We’ve been lucky enough to run into some very cool peeps. Here are four more stories of us being decidedly not cool meeting 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 That GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG doesn’t shy away from meet-and-greets. Why would it, when it slashes 99 percent of your cost for a new dot-com domain reg? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second half of a grim #horror #shortstory. Can Felix "bring her a dream?" He better, or Helen will not be happy. And in the basement of a secret morgue, she's the last person you want to disappoint. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “Dark Wave” by Roman Rumyantsev The GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 is dreamy because it whisks away 99% off the first year of a three-year domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A horror short story inspired by “Mr. Sandman,” a disturbing tune by The Chordettes. Mr. Sandman… bring me a dream… make him the cutest that I’ve ever seen… In 1954, the Soviet Union was a constant threat. Defense budgets surged, as did secret installations. If the Ruskies think they can reanimate the dead? Well, son, America can do that bigger and better. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “Dark Wave” by Roman Rumyantsev Bring your business back to life with a new domain. Our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 removes 99% off the first year of a new dot-com registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The second half of our American Football-focused Thanksgiving Day special. It’s time to give thanks for the GFL! Why do people love it? How has it affected their lives? 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 Mashed potatoes and the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG is the way to celebrate Turkey Day. Trim 99% off the cost of a new domain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The first half of our American Football-focused Thanksgiving Day special. Scott, ARealGirl Herself, and junkies galore share why they love the grand game. 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 Save a turkey and buy a new domain. The GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG gives you wings by trimming 99% off of Year One for a new three-year domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
A horror short story inspired by the Eagles’ track “Hotel California.” On a dark, desert highway, three people face a grim reckoning. Crime pays, but it carries a powerful price. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “Dark Wave” by Roman Rumyantsev Check in any time you like with our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which stabs 99% off the first year of a new domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Last part of the SLAY Q & A, this week featuring ARealGirl herself asking and answering some of the questions. Spoilers abound, for the entire Siglerverse, not just SLAY. Be prepared. Blazing hells, let’s get at it! 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. I’ve got a question! How do I save 99% on a new dot-com domain? Use our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3. Problem solved. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The post-story Q&A & A episodes are here! This is the first of two Q&A episodes, and co-author Rob Otto joins Scott to answer your queries about all things SLAY. 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. Questions? We talking about questions? Nah, questions aren’t going to give you a 99% discount on a new dot-com domain like our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 does. Talking about questions. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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Don’t like ads in your podcast? Sign up for our Scott Sigler Slices Plus subscription service and get this feed—and more stories—with no ads at all. EPISODE SYNOPSES: Linc and the gang won the day, defeating Icepick and Herbie, bringing down Callista’s entire building in the process. Dante gained control of Callista’s possessions, including the contract that held Sam imprisoned on the Shelf. Will Lincoln finally bring his only child home? 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. You want a happy ending? Bingles would give you one kind, but we instead offer the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 massage of 99% off the retail price of a new domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
At Calista’s club, Icepick has the upper hand. He’s told Callista to call off the transfer of her assets to the drug-dealing goblin Dante Oganov. One of those assets is the contract that keeps Lincoln’s son, Sam, trapped on the Shelf. If Icepick kills Dante, it’s game over—Callista keeps the contract, and Sam remains in this violent purgatory forever. Trying to find a way to win, Lincoln challenged Icepick to a duel to the death. Despite his injuries, Lincoln won that violent duel, breaking Icepick’s arm before putting him down with an armored knee to the balls. That should have been all she wrote, but Icepick—hurt and barely conscious—called for help from his killer diamortuga. With Billy and Dante restrained by magic-suppressing cables, Lincoln is on his own. Can he survive an attack from a two-ton, man-eating turtle? 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 You won’t be up against it if you use the GoDaddy Promo Codes CJCFOSSIG3 to slam 99 percent off the retail cost of a new dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Icepick and Herbie the Love Bug crashed Dante’s victory party at Callista’s club. Icepick took out Dante, Billy, and Lincoln, and put the “Oleous Oakbeard Big Druid Whammy” on the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure. That destroyed the suit and zapped Magda’s spirit back to her body in the Old Stone Church, leaving Billy and Linc at Icepick’s mercy. 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. Slap leather with the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which sends leads flying to drop 99% off a new domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
