DEEP CUTS Episode 63: What Makes a Compelling Villain
Every great hero needs a villain. Even more essential? For every protagonist to have a compelling antagonist.
What does it take to have an antagonist that readers hate, but also hate to love?
Scott & A talk compelling villains and why we love them.
Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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SLAY Episode 107: Death to Druids
The bounty hunter known as Icepick—one word, thank you very much—is hoping to track down the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure, and thereby locate Callista’s boytoy Mercutio. Icepick’s research set him on a path to find someone from the “verdant” school of magic. He thinks he has just such a candidate. Now, to pay a little visit.
Meanwhile, Lincoln, Dante, Billy, Mercutio, Faceless—who is the spitting image of Callista—and Magda—who controls the Cursed Armor and carries the unconscious bioarcaneist Cray-Cray Bray—have made it past the ironbane vines and the Poison Pool. Now they head toward the next test.
Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON.
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DEEP CUTS Episode 62: How Scott Chooses Character Voices
Some audiobook narrators do a straight read, while others choose unique voices for each character. Scott is among the latter—how does he decide what voice a character should have? What goes into that selection process?
Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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SLAY Episode 106: A Dip in the Pool
Icepick continues his research in “The Dex,” the sprawling library located in and below Cords in the Patchwork.
Meanwhile, Lincoln and the others were almost out of the woods, fooling the Matron of the Poison Pool that Faceless was the real Callista. The Matron lowered the pool’s level, exposing a stone path that led safely across.
Then Mercutio woke up—his cries for help alerted the Matron to the charade. She flipped the lever to raise the pool and submerged the path, the path all but Magda were walking across, and she ordered her pair of zombie killer whales—Necrokeiko and Grimhole—to attack.
Will the undead orcas take a bite out of the gang?
Created by Scott Sigler and Rob Otto
Written and performed by Scott Sigler
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
Theme music is the song “They’re Watching Me” by SUPERWEAPON.
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DEEP CUTS Episode 61: Start A Series Or Write A Stand-Alone?
Sometimes, it takes a series to tell your story. Sometimes, it takes just one stand-alone book. And it’s always a struggle to figure out what’s currently best for the marketplace! Scott and A discuss!
Deep Cuts is created by Scott Sigler and A B Kovacs
Produced by Steve Riekeberg
Production Assistance by Allie Press
Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment
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Dark tales harvested from the mind of #1 New York Times bestselling author Scott Sigler. From major-release novels to podcast-exclusive content, these "slices from the Siglerverse" — each a full-length tale — will immerse you in his twisted, intertwining worlds of horror and scifi. But beware, for his work is so addictive his fans call themselves the “Junkies,” always trembling for their next fiction fix. The first hit is always free…
Season 1: SLAY 1
Season 2: BOOD IS RED
Season 3: SLAY 2
Season 4: DEATH IS BLACK
Current season: SLAY 3. Authors Scott Sigler and Rob Otto are delighted to bring you more of Lincoln, Magda, Billy, Dragon, Shitbird, and the rest of the crazy cast of characters you've come to know and love in SLAY.
Get more fiction from Scott at https://ScottSigler.com