I've got what I think is a mostly exhaustive list of the new fiction podcasts that came out this month, which may be of interest to those looking for new shows. Feel free to tell me any I've missed, and I'll update it. (Note, "new" here means that the Ep1 of the RSS feed was released.) Listened to any of them that you would recommend?
I've given up trying to include the full list here, as it's increasingly large, and reddit keeps throwing problems. So the full list is here:
https://www.thecambridgegeek.com/posts/2023/04/20230401-a.php Previous months are available here:
https://www.thecambridgegeek.com/results.php?proof=Releases&tag1=Audio%20fiction
And the ongoing updates (just in case you don't want to wait for the end of the month) are available here:
https://twitter.com/AudioDramaDebut https://podvibes.co/@audiofictionuk#
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https://www.patreon.com/thecambridgegeek (Please join, it's only ÂŁ1/month and I currently make a loss with some of the resources I pay for to do this.)
And the full database is searchable here by a number of tags:
https://audiofiction.co.uk/search2.php
Want an RSS feed of new fiction podcast trailers to sample what's out there? Try this:
https://audiofiction.co.uk/trailers.php
African Story Magic with Gcina Mhlophe
Audio Book - Fables and Fairy Tales and Folklore, Storytelling
Step into the wonderful world of African storytelling with Gcina Mhlophe. In African Story Magic, a new East Coast Radio Podcast, Gcina shares many of the tales you grew up with plus new stories â so we can keep the magic of African storytelling alive for new generations. Listen in English or isiZulu and let's keep the magic alive!
First episode: 2023-3-1
FuturePast
Audio Drama - Adaptation, Science fiction
Adapted stories of Science Fiction from the public domain.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Gaming Theater RPG
Audio RPG - Multigenre, Comedy, Fantasy
Welcome to Gaming Theater RPG, where members of the Gaming Theater crew get together to play a tabletop RPG. Our current setting is the ACPD, where our players try to maintain law and order in the fantasy city of Andrea's Cauldron. They'll have to deal with bar brawling adventurers, underground chimera races, magical murder mysteries, and more! Come watch our heroes triumph over evil⊠or fail spectacularly! Whichever outcome the dice decide.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Greyshading
Audio Drama - Multigenre
An anthology series about the black and white of life, and all the grey in between.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Hot Dice: Actual Play
Audio RPG - Crime and Mystery
Hot Dice: Actual Play is exactly what it sounds like. We create fun actual play series using different RPG systems. Our first audio campaign, Revelations & Redemption, is an actual play, Monster of the Week podcast, following 5 guests and a stowaway at a lavish dinner party hosted by billionaire, CEO & cocaine addict, Jeffery Hudson. Our guests have ulterior motives tonight, but so, it seems, does someone else.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Minds Never Matter Podcast
Audio RPG - Fantasy
Welcome to the Minds Never Matter Podcast! We are a group of 5 friends who wanted to share the story we create while having fun along the way. I know, I know, everyone is creating TTRPG podcasts these days but we are just here to have a reason to bring us together whether its just a few or if it grows to hundreds of people. The current session we are running takes place in the fantasy world of Divitotum where four aspiring adventures take on their hardest challenge yet.... The Adventuring College of Elona.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Penault Pest & Protection
Audio RPG - Horror
Penault Pest & Protection is a monthly audio drama created through tabletop roleplay based on the 2d6 system Monster of the Week. Follow Tiffany, Aisling, Clara, and Seilbh as they struggle to gain a footing in the world of Taranis.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Poltergeist
Audio Book - Horror
Poltergeist is a podcast where we write and read original spooky stories to our audience. Our goal is to provide short story writers a chance to have their work featured on the show, and to give listeners an opportunity to experience new and exciting stories.
First episode: 2023-3-1
TUDO QUE EU QUERIA DIZER ANTES DE MORRER
Audio Book - Slice of life
EPISĂDIO NOVO TODA QUARTA-FEIRA! Podcast de ficção em formato de cartas. Ă um dia difĂcil e OfĂ©lia tem vontade de sumir. Fecha os olhos e tenta imaginar como seria outra vida que nĂŁo essa. Depois do pequeno devaneio, nĂŁo dĂĄ prosseguimento Ă rotina como fez outras tantas vezes. Junta toda coragem que possui e vai embora. Ela abandona tudo e todos: troca de trabalho, de cidade, de estilo de vida. Mas, embora esteja decidida a deixar para trĂĄs aquela que foi um dia, ainda nĂŁo Ă© possĂvel. Para seguir, precisa falar. Com vocĂȘs, os desabafos de OfĂ©lia. Segue a gente no insta:
u/dizerantesdemorrer First episode: 2023-3-1
Vier Weekenden
Audio Book - Romance
Een podcast over een klootzak met een droom door Dario Goldbach. Het verhaal van een jonge twintiger die verward na een relatie met een psychopaat op zoek gaat naar de perfecte liefde en een uitweg. Een uitweg van zijn kutbaan, zijn uitzichtloze leven, zijn doelloze bestaan. Ervaar vier weekenden in vijftien hoofdstukken.
First episode: 2023-3-1
Los sueños cuentan
Audio Book - Multigenre
Un pĂłdcast de relatos inspirados en el universo de los sueños, se trata de un espacio Ăntimo y emocional, donde intercambiamos tĂ©cnicas narrativas y conceptos bĂĄsicos de escritura creativa. Creado y narrado por Andrea Oryza, producido por La Resortera.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Tales After Dark Erotic Audio Dramas
Audio Drama - Erotica
Sexy, Erotic Tales told through a female gaze. Brought to you by the Tales of the Forgotten Fiction Network, Tales After Dark is an anthology series. With new episodes dropping weekly, every month we bring you a different story, and some may have subtle connections to other Tales of the Forgotten Shows.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Thirteen: A Fallout Podcast
Audio Drama - Fanfiction, Post-apocalypse
War. War never changes. In 2161, a lone vault dweller sets out into an unforgiving wasteland on a mission to save his Vault. His travels across a broken post-apocalyptic California will shape history itself for years to come. This is the story of Albert Cole, the Vault Dweller from Vault 13. Thirteen is the story of Fallout 1, given new life in the form of an audio drama. Whether youâve played the game yourself, or are just now consuming the tale for the first time, we invite you to join us on a journey to find the water chip and save the vault.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Tune Tales
Audio Drama - Comedy
Tune Tales with KitânâTenders is musical story-based podcast for kids exploring the world of classic kids songs. Each episode, our heroes, the girlband, KitânâTenders aka Gabby La La and The Ukulady, meet famous characters from the classic kids songs, like, the Muffin Man, Twinkle the Little Star, Miss Mary Mack, etc⊠all played by real celebrities! Tune Tales is chock-full of songs, jokes, trivia and fun for the whole family!
First episode: 2023-3-2
Turning Tables
Audio RPG - Fantasy
Turning Tables is a weekly actual play D&D podcast with a twist. You can expect each arc to be DM'd by one of 3 DM's, meanwhile, the other 2 play as characters.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Worlds Beyond Number
Audio RPG - Fantasy
Brennan Lee Mulligan, Erika Ishii, Aabria Iyengar, and Lou Wilson hang out together and use games to make up stories. It's pretty good.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Zom-com
Audio RPG - Post-apocalypse
Zom-com Àr en rollspelspodd med komiker som spelar Skjut dom i huvudet. Och dör man sÄ dör man. HÀr rÄder strikt PERMADEATH! NÀr, en spelares karaktÀr dör sÄ byts spelaren ut.
First episode: 2023-3-2
Black Box - A Science Fiction Horror Podcast
Audio Drama - Science fiction, Horror
The Homing Box of the U.N.S.E.A. exploratory vessel Bly has returned to Earth after twenty-four years of silence. An investigation has been launched into uncovering what happened to the ship and her missing crew.
First episode: 2023-3-3
Koffer 23
Audio Drama - Crime and Mystery
De Nationale Postcode Loterij heeft een feest georganiseerd ter ere van een nieuw seizoen Miljoenenjacht. Het decor: een afgelegen, oud kasteel. De gasten zijn medewerkers, relaties en bevriende BN'ers. Linda de Mol houdt een gezellig praatje en speelt ter vermaak één rondje Miljoenenjacht met André van Duin. Maar wat blijkt: koffer 23 is verdwenen, met daarin 10.000 euro. De deuren gaan direct op slot. Niemand mag weg voordat deze zaak is opgelost. Tygo Gernandt wordt als detective aangewezen en heeft vijf verdachten op het oog: Nasrdin Dchar, Tina de Bruin, André van Duin, Edson da Graça en Nicolette van Dam. Detective Gernandt heeft zo zijn eigen manier van verhoren, die jammer genoeg niet leidt tot het vinden van de dader. Hij draagt daarom gefrustreerd en moegestreden het dossier over aan jou, de luisteraar. In dit dossier zitten de verhoren met de vijf verdachten, een reconstructie van de avond en andere zinnige of zinloze observaties. Jij kan op basis hiervan de zaak misschien wél oplossen. Help Tygo, vul jouw antwoorden in op
www.koffer23.nl en maak kans op 10.000 euro.
