Artist Extraordinaire Maren Gainey shares with us a romance story filled with holiday cheer just in time for Valentine's Day! "A Cocoa for Christmas" is the cozy girl-meets-girl story of a talented window painter and a bubbly barista who team up to craft a magical cocoa recipe for the holiday parade, but ultimately end up finding something far sweeter in each other. Enjoy this wonderful prose story as it immerses you into these characters' lives and feelings that will simply make you feel warm inside.

Enjoy the holidays with this special story written by our very own Jacob Padilla to go with our holiday theme! In this peculiar tale, Santa and Mrs. Claus marriage is in a rough patch, and at the suggestion of their marriage counselor, Mrs. Claus joins Santa in deliveries this year in an effort to rekindle their bond with holiday mayhem in the mix. Special thanks to the cast of the table read. We certainly hope you have a joyful time listening as we did performing! Happy holidays!

Fit for spooky season, our writer and biggest Batman fan we know, Konnery Hansen presents his superhero story “Batman: Bright Night;” the first in our Superhero Edition! Batman is called upon to solve this series of missing persons cases in Superman’s home town of Smallville. Listen in on this dark tale with compelling action true to Batman’s world that Konnery is all too familiar with. Available on Apple Podcasts and Spotify! DISCLAIMER: We do not own the rights to Batman or any other DC related property; the rights are owned by DC and Warner Bros Discovery.

Our infatuated writers of QP1D, Jacob Padilla and PBJ, have a roundtable discussion on their delightful collaboration on their action packed love story. They discuss their process on putting together the story, their interest in the romance genre, and how their own love helped to make the story as genuine as possible.

Love is STILL in the air with this love story edition of the Pencil in the Stone Podcast. We have our action packed and epic love story QP1D written by Jacob Padilla and PBJ with a closing excerpt of tender poems by Victor Guzman and Lupe Cornejo. Listen in and let your heart be filled with love, not bullet holes.

It's a nightmare before Christmas in this special roundtable episode of the Pencil in the Stone Podcast for our Spooky Stories! We gathered our talented writers Konnery Hansen, Victor Guzman, Lupe Cornejo, PBJ, and Jacob Padilla to discuss the nitty gritty of their stories along with their pains and joys of the art of writing.

Welcome to another spooky edition of The Pencil in the Stone podcast! Our talented writers have to come together to join in the cast for PARANORMEDICS written by Jacob Padilla. Two paramedics confront various monsters terrorizing people on Halloween night. Enjoy the terrifying ride and a happy Halloween to all!

Welcome to a spooky edition of The Pencil in the Stone Podcast as we have gathered some very talented writers to give us some spooky stories that bring vivid chills and thrills as you listen. Please enjoy and a happy Halloween to all! IT HAS TEETH by Konnery Hansen (1min6sec mark) A new family's sanity is put to the test when they begin to find tiny white teeth hidden throughout their home. THE PAINTING by Victor Guzman (8min21sec mark) A curator is haunted by nightmares of the latest donation to the art gallery. HALLOWEEN NITE by Lupe Cornejo (25min4sec mark) A pair of friends spend Halloween night together, though an unsurprising event threatens them from having a good time. WILLOW SPRINGS HILL by PBJ (37min38sec mark) Contaminated land is not the only thing to be feared. Willow Springs Hill has long had mysterious deaths. Will two high school seniors uncover the mystery or will their findings lead them to the evil hidden in the abandoned hill?

Our first roundtable discussion with our writers of the Star Wars What If stories, Lupe Cornejo and Jacob Padilla. They discuss their writing process, what drove them to these particular what ifs in this vast galaxy, their Star Wars fan casts, and so much more!

The first episode in this podcast where writers share their various stories with the world through table read sessions. In this first episode is Star Wars What If stories written by Lupe Cornejo and Jacob Padilla.