Salmon and Dusk: Season One by Myke Bartlett

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED - Online now at Podiobooks.com

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 20 Jan 2011 00:08:49 +0000

SALMON & DUSK make a long-awaited return to Podiobooks with YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED, a collection of the podcasted tales featured on this site. In addition to remastered versions of Sideways, Out of the Picture, Yesterday Came Too Soon, Blue Valentine and Bury My Past In London Fields, the Podiobooks edition will exclusively feature Your Days Are Numbered, a reworked take on the long-lost tale My Chalk Outline.

The collection is now available in its entirety, so there will be no waiting to hear the conclusion of the new tale. Head over to Podiobooks.com now, if you haven't already, to access a wealth of free podcasted fiction.

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED at Podiobooks.com

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED: SALMON & DUSK in print - UPDATED!

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 20 Dec 2010 01:58:54 +0000

SALMON & DUSK come to print - at last!

To celebrate the arrival of 2011, London's least trustworthy detectives finally arrive on the page in a bumper collection (516 pages!) of seven adventures.

THE BOOK IS NOW AVAILABLE TO ORDER FROM AMAZON.COM HERE.

Included in this volume are:

Sideways
Blue Valentine
Yesterday Came Too Soon
Out of the Picture
Merry Christmas, Cartwright
Bury My Past In London Fields
Your Days are Numbered

The eponymous tale 'Your Days are Numbered' is a reworked version of earlier podcast 'My Chalk Outline'. All of the stories have been tweaked for print and are accompanied by black and white illustrations by Victor Wycoco.

The blurb follows:

DETECTIVES. THIEVES. TIME-TRAVELLERS.
(REASONABLE RATES.)

‘Somewhere in this city, there’s a hole in history, in reality itself, and it’s getting bigger. I’m the only detective in town who keeps an eye on what crawls through. Things that aren’t real. Things like whatever sneaked up on you and claimed you for its own.’

Kilbey Salmon has charm, a quick gob and an instinct for self-preservation.

Nero Dusk has a lot of patience, a grumpy demeanour and a way with his fists.

Theo Cartwright is an Australian journalist who often wonders why she spends time with either of them.

In their time-travelling London cab, they scrape together a living finding things that never existed and solving crimes that never happened for people desperate enough to seek their help. Mostly, they get themselves in trouble. And when there's trouble for Salmon & Dusk, it's the strangest sort of trouble London has ever seen...

For a start, there’s the artist whose paintings are taking on a life of their own, there’s the client wanting to solve his own murder, there’s the ex-convict and his misplaced loot, and there’s a sociopathic vegan hunting a stopwatch that can wind back history itself.

BASED ON THE POPULAR PODCAST SERIES THE TERRIBLE BUSINESS OF SALMON & DUSK, THESE TALES ARE A GIDDY FUSION OF RAYMOND CHANDLER, DOUGLAS ADAMS AND ROCK ‘N ROLL.

‘It’s moody London at its best, it’s high concept Sci-Fi, and it’s thought-provoking human literature’
- Podiobooks.com review.

ORDER YOUR COPY HERE.

SOONER, RATHER THAN LATER...

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 29 Nov 2010 08:38:31 +0000

SALMON & DUSK haven't had a client in months, so when Morris Fitzgerald turns up at their door, asking them to solve a murder, they're happy to oblige. The only catch is, the murder they're solving hasn't happened yet. Can they find a killer before he strikes?

YOUR DAYS ARE NUMBERED is a three-part novella in the SALMON & DUSK series of podcasts. It is also a reworked, re-recorded version of the hard-to-find tale MY CHALK OUTLINE.

SALMON & DUSK..?

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 02:57:31 +0000

In the meantime, catch up with all their adventures here.

SALMON AND DUSK: Bury My Past in London Fields (The Final Chapter)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Wed, 21 Jul 2010 08:55:56 +0000

Nero is gone, Kilbey is lost and Theo is in some seriously bad company.

Stakes are high in this, the final episode of SALMON & DUSK.

