · Season 1 Episode 57The American is a noir thriller of an expatriate in France who finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his…
  • AMM: The Case with No Client, Chapter 1 · 18 min · Season 2 Episode 17In the city of Slakterquay there's an office with the words Spectral Analysis on the pebbled glass of its door. Behind it is a detective agency that handles the strangest cases…
  • The American: Chapter 56 · 18 min · Season 1 Episode 56An American expatriate in France finds himself caught between competing criminals, U.S. intelligence, and a Corsican who just wants to find his girl. In this episode, with a…
  • The Tower · 1 min · Season 3 Episode 51A very short piece on the principals of power.
  • The Red Hook of Dunhill, Chapter 3 · 22 min · Season 4 Episode 6The queer tales of Cole McDowell, last heir to the McDowell family line. As he makes his way through the city of Dunhill, Cole must contend with dark alchemy and religious…

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