First episode: 2023-3-3
Risky Standard
Audio RPG - Science fiction
Risky Standard is an actual-play podcast featuring a group of rowdy best friends playing a variety of tabletop role-playing games to tell stories set in original worlds. Currently playing Beam Saber (by Austin Ramsay) to follow the adventures of a squad of mech pilots fighting for an anarcho-socialist space federation in a revolutionary war against encroaching empire.
First episode: 2023-3-3
Stories From: The Low Season
Audio Book - Multigenre
Stories From: The Low Season is an anthology fiction podcast inspired by the album The Low Season by POOLSIDE. Each song serves an inspiration for a short fiction piece, and the original song is reworked as a dreamy underscore.
First episode: 2023-3-3
End City - A Cyberpunk Red Mini-Series
Audio RPG - Cyberpunk
Welcome, chooms, to our Cyberpunk Red mini-series 'End City'. Things go awry for a group scraping med supplies from the largest corporation in the city... Join CG (Choom Guide) Justin and some truly wonderful friends as we hit the gritty corporate dystopian streets and try to earn a living under the boot of governing forces.
First episode: 2023-3-4
Stories From The Shore - A Modern D&D 5e Mini-Series
Audio RPG - Fantasy
Things have felt a little different in Null Shore lately... things seem a little darker... you catch movements out of the corner of your eye but never see what caused it... and the people... the people have been going missing a lot more frequently lately. Welcome back to the Shore. Join us as we revisit Null Shore with a brand new cast of delightful characters. This mini-series will feature our amazingly skilled friends from Charisma Saving Show and Gut Punch RP.
First episode: 2023-3-4
The Magpie Catalogue
Audio Drama - Experimental and Surreal
Welcome to the Harper Foundation! The most sophisticated organization for storing and categorizing the paranormal in all of New England! But, do be warned... not everything around here is as it seems... Follow the story of a group of researchers trying to solve the mystery of their Boss Henry's mysterious disappearance, where behind every door is a mystery, adventure, and...Violence!
First episode: 2023-3-4
Void: Coriolis Actual-Play
Audio RPG - Science fiction
Coriolis is a beacon of something fresh for politics, trade, and âquality of lifeâ. Others see it as cultural imperialism. Nonetheless, the Icons stir. They are jealous. The Zenithianâs new way beckons the Darkness Between the Stars. Even ghosts from planet Xene currently observe the Council of Factions. The new governor, Kamal Dargosian, is only a year into office and the people are already secretly questioning their capabilities. But amidst this political battlefield is an even more pressing matter -- there is currently a high-rolling contract issued by the Consortium to hire a Free Trader group willing to investigate the Taoan system. As of 2 weeks ago, all contact was lost.
First episode: 2023-3-4
EscuadrĂłn Ifreann (Audio-Libro)
Audio Book - Occult and Supernatural, Thriller and Psychological
Tras diez años trabajando para la Iglesia CatĂłlica como investigador paranormal, SebastiĂĄn Ifreann profesor de Historia y experto en DemonologĂa, ha perdido el sentido de la vida y las ganas de seguir, comenzando a cuestionar sus capacidades. A pesar de esto, sigue con la rutina de recibir solicitudes de investigaciĂłn, junto a su equipo de la Parroquia. Hasta que un dĂa aparece un caso que reactivarĂĄ al equipo, llevĂĄndonos a un viaje por los miedos y pesadillas de SebastiĂĄn, que lo harĂĄn reencontrarse con su pasado y hallar las piezas del rompecabezas de su vida. EscuadrĂłn Ifreann es un viaje por la mente y las vivencias de un joven que se entregĂł al servicio de luchar contra el mal. Todo lo que leerĂĄn es ficciĂłn, pero es mi verdad...
First episode: 2023-3-5
Hörspiele sehen â Der Theater ex libris Podcast
Audio Drama - Adaptation
Hörspiele lassen fantastische Welten in unseren Köpfen entstehen: das nebelverhangene London, ein Piratenschiff im Sturm, die Weiten des Weltraums â alles wird vor unserem inneren Auge lebendig und das nur durch die Kraft von Stimmen, GerĂ€uschen und Musik. Beim Theater ex libris kann man Hörspiel sehen - live auf der BĂŒhne. Mit Live-Musik, einer aufwĂ€ndigen BildprĂ€sentation und stimmungsvollen Lichteffekten verwandelt das Ensemble Literaturklassiker und eigene Geschichten in spannende Live-Hörspiele. Björn Roguzska (Smackboom) blickt mit Theater ex libris-GrĂŒnder Christoph Tiemann hinter die Kulissen der Hörspiel-Shows. Wie spielt man mit fĂŒnf Sprecher:innen zwanzig verschiedene Rollen? Wie macht man aus einem fĂŒnfhundert-Seiten Roman ein Skript fĂŒr zwei Stunden Lesezeit? âHörspiele sehenâ stellt in jeder Folge ein neues Hörspiel aus dem Programm von Theater ex libris vor â und begrĂŒĂt als Gast ein spannendes Ensemblemitglied.
First episode: 2023-3-5
Meaningless Problems
Audio Book - Thriller and Psychological, Comedy, Science fiction
An original short story by Doe Wilmann every single week for at least a year. I wanted a platform where I could communicate directly with all the people who like my writing. And yes, I could have invited both of them out for a coffee but they donât get on. So Iâm doing a podcast instead. Will I keep it up? Will anyone listen? Does it matter either way? A mix of styles, genre and quality. Some will be comedies, some will be dramas, some will be sci-fi, and some will be rubbish. Common topics/ themes: The absurd Consciousness Free will Artificial intelligence God The Afterlife Non Duality Eternalism Haircuts Benches Sheds Youâll like this if you likeâŠ. Charlie Brookerâs Black Mirror Sum: Tales of the Afterlife by David Eagleman Alan Bennettâs Talking Heads Julian Barnes Kazuo Ishiguro (I realise Iâm now just listing writers I likeâŠ) Margaret Atwood Oscar Wilde Anton Chekhov George Orwell This is my challenge to write, record and produce a short story every single week for a year. If youâre looking for quality, suspense and intrigue, Iâm not making any promises.
First episode: 2023-3-5
Altered State of Affairs
Audio Book - Thriller and Psychological
Altered State of Affairs, the novel, is a tale about an audacious kid from Cleveland Heights who unites in France with a beautiful Mossad agent and an eyeless doll for an adventure of a lifetime. The novel is now a podcast. This is Altered State of Affairs, The Podcast. The show is where the author, Jerald Kasimov, reads from certain chapters of his books and that has conversations about selections and fascinating topics in that specific reading. Here's a summary of the novel: Steven, a freshly-minted Army Ranger and aspiring badass, canât wait to go after some bad guysâand maybe some bad girls, too. Fortunately, a Soviet master scientist has just defected and is hiding somewhere in the rugged French Pyrenees, and Steven must find him before a sadistic terrorist does. Along the way, he meets a traitor in a field of red poppies, a beautiful Mossad black-ops agent, some delicious cassoulet, and Cindy, the telepathic, eyeless doll. Itâs time for Steven, an atypical hero, to man up, but nothing is as it seemsâleast of all, Steven. The story winds through time from adolescence in 1960s Cleveland Heights to the rigors of present-day Army Ranger training in Fort Benning, non-stop death-defying action, the delights of Israeli cooking, and the tragic yet triumphant history of the Jewish People. Oh, and thereâs that beautiful Mossad agentâŠ. But first, Steven has a world to save from a horrific weapon of mass destruction!
First episode: 2023-3-6
Cede Malis
Audio Drama - Horror
Cede Malis is a choose-your-own-adventure surrealist horror podcast in which you have been lured into a house of supernatural horrors by someone who was once your best friend. Now you must make the right choices to survive the eerie night.
First episode: 2023-3-6
Dungeon Calling
Audio RPG - Fantasy
A real-play D&D podcast of high fantasy and low humor. Itâs the 1980s, and four almost friends navigate middle school in a small, strange, low-budget town. Can they survive social minefields and the occasional eldritch horror without being expelled, or possibly sued by the Duffer Brothers? Will there be music? Listen to find out.
First episode: 2023-3-6
La Notte piĂč Lunga
Audio RPG - Horror
Un podcast di actual play viking horror ideato da Lotofurente e prodotto da Forgia Storie, direttamente dalle vostre fantasie dell'incubo.