DOWNLOAD THE FINAL CHAPTER HERE

Art by Victor Wycoco

SALMON AND DUSK: Bury My Past in London Fields (Chapter Two)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 08 Jul 2010 14:12:45 +0000

Kilbey is lost, with little hope of getting home. Can ever things be the same again for Salmon and Dusk?

Never mind that, Theo has an appointment with the true Mayor of London and he isn't happy.

What has happened to his collection of impossible things?

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER TWO

Art by Victor Wycoco

SALMON AND DUSK: Bury My Past in London Fields (Chapter One)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 24 Jun 2010 02:31:42 +0000

Fresh out of prison, Stubbs comes to Salmon and Dusk with an offer Kilbey finds hard to refuse. As usual, nothing is as straightforward as it seems. This time, however, the consequences will be disastrous.

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER ONE

Art by Victor Wycoco

5: BURY MY PAST IN LONDON FIELDS. A SALMON & DUSK STORY.

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 14 Jun 2010 01:13:13 +0000

A final adventure for Salmon & Dusk.

Theo hasn't heard from Kilbey in a week and she's trying not to care.

Nero decides he's had as much of his partner's uselessness as he can take.

Against everyone's better judgement, Kilbey agrees to help an ex-convict recover his stolen loot. He's made some bad choices in the past, but this one will have devastating consequences for Salmon & Dusk.

BURY MY PAST IN LONDON FIELDS is the thrilling, three episode conclusion to the SALMON & DUSK series.

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO

CHAPTER THREE

THE LOST FORTNIGHT is complete!

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:53:30 +0000

The special Twitter tale concluded today and the complete story is now available on this website.

To read the last two chapters, go here
To begin the adventure from the start, go here

SALMON & DUSK will return to the realm of podcasting next week with the series finale BURY MY PAST IN LONDON FIELDS.

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY TWELVE

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:18:02 +0000

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY ELEVEN

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 12:12:37 +0000

>> DAY TWELVE

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY TEN

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 03 Jun 2010 02:32:55 +0000

>>DAY ELEVEN

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY NINE

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:55:35 +0000

>>DAY TEN

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY EIGHT

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 17 May 2010 02:02:40 +0000

>>DAY NINE

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY SEVEN

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Wed, 12 May 2010 01:24:10 +0000

>>DAY EIGHT

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY SIX (Nero takes over the tale.)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 06 May 2010 00:00:35 +0000

>> DAY SEVEN

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY FIVE

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Wed, 05 May 2010 11:38:10 +0000

>>DAY SIX (NERO TAKES OVER THE TALE)

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: TEXT FEED

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Wed, 05 May 2010 02:52:47 +0000

I've set up a text feed for the daily digests of THE LOST FORTNIGHT, for those of you reading the new story on mobile devices. Find it below:

feed://lostfortnight.blogspot.com/feeds/posts/default?alt=rss

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY FOUR

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Tue, 04 May 2010 13:24:49 +0000

>>DAY FIVE

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY THREE

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 23:59:29 +0000

>> DAY FOUR

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY TWO

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Fri, 30 Apr 2010 00:20:33 +0000

>>DAY THREE

SALMON & DUSK: THE LOST FORTNIGHT

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 08:50:13 +0000

Kilbey and Nero wake to discover two weeks of their lives have been stolen. Where has all the time gone? Who broke Nero's leg? Why is Theo not speaking to Kilbey? And who exactly put out the bins?

THE LOST FORTNIGHT is a brand new, complete SALMON & DUSK story originally published via Twitter. It was written in real time, in short bursts of 140 characters, switching between three protagonists over twelve days.

You can begin the complete adventure here

WHO ARE SALMON & DUSK?

THE LOST FORTNIGHT: DAY ONE

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Thu, 29 Apr 2010 06:39:26 +0000

>>DAY TWO

New SALMON & DUSK tale on Twitter

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Tue, 27 Apr 2010 08:06:32 +0000

Never let it be said I don't enjoy a bit of playing around with new(ish) media. Starting tomorrow, Wed 28th of April, Kilbey will be tweeting his unique take on a brand new story, THE LOST FORTNIGHT. To follow the tale, which will begin by running at 3-4 tweets a day, you'll need to follow Kilbey at twitter.com/kilbeysalmon.

