The Audio Verse Award nominations are now open. You can nominate anything you like for some of the categories, but the "new" ones are restricted to anything released between 1st October 2018 and 30th September 2019. My monthly podcast release lists only go back to the start of 2019, so here's a quick round-up of everything that started in October to December next year. Anything I've missed?
10/1: Death By Dying (Fiction - Comedy)
The Obituary Writer of Crestfall, Idaho finds himself deeply in over his head as he investigates a series of strange and mysterious deaths… when he is supposed to simply be writing obituaries. Along the way he encounters murderous farmers, man-eating cats, haunted bicycles, and a healthy dose of ominous shadows.
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10/1: Flyest Fables (Fiction - Fantasy)
Flyest Fables is an interconnected fiction anthology. In the premiere episode, we meet Antoine — a young boy bullied in school. Antoine finds a magical book that transports him into the world of Princess Keisha. Princess Keisha is on a quest to save her mother and the entire Kingdom of Orleans.
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10/1: Sector 0 (Drama - Science fiction)
Leland Huxley has been kidnapped into a world beyond space and time. Given seemingly random assignments and working with people who are far from human, Huxley must navigate an ever changing workspace among his bored AI, mysterious bosses, and Barbarians of questionable villainy. Part science-fiction and part fantasy, Sector Ø will introduce you to worlds beyond your imagination.
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10/1: The Cat in the Flat (Drama - Comedy)
A story of bravery, friendship, cats, and the fluffiest pork buns! The Cat in The Flat is an audio drama that chronicles the life of a group of friends as they face a number of personal and professional challenges, tied together by an oddly intelligent cat that seems to show up at just the right moment.
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10/3: The Darkroom (Fiction - Horror)
An amateur photographer stumbles upon strange photographs he finds in old film cameras, showing him another world, just as real as our own, that exists in the shadows. The shadows of... the darkroom.
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10/5: 2000 DC (Drama - Comedy)
2000 DC is a satirical sitcom podcast. Follow Alex and Dimitri as they move into Washington DC and face issues of the modern world.
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10/5: The Hidden Frequencies (Drama - Anthology)
There are places in the dimension of sound where the walls between universes are thin. In these fragile pockets of static, lies the ability to hear the alternate realities of millions of maybe-people in countless could-be worlds; where the status quo is different from our own. With a keen ear and an open mind we may tune in to these sound waves of the strange, the bizarre and the otherworldly. They are: The Hidden Frequencies.
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10/7: The Dracula Files (Drama - Horror)
Living in 2014, Jonathan Harker never imagined the nightmare that would engulf him when he traveled to the backwaters of Romania to complete a real estate deal with the reclusive Count Dracula. Cut off from friends, phone reception, and even basic electricity, Jonathan discovers too late that he’s walked blindly into a deathtrap. Back in San Francisco, the first signs of Dracula’s coming reign of terror begin to appear, but its residents, unaware of everything Jonathan has learned, forge unwittingly ahead towards disaster.
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10/7: These Flimsy Rituals (Drama - Actual play)
Narrative-first roleplaying, telling small stories in big worlds. Currently playing Tiding — Challa, Belka, Bris & Venz lead their people through a world of restless gods and shifting landscapes.
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10/12: Olive Hill (Drama - Mystery)
In 2001 two girls, on opposite sides of town, in the dead of night, stopped what they were doing and walked into the Daniel Boone National Forest. Now, a journalist who grew up with the girls is coming home to find out what happened that night in Olive Hill.
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10/12: The Glass Appeal (Drama - Science fiction)
Jason Cawfield, known as the global tinker, has been imprisoned in the Confederacy Supermax Prison for a crime he claims he didn’t commit. He’s a tinker, a biohacker, and a part of Tinker International which is a volunteer organization that’s now associated with bio warfare.
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10/13: Minefire (Drama - Comedy)
When a seance goes awry, Rob finds herself stuck with Azrael, a hilarious wise cracking entity from a realm beyond our own. Azrael and Rob, along with Azrael's former partner, Lydia, form an unlikely trio that must work together to correct a terrible imbalance that has been wrought upon our world. Minefire is a full cast, serialized Audio Dramedy brought to you by TeaWig Productions.
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10/15: Mina's Story (Fiction - Science fiction)
After learning about experimental trials for cryogenic stasis, a young woman throws herself 200 years into the future in an attempt to escape her past.
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10/16: Video Palace (Drama - Horror)
When video collector Mark Cambria watches a mysterious VHS tape, he begins talking in his sleep in a language that doesn't exist. Mark and his girlfriend Tamra set out to investigate the tape's origin and find themselves caught up in a web of conspiracy, occult, and dread surrounding a legendary video store with a sinister purpose beyond imagining.