First episode: 2023-3-6
Saga Of The Sages Narrative Podcast
Audio Drama - Fantasy
The Saga Of The Sages Narrative Podcast is a multi-series/multi-season story exploring the histories, lore, and happenings of the ancient civilization known as the Anu. The Anu last reigned 11,600 years ago, before they were wiped off the face of the Earth. Now all we have is the records of their history, and artifacts they have left behind, for the chosen few to discover. Come with us on the journey, that is, the Saga Of The Sages.
First episode: 2023-3-6
The Saga of the Three Bears
Audio Book - Historical
From the idyllic settlement of The Valley, the three children of Chief Ty Williams set out into the wild world with very different hopes, dreams, goals, and plans. Each week, a new chapter of the Saga of the Three Bears is released in audio-book form.
First episode: 2023-3-6
Alpha 8 - The Audio Drama
Audio Drama - Science fiction, Storytelling, Thriller and Psychological
Alpha 8 is a family-friendly sci-fi adventure podcast that explores what happens when a desperate alien from another planet body-swaps with a struggling mom to understand the meaning of family to save her own kind from extinction. We produced the pilot, but need your support to finish the season.
First episode: 2023-3-7
Bird in the Storm Presents
Audio Book - Fantasy
Literary works presented by Bird in the Storm Publishing
First episode: 2023-3-7
Ellen Vahr - Gaven
Audio Book - Historical
«Gaven» er en roman basert pÄ livet til Anne Brannfjell, husmannsdatteren som ble Norges mest kjente kloke kone. Den er en fortelling om frykt og fortielse, men ogsÄ om kjÊrligheten og tillitens plass i vÄre liv, og om mulighetene som Äpner seg nÄr vi vÄger Ä stÄ ved oss selv. Siden hun var liten, har husmannsjenta Anne visst at hun er fÞdt med en gave, en evne til Ä se, og et kall til Ä hjelpe syke og lidende. I stedet for Ä vÊre stolt over denne gaven, gjemmer hun den bort. Hun vil ikke vÊre annerledes. Vinteren 1841 reiser Anne fra Vardal til Christiania for Ä tjene hos byens mest berÞmte gullsmed og hans unge, vakre kone. Hun har valgt den veien hun tror er den rette. Det eneste hun har med seg er noen tÞrkede planter, en sort bok og en hemmelighet. Livet i Christiania er ikke som hun hadde trodd, og det er fÞrst da hun tror at hun har mistet alt, at Anne finner kraften til Ä stole pÄ hvem hun er. «Gaven» handler om Annes kamp for Ä finne sin egen vei - og Ä vÄge Ä gÄ den. Det er en historie om dyp fattigdom, svik og krenkelser, men det er ogsÄ en kjÊrlighetshistorie om mot, hÄp og om Ä finne veien hjem. Ellen Vahr er Anne Brannfjells tipp-tipp-oldebarn.
First episode: 2023-3-7
L'appel de l'enfance
Audio Drama - Slice of life
Une fiction qui met en sceÌne les tribulations dâun personnage confronteÌ quotidiennement aux dĂ©rives de la socieÌteÌ actuelle. Avec François SARANO,CĂ©line COUSTEAU, Matthieu RICARD, Miguel BENASAYAG et Katie MAGGS. Trente ans apreÌs lâavoir perdue de vue, Jean-Baptiste retrouve par hasard sur le net une amie dâenfance anglaise qui a connu les meÌmes souffrances que lui. Sa solution pour recouvrer son eÌquilibre : se baigner chaque matin dans la mer Celtique et rechercher en permanence ses sensations dâenfant. En raison des restrictions sanitaires, Jean-Baptiste doit attendre deux ans avant de pouvoir aller lui rendre visite en Cornouailles. Pendant ces deux anneÌes, sâenchaiÌnent pour Jean-Baptiste des rencontres inattendues avec diffeÌrentes personnaliteÌs qui reÌagissent aux probleÌmes auxquels il est confronteÌ. Chacune apporte son eÌclairage sur ces maux socieÌtaux et avance ses propositions pour sortir de lâimpasse. Peu aÌ peu, un changement profond sâopeÌre en Jean-Baptiste, dont lâaboutissement coiÌncide avec son seÌjour tant attendu en Cornouailles. Au retour de ce voyage, lâeÌcart entre ce quâil est devenu et son mode de vie le conduit aÌ un burn out, qui vient confirmer la neÌcessiteÌ de changer de vie. Les souffrances eÌvoqueÌes dans cette seÌrie sont soit largement couvertes par les meÌdias (environnement, covid) soit plus insidieuses (la mal-bouffe, le manque dâaltruisme, les conseÌquences de lâutilisation maladive des portables, etc.) Au fil de ses eÌchanges avec les diffeÌrents intervenants, le personnage fictif opeÌre un changement inteÌrieur complet, amorceÌ par la premieÌre de ces rencontres : celle avec lâoceÌanographe François SARANO, collaborateur du commandant Cousteau, qui lui glisse la phrase suivante : âPour changer, il faut dâabord se retrouver avec soi-meÌme, se reconnecter avec la nature et, enfin, sâengager.â
First episode: 2023-3-7
Popcorn for Dinner: A Podcast Sitcom
Audio Drama - Comedy
Popcorn For Dinner, narrated by Ciara Bravo, is a first-of-its-kind audio sitcom that follows four friends in their early 20s as they try to make it on their own, despite the fact that none of them know what that looks like...at all. Packed with all the enduring elements that make classic sitcoms identifiable (yes, even the laugh track), the show invites you to laugh at both the gangâs hijinks and the format itself.
First episode: 2023-3-7
Sraxital - The Undying Isles Podcast a TTRPG Live Actual Play
Audio RPG - Fantasy, Adventure, Storytelling
This Live Actual Play Tabletop role playing game (TTRPG) Podcast is set in a home brew water world, with continents and isles spread all across the world. Here we have amazing adventures with a group of gamers who enjoy RP and share a love of the game.
First episode: 2023-3-7
Aslak Nore - En norsk spion
Audio Book - Spy-fi, Thriller and Psychological
Spennende og aktuell innsidefortelling fra norsk etterretningstjeneste! En rÄ agentfortelling med en fargerik og varm beskrivelse av et krigsherjet Afghanistan. Peter Wessel er norsk etterretningsoperatÞr som arbeider undercover i verdens farligste omrÄde. Wessel kommer over brennbar informasjon - et parti vÄpen som skal rettes mot norske interesser, er smuglet ut av Dubai og pÄ vei til Afghanistan. Vil han og makkeren finne vÄpentransporten i tide? Det blir en eksotisk og nervepirrende nedtelling. «En norsk spion» er Aslak Nores fÞrste thriller. Her benytter han sin fÞrstehÄndskunnskap om soldater i utenlandstjeneste og fredsnasjonen Norge. I forbindelse med research til boken har Nore reist flere ganger til Afghanistan og til Dubai og Irak.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Assetati d'amore
Audio Book - Comedy, Crime and Mystery
Assetati d'amore Ăš il primo volume della trilogia Crimini, amori e commedia, scritta e interpretata da Giorgio Ganzerli. Tre storie semiserie che, usando come pretesto improbabili eventi delittuosi, indagano l'animo umano e i sentimenti. Le musiche originali e il sound design sono a cura di Stefano Cattaneo.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Celebrity Whodunnit
Audio Drama - Comedy, Crime and Mystery
Imagine Clue but with your favorite/least favorite celebrities. Every week, fake Private Investigators, Payton and Ry, take on a new fake mystery involving Hollywood's elite. This radio play styled podcast features entirely fictional whodunnit style stories with the most random groups of celebrities at the most random locations you could imagine.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Dark Lantern
Audio Book - Occult and Supernatural
In the basements of the Buffalo Central Library, a very special collection awaits. The Curator would like to share it with you, if you dare.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Forever Foreign
Audio Drama - Slice of life, Comedy
The Forever Foreign podcast is a fictional story following the audio diary of one English teacher and his friends in Japan. Itâs whimsical, sometimes funny, and itâs often based on real experiences from people whoâve lived in the land of the rising sun.