You think of meeting your heroes or someone whose work you enjoy, and you figure you might be a little starstruck, but you know you’ll be mostly cool. That’s not what happened to us. Here are four times we met famous people, and our reactions were as far from “cool” as you can get. 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 You want famous? How about the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, which shines you up by saving 99% off the first year of a new domain registration? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dante used Callista’s dormantus—the piece of her soul that channeled raw magical power from the anemones in the cavern beneath the Alnwick Poison Garden—to blackmail her into giving him her Lumencia properties and criminal organizations. She is also giving Dante the contract that keeps Lincoln’s son, Samuel, trapped on The Shelf. As soon as Ariella Goldman, Lincoln’s lawyer, and Shocking Cock Kahn, Callista’s lawyer, finish filing the paperwork, Samuel will finally be set free. Lincoln, Dante, Billy, and Magda—who controls Sir Arnault the Pure’s Cursed Armor—are at Callista’s club, which is now Dante’s club, celebrating as they patiently wait for the magical ink to dry. Is Lincoln’s grueling quest to save his son finally over? 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. Stuff that suit with savings from the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which lops 99 percent off Year One of a new dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone has favorites. Some folks love horror, some folks can’t tolerate it even a little. Some people will never understand musicals, and some people relate to the world through It’s what makes the world go ‘round. Sometimes, favorites collide. This episode, Scott and A discuss several iconic genre mashups. 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 Two great tastes that taste great together? Blogging and saving money! You can save 99% off the first year of a new domain registration just by using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Lincoln, Billy, Dante, and the cursed suit of armor controlled by Magda left Cordis and have transited to the Lumencia train station. They have the dormantus, and are preparing for the final showdown with Callista at her club. Can they blackmail her into giving up her Lumencia criminal holdings, and with it, the contract that keeps Sam locked up on the Shelf? Can Lincoln finally free his only child from purgatory? 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. When it comes to closing the deal, GoDaddy Promo Codes CJCFOSSIG3 delivers by trimming 99 percent off the retail cost of a new domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Here at Empty Set, we are Alien fans. Alien stans, if you will. And as such, you know we had to watch ALIEN: EARTH. We talk all about it, let’s get into it! 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 Let’s get right into it! Come on now, just use GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, to save yo self ninety-nine percent on the first of three years yo! Let’s go, let’s go, let’s go! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linc thought he killed Wyrmmother, but the big stone bitch survived the blow and is ready to finish the job. This delicious bit of payback will blow you away. 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. Speaking of payback, our GoDaddy Promo Codes CJCFOSSIG3 pays back with 99% off the retail cost of a new dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Now that autumn is officially here, we chat about movies we’re looking forward to seeing! On our list: ASH, Spinal Tap 2, HIM, Anemone, Good Boy, The Smashing Machine, Predator: Badlands, and Running Man. Since we recorded this episode, we’ve seen HIM, and it was totally worth the watch! 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 I have to say I love movie blogs because they help me find the best flicks. Here’s hoping they use GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, because that would save them 99% off the 1st year of a .dom domain registration! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Billy got a face full as well, but managed to get control of the insidious insemination before turning that power around and blasting the living bejesus out of cultists and polyps alike. He, Linc, Magda, and Dante now face the ultimate threat—Wyrmmother is on her way. 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. Looking for a new domain? Get ninety-nine percent off the first year of a three-year registration using GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 and get to saving! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
