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Episode 25: “Time’s Imperious Voice”

October 9, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Violence, doppelgängers, discussions of a natural disaster and depictions of aftermath, discussions of loss, grief, and death, some strong language, despair, paranoia, depiction of personal injury, some loud noises Tape 2-3-138-1-14: Reflections, memories, and revelations regarding the town of Agate Shore, and what became of those … More Episode 25: “Time’s Imperious Voice”

Episode 24: “At Midnight’s Spectred Hour”

October 2, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Doppelgängers, some strong language, gun violence, dismemberment of a non-human character, paranoia, discussions of suicide and suicidal intent, loud noises (including gunshots, thunder, and screams), depiction of a car crash and personal injury, some strong language Tape 4-18-15-1-15: A series of recordings from across Oslow County, … More Episode 24: “At Midnight’s Spectred Hour”

Episode 23: “Pour Death and Defeat Upon Them”

September 25, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Descriptions of a corpse, loud noises (including explosions and thunder), doppelgängers, despair, paranoia, discussions of suicidal ideation, mental health, medication, and suicide, some strong language Tape 4-12-27-3-55: Following his arrest of the entity calling itself Anna Sheridan, Sam Bailey attempts to hold her in the Oslow … More Episode 23: “Pour Death and Defeat Upon Them”

Episode 22: “Such a Place as This”

September 18, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Arachnophobia, loud noises (including screams), doppelgängers, betrayal, paranoia, threat of gun violence, some strong language Tape 2-5-53-5-6: Pushed to the point of desperation, Sam Bailey and Maria Sol prepare to arrest the false Anna at the halfway house. But things are not as they seem as … More Episode 22: “Such a Place as This”

Episode 21: “Cumulous”

September 11, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Astraphobia, loud noises, discussion of injury and child endangerment, discussion of family separation due to homophobia 05012018: A series of short recordings from across the continental US, as an unnatural thunderstorm rolls across the country and the stresses of Anna’s disappearance begin to press down on … More Episode 21: “Cumulous”

Lesson 27: Act 3 – Restoration

September 10, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In this episode, we address the paradox of showing genuine change in the third act: if true character is only revealed through action in conflict, then how do you demonstrate the completion of a character arc after the main conflict ends? Learn how to … More Lesson 27: Act 3 – Restoration

Episode 20: “In Absentia”

September 4, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Loud noises, descriptions of a corpse, discussions of death and drowning (including child death), despair, depictions of a natural disaster, some strong language Tape 0: Waiting for Sam to return to his office, Maria Sol discovers an unexpected cassette hidden amongst Anna Sheridan’s tapes… One that … More Episode 20: “In Absentia”

Episode 19: “In Deep Shadow”

August 28, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Loud/disturbing noises, descriptions of a corpse, discussions of police violence, body horror, disturbing elements Tape 3-4-5-7-32: After the unexpected resurrection of the entity known as De Witt, Sam Bailey interviews the creature about his long history of terror. Starring Airen Neeley Chaconas as Anna Sheridan, Sam … More Episode 19: “In Deep Shadow”

Lesson 26: Act 3 – Return

August 26, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify Listen on Google Podcasts In this episode, the protagonist reaches the final, and perhaps most difficult, threshold in the journey: the return to the ordinary world. Learn how and why characters must come home at the end of their arcs, how to use this moment most effectively for … More Lesson 26: Act 3 – Return

Episode 18: “The Vastness of the Sea”

August 21, 2020

Listen on Apple Podcasts Listen on Spotify CONTENT WARNING: Thalassophobia, sea monsters, loud noises, descriptions of a corpse Tape 1-6-10-3-10: On her way to Chile to investigate a potential sea monster, Anna finds herself stuck in Kingstown when hurricane Sandy makes landfall. As she muses about humanity’s long history with the creatures of the deep, … More Episode 18: “The Vastness of the Sea”