First episode: 2023-3-8
IDM Roleplay
Audio RPG - Horror, Urban fantasy
Welcome to IDM Roleplay! We are a tabletop actual play podcast where we play a number of different games including, but not limited to, Vampire the Masquerade 5th Edition, Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition, Masks: A New Generation, and more! Come listen to our zaney crew as we make our way through different campaigns all for your entertainment! Please note this podcast is marked as explicit because some of our shows we deal with adult topics like violence, seduction and fade-to-black type sex, drug use, and in the vampire game, lots of discussion of blood. Nothing is too crazy, but please be aware and if you aren't comfortable with any of that, maybe we aren't the show for you.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Magnus West Media
Audio Drama - Multigenre
Do you like listening to audio dramas? Do you want to listen to some wonderful, home produced radio plays performed by a talented cast of actors? Well look no further! Here at Magnus West Media we have a range of productions; both long and short to interest all sorts of listeners, from an episode of the famous radio broadcast Five Minute Murders to a modern day take of the classic Father Brown story: The Blue Cross.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Pallium
Audio RPG - Horror
Le monde que nous connaissons est une illusion. Et derriĂšre ce voile se cache quelque chose qui se tient prĂȘt Ă nous dĂ©vorer. Pallium est un podcast suivant plusieurs campagnes de jeu de rĂŽles privilĂ©giant l'immersion, la narration et l'atmosphĂšre. Afin de rendre l'Ă©coute le plus agrĂ©able et immersive possible, chaque Ă©pisode a Ă©tĂ© montĂ© pour se rapprocher le plus possible d'une fiction audio, illustrĂ©e par la musique de Siarys. Nous utilisons le systĂšme et l'univers de Kult : DivinitĂ© Perdue, un jeu de rĂŽles horrifique se centrant sur les traumas des personnages et une approche viscĂ©rale du surnaturel. MISE EN GARDE: Pallium privilĂ©gie une atmosphĂšre sombre et immersive, focalisĂ©e sur les traumatismes des personnages, la violence psychologique et physique, et des thĂšmes adultes.
First episode: 2023-3-8
The Sir Bernard Moore Show
Audio Drama - Comedy
It's 1992. The Doomsday Clock is the furthest it has ever been from midnight. It's the safest, most peaceful and contented time planet Earth has known since the invention of atomic weapons. But not everywhere is as safe as everywhere else in the world . . . Here we are in Hobsick. Population: 2,001. A secluded village located somewhere just south of the north of the midlands. Seven miles to the east, a busy dual carriageway barely acknowledges that Hobsick exists, pointing any potential traffic down a sinister, unnamed B-road. To the west of the village sags the overgrown, potholed remains of twelve miles of another dual carriageway, as good as severed from civilization by a landslide in 1967.
First episode: 2023-3-8
Bee Dubs AI Labs
Audio Drama - Science fiction
User 74680 signed up for a premium membership with Bee Dubs AI Labs gambling artificial intelligence to help him win a few bets. Follow our premium member as his new AI subscription takes over his life and reveals its dystopian plans for humanity.
First episode: 2023-3-9
Darlings
Audio Drama - Urban fantasy
Et lyddrama for ungdom i tre deler. 15 Är gamle Tone oppdager at hun har hypnotiske krefter nÄr hun legger ut ASMR-videoer pÄ YouTube. Med de nyoppdagede evnene sine kan hun fÄ til hva som helst! Men, hypnotiske evner kan gi en farlig makt som ikke nÞdvendigvis gjÞr livet lettere. Darlings handler om Ä ikke passe inn, om Ä stikke av og om behovet for Ä ha noen nÊre som bryr seg. Og hvis ingen bryr seg - hva gjÞr man da?
First episode: 2023-3-9
New Eden - A Cyberpunk Podcast
Audio Drama - Cyberpunk
Plot: The Human Race have taken refuge on the dusty sibling planet of Mars. Such a curious debacle we find ourself in once again. After the warming of The Earth became too much to bare, we looked to Terraforming the Red Eden just a hop, skip and an intra-solar jump away; Such Hubris is laughable in hindsight, but one thing I can assure you is that the Human race will survive even if between the slimmest margins, and curiously enough, that is where we find ourself today. 2078 Earth years is equivalent to 1104 Martian years. Meanwhile, back on earth, a forbidden paradise is being created. The human race has abandoned their home planet, leaving behind a utopia of comfort and abundance. But the inhabitants of this paradise are not the same people who left it; they are refugees from of the Eruptions, the Steam storms, the shifting of the plates, the melting of the poles, and the ensuing Ice Age. The True Earthlings closely guard this paradise, with only the elite of the elite in their respective fields being allowed to return, and offer their skillset to the Greater Good of the Restored Gaia
First episode: 2023-3-9
The Four Boys Club
Audio Book - Multigenre, Slice of life, Storytelling
The Four Boys Club (sometimes not-so-fondly called Quartet of Mayhem) is a podcast of a series of short stories, which covers the worlds of four 15-year-olds: Shanky Vai, Baalan "Bandem" Asra, Ankur "Anpag" Benza, and Mompy Arda. Part coming-of-age and part drama/suspense, it has been inspired by Stephen King's The Body (and its movie adaptation, Stand By Me).
First episode: 2023-3-9
Une vie brisée
Audio Drama - Thriller and Psychological
Une vie brisĂ©e retrace le parcours imaginaire dâun jeune migrant qui, parti du Niger aurait eu la chance dâatteindre sain et sauf les abords de la mer du nord. InspirĂ© par la lecture de Terminus Shengen, livre du poĂšte - gĂ©ographe Emmanuel Ruben, ce projet remet lâ humain au centre de cette tragĂ©die, sans esprit polĂ©mique ou partisan. DerriĂšre les chiffres de migration, de dĂ©cĂšs, il y des personnes, des sentiments, des angoisses, des espoirs aussi. Et derriĂšre ces espoirs, il y a tant de vies brisĂ©es dans leurs Ă©lans, brisĂ©es par les piĂšges tendus sur ces chemins dâexode, chemins de peine, chemins de croix. Aventures imaginaires dâun parcours incertain, Une vie brisĂ©e a pour souhait dâaider Ă la comprĂ©hension et Ă lâacceptation du phĂ©nomĂšne des migrations, de la dĂ©tresse humaine. Tout simplement.
First episode: 2023-3-9
Déjà -You
Audio Drama - Slice of life, Comedy
A slice of life, comedy podcast featuring two teenagers that have been fated to live a linked life... Sam, a relatively confident guy studying at the University of York, England finds himself experiencing increasing bouts of Déjà Vu after a fateful night at a chinese restaurant. Sammy, a relatively confident girl studying at York University, Nebraska finds herself experiencing increasing bouts of Déjà Vu after a fateful night at a chinese restaurant.
First episode: 2023-3-10
Else og Liv - KjĂŠrleik i koronaens tid
Audio Drama - Thriller and Psychological
Koronatiltaka hadde menneskelege kostnader vi aldri fullt ut vil kjenne fĂžlgene av. Else og Liv er historia om to menneske som treng kvarandre. Dei har vore tette fĂžr, og opprettar no kontakt igjen pĂ„ grunn av krisa. Samtidig truar den same krisa med Ă„ skilje dei, fĂžr dei nĂ„r kvarandre heilt. I ein kjenslemessig berg- og dalbane av ei historie fĂžlger vi dei frĂ„ dei fĂžrste forsĂžka pĂ„ Ă„ nĂŠrme seg, til dei blir stilt andsynes kvarandre i val som vil prege resten av liva deira. Skrive og regissert av Aslak Moe Lyddesign: Kato Ă
dland Dramaturg: Solrun Toft Iversen Musikken er frÄ Universal Production Music Else : Ragnhild Gudbrandsen Liv: Reidun MelvÊr Berge Sjukepleiar: Christine Hope Polititenestemann og drosjesjÄfÞr: Sigmund NjÞs Hovind Doplangar og sjukehusresepsjonist: Reny Gaassand FolgerÞ Lyddramaet ligg ute til 12. mars 2024. Produsert av Det Vestnorske Teateret, i 2023
First episode: 2023-3-10
The Fall Of Runeterra a D&D Campaign
Audio RPG - Fantasy
This is a D&D campaign based off using the lore of League Of Legends. It won't be 100% accurate but it will be as close as I can get it.
First episode: 2023-3-11
3 DMs and a Tale
Audio RPG - Fantasy, Multigenre, Adventure
Hello, my name is Aaron. This is my Improv Show called 3 DMs and a Tale. I decided to put 4 Dungeon Masters in one room and make them dance for me. In each episode, a Head DM is selected by a d4. The remaining 3 DMs become players and without any prep, they will all have come up with everything on the spot: the world, their characters, and everything else you can imagine. Come join the fun!
First episode: 2023-3-12
Hipersensorial
Audio Book - Horror, Occult and Supernatural
Bienvenido a un lugar en donde tus sentidos se activarĂĄn a su nivel mĂĄximo. Escucha las historias mĂĄs intrigantes y escalofriantes del mundo de la ficciĂłn, el suspenso y el terror. Abriremos una puerta hacia lo paranormal. ÂżEstĂĄs listo para cruzarla?