NFL Football is back for the 2025/2026 season! Scott has some hot takes to discuss! We talk our hopes for the season ahead, some of the craziness that happened in Week 1, and not a single prediction to be had since we’re not jinxing nothin’! 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 Listen, if he’s not going to be making touchdowns, Travis Kelce should blog and tell us all about his 2 -0 start! He could use GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, which saves ninety-nine percent on a new dot com domain registration! It’s easy, and you all should be doing it too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The gang got the dormantus that will let Dante blackmail Callista to get Lincoln’s son out of purgatory, but there’s a problem. Anyone can have the dormantus… the trick is to leave with it, and there is a mob of angry pus cultists who don’t want that to happen, and a passel of polyps dead set on turning Billy into an anemone bush. Billy tried to solve things peacefully, but the cultists wouldn’t let him. He’s killed and will have to kill again if he’s to escape the fate the polyps have in mind. The polyps tried to paralyze Billy, but missed him and instead paralyzed Mercutio. With Merc draped over Lincoln’s shoulders, Linc, Billy, Armor-Magda, Faceless/Callista, and Cray Cray Bray have to get past the cultists blocking the way to the transit chamber and the totem that will get them the hell out of there. Can the gang beat the odds and make it out alive? 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. Surround yourself with the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 to save 99% off the first year of a new dot-com domain registration. Get your business crunkin’, fool! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
As summer 2025 winds down, Scott & A chat about the movies they saw and loved this summer, and at least one they’re looking forward to before summer’s end! 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 I’d love to see what Ryan Coogler or Jordan Peele would talk about if they snagged a 3-year .com domain and saved 99% on the first year with GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG. I know it would scare the pants off me and be spectacular! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Linc and the gang have Callista’s dormantus, but can they escape through the cultists and the… um… “happy to see you” polyps? A mob of cultists, polyps that want Billy, Alarm Mushrooms, and more–It’s wall-to-wall carnage as Callista’s defenses dig in to stop the theft. 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. Is that the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3 in your pants, or are you just happy to see a 99% discount on your new domain registration? Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Scott started podcasting in March of 2005, and Evo Terra was already an expert in the space even then. Two decades later, they sat down to chat about friendship, podcasting, how podcasts have changed, and where it’s going. 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 Even way back then, GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG would have been awesome and could save ninety-nine percent on a new dot com domain registration! Blogging goes great with everything! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Thanks to a resurgent Cray-Cray Bray, Linc and the gang got past the Alarm Mushrooms and have just entered the polyp chamber. It’s time to meet the cultists, see the evil Callista has wrought, and experience the moving trauma that are the free-ranging polyps. Mercutio wants out of this nightmare, Dante wants Callista’s dormantus, Lincoln wants his son back, Cray-Cray and Faceless want their gold, Magda wants to help Linc, and wants to protect Billy. And Billy? He wants his booty left alone. 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. Bungs are best protected by the GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which removed 99% from the first-year cost of a new three-year dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The FDØ ramps up for Dragon*Con in Atlanta. How does a creative get ready for a big shindig like this? We cover the stuff you should bring, how to take care of yourself while there, how to interact with fans, how to not get bubonic plague, etc. 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 Forget the hero, I’m holding out for GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, so I can save 99% on my new .com domain registration! It’s easy, and you all should be doing it too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Magda, who controls the Cursed Armor of Sir Arnault the Pure, continues to carry the comatose Cray-Cray Bray. Lincoln realized he’s using those around him in a way not that different from how Callista uses him—without kidnapping their children and putting them in purgatory, guarded by a huge Naga, of course—but still. Billy knows he must control his fire-that-is-not fire if the quest is to succeed. Dante and Faceless, who is posing as Callista herself, lead the way. 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. He ain’t heavy, he’s my GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which takes the weight off a new dot-com registration by saving 99% off the first year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Everyone’s the hero of their own story, but what makes a truly great fictional hero? Better yet, what makes an exceptional Sigler hero? We deep dive into what attributes make Scott’s protagonists truly compelling and memorable. 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 Forget the hero, I’m holding out for GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG, so I can save 99% on my new .com domain registration! It’s easy, and you all should be doing it too! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dante Oganov, the Adidas tracksuit-wearing goblin drug lord, is closer than ever to getting the goods on Callista. He’s about to learn why no one has ever before penetrated her booby-trapped catacombs located deep beneath the Anwick Poison Gardens. With Cray-Cray Bray still in a coma, the gang heads toward the next trap—the gravity chamber. Linc needs to keep his mind on the job, yet his thoughts drift toward his son, trapped on the Shelf, and the dressing down he got from Faceless in the last episode. 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. He ain’t heavy, he’s my GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which takes the weight off a new dot-com registration by saving 99% off the first year. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