Tune in tomorrow for more!

SALMON AND DUSK: Blue Valentine (Chapter Two)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 06:26:30 +0000

Kilbey is missing, presumed kidnapped.

Nero goes trawling the Fallen for clues, while Theo has to decide if rushing to the rescue will give her badly-behaved boyfriend the wrong idea.

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER TWO

SALMON AND DUSK: Blue Valentine (Chapter One FIXED)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 00:23:56 +0000

Some of you have been kind enough to let me know I left in a stray audio track when I was making a quick edit to BLUE VALENTINE last night, cheers! Was clearly trying to do too many things at once.

The audio has now been fixed and is ready to download from the same link as last time - or directly from the feed, if you'd like to download the file again.

Otherwise, it's here:

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER ONE (FIXED)

MORE NEW PROFILES!

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 22:32:56 +0000

The SALMON AND DUSK page has been updated with two new profiles, offering a little background to the latest story.

Check them out HERE.

SALMON AND DUSK: Blue Valentine (Chapter One)

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:33:46 +0000

An old flame from Kilbey's past returns with suspiciously tempting offer. Theo puts her foot down, but if there's one thing Kilbey can't resist, it's... actually, there are plenty of things Kilbey can't resist.

But can Violet be trusted? And how much trouble is Kilbey in if she can't?

DOWNLOAD CHAPTER ONE

Art by Victor Wycoco

The Contradictory Miss Violet

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Sun, 21 Feb 2010 08:06:19 +0000

Keen-eared listeners will notice that tonight's episode of SALMON & DUSK is the first to directly contradict the podcasted version of HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY.

How can this be? I hear you ask.

Oh, really? No-one asked?

Well, let me explain anyway.

The current season of SALMON & DUSK is based on the final draft of HOW TO DISAPPEAR COMPLETELY, which I'll admit is a little unfair, since very few people (thus far) have read that draft. My thinking in this is, I don't want to have to rewrite a second bunch of stories when the new draft of the original finally launches (in whatever form that is.) Also, the latest draft is the clearest expression of what I really want to do with the series, so it makes sense for me to base any new stories on that version.

The drafting process has been a long and rather torturous adventure and there have been casualties along the way. Theo's surname, for one thing - although I have days when I still waver on that one. Another has been a whole subplot in which we meet Violet, who has a rather special (at least, she thinks so) connection with Kilbey.

Violet played a small but vital role in the original novel and, indeed, continued to do right up until, ooh, January this year, when she was finally excised. To be honest, I only held on to her as long as I did as I quite liked the character and Victor had done a couple of smashing illustrations of her. But, sadly, she's gone.

Or that was the plan.

When I put aside the intended Story 4 (for reasons too complex to go into here), she came back with a story in tow. And, I thought, it made sense to reintroduce her, given that I wanted this season to be a "fresh start" for anyone who hasn't listened to the first book. I did consider creating a similar character, but then I thought again of those illustrations and, frankly, I don't like to throw anything away.

Hope you can forgive this act of authorial vandalism. Of course, with history gone, there's no saying that a few vital things about our world have changed without anyone noticing. Don't be surprised if we hear more in that line when Season 2 comes around...

cheers!

Myke

4: BLUE VALENTINE. A SALMON & DUSK STORY.

kilbeysalmon@gmail.com (Myke Bartlett) — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 00:23:16 +0000

The fourth in a new series of adventures for Salmon & Dusk.

On a boozy night out, Theo thinks she's made a new friend. Instead, it quickly becomes clear she's helped an old friend of Kilbey's find him.

Violet has a job for Salmon and Dusk, one Kilbey may find hard to resist, even if it spells disaster for his relationship with Theo.

But what does any of this have to do with a bunch of hyacinths and a grave in Highgate cemetery?

BLUE VALENTINE is a two episode story in the ongoing SALMON & DUSK series.

CHAPTER ONE

CHAPTER TWO