“She traded her eyes for forbidden knowledge.”  When creating the character of Susan Downs, I was looking for something with a strong logline that could carry any story I felt like telling. I wanted something with a supernatural bent, and I was tired of the crime noir stuff I’d been doing before that. She’s appeared in four comic books, a few ashcans, two short films, and now audio fiction.  Alycia Yates returns from the movies to portray Susan on radio. I can’t say enough about...

Jerod Brennan always goes dark. I’ve mentioned this before, but when we were first conceiving this show, for some reason we kept coming back to threats to children. “Godmother” was my riff on this theme, and Greatest Show is Jerod’s. He, uh, managed to go a little darker than me. Greatest Show (Left) on Earth started out as a 5-page short film script that Jerod wrote a few years ago. I didn’t do much to adapt it – mostly I converted the stage directions to first-person narration or...

I actually read this story a few years ago in Fantasy Scroll Magazine, and when I got in touch with Jarod I suggested it could make a good radio story. It has a strong narrator, a nice twist, and – most importantly – it ain’t too long. This episode marks the first one of our second season, and also a chance to work with a lot of new talent. I’m always impressed by the quality of performers and writers in Columbus, and I know I haven’t scratched the surface: Writer: Jarod K....

Spoilers and behind-the scenes stuff is at the bottom – Uploading your consciousness to the cloud – we’re going to see if we can make that old sci-fi trope even more horrifying than it was already. While we’re talking about tropes, it’s a trope to say that “It came to me in a dream.” But … I still have a sense-memory of waking up with this scenario on my mind. This story is an example of what I call “dirtbag future.” Most of what we see as the future is just bolted onto the present....

The pitch for this was pretty simple: Our Town, but on a space station, and with a murder. Where I come from isn’t exactly a small town, but it’s pretty close. As I picture a space station, I picture it being pretty much like that, but more so. No one’s moving in and no one’s taking off for the big city like I did. And murder always gives a story a good structure. The murder is the beginning, the end is the capture, and everything on the way is the middle. This is actually one of the first...

Tony Goins: Like I said before, when we conceived of this series, we got a lot of submissions involving a child in peril … or a child as a cause of peril. This is my contribution to that genre. Our second child was born with a serious case of jaundice, culminating in an awful New Year’s in Columbus’ Children’s Hospital. Jaundice is pretty surreal: All the doctors thought he’d be fine, but there was a small chance he’d have permanent brain damage. Around the same time, I heard an old-time...

Our first little tale is entitled Dinner Party, and it’s about a couple of thieves … no, that’s not right. You know that couple that seems really perfect – hmmm, that would give too much away. You ever wonder what your neighbors are really – nah. Y’know, kids, you may just need to experience this one for yourself. Cast of Characters Chet: Micah Jenkins Katrina: Jenny Hickey Bret: Zack Starr Tim: Ben Sholl Officer Stanton: JATS Charlotte: Alycia Yates General Tyler: Jerod...