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  • The Harbingers Review

    The Harbingers Review

    Going into this series — a Tribeca official selection from 2025 — after finding it on LinkedIn, I expected something like “The Prestige” book or movie. What I got was something far more nuanced, emotional and not a simple revenge story. Also no dead women. With season two starting in a couple of days, it’s…

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  • The Flash: Escape the Midnight Circus

  • SOS Humanity: A Literary Satire of Capitalism

  • Politics and Science: Mad Mel and The Marradians

    Politics, Science, and Comedy Mad Mel and the Marradians is a science-fiction audio drama full of social commentary, alien languages, and great sound effects. It stars Melvin Worthington, a writer, trying to save Earth from the evil Marradians, who plan on taking over the galaxy, with the help of his spicy girlfriend Anita. The first…

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  • A Diverse Fairy Tale Collection: Anansi Story Time

    Fairy Tale and Culture This review is of the multi-cultural fairy tale collection, Anansi Storytime. Since this audio drama is an anthology, the subject matter being critiqued will be the following episodes: Building Asgard’s Wall (Norse) The Island of Skeletons (Native American) Doctor Knowall (German) Why Anansi has Eight Thin Legs (Akan/African) This list should serve…

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  • Podcamp: An Audio Drama Summer Camp?

    Read all about this upcoming and intensive weekend long workshop/summer camp for audio drama production. We’ll certainly be keeping tabs on it. In the meantime, while we wait for more news to drop, check out their website. Fellow reviewer Wil Williams has interviewed one of the Co-Founders and this ambitious new project. You can read…

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  • Victorian Time Travel: The Tales of Sage and Savant

    Assassin’s Creed and Mechanics of Time Travel A time travel story with a frame narrative set in the Victorian era tackles the overdone sub-genre of time travel in speculative fiction and gives it a unique spin akin to the “Assassins Creed” video game franchise. In fact, the concept for which the two titular characters travel…

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  • Thoughts on Suicide: Prism Break

    Suicide in Fiction To tackle such a perceived controversial subject as suicide takes a lot of gumption to even attempt. Almost as hard as it is for someone to take their own life, knowing the pain it’ll take to get there and the uncertainty of life after death. The writer of this short story manages…

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