{"product_id":"crank-fm-volume-3-michael-mcgavin-9798180416148","title":"Crank-FM Volume 3: The Robot God Died Easy","description":"A late night broadcaster perched on a high balcony in the Shadow Precinct reports the truth no one else will touch: interdimensional conspiracies, alternate Earth incursions, underwater civilizations, psychic parasites, and the strange communities forming right under our noses. Drawn from \"lightly processed transcripts\" of the CRANK FM radio show, these stories blend cosmic horror, deadpan humor, and metaphysical world building into a serialized chronicle of a universe coming apart at the seams. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eStopries in this volume include: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe robot God died easy\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe broadcaster interviews the leader of a robot mystic religion on his balcony, argues robots cannot commune with God as secondhand creations, shoots the robot martyr when threatened, disposes of the bodies in the volcanic earth, and reflects on false gods.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe alien is a demon\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe CrankFM mascot is revealed as a shape-shifting demon who was paid by the government to pose as an alien in disinformation campaigns and agreed to appear on the cover as a lark.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSea Monkeys as big as a Toyota\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBank robbers using seismic thumper technology to distract a city accidentally summon giant prehistoric underground creatures that emerge and eat their way through city streets until military ordnance stops the visible population.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGenetically enhanced hillbillies\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReferenced but summarized earlier in conversation as involving alternate earth visitors bringing enhanced genetics into a family clan situation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDIY Demon Hunter\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA weapons researcher with a rolling medical briefcase demonstrates an illumination device revealing his personal demon and a ray gun that captures it in a containment cylinder, then disposes of it in the volcanic hell earth through the orb.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSurplus military personnel: \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eA wealthy alternate earth depopulationist recruits military veterans for an agrarian colony experiment on a pristine earth that devolves into exploitation, cannibalism, and mass death, framed as what happens when mythology is handed to men without the substance to sustain it.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eOperation Indigo Bunting\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn indigo bunting spotted at a consulting location prompts the broadcaster to name the large scale agent-driven incursion being tracked, distinguishing it from conventional invasion and noting it will arrive in waves that look like internal strife.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eGraboids in real life\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eSeismic thumper technology used by interdimensional bank robbers accidentally summons underground creatures that eat their way through a city in Pac-Man patterns until military ordnance reduces the population and they retreat.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWelcome to the Pirate Universe\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eObserving a triple cross gold heist on an alternate earth as Kane's guest, the broadcaster watches two crews rob each other before marshals take the gold, concluding the post-rift world is naked resource extraction with no ideological cover.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Michael McGavin\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798180416148\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/06\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 76\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.25lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.16d","brand":"Michael McGavin","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173559017727,"sku":"9798180416148","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_7d3b7205-3ee2-4267-9847-6df282b7a9f0.jpg?v=1788955215","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crank-fm-volume-3-michael-mcgavin-9798180416148","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}