Lots of great fiction podcasts and other audio fiction shows are coming back with a new season next week.
Add this one to your queue for #AudioDramaSunday and get caught up, because Season 2 of It's All in the Cards, a dramatized #horror#thriller from Dabbed in Ink, started on Friday, Sept 29th. You’ll need about 6h to listen to all 10 episodes of Season 1) 🧙♀️🗡😈
Join us as we follow Jade, an Ozark folk witch who runs an occult bookstore and gives tarot readings. In our inaugural season, Jade is dealing with the local coven breathing down her neck as a string of murders occur in her neighborhood.
We’ve another suggestion for a great tale for #AudioFictionSunday this week, and it’s once again a favorite of our curator, @evoterra:
"I recommend Tumanbay, a dramatized #fantasy series from iHeartPodcasts & Goldhawk Productions. Don't let the "fantasy" part fool you. This is much more of a military/administration/coup kind of story, which arguably sounds less sexy than ‘fantasy.’ But I enjoyed it immensely. Perhaps you will as well.”
Tumnabay is a complete series. Queue this one up for your next long trip, as the 34 episodes of the 4 seasons will last you about 30 hours.
Tumanbay: the most magnificent city on earth. The beating heart of a vast empire. A city of dreams – where those who once arrived as slaves now reside in the seat of power.
Word of mouth goes a long way in podcasting, and that’s what #AudioDramaSunday is all about! If you need something new in your ears this week, here’s a personal recommendation from our curator, @evoterra. Here's what he had to say about Desert Skies, a dramatized #fantasy / #comedy from Jared Carter.
"True story: Jared literally begged me to listen to this show, and I loved it. Think 80s-sitcom, but in the best possible way! It's a bit of a slow burn, but once it gets going, you'll be hooked!”
Desert Skies has reached the Season 1 finale, giving you 13 episodes and a little over 6 and a half hours of sitcom-y goodness.
It’s another #AudioDramaSunday, so it’s time to toot about the shows highlighted in the 56th issue of The End and our companion podcast, The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week!
We’ll start off with a show that recently reached a conclusion last week:
💛🐙🌊 • Cybernautica, a dramatized #cyberpunk#scifi series from Red Fathom Entertainment, posted the final episode of the complete series on September 28th. This complete series has 2 seasons and 17 episodes for nearly 6 and a half hours of enjoyment.
Check out Strange Stories from Odd Folx, a narrated multigenre anthology from Lee Hulme (@leekhulme) & Team Cuddles Productions. It released the Season 1 finale on Sept 13th.
Join the fight against alien invasions. Resist near-future conspiracies. Explore alternate history. Get lost light-years from home in far-future space opera... and so much more.
• Series complete as of 15 Sep 2023
• 1 season, 45 episodes
• Listening time: 18h 36m
• 👽🕴️🚀
Fatine and Rusen, two knights-in-training in the Matysian Kingdom, meet the legendary hero Balthian, who tells them a variety of tales from his long life of adventures.
• Series complete as of 2 Sep 2023
• 6 episodes
• Listening time: 1h 59m
• ⚔️🎭🏰
Happy #AudioDramaSunday! Check out Am I Old Yet?, a dramatised slice of life comedy from Flloyd Kennedy & Thunder's Mouth Theatre. It's created, produced and mostly performed by an old woman, with an old woman as the central protagonist. Flying the banner for anti-ageism!
A coming of age screwball comedy for all ages. Written, performed and produced by Aussie-born, Liverpool-based actress, singer-songwriter and performance poet Flloyd Kennedy, with occasional guest performers.
• Season 8 finale released 8 Sep 2023
• 97 episodes
• Listening time: 19h 43m
• Season 9 slated for Jan 2024
• 👵🏼 🦸 ⏳
It’s getting late on this #AudioDramaSunday, but we can share one more show with you that’s returning soon with a new season! So get caught up on Curdle Holler, a dramatized #horror#comedy series from Rebekah Burchfield and Will Malone, before the 5th series drops in a few weeks!
Well, you’re dead. But life goes on… in Curdle Holler, a spooky little town of #Halloween characters. Join Bonita and Chip, proprietors of a gift boo-tique, as they learn about their new afterlives and meet the town characters in this original comedy audio mini-series. They may be scary, but the citizens are in for a fright when they realize that the town is in jeopardy.
A future reborn through #AugmentedReality 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.
Psst! We have a secret for you this #AudioDramaSunday. Digital Folklore, a dramatized modern #folklore series from Perry Carpenter, Mason Amadeus & Realm, returns for Season 2 very soon!
Digital Folklore is an immersive audio adventure that takes place inside a fictional universe, but explores the real-world truths behind various expressions of internet culture and how each holds up a mirror to the society from which they emerge.
This podcast is great for audio fiction fans who really really want to enjoy interview-based shows, or for listeners who love expert interviews and insights but long for something unique and unexpected.
Join Perry Carpenter and Mason Amadeus as they explore the wild and wonderful world of online folklore, encountering a wide range of characters—both real and fictional—who provide a wealth of folkloric insight while simultaneously creating new lore. With topics ranging from the absurd to the unsettling, the Digital Folklore podcast is an accessible and entertaining way to learn about folkloric concepts and societal truths. Oh…and be sure to listen carefully—you never know what you might find.
