Distress Frequency

Welcome to the second installment of the adventures of Ava Minerva! I hope you had as much fun listening to it as we had making it. A little background if you haven’t listened to it yet: We’re bringing you 1980s-style sci-fi tonight. A little derring-do, a little humor, and the occasional corny moment is (hopefully) … Continue reading "Ava Minerva: The Other Side of the Black Hole"

In a galaxy where water is scarce, the most precious commodity is - Ice! And where treasure is found, there are sure to be - pirates! Sail the spaceways with Captain Ava Minerva and her first mate Guthrie as they attempt to steal - the Colossus of Ice! If you wandered through a video store between 1989 and 1999, or if you were watching TBS at 3 a.m. around 1995, then you know you’re ready for a to...

On the networked battlefield of the future, a cybernetically enhanced soldier has the worst five minutes of his life.

“But I do not fear Harley Warren now, for I suspect that she has known horrors beyond my ken. Now I fear for her.” This was the very first episode we recorded, about six years ago. On that day, we missed a page and a half, and then it took a few years to get … Continue reading "HP Lovecraft’s “The Statement of Randolph Carter”"

“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 … Continue reading "Downs: The White Ghost"

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 … Continue reading "The Greatest Show (Left) On Earth"

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 … Continue reading "Making Ends Meet"

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 … Continue reading "Simulation"

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 … Continue reading "The Palomino Station Murder"

An age-old curse - a child in peril - a long-dead witch returns from the embers to claim vengeance!