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10/17: Time Bombs (Drama - Comedy)
Created, written, recorded, produced, and released in just one week, Time Bombs is a new audio drama podcast about the hilarious world of bomb disposal. From the team behind the Webby Award nominated sci-fi audio drama Wolf 359, ride along with EOD technician Simon Teller on the busiest night of the year for him and his team - when business is, quite literally, booming. Learn more at http://timebombs.show & more about this and other creative experiments at http://fearofpublicshame.com
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10/18: Exeter (Drama - Thriller)
A veteran detective (Jeanne Tripplehorn) must face the errors of a past case when the woman she convicted of murder is exonerated after 10 years in prison. Our heroine struggles to keep the trust of her department as a series of grisly murders rock her decaying South Carolina town, which puts her at odds with her ambitious partner (Ray McKinnon) and the department at large.
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10/23: Dreamboy (Drama - Romance)
Dane, a spun-out musician spending the winter in Cleveland, Ohio, has two main goals: keeping his job at the Pepper Heights Zoo and trying not to waste all his time on Grindr. What he doesn’t expect is to get swept into a story about dreams, about forevers, about flickering lights, about unexplained deaths, about relentless change, and about the parts of ourselves that we wish other people knew to look for. Oh, and also a murderous zebra.
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10/23: Vega - A Sci-Fi Adventure Podcast (Drama - Science fiction)
In a fantasy futuristic world, Vega Rex is employed by her government to kill off the world's worst criminals. She's never met a criminal she couldn't catch...until now. Join Vega as she journeys through a world of bumbling apprentices, powerful technogods, and her biggest challenge yet. Hosted by Ivuoma Okoro.
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10/24: Blackwood (Drama - Horror)
Five years ago, Molly Weaver, Bryan Anderson, and Nathan Howell started a podcast focused on the local legend of a monster called The Blackwood Bugman. Quickly, the investigation grew out of their control, as they discovered that, not only are the legends seemingly true, many people in Blackwood have turned up dead or disappeared without a trace. Worse, there may be a reason why no one has ever uncovered the truth before. Someone is watching them, willing to do whatever it takes to keep the secret. Their recordings have finally been released.
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10/24: Husk (Drama - Horror)
Husk is an audio fiction podcast about the aftermath of the disappearance of Dmitri Ivanovic.
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10/24: Lesser Evils (Drama - Thriller)
It started with Walter Reine, the son of one of the richest men in New York City. Then it was Ada Moore, one of the city’s local librarians. Eliza’s friends are all going missing, and she plans to find them- but what she doesn’t know is that she’s up against the supernatural.
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10/26: LIMBO (Fiction - Urban fantasy)
On his 24th birthday, David woke up in the house he grew up in — only it's not — & David is dead — but is there a way back?
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10/28: Janus Descending (Drama - Science fiction)
A limited series, science fiction/horror audio drama podcast, follows the arrival of two xenoarcheologists on a small world orbiting a binary star. But what starts off as an expedition to survey the planet and the remains of a lost alien civilization, turns into a monstrous game of cat and mouse, as the two scientists are left to face the creatures that killed the planet in the first place. Told from two alternating perspectives, Janus Descending is an experience of crossing timelines, as one character describes the nightmare from end to beginning, and the other, from beginning to the end.
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10/30: Sumeria (Drama - Science fiction)
The Earth has been destroyed. For the crew of the Exodus, the planet Sumeria may be their last hope. This action-packed serial podcast is presented in 3-D, binaural sound. This is Sumeria.
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10/31: All In My Head (Drama - Horror)
All In My Head is an audio drama that follows Nova, a young woman suffering from extreme bouts of sleep paralysis and night terrors. As she attempts to get to the bottom of her condition, she finds out there might be more to the monsters in her dreams than she thinks.
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10/31: American Comedy Horror Story (Drama - Comedy)
American Comedy Horror Story is a self-contained audio (comedy) drama. This season, grab some hot cocoa and a creepy doll as we follow mediums, Claire and Olivia, on their journey through "Orphanage." Will they survive? What happens during Sunshine Time? Exactly how many consumption jokes can two people make? All of the questions you're *dying* to ask shall be answered. Warning: There are multiple deaths throughout the season...some may or may not involve children and/or religious figures.
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11/2: Blackmore FM (Drama - Thriller)
The following podcast is the live recordings of Anna’s show during the events of last winter. Anna was working the late shift at Blackmore FM and kept the town informed on the severe storm as well as the escaped creature…
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11/2: The Session Tapes (Drama - Actual play)
Join us at the table as one overzealous Yank steers three sardonic Brits through a bespoke Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition campaign! Get ready for raw, unfiltered audio, seasoned with just a dash of commentary from (the often incredulous) Kevin the DM. Dungeons will be delved! Off-colour jokes will be told! Sound like your thing? Then tune in for fun, frolics and felony each Friday!