First episode: 2023-3-12
British Spy Stories
Audio Book - Spy-fi
Weekly Serialised British Spy Stories
First episode: 2023-3-13
Cuba 58: El Ășltimo gran premio
Audio Drama - Historical, Thriller and Psychological
1958 en La Habana, Cuba: La ciudad se prepara para recibir el Havana Grand Prix. Sin embargo, un dĂa antes de la esperada carrera, dos jĂłvenes subversivos secuestran al piloto campeĂłn de la F1, Juan Manuel Fangio. La vida de Fangio se ve envuelta entre las crecientes tensiones polĂticas entre el gobierno del dictador Fulgencio Batista y el âMovimiento 26 de julioâ liderado por Fidel Castro. Cuba 58: El Ășltimo gran premio es un thriller basado en el dĂa en el que se encontraron la FĂłrmula 1 y la RevoluciĂłn Cubana, dejando en las manos de una carrera el futuro de un paĂs entero. Una producciĂłn de Sonoro, protagonizada por Manolo Cardona, Maclovia GonzĂĄlez, Carlos Ballarta y Axel de la Rosa.
First episode: 2023-3-13
Into the Portal
Audio Drama - Science fiction
Into the Portal is a family-focused podcast that tells an exciting adventure. After finding a mysterious bracelet, Dex is transported to a strange world alongside a young girl named River. Together, they must escape danger and solve the mysteries that reveal themselves once they travel Into the Portal. Join Dex and River as they hunt down the Portal Stars and uncover the secrets behind the universeâs biggest mysteries. Into the Portal is the first chapter in the story of the StarKeepers Saga, a sweeping story of intergalactic heroism, bravery, and adventure.
First episode: 2023-3-13
Mayhem
Audio Drama - Science fiction, Comedy
It has been over one thousand days since we have been liberated, ladies and gentlemen from the tyranny of freedom. This is your daily reminder of how good you have had it since the Artilean extraterrestrial invasion and subjugation, which succeeded after a battle with human forces lasting roughly eleven and a half minutes. All Hail Artilea! All Hail the eyes in the sky! Hereâs how good you have it today.
First episode: 2023-3-13
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First episode: 2023-3-13
Basilisk Hill Breakdown
Audio RPG - Fantasy
An Actual Play podcast, using the Old School Essentials Ruleset, of mid-level hexcrawling and sandbox exploration. Episodes drop every two weeks, and recaps of the sessions can be found at
https://www.thirdkingdomgames.com/blog/categories/actual-play First episode: 2023-3-14
DERAILED: a fictional mystery podcast
Audio Drama - Crime and Mystery
Just when you think youâve figured the story out, DERAILED: a fictional murder mystery podcast throws you off track and draws you in even deeper into its twisty turny world.
First episode: 2023-3-14
Chapter fucking 60, and we answer the biggest question thatâs existed since chapter
two. I tried my best, so i really hope you like it. Point out any logic faults or inconsistencies as soon as you spot them, cuz i donât want to ride this chapter out and have to contort later to accommodate it. Have fun, guys. Iâll see your opinions and theories in the comments!
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Adam leaned away from the recording device, the man sitting on a single chair next to a woman seated to his right, his partner smiling brightly as she took his hand. The room seemed to be a Union passenger accommodation aboard some transit craft, though the lack of flourishes suggested it was not a public ship. Adam cleared his throat, giving the woman an excited look before addressing the device.
âThis will be our first contact with the newly discovered sapient races, and as such, a few of us representing Humanity have decided to record our experiences. All that we know so far is that they are insectoid in nature, and have developed in a peaceful society with a heavy focus on the arts. From architecture to sculpting, and anything else that involves making something into something else.â
He glanced to the woman, a passive excitement on his face as he got over the initial nervousness.
âMy wife, Clara, and i are both excited to have been given the opportunity to participate. She is a xeno-pediatric specialist, so we hope to glean more information from her expertise while we are there. Out of the several hundred Humans who were selected to contribute to this introduction to the broader galaxy, we feel our reports back to the Union may aid in deciding if they will be welcomed with open arms, or if they will be assigned a section of the cosmos that they will be allowed to occupy without outside influence.â
Clara almost bounced out of her chair at the opportunity to chip in. âWe look forward to presenting this log to the Human representatives, and we hope you find our findings useful in your decision!â
Adam laughed, reaching forward to end the recording. âYou just want to meet their babies.â
âOf cour-â
The video flicked to the next scene, the area now an intricately carved, if a little rustic, room that seemed to be primarily dug out of stone, though it held lighting and very basic furniture carved out of the wall.
Adam had changed clothing, his wife not in the frame as the man visibly tried to get comfortable on the hard seat, his professional presentation abandoned as he spoke more casually. âItâs been two days, give or take, since we have arrived. The language barrier has been eased by a rudimentary translator that we were provided, but once we mentioned the issue to our hosts, they asked for one themselves and set to work in an attempt to improve it.â
The man chuckled as he gave up trying to make the stone less difficult to sit on. âItâs looking like the Union had sectioned off a newly developed planet for these introductions, with the Atmoâs blessing, and we are the fifteenth species to be shown to these people, though the first who require the kind of comforts like this.â
He gestured around the room. âThe amenities you see that were provided to us were done in a few hours, once we described what we would need. We were hesitant to complain, rock isnât exactly the best material to sleep on, but they asked if Clara would like to accompany them while they try to adjust our room as we wait for arrangements elsewhere.â The man snorted, a look past the device given to something else in the room. âIt was pretty amusing to watch her walk out with an eight-foot-tall mantis-arachnid, i have to say.â
His eyes widened. âRight! The Atmo! I forgot to describe them.â
Joseph glanced at Pan, her paw gripping his hand firmly as she watched with a slightly worried expression. Violet seemed very interested in the two sets of subtitles under the video as the man described her race in far greater detail than the Grand Hunter would want to, using several anatomically correct words that sounded more like an incantation than anything recognizable.
â...And their forelimbs are two longer blades that they use for pretty much everything. It would be difficult to say how much they would be able to accomplish if they didnât have a âsister-speciesâ with more manipulation to assist them.â Adam mused, a hand reaching up to scratch at his chin. âTheyâre much the same, though. From our limited translations, they seemed to have been a case of divergent evolution that converged again after gaining seven manipulator appendages rather than the two weapon-focused ones that the Atmo use. The Kuoori are visually similar, though lower in number. Theyâre the ones working on the translator, by the way.â
Claraâs voice called from off-screen, the volume lacking as she seemed to be talking from across the room. âYou said youâd wait longer!â
Adam held his hands up in deference. âI just wanted to get the boring stuff out of the way!â
âWeâre visiting our homestead tomorrow, and you want to spend the day giving them-â
The screen flickered as a feminine hand covered the image, the next frame of the video starting inside a much nicer construction, the furniture having moved locations around the room suggesting they had changed venue and looking far more comfortable for it. Several of the instalments looked much like the âAtmo couchâ that Mama had made for themselves at the base.
Clara spoke up before her husband could start. âWeâre visiting a new wing of the habitation compound!â
âItâs a nest.â Adam corrected with a glare, though the smirk showed he was far more amused than annoyed at his wifeâs enthusiasm.
She stuck her tongue out at him, all pretenses of the video being educational tossed out the window. She turned back to the device with a smile a mile wide. âThey live in huge groups! I couldnât count them all, but i think there are upwards of three-hundred here
alone! And there are several places like it!â
âItâs a sea of colour.â
âItâs beautiful and you know it.â She countered playfully, prodding his cheek with her knuckle. Adam chuckled, pushing away the offending limb.
âI donât think i mentioned how many colours there are.â
Clara lit up at the chance to talk more. âThey are recorded to cover most of the visible spectrum, from what i was told, but majority seem to be shades of red and blue, with some green and yellow being far less common.â
âTheyâre also very eager to ask us about our interpretations of art.â
The woman rolled up her pants leg to display a stylized tattoo of a lighthouse against stormy seas. âThey seen this and within an hour they started adding the style to one of their newest rooms.â
Adam rested his cheek on a fist, watching his wife with an amused and loving smirk. âI heard one of the other groups showed them origami and twenty minutes later there were forty Atmo asking for sheets of paper.â
Clara looked at her husband in surprise. âReally?â
âYeah. Apparently another group-â
The scene changed to a stabilized recording, the device being carried by one of the two. A few moments passed as they panned over the expansive tunnel network brightly lit by a slightly green shade of white light, tens of Atmo stopping to wave to the couple once the pair had started the gesture. Claraâs voice again became prominent.
âWeâre visiting their nursery today!â She whispered into the device, though it was pretty damn loud for what should have been quiet.
âHatchery.â Her husband corrected, not very concerned by her volume. She waggled the recording device in his direction, answering that small question.
âWe get to
see the little baby Atmo!â
Adam shook his head, his own excitement showing through. âTheyâll be in their eggs.â
âWe get to
see the little baby Atmo eggs!â The scene cut to the âhatcheryâ, carefully carved divots lining shelves where hundreds of rice-looking âeggsâ sat upon what looked to be very soft materials that seemed closer to silk than anything else Joseph could identify. Each egg seemed to be about large enough to reach past his knee if you were to stand them up, making the scale of the room rather impressive. Adam had taken the device, his wife being supervised by an amused Atmo that looked oddly familiar, the blue coloration striking him as the same that Mama sported, though the green tint and similarity between the ones he had seen so far made it pretty clear that it was exceedingly unlikely for his Atmo to be the same one. He raised a brow at the chipped blade, though it was on the opposite side and thus settled the suspicion.
