The Thirteenth Hour books are 80s inspired illustrated fairy tale fantasy novels that pay homage to fantasy, sci fi, and teen movies from the 80s as well as the music of that era. This podcast explores aspects of 80s culture as well as a wide variety of influences behind the books. Companion site: http://13thhr.wordpress.com
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In this week's episode, I'm starting to make a new clay minifigure of what Aurora looks like in The Thirteenth Hour sequel - Dare . I have made an armature for the figurine and am applying the epoxy clay during the episode. I have a quick sketch / watercolor I did for a reference position here:…
This week, game developer and musician, Paul Korman , and my brother, Jeremy, rejoins for another game developer chat (we have not recorded all of these but the last one we put on this show were eps 555 and 556 ). This was a fun discussion that went on for quite awhile before we started recording, so by the time I hit “record,” we had already covered a fair amount of ground. A lot of the recorded…
This week's episode is a little about the family of Aurora, the main protagonist of The Thirteenth Hour sequel - Dare . In many ways, the whole book is about family, but Aurora, who grew up in an orphanage on a different continent, never really knew her family and had no recollection of where she was originally from. But she gets to know all about it this book, though not by choice. In The…
I have finally come up with a title for The Thirteenth Hour sequel - Dare . In many ways, that's what the book is about. There are a number of characters that accompany Logan on his journey to find Aurora after she is spirited away: -Tinder: an full blooded eleven youth from a well- off family who has chosen to distance himself from the family business (and a a life of privilege) by making his…
This week, wanted to talk about Logan and Aurora's house for The Thirteenth Hour sequel. I recently finished a painting of an illustration I started a few months ago. I'm talking about the outside as well as the inside, especially all the personal touches they put in to add some element of convenience to their little sanctuary - a stone hearth, a shower area, a root cellar, and their tatami-like…
This week, I am doing some more show and tell of the illustrations for The Thirteenth Hour sequel I have done so far:See the pictures here: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2026/07/20/the-thirteenth-hour-podcast-571-thirteenth-hour-sequel-update-20-illustrations-2/ Logan and Aurora flying on Lightning off their island to the mainland for a weekend. The new female Imperial Rangers - King Darian IV's…
This week, I am doing a little show and tell of the illustrations for The Thirteenth Hour sequel I have done so far: https://13thhr.wordpress.com/2026/07/13/the-thirteenth-hour-podcast-570-thirteenth-hour-sequel-update-19-illustrations/ The Wayfarer's last stand. Alfred asleep in his apartment with a hand-drawn/written copy of "The Thirteenth Hour" he wrote as a kid after witnessing the events of…
This week, I am talking about the morning exercise routines that I have done for years; Logan's "morning exercises" referred to in The Thirteenth Hour sequel (and I think even in the first book a bit) are similar. But in the sequel, Aurora starts her own version of these exercises that are more tailored to her own needs. She has less interest in martial arts but does find that due to the pressures…
This week, I'm continuing work on the ending theme I started in episode 564 and now have some lyrics to go with some of the skeleton chords I came up with before. I have a better sense, also, what I want to song to be about - with themes touching on coming to terms with the concessions of age, understanding yourself and where you come from better, and being brave / taking chances. There is a…
This week, I wanted to touch on a piece that ties The Rocketeer (the film version just turned 35 this weekend) with The Thirteenth Hour sequel. In some previous episodes ( 125 , 126 , and 127 ), my brother created a little interlude with the Wayfarer, a character that I've talked about a bunch recently that features heavily in the sequel. He gets a magical rocketpack in that standalone campaign…
This week, I'm working on an idea for a main theme for one of the main characters of The Thirteenth Hour sequel, the Wayfarer. Part of this episode was recorded outside (sorry for the environmental sounds) and the rest in front of a keyboard where I was hammering out a skeleton framework for the theme. I think I settled on an illustration style I like for this book - ballpoint pen with…