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11/4: Ungifts (Drama - Urban fantasy)
Ungifts follows a group of friends on a road trip/rescue mission to save their friend after she is possessed by... someone. Their goal: find and unpossess Cass at any cost. Their plan: to figure it out as they go. Everything gets more complicated when the magic that allowed Cass to be possessed gives Alex, Becca, Mike, and Trev magic powers of their own - powers they don't want. Ungifts is written, recorded, and produced by Leo Balestri and Talia Minear.
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11/6: Buick City, 1AM (Drama - Science fiction)
Buick City, 1:00 AM” is a podcast opera about a woman traveling back in time to 1984 to prevent the murder of her father, an auto-worker in Flint, Michigan.
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11/7: The London Necropolis Railway (Drama - Urban fantasy)
The story takes place in London’s underground system where an organisation called The London Necropolis Railway works to move the souls of the dead out of London to avoid the city getting overrun with hauntings. Barney works at the LNR, he’s one of the ghouls whose job it is to ensure that the souls end up on the trains that take them to the hereafter. He is bored with his job and tired of his endless existence when one day a soul refuses get on the train. The soul, a private investigator named Agnes, convinces Barney to help her catch the demon she was hunting when she died. Together they have to confront his boss, the demon that wants them dead, and even death itself.
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11/11: Almost Tangible: Macbeth (Drama - Adaptation)
Almost Tangible, Season 1: MACBETH. Ambition, power, passion, betrayal. William Shakespeare’s epic drama brought to life in immersive 3D audio, recorded on location at Glamis Castle, Scotland. We recommend listening with headphones on for the best experience! To find out more visit almost-tangible.com
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11/12: Moonbase Theta, Out (Drama - Science fiction)
Moonbase Theta, Out is a science fiction audio drama series about the crew of a lunar outpost that is in the process of being decommissioned.
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11/13: Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery (Drama - Mystery)
The Lit Killer is back! Einhorn’s Epic Productions and iHeartRadio present "Lethal Lit: A Tig Torres Mystery" - a new six-part scripted podcast series. Join teen detective Tig Torres as she investigates the twisted mystery of the infamous Lit Killer murders. But as she gets closer to the truth, the killings, each based on murder scenes from classic literature, begin all over again...with her as the final target.
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11/14: The Angel of Vine (Drama - Thriller)
A present day journalist uncovers the audio tapes of a 1950s private eye who cracked the greatest unsolved murder mystery Hollywood has ever known... and didn’t tell a soul.
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11/18: Oz 9 (Drama - Comedy)
Join the useless crew of the decrepit Oz 9 as they limp around in space looking for a new home to utterly bugger up.
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11/19: Critical Bits (Drama - Actual play)
Critical Bits is a new comedy RPG actual play podcast featuring Joel Ruiz as the GM and Paul Byron, Shannon Struuci, and Shelby Lee as the players. It has a bi-weekly Tuesday release schedule and uses the Masks system with the Powered by the Apocalypse rules.
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11/22: Autonomic (Drama - Fantasy)
The Autonomic podcast is an all-ages podcast set in the mysterious realm of Respite, a magical land filled with terrifying monsters, supernatural plots, and kids just like you. Join a protector, a detective, a warrior, and a trickster as they solve mysteries, learn about themselves, and unlock weird and wonderful powers.
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11/22: The Veil (Drama - Anthology)
The Veil is a new sci-fi/ horror audio-drama anthology. It is along the vein of beloved, dark, cutting-edge sci-fi series like The Twilight Zone and Black Mirror. Each episode contains fully immersive soundscapes, original score, star-studded cast, and each script is written by a standout team of gifted writers from all over the world. This dark and twisted audio- drama is sure to titillate the depths of your otherwise dormant imaginations and leave you questioning the very concept of reality.
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11/22: Welcome to Tinsel Town (Drama - Fantasy)
After making a wish on the Christmas Star, Holly finds herself popping in and out of Tinsel Town, a magical place where it’s Christmas everyday. But after getting stuck there, her friends - a giant candy cane, a mysterious ornament, and a polar bear Queen - need to band together to help her get home. As things start to fall apart in Tinsel Town, the curmudgeonly Conductor accuses Holly of ruining Christmas and does everything in his power to try to ban her from celebrating ever again. Will Holly and her friends figure out where her wish went wrong in time to get her home for the holidays?