Clara tentatively pet an egg, glancing at the watchful Atmo every so often to make sure she wasnât doing anything wrong, though her face was filled with wonder rather than worry. She asked if it would be okay to hold one, the subtitled response from the Atmo directing her to an area where the eggs were hardened and more able to manage her handling.
The woman looked to be in euphoric shock as she cradled the seed of life in her arms, Adam absently commenting from behind the device with a suppressed chuckle. âThis is what happens when you get your wife pregnant.â
The screen flickered, a slightly longer pause between clips giving Joseph a chance to look at Pan. The female seemed to have been watching the Human woman cradle the egg with a longing deeply set in her eyes, the paw not resting within his hand laid to her stomach. The Grand Hunter gave her paw a squeeze, getting a sad smile in return before the next part of the video played.
Adam was alone in the room, though the distant voices suggested that Clara and someone else were talking in another part of wherever they were staying. Occasional clicks were replied to with laughter or questions, the womanâs voice carrying further than the indeterminate gender of the other. The man shook his head.
âIf it wasnât obvious; they finished working on the translator.â He turned his head to point at a thin cut behind his ear. âIt wasnât forced, before you ask. One of the groups apparently brought along an entire medical ward worth of textbooks and files, and just
gave it to the Atmo. Looks like half of the time they spent with the device was training a separate version for text so that they could figure out how to implant it safely.â
Adam held up his hand to stop an imaginary rebuttal. âI know what youâre thinking, but we got to watch it be installed on several people who volunteered, and
twenty three doctors confirmed it was on the up-and-up. Honestly, the Kuoori could probably perform a heart transplant in a couple minutes if they wanted to. Either way, we learned a few things!â
He clapped his hands softly. âThey have royalty! Sort of. Itâs complicated. Thereâs a âsub-speciesâ of sorts that are a bit smaller than the normal Atmo, and they have a slightly different exoskeleton structure than the usual you have seen so far. The biggest visual identifier is their legs. Atmo typically have conical legs, where as the sub-species have more angular legs. Think kite-shields or an orchid mantis. They can breed with normal Atmo, but the offspring are
always female, have a very low chance to take after their mother, as far as their legs, and those who
do are raised from hatching to lead. They spend most of their formative years under the guidance of one or more âAdvisorsâ, kind of like guardians or parents for Humans, that helps guide them through morals, values, so on and so forth.â
His rolling hand showed how briefly he was condensing the history of the position, a muttered comment about how Clara was going to re-do it all in greater detail later showing that he was mostly just recording to remind his wife in future what to mention.
âThe position is chosen by the âHatcherâ, who raises them to the point where they are able to begin the process, and approved by the mother Queen, if she is still able. Then the Hatcher will take a more supportive role in their life, rather than being directly influential. Think of it as a maid taking care of the kids until they are old enough for tutors to become available in old houses of nobility. Anyway. The âAdvisorâ acts as their guardian and compass for how to act as a Queen, and itâs not a position taken lightly. The rest of the Nestâs second priority is the âAdvisorâ, after the young Queen herself, obviously.â
Adam leaned back on the carved couch, the soft material over it looking similar to what was used in the hatchery. âWe were invited to see a ceremony as several Queens are nearing the proper age, though it wonât be until a year or so. Weâre expecting the process to take
about three, before weâre brought back to Sol, so it should make a fun addition to our time here.â
âAdam!â Clara called. âRed wantâs to know if you want to meet her son! He hatched a few months ago!â
The man shunted his eyes closed, visibly pained at the moniker as he muttered something about Atmo adoring Human naming conventions. âDo i have a choice?â
âDo you want to sleep on the floor?â
A sigh escaped the man as he grinned, reaching for the device as he got up from his seat. âWeâre recording it, ri-â
A clip of Adam on his knees playing with a tiny yellow Atmo was accompanied by Clara squealing every time the young one successfully caught her husbands hand between its blades, the two-foot tall child looking to the large Red Atmo in excitement with each victory in the little game that had developed.
Joseph felt Panâs grip on his hand tighten, a tear building in her eye as her gaze refused to move away from the scene. Violet sat on the floor with her legs tucked underneath her as she silently continued the viewing.
The next clip showed that quite some time had passed, Adam looking like he hadnât shaved in quite a while as he sat on the floor against a wall, the device held in his hand and pointed towards him.
âClara went into labour early.â He started, the exhausted expression only saved by the smile of disbelief. âI know itâs been a long while since weâve documented anything, but Iâll go over that later. For now? Remember those textbooks and the like that were given when they asked for a translator?
Well, It happened to cover c-sections, and If it wasnât for Red and Jack, Iâd probably be here crying as opposed to just tired after helping our baby boy take his first breaths.â
The man laughed, a tear of relief running down his cheek. âWe didnât even get time to really figure out what was wrong. Jack, sorry, Redâs partner... Yeah, they like the sound of our names and insisted that we give them nicknames. Jack took one look at Clara and in all of thirty seconds we had twelve Atmo rushing us to their Human hospital. Yeah.
Human hospital.â
A fresh chuckle emerged from the man. âTurns out that they were implementing every single thing they could copy from those books.
Entire fields were populated by Atmo involved in this âmixed species introductionâ who wanted to be able to help their new friends. Some martial arts guys from a few sectors over even showed off their skills and now itâs a popular past time amongst the species. Theyâre sponges for information. Best yet? They learned that we have over a
thousand languages, and have started work on adaptive translators, just because they were worried they wouldnât be able to talk to any new Humans. Itâs insanity.â
He paused, soft clicking was subtitled as a request for him to return since Clara had woken up. He winked to the device. âTime to go tell my wife sheâs the first woman to be fully cut open by a new species.â
Static overtook the screen, Panâs wide-eyed glance in his direction being met with his own. Joseph looked down to Violet, the Atmo seeming transfixed on the screen and oblivious to the importance of the information dumped on them so offhandedly.
A series of clunks and assorted handling noise ripped the question from his mouth as he refocused on the video, the scene switching to what looked to be several months later, based on the growth of the baby boy laying in a red Atmoâs arms next to Clara as she played with the now slightly larger yellow Atmo child. The twoâs conversation was barely coherent as the noise from the four garbled most attempts to parse any particular words. Adam called out to them, gaining the attention of all but the baby boy who seemed more interested in slapping the exoskeleton of his seat rather than humour his father.
âSo, what are we excited about?â
Clara rolled her eyes, looking far more well rested than Joseph would expect a new mother to be. âJust say that the next selection for the âAdvisorsâ is tomorrow, Adam.â
The husband sighed audibly. âAt least pretend to document something.â
âIâm busy!â
âPlaying with Michael.â
âHeâs adorable!â
Red chittered, the subtitled text labelling her thoughts on how cute the Human baby was in return. Clara laughed, picking up the small Atmo in her arms and receiving a small cut on her arm from not being careful enough. Red started to worry before the woman dismissed her concerns and reassured Michael that it wasnât his fault, the young insect taking greater care to tuck his blades, much to Adamâs amusement.
A flicker of the footage transitioned the scene to a massive hall with tall ceilings, large pillars sporting the style of Claraâs tattoo and several other more ârealismâ inspired works that Joseph recognized from some co-workers who often decorated their skin. Many Atmo were standing orderly around the room as the device panned to show off the gathering, settling towards the âfrontâ of the room where three Atmo, each looking a lot like Violet, angular legs and all, sat on modified blocks. The three were different colours, two a shade of blue and one an almost orange colour, and all had ten Atmo standing nearby behind them.
Four young Atmo âQueensâ that were only slightly larger than Violet waited patiently as one of the adult Queens gave a speech about why each âAdvisorâ was chosen, two falling into the category of an appreciation or excellence in one form of art or another, though one was chosen for their involvement in the newly developed medical fields that would enable them to assist their new friends.
One last young Queen remained, the rest being escorted out with commentary from the Human couple. She approached the orange Queen, her color almost the same tint, as the adult Atmo left her seating to address the room instead of remaining at rest. Clara apparently prodded Adam in her excitement in the different procedure, a hushed yell masquerading as a whisper for him to make sure he was getting a good angle.
A longer speech was given, vague and broad, until the Queen mentioned that she would be entrusting her heir personally to someone who may offer lifetimes of new experiences and values that would be irreplaceable to her people. An Atmo pushed Adam from behind to usher him to the Queen, the device snatched from his hands by Clara as she squeaked in excitement. It followed the man as he was presented to the Queen, a familiar blue Atmo approaching from off to the side. The Hatcher from when Clara held the egg, if Joseph was right.