Murphy’s Inc. is an audio #scienceFiction#adventure that follows an organization led by Murphy with her two agents, Michael and Daphne, as they and their rag-tag team travel through time to steal precious artifacts. Along the way, they’ll meet famous historical figures, weave through danger, and experience historical events shown only in dusty, faded textbooks. Intrigue, thrills, and betrayal follow as they jump deep into the past.
This #AudioDramaSunday, get caught up on
Hell Gate City, a dramatized #scifi#comedy from Kevin Berrey & Screaming Panda, before Season 2 starts on Aug 31.
Award-winning sci-fi audio dramedy series by Earth’s #1 Narcoleptic Comedian 🌉 In futuristic dreampunk NYC, a radio host’s live-streamed nightmares come true.
After a mission to steal a relic from the far ends of Myracula Galaxy doesn’t go as planned… our three sisters, The Trinity Squad, find themselves thrown into their ultimate destiny…To save Myracula.
A POC podcast, with songs!
• Season 1 finale released 31 May 2023
• 5 episodes
• Listening time: 1h 28m
• Season 2 slated for Nov 2023
• 🦹🏽♀️👩🏾🎤🦸🏽♀️
A fantasy fiction, comedy #adventure, in which two magical researchers are transported to another plane of existence, with only ancient spirits, in the grips of ennui for comfort.
POC representation among the cast.
• Season 1 finale released 15 Aug 2023
• 8 episodes
• Listening time: 2h 48m
• Season 2 slated for Aug 2024
• 🪄👻🍆
In the early 22nd century, the Apollyon virus wiped out 75% of the world’s population, and now most of the world is governed by the International Conglomerate of Research Scientists. An ICRS research scientist may have just discovered an effective vaccine for Apollyon, but the stakes to get the vaccine to the public are higher than she ever imagined.
Black woman creator with a cast of many races and ethnicities
• Season 2 finale released 18 Aug 2023
• 20 episodes
• Listening time: 10h 25m
• Season 3 slated for Apr 2024
• 🦠💉🌐
On a lonely highway between life and the next life there’s one last stop that we all have to make. Desert Skies Astral Plane Fuel and Service Station serves travelers as they embark on their journey through the celestial spheres. Meet the Attendant, the Mechanic, and C.A.S.H. Register. Together, they’ll make sure you’re prepared for the ride.
• Season 1 finale released 21 Aug 2023
• 13 episodes
• Listening time: 6h 37m
• Season 2 slated for Feb 2024
• 🌵⚰️⛽
Meet Nolan Blackwell, Teen Sleuth - Girl Detective, and her dog Casper. Nolan has a love of all things Nancy Drew and Encyclopedia Brown. Casper has a penchant for mischief. But not all mysteries are hardbound and soon Nolan Blackwell will have to uncover clues and stare down dangers that threaten to reveal more about her past than she may be ready to confront.
Fans of #NancyDrew and #ScoobyDoo 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
• 🔎 🐶 💊
Evo's notes: This one is just goofy fun, with a cast also having a lot of fun. Listen with fun in your heart and you'll probably enjoy it!
It’s getting late on this #AudioDramaSunday, but we can share one more show with you that’s returning soon with a new season! So get caught up on Project Pulse, a dramatized #cyberpunk series from Eyes Shut Studio, before the next season starts on 15 Sep 2023
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.
When the greatest inventor on Earth disappears, it’s up to his disaster-prone son and his Frankenstein daughter to save the world… then accidentally destroy it… then save it again.
Highlights queer and women's voices in the often male-dominated realm of scifi.
• Season 1 finale released 10 Mar 2022
• 8 episodes
• Listening time: 7h 19m
• Season 2 slated for Nov 2023
• 🤖🔬💥
A fiction podcast mixtape about love, the people who make up Los Angeles County, and how the heartbreak, the yearning, and the need for connection is something everyone is searching for. These are the stories that define the people of Los Angeles.
The majority of the cast, crew, writers and performers are all PoC, identify as LGBTQ+, or are women.
• Series complete as of 28 Jun 2023
• 13 episodes
• Listening time: 4h 01m
• 🌆🫂🛟
When a mysterious guest is found dead during the grand opening of a new lunar resort, two detectives are sent to investigate. What they find is a rich assortment of potential suspects, and the emergence of a mystery that goes deeper than they imagined.
One of the lead characters is a detective with Dwarfism, and is played by a actor with Dwarfism.
• Series complete as of 11 Aug 2023
• 6 episodes
• Listening time: 3h 5m
• 🌔☠️🕵️♂️
Star Wars meets Platoon. Solomon Kwai is one of countless youths from across the galaxy who find themselves in the Imperial Army four years after the Clone Wars and before the rise of The Empire, because the battle is not over.
Features a diverse cast, and all advertising dollars earned by Fred Kennedy goes to the Make A Wish Foundation.
• Series complete as of 17 Aug 2023
• 12 episodes
• Listening time: 8h 58m