Happy Trans Day Of Visibility!

Excited to announce that our next Tales from the Dead West episode is going to be written by the amazing @lawofnamesmedia! Be on the look out here and on their pages for casting calls, live dates, and more!

This audiocard goes HARD. Holy shiiiiiiiiit. Count me in.

Caine chases after Su-jin, flying back down the road that leads to one place: Metropolis West. It’s time to come home — and time to leave another one behind.

S3E1 out on Friday! Listen wherever you get your podcasts!

Want to know what that homecoming feels like for Caine and others? You can pledge $5 and up to hear the episode TODAY on our Patreon!

**Casting Call!** Tales from the Dead West: Nearer Hell Than Purgatory

Unpaid hobby project.

@dead-west-podcast is a horror/weird western fiction podcast. Tales from the Dead West are stand-alone, found footage style stories by other writers.

This episode, Nearer Hell Than Purgatory, is written and directed by @ash-alder.

The call will be open from January 13 to 8am pacific, January 27.

Casting for: - 1 character using she/her pronouns with any American accent

- 1 character using he/him pronouns with any accent from anywhere that reads "country" or "folksy"

shorturl.at/fhVel

Questions? Message here, or @dead-west-podcast or on Discord to ash.alder

Fiction Podcast Recommendations

These are some of my favorites at this moment in time. Give em a listen and when you leave a rating/review let em know Dead West sent ya! The Grotto -- @grottopod Genuinely one of my favorite shows lately. It's pacing feels like I am reading someone's journal while having my brain chemistry altered by the sublime use of music and sound design. Hear me gush more about this over on my episode of Podmash! Silt Verses -- @thesiltverses My favorite of all time right now. I love the themes, the use of multi-POV, characters are AMAZING, and they knew when to call the story completed. Still one of the only shows that STRESSED me out while listening to it. Sad that it ended but happy that it did.

Remnants @hangingslothcentral @remnantspod GAWDS I love this show. The dynamic of Sir and Apprentice. The way the characters are framed. The way that Apprentice talks is mesmerizing: lilty, sing-songy, caring, and morose all in the same breaths. I can not recommend this one enough.

All at Sea -- @allatseapod Such a neat little show, and I do mean that literally. You can catch up on this show in an hour or two but it is an hour or two well spent. I love the Album art so much and Noah is an incredible narrator. Paddleboat -- Rhys Lawton I found this one a few days ago and DEARY ME it has such a mood to it. They nailed the existentialism and drive it home in each episode. Bravo Rhys, Bravo. The Great Chameleon War -- Justin Hellstrom Found this one recently and I wish I had found it years ago. The sound design is great, story is trippy, and at several points I totally forgot I was listening to a podcast. It is sooooooo good. I would love to see some more long form projects from Justin in the future. AND I JUST FOUND OUT THEY ARE A NARRATIVE DESIGNER ON ONE OF MY FAVORITE GAMES OF ALL TIME HUNT SHOWDOWN!?

DOOOOO IT! If you need help, resources, VO/VA, whatever feel free to reach out. The creator community is lovely and super supportive.

I want to create an audio drama so badly. It would be a dream come true. Either create one or at least help in creating one in some way. It's honestly hilarious how often the "Audio drama fan to audio drama creator" pipeline occurs. I wish I could join

The number of times I do this per episode is frankly amusing and concerning.

[In the middle of audio editing, frustratedly scouring a timeline]

"Why the heck does everything sound panned to the left all of a sudden? What did I screw up!?!?"

(Pushes earbud slightly further into right ear.)

"Oh."

as it turns out, trying to write your own audio drama is about 30% character creation, 20% world building, and 50% coming up with a list of fucked up pizzas that monsters might enjoy. this is fun lol

CASTING CALL: Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply

*unpaid*

Welcome wanderers & wonder-seekers, strangers &star-gazers! Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply is a connected anthology of carnival horror.

VAs of all experience levels encouraged to audition!

Auditions open from March 3 to 8am Pacific March 17.