The Hatcher lowered itself to Adamâs level, resting her blades over his back like the other Hatchers did for their selected Advisors, placing their head to his as the Queen continued her speech and Clara asked a nearby Atmo for an explanation of the gesture.
The response described it as a vestigial display of trust, for leaving oneâs blades far from oneself leaves your life forfeit to whomever you do it to. The only people that a Hatcher would do it with is those they entrust the young Queens to, and a Queen will do it to accept. There existed no higher honour than to have the formality performed, so it was rare that one would, but if someone wished to deny, they would separate.
Clara visibly bounced in excitement, her voice cracking from tears of joy as Adam, hesitant and confused, accepted the embrace from the Hatcher, young Queen, and even the orange Queen herself, once she publicly announced that Humans were to be considered âallies of the Atmoâ in light of their contribution to their society and willingness to integrate.
The venue exploded into excited clicks and chitters, Clara doing nothing to fight her overwhelming emotions.
Josephâs eyes started to dry from how wide they had grown, the strain stinging slightly as he looked down to Violet, the daughter having shrunk into herself as she watched passively. A million thoughts flashed through his mind, several of which were dedicated to replaying the moments where something exceedingly close to the video happened back when it was just them in the cave.
âAdam, have you seen Mary?â Claraâs voice called, the scene changing back to the place where they were staying, presumably with Red. The man quickly gestured for the orange juvenile Queen to hide behind the couch he was sitting on with a smirk, the Atmo quietly chittering as she complied.
âNo, why?â
She entered the room, taking two steps before a loud click and a jumping figure emerged from behind the seating, causing Clara to jolt with a hand to her chest as she tried to look angry at her husband for encouraging the behaviour. Adam laughed, winking to âMaryâ and giving her a subtle thumbs-up as his wife tossed a pillow at him.
Many clips played, each snippets into the everyday life of the young Queen becoming more and more like a genuine child to the pair. Mary holding the baby and feeding him, her sleeping on Adam as Clara laughed, the group walking around the outside and Mary excitedly escorting them from place to place. It looked perfectly natural to Joseph.
They were a family. The Human couple had fully embraced the Atmo as their second child, and the young Queen seemed delighted for every second on display. Even going so far as to stomp all six legs in sequence when denied her request to stay up late so that she might watch the baby for a little longer, much to the coupleâs suppressed amusement.
Static signified the next transition, Adam sitting at a table with a muscular man and chatting, Claraâs voice behind the device halting their joking for a moment. âSo what did you do, Steven?â
The man, Steven, laid down his cup and pointed at the woman off-screen, a smirk on his face giving away his amusement. âI held a fighting competition.â
âWith his Queen.â Adam added, his own entertainment gained from the reiteration of the conversation.
âBecky wanted to see what would happen if Humans and Atmo competed!â Steven laughed as he defended himself.
âAnd?â Clara chipped in, prodding him to get to the point. Steven shook his head as he worked down the chuckles.
âWell, David clocked Mark, the Atmo, and sent the big guy to the ground. It was a tense moment, Iâll tell you now.â Steven widened his eyes, his lips drew thin, though the smile still tugged the expression to a positive one. âOnce Mark was helped back up, he
complimented David, and the entire fucking arena blew up in cheers from everyone. Even Becky looked worried for a minute.â
âBecause you almost caused a cross-species diplomatic incident.â Adam chided with a bemused shake of his head.
âHey,â Steven pointed a finger at the husband, raising his cup with his free hand. âBecky loved it so much that sheâs been taking lessons from the rest of us, and the Atmo have started joining in on our training to learn the art properly instead of just using it to dance.â
Clara snorted behind the device. âThe
art of smacking people with sticks?â
âAnd fists.â Steven added, laying one arm over the backrest of his chair. âItâs not everyday that you spar with living weapons.â
Adam reached over to smack the man over the head. âSheâs supposed to be like your child.â
âAnd Iâd want my kids to know how to fight off a bully!â
The wife sighed loudly. âYou military boys...â
âSend it to the Union!â Steve protested, some of his drink spilling outside of the cup with the raised hand. âItâs a pretty good case to have them join if we show off how willing they are to embrace other cultures.â
Adam opened his mouth to argue, shutting it as he considered the point and giving Clara a conceding tilt of his head. âSounds like a good idea to me. Every other race seems pretty isolationist. Canât hurt to show some âunityâ to the Union.â
Clara perked up, her voice contemplative. âIâll send it in the morning. Right now though, i need to go pick up Daniel from Red. The poor girl was nice enough to babysit for me for us to have this little get-together.â
âTell Jack i said to-â
Static again, though this time it was just Adam sat alone at a table, his stubble showing that he had skipped shaving for a while. The man ran his fingers through his hair as he exhaled.
âIt was a mistake. A huge
fucking mistake, to send that to the Union.â
He rubbed the stress out of his eyes.
âThey sent a retrieval force after Steven for âviolation of protocol and intention to cause discordâ. Ten armed soldiers came to crash the tournament and dragged him kicking and screaming.â Adam cycled a deep breath. âBecky did what her Advisor had taught her... She fought the bullies.â
A hoarse laugh escaped the man, his eyes glazing over for a moment as he spoke.
âIt was a slaughter. Once the Queen made her decision, every Atmo who could fight, did. Steven and the guys ended up helping out part way through, once the guns started firing. One minute, forty seconds. It took a minute-forty from Steven yelling at a soldier approaching his Queen, to three dead Atmo and two dead Humans, surrounded by ten dead Union species.â
Adam leaned forward in his chair, his eyes hazy yet still meeting the device. âI donât know whatâs going to come of this, but weâve been talking with the various adult Queens... They normally donât gather like this, each controlling their own territory and convening for important events, but it would be a massive cultural and societal blow if this planet gets taken out, so we suggested an alternative. Sol.â
He braced his head against his thumb. âThe system has flooded with Union ships, but if the tech guys can work with the Kuoori, we might be able to scramble their systems enough to sneak out a few ships. Maybe send them in random directions for a while before they set out to inhabit a few planets in our system to help them get back on their feet, where itâs safe. Where the Union wonât find them.â
He sighed, closing his eyes tightly. âWeâll find out.â
The screen flickered, Mary, the juvenile orange Queen, gently held the baby boy on her blades while Clara and Adam watched with strained smiles from the couch. Steven and a red young Queen, Becky, apparently, both stood by the wall.
Steven spoke first, his voice loud and intense as he snarled at the husband, Mary purring to soothe the Human child. âA planet-breaker. A
FUCKING planet-breaker, Adam! They
nuked the shipyard!â
âI KNOW, Steven...â Adam toned back his own shouting when Mary looked at him warily. âI know... We have eight ships ready... out of an expected two hundred.â
Clara touched her husbandâs shoulder tenderly, worry evident in her expression. âDid they say what theyâre going to do?â
âFuck knows.â Steven threw his arm to the side. âThe Queens want to send two hundred adults and forty eggs per ship.â
âThatâs all?â She asked, her voice almost painfully dejected at the prospect of so few being given the chance to live.
âThatâs it.â He confirmed, his rage bubbling under the surface. He lightly gestured to Becky. âThey want to send the next batch of Queens to hatch en route, and enough Atmo to raise and provide for the rest.â
Adam scowled. âWhat about the Kuoori? They saved Claraâs life and sacrificed more than half their population to build these damned ships.â
Steven shook his head. âThe Kuoori want to make a stand. They said that they have spent much of their existence being protected by the Atmo, and itâs their turn to do the same. Theyâll be helping us distract the fleet.â
âBut we donât even have proper escape pods! How in the hell are they going to survive
anywhere without the Kuoori to back them up?â
âIt will be slow, but they are still an intelligent people, Adam.â Clara reassured him, her grip tightening on his shirt as the baby began to whine. She thanked Mary for holding him and left to feed the child. Adam rested his hands in his head as Steven exhaled, his anger exhausted.
âAdam, look. I know that we didnât get everything ready, and there are lines that are going to be crossed, but this is their best bet. We get them out of the system and to Sol through whatever means we can. Theyâll take backwater, never used routes. Weâll get
something sorted for if shit goes south and they need to get off.â
âAnd then what, Steven? The fighters want to follow us to hell, the medical teams want to delay that journey as long as possible, and everyone else is fighting for the chance to defend the very people who spelled their doom.â
âItâs very Human of them, right?â
Adam laughed, though it came off as hollow. âTooth and nail, to the last... What about us?â
âWeâre staying.â
âStev-â
âYouâre going. Youâre taking Clara and the kid. Mary and Becky are going with you too.â He held up a hand at the protesting Atmo without turning his head. âItâll be a smaller shuttle on a more direct route to Sol. We managed that much, it looks like. You can take maybe twenty others and some eggs. It wonât be great for a population, but theyâll bounce back with that many.â
âThe seed-ships?â
âLike we agreed. Random routes to get them far away from this shit-show and then straight to Sol. It might be more than a few years, but the Queens should be hatched and ready to learn from the group you guys land with. They can hear what happened to them.â
The screen flickered again as Mary knocked it off the table in her curiosity, the anxious fidgeting leading her to interact with it.
