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The Potboiler Podcast

The Potboiler Podcast

Von: Patrick Hughes
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We need more fiction.

We need more beguiling villains worthy of the conflicted hero’s pursuit.

Their smokey rooms have to be soaked in familiar imagery, while swift subversions of any genre’s expectations make their entrances and turn over their tables. The roads they’re on have to twist and turn their mission so they lose sight of the incitement far behind them.

We need Hollow Grim, noir sleuth manhunter rifleman, and Eric Verrity, misunderstood superhuman crime fighter, among a small series of revolving main characters.

Welcome to the Potboiler. Pulpy paperback genre fiction with some fresh paint.

Good, fun reading for your ears.

Find out more at on my website: https://patrickhughes.ca/

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Patrick Hughes
Kunst Schauspiel & Theater
  • The Hero Business - Part 9
    Jan 11 2026

    Welcome to The Potboiler.


    Potboiler is an old term for pulpy paperback genre writing that’s ready for the spotlight.


    Let’s do the intro.


    Three months have passed since Eric Verrity’s valiant rescue at the National Life Building and his life has changed dramatically.


    His relationship with Molly has flourished, as has his connection with his once estranged foster brother Todd. Following the expansive notoriety of Eric’s superhuman efforts, the world sees him in a different way, and that is proving to be a discomfort.


    His routine with his therapist, Benjamin, has also notably changed. Benjamin’s concern has shifted to Eric’s comings and goings, and public interactions, seemingly with an eye on his heroic career. To that end, a PR specialist arrives soon after to counsel them on the brand they intend to make Eric into.


    Later back at home, Molly sees a dangerous potential in the suit and the logo Eric shows her, with an uncertain swell of pride. She knows the story won’t be his to tell for much longer.


    The episodes of this story will be offered with no embedded commercial interruption. Visit https://patrickhughes.ca/ for links to me and to my other projects. Please stick around after the story for some light business.


    The Hero Business features excerpts from my novel The Valiant Unheroic - available for order on my website.


    Eric Verrity Rocks



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    1 Std. und 6 Min.
  • Hollow Grim & The Third Worthington Murder - Part 3
    Dec 26 2025

    Hollow Grim is on the trail of Werner Worthington III, the closest thing he’s ever known to an arch enemy, and a notorious crimeboss that has reportedly already been killed twice since the deployment of his dead or alive arrest warrant.


    The twists and turns of the thickening hunt has taken Hollow to Worm’s own fortress, where a showdown waits for him and the growing band of hunters on the same trail.


    The turns in the road continues as they close in on the truth of the Worthington murders and the outcome of too many hunters with the same target.


    The episodes of this story will be offered with no commercial interruptions. Visit https://patrickhughes.ca/ for links to me and to my other projects. Please stick around after the story for some light business.


    Enjoy


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    1 Std. und 13 Min.
  • Hollow Grim & The Third Worthington Murder - Part 2
    Dec 6 2025

    Welcome to The Potboiler, I’m Patrick Hughes and this is Hollow Grim and The Third Worthington Murder, part two.


    Potboiler is an old term for pulpy paperback genre writing that I think deserves some summer sun.


    Let’s do the intro.


    Hollow Grim is on the trail of Werner Worthington III, the closest thing he’s ever known to an arch enemy, and a notorious crimeboss that has reportedly already been killed twice since the deployment of his dead or alive arrest warrant. Hollow took the path east as Dent Cranley rode west, each of them seeking the next leg of the only death warrant they ever truly agreed on.


    The episodes of this story will be offered with no commercial interruptions. Visit https://patrickhughes.ca for links to me and to my other projects. Please stick around after the story for some light business.


    Enjoy


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    58 Min.
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