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Issue #47 | 27 Jul 2023

This is the time of year I wished I lived in the southern hemisphere. 🥵 If you too are struggling with the heat or other crazy climate stuff, we shall commiserate together.

A huge shout out to Ostium Network for becoming the latest creative shop to support The End. They make a variety of fiction podcasts, and their flagship show—Ostium—has been publishing episodes since 2016. Thanks, Alex and crew, for your support! (And if you're reading this paragraph with jealousy in your heart and a few coins in your pocket, perhaps you'll consider supporting us too?)

Also—astute readers of The End will notice that this issue's two Featured titles were highlighted in issues just a few weeks ago. Since then, I've listened to both of them in their entirety and found them worthy of the coveted Featured spots. So if you missed them when I first told you about them, here's your second chance with my compliments.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

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Featured Audio Fiction

I've listened to every episode of these two shows, and proudly recommend them to you. As with all things in life, YMMV.

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Two Dead Girls in Jubeliene

Dramatized mystery thriller from Ethan Wellin

When Myra Abernathy’s estranged father dies in a grisly “accident,” she comes home to take up his secret obsession: the hunt for her baby sister’s cold-case killer.

Series complete as of 23 May 2023
12 episodes
Listening time: 6h 24m
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Evo's notes: A gripping, well-conceived mystery that gives an exciting ride!

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Pearl River Remains

Narrated southern gothic ghost story from Daryl Lisa Fazio

When human bones are discovered in a Mississippi river bed, Fran Boden—a loner with peculiar gifts—returns to her small town to probe the origins of her mother’s long-ago disappearance and confront the ghosts of her family, both living and dead.

Written and Performed by Daryl Lisa Fazio, from her novel manuscript of the same name. With intro/outro music by Phillip DePoy.

Series complete as of 12 Oct 2022
22 episodes
Listening time: 9h 01m
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Evo's notes: A very subtle "ghost story" (I'd say urban fantasy or weird brain powers) with a compelling narrator who puts you right in the scene. I quickly ignored the small production imperfections.

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Season Finales & Finished Series

I like this mix of the shows in this section this week, and I like that all of them are relatively short listens. So sample away and find something you love!

Dramatized scifi from Mark R. Healy

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The Road of Shadows

It’s 1984, and Daniel Knox is on the run. He’s spent his entire life evading mysterious creatures that are disguised as everyday people - the ones he calls 'Shadows’. Preying on humans in secret, the Shadows are an enigma even to Daniel. But he knows one thing for sure - the Shadows’ true nature can’t be seen by anyone but him.

Season 1 finale released 25 Jul 2023
10 episodes
Listening time: 5h 04m
Season 2 slated for late Oct 2023
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Narrated horror from J.W.G. Wise

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Samite

Samite is a slow-moving horror series that delves into the dark history behind a BBS that was started in 1981. Starring Amando McClaine and Christine Celozzi, Samite is a 12-part story that connects to a much larger world.

Season 2 finale released 24 Jul 2023
8 episodes
Listening time: 3h 10m
Season 3 slated for Mar 2024
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Dramatized comedy mystery from Queen City Flash

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Zoinks!

Fans of Nancy Drew and Scooby Doo will delight in this hilarious, opioid-fueled dive into the world of latch-key children and the haunted, dangerous places that meddling leads.

Season 1 finale released 21 Jul 2023
8 episodes
Listening time: 2h 37m
Season 2 slated for Jan 2024
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Dramatized cyberpunk from Eyes Shut Studio

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Project Pulse

A future reborn through augmented reality gives way to the greatest sport the world has ever known. Project Pulse, a three-on-three battle of wills in an ever changing arena, became the center of the world. And for a young, blind boy with a suffering family, the draw to step on that field and prove himself is simply too hard to resist.

Season 1 finale released 18 Jul 2023
8 episodes
Listening time: 2h 01m
Season 2 starts Sep 2023
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Dramatized fiction from BBC Radio 5 live

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People Who Knew Me

Emily Morris uses 9/11 to fake her own death and run away to start a new life in California as Connie Prynne.

Series complete as of 29 Jun 2023
10 episodes
Listening time: 3h 00m
🏃‍♀️✈️💣

Narrated fantasy from Hana Conte

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The Narthonia Chronicles

Welcome to The Narthonia Chronicles, a new podcast in which you will follow the stories of 6 brave adventurers as they explore the vast world of Narthonia.

From a queer creator with queer characters.

Season 1 finale released 18 Apr 2023
8 episodes
Listening time: 2h 03m
Season 2 releasing now
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Dramatized scifi from Sebastian Stark & Siren Audio Network

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Division Rate

A thousand years after the advent of biological immortality, civilization has crumbled and humanity is trapped in a technological dark age. In the ruins of what was once a global empire, the surviving immortals rule as monarchs over the mortal commoners, but the winds of change are coming.

Season 1 finale released 20 Oct 2022
14 episodes
Listening time: 4h 36m
Season 2 slated for Jun 2024
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