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11/29: How It Ends (Drama - Science fiction)
Micah Jones has suffered from night terrors and a particularly unnerving recurring dream for as long as she can remember. With the help of her friends, Devon Williams and Elia Cabral, Micah starts a podcast to explore her dreams and life, with the hope of setting her troubled mind at ease. Everything begins well enough until information surrounding her father’s death and a harrowing experience she had as a teenager seem to connect, causing Micah to think that some of her dreams are not dreams at all, but memories.
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11/30: The Grey Rooms (Drama - Anthology)
The Grey Rooms Podcast is an audio horror fiction podcast. An anthology set within a serial audio drama, The Grey Rooms takes submissions from authors in the horror community and turns them into fully produced and immersive audio masterpieces.
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12/3: Have You Seen Me? (Drama - Urban fantasy)
HYSM? is a fiction podcast about love, loyalty, luck, and the things we will do to keep them. When local troublemaker and mayor's sister Kitty Scott goes missing, it is up to her best friend Ophelia to brave the supernatural mysteries of their small Ohio town to bring her home.
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12/3: Meteor City (Drama - Science fiction)
Meteor City is an alternate history sci-fi audio drama. In 2008, a freak meteor shower hit Detroit, killing hundreds and displacing thousands. Hundreds of people were quarantined for radiation exposure for days, weeks and months. The unlawfully detained people began to revolt ending with Radiation Riots of 2009, causing further damage to Detroit. Bianca Diaz, a vlogger returns to Detroit, nearly a decade after fleeing with her mother, after the death of her brother and father. Wanting a change of pace, Bianca decided to come back home for the 10 year anniversary, to tell the stories of the dead, the missing and the remaining citizens of Meteor City. Shortly after the returning, Bianca realizes that Meteor City, New Detroit and the people left behind are not what they appear to be. One frustrating question after another leads Bianca to the truth... or more accurately the lies that New Detroit was built on.
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12/10: The Prickwillow Papers (Drama - Fantasy)
Sylda, a young half-elf, has just graduated from the College of Mages. And, joy of joys, she has also moved back in with her parents. Stuck in a dead-end town with no idea what to do, she begins writing a diary, hoping something interesting will happen. And, as luck would have it, something interesting DOES happen...
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12/11: We Cantrip (Drama - Actual play)
We Cantrip is a Dungeons and Dragons play podcast! Welcome to a world full of mystery, adventure and shenanigans among a hilarious group of adventurers. Join us every week as our "heroes" take on many quests to save (or accidentally destroy) the world!
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12/12: Petrified (Drama - Anthology)
A horror anthology podcast from a darker Ireland. These are the chilling tales of people who heard something. Something they really shouldn't have heard. Listen at your own risk. You could be next.
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12/14: Resting Glitch Face (Drama - Actual play)
All-female Shadowrun team running the mean streets of St Louis. In the wake of The Gateway Incident, an astral catastrophe that devastated most of the downtown area, three women are trying to put together the pieces of their shattered lives by turning to the only world that will have them.
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12/15: The Six Disappearances of Ella McCray (Drama - Horror)
On March 20th, 2014, Ella McCray disappeared. There were six witnesses to her disappearance. Six conflicting accounts of what happened to her. Who is lying? Who is telling the truth? And what really happened to Ella?
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12/17: Baby, It's Cold Outside (Drama - Real life)
Baby It's Cold Outside is a three-episode audio drama starring Chris O'Dowd and Anne-Marie Duff about “a recently separated father trying to spend the perfect Christmas Eve with his 9-year-old son, whilst struggling to hide the truth of his circumstances.”
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12/20: The Narrow Caves (Drama - Horror)
The Narrow Caves is the first Audiostate ever released, a new product combining the grandiosity of Hollywood films with the intimacy of audio to create an "ear-movie" experience. Adapted from a script by award-winning novelist, screenwriter, and director S. Craig Zahler (BONE TOMAHAWK), THE NARROW CAVES features voice acting by Vincent D'Onofrio (FULL METAL JACKET, DAREDEVIL), Will Patton (ARMAGEDDON, FALLING SKIES), Lili Simmons (BANSHEE) and Wyatt Russell (OVERLORD, BLACK MIRROR). Binary Reptile provides an eerie score that contributes to the cinematic feel of this haunting piece, brought to you by the iconic horror entertainment company FANGORIA, who relaunched the magazine in October 2018 as a print-only quarterly collectible.
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12/21: Forest Guide (Drama - Fantasy)
A fantastical audio drama miniseries about a journey of self-realization and overcoming trauma.
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12/23: Standard Docking Procedure (Drama - Comedy)
Welcome to Pseudopolis, a space station filled with people just trying to get through the work day without breaking anything important. Join an ensemble cast of characters as they overcome such classic sci-fi sitcom problems like forgetting one's keys on a spacewalk, cooking food with a rocket, and tracking down a missed connection in virtual reality!
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