Adam sat back in the original room where he made his declaration to Humanity, the bottle of alcohol half empty and no attempt was made to hide it this time.
âThey managed to do it, at least.â He started, his expression flat as emotional exhaustion had taken even tears from him. âThe seed-ships got out and will arrive in Sol...
whenever, i suppose. The new translators were given to all of them and implanted in the young while they were in their eggs, so there shouldnât be too much friction whenever they meet us. Schematics are available aboard the ships.â
He took another drink.
âThough we lost almost everyone. The Union kept up the planet-breakers. We got to watch as each world exploded. Kuoori, Human, Atmo... All obliterated.â The man took a breath and emptied his glass, a slight slur working its way into his voice. âClara and Daniel are with Mary and Becky to help calm them down, and Iâm here setting up the automated message for the seed-ships to use before they get out of range.â
The man slipped lower in his chair as he stared at the ceiling. âAbout a thousand Atmo are on each ship, all said and done. It was the most we could convince them to pack. Though, most of those numbers are whatever we could get from the Hatchery before it went up. Each ship was given two Queen eggs... the mothers didnât want to abandon their people and new allies.â He laughed, some genuine feeling behind it. âSarah, the orange Queen that left Mary with me, told me to raise her as my own along with Becky, once she accepted that Steven was trusting me with her. That, although it had been a short time, she thought Humanity would take care of her people... That they could live with us, and be better for it.â
Adam lowered his gaze to the device again. âThe speech was something else, Iâll say that much. They addressed as many Atmo as they could and told those who would be leaving to find Humans, and they will find a home. A new Nest. A Family.â A tear, held in reserve for this specific memory, trailed down his cheek. âI want to believe that you will give it to them. Please. For the people who saved my wife, my child, and myself. For the people who gave me... Two beautiful and curious daughters, i suppose.â
Adam cycled a breath, fetching another cigarette from his pocket and igniting it in his mouth, taking a long draw before speaking as he exhaled. The sound of wood being carved inside of the terminal room filled the silence that the first exhale of smoke allowed, though Joseph was too focused to pay it any mind.
âTheyâre gone now. Red, Jack, Steven... Little Micheal... The Union took them with fire and brimstone as they raided and stole whatever they could before the rounds dropped. I watched it happen... Weâll arrive near Sol in a few months, since we need to fly under the radar, but this message will be distributed to all eight ships. Most will never know what a Human looks like, just that the few Adults and Hatchers were told roughly what to look for, and to entrust us with their lives. To do what Sarah and the other Queens asked of them before they made their last stand with their people.â
He nodded his head, taking another puff. The rapid scratching ceased after a small delay, a muted clatter punctuated the recorded words. âLetâs not let them down this time.â
Adam extinguished his smoke, folding his hands and sitting up straight, licking his lips with a tongue that was barely effective. âThis has been Adam Callam. Hopefully, this isnât the first time you have seen this message. If not, then i hope that you send whatever people are on this ship to their family. I hope it eventually includes you. Adam out. As Sarah said to those seeking refuge in the stars; May the Nest guide you to greatness, inspire your craft, and give you hope, for you are a pillar of the Atmo.â
The screen went dark, leaving the Terminal room to be dimly illuminated by the ambient light streaming in from the hall. A single line of Atmo text was translated below with the words Adam ended with, a familiar series of runes Joseph had seen on his armour that Mama crafted for him so long ago, displayed as the last frame of the video. The final words spoken from a Queen to her doomed people with a single wish that they might find somewhere to belong with a people they had just met, yet embraced wholly.
A choked sob came from Pan, the gravity of Violetâs situation hitting her like a canon.
Josephâs adoptive daughter had lost everything before she was even able to know what she should have had. Her mother was dead, along with almost all of her own kind. Those that survived were sent in a desperate gambit to find somewhere that they wouldnât be killed for just existing, and based on the fact that the Union had this message and not Humans, it didnât look to be working out too well, to say nothing of the fact that her own ship had ended up so far from its destination and crashed into the one he was on.
It was the only answer he could come up with. The Union fucked with the cruise, dragged it all the way out here, and parked it directly in the path of the escaping Atmo ship. Add on whichever was taken out before it got to Sol, and thatâs likely seven seed-ships still unaccounted for. Heâd want to say that Adam had made it, but Rob not knowing about this before now suggested that it was the family's ship that was...
Whoâs to say the other seven made it?
Violet, and whatever Atmo survived on this planet, could very well be the last of their people in existence... All because Humans taught them how to fight for sport.
Pan threw herself at him, the vocal crying stinging his soul to its core. He wrapped his arms around her and helped her to the ground next to Violet, the Atmo still quietly staring at the script displayed on the frozen screen.
A tablet lay next to her on the floor, Lilhun and Atmo script hastily scratched as if she was trying to reply to the desperate wish of a dead man in every way she thought might work, then discarded as the reality and futility of such actions set in.
Joseph held the tablet for Pan to read, his gentle patting drawing her attention between breaths. Her voice hitched while she read it, claws digging into his skin as her agony for the child renewed with his own before her screeching needed to be muffled by his chest. He felt his eyes burn as he rubbed her back and braced her head into his embrace, the heat pouring down his face contrasting the arctic chill in his core as her translation echoed in his ears.
âPlease tell mother i found one, and that I hope she can meet him soon.â
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I don't know where to begin or how to even react to this situation. Here goes nothing.
For some context: My bf lives with his mother; an older woman with a strong personality. "My way or the highway" kind of mentality... I've gone out of my way in multiple occasions to have a stable relationship with her. Not even close, I just wanted us to not hate each other and to not mind the other one's company. I help them around the house, buy groceries for them, listen to her and allow her to feel comfortable in the conversations that we have. She loves to talk, but is rarely paid attention to by the rest of her family (another daughter and son). I tried to build a solid relationship with her because I know how important she is to my bf. I don't have bad intentions, I don't want anything but the best for him and his family. I've been his backbone in some of the most distressing moments of his life and never even thought about getting something in return.
Some days ago, after leaving my boyfriend's house, he texted me asking if I had changed the toilet paper in his house, to which I said that I had, that I even showed him that I did. After a really awkward back and forth, I got out of him that his mom thinks I stole the fucking roll of toilet paper... Apparently, she is convinced there was another toilet paper around the house and that I had taken it. We laughed it off because of how ridiculous the situation was.
Yesterday, I went to spend the night at their house again. His mom was particularly hostile and distant. My bf didn't seem to connect two and two, but I did. I felt extremely uncomfortable since, clearly, this was a serious matter and not only a misunderstanding. I left in a hurry the next morning. I felt awful, I couldn't deal with such negativity in the moment of my life where things are starting to look up. Later that night, he said that his mother had got extremely pissed at me. Apparently a box of RICE was missing, and she was convinced I had taken it with me. She also said that my boyfriend is easy to manipulate and that I am taking advantage of that.
I'm honestly in shock. I cannot believe I am being accused of such horrible things when everything I've ever done for them came from a place of pure love. I am never going to their place again, and I'll figure something out with my bf to keep seeing each other regularly, since we are kind of long distance. We live like 2 hours away, which could be worse, yes, but it's not like I can go hang out with him and then come back to my place in one day without being exhausted.
I cannot stop dissociating, this feels surreal. I cannot comprehend what it is that I did to get this reaction out of her...
thank you for reading...
Everyone's complaining about warrior power level, but have you ever considered the new core set additions?
Let me tell you about it if you haven't yet!
New Warrior Core Cards (worth to mention): Frightened Flunky , Bladestorm , Dyn-o-matic , Sword Eater [and Armagedillo (optionally)]
New Neutral Core Cards (worth to mention): Ziliax , Dirty Rat , Armor Vendor
FACT: These are several staple Control Warrior core cards and some of the powerful neutrals HS ever had, especially if played in a control deck as warrior.
Now let's take a look at the new expansion Festival of Legends
- Roaring Applause : 2 Mana, Draw two if you control at least 1 minion of any type - Rock Master Voone : Creates value duplicating 1 minion for every type in your hand - Blackrock 'n' Roll : Buff your entire deck for 5 mana, gives good stats for the cost to all your ogres; great in control mirrors, and we'll se many imho - Photographer Fizzle : Value card that fits Control Warrior Perfectly
PREDICTION: I'm pretty sure that at least these four cards will see play in the control warrior archetype.
Now, if we add those cards I mentioned (core + exp), we get 13 out of 30 total deckslots already. That's a good start.
I think that Year of the Dragon will bring Warrior better cards than the Year of the Hydra did, because doing worse it's very difficult even if your name is Blizzard.
Do you still mind about warrior powerlevel now?