MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western

PART 2 OF 2 [Please note that we have split the episode into two parts to maintain audio quality.] This Q&A episode has a general content warning for potential spoilers and mature themes & topics. MERCY is for adult audiences only. Listener discretion is advised. We're currently on our mid-season break, working hard on preparing for the latter half of Season 1. In the meantime, have a list...

PART 1 OF 2 [Please note that we have split the episode into two parts to maintain audio quality.] This Q&A episode has a general content warning for potential spoilers and mature themes & topics. MERCY is for adult audiences only. Listener discretion is advised. We're currently on our mid-season break, working hard on preparing for the latter half of Season 1. In the meantime, have a list...

During this mid-season break, we'd love to introduce you to one of our most favorite shows: The Diaries of Netovicius The Vampire by the wonderful Hugo Martin Pierre ! Netovicius is an intimate audio diary of the titular character (that also features a very colorful wider cast) as we follow the 978 year old Neto to his new home and new life in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. Netovicius is currently rais...

PART 2 OF 2 IMPORTANT NOTE (13 April 2026): This episode has been re-edited & re-uploaded. To hear the updated version, please refresh the feed or clear the app cache & data via the app settings in your device and restart the app. MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  I would endure it with you. Please see the bottom of the description for the full list...

PART 1 OF 2 IMPORTANT NOTE (13 April 2026): This episode has been re-edited & re-uploaded. To hear the updated version, please refresh the feed or clear the app cache & data via the app settings in your device and restart the app. MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  What is hunger but a blade to his throat? Please see the bottom of the description for...

Transcript of announcement: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ceTVDUbKqB3GLfffI6-JATSLUVgYgbXGuybhC-YBBZE/edit?usp=sharing Music credit: 'Approaching Meltdown' by Pearce Roswell, courtesy of Epidemic Sound You are hereby invited to join Boomer & Ceely Incorporated as we partake in a boisterous game of bingo, cheery chit-chats, and audacious audio adventures (of the queerest kind)! To celebra...

CW: Prominent themes of isolation, systemic oppression, and loss. We're working hard to get the next episode of MERCY to you soon! In the meantime, we are super excited to share an episode from our wonderful friends over at The Mechadova Engine! The Mechadova Engine is an upcoming queer sci-fi steampunk audio drama set in a world entirely confined to steam trains in the sky, and features queer, BI...

CW: Arguing The next episode of MERCY is on its way soon! In the meantime, in celebration of Black History Month, we are thrilled to present DEADWOOD, created by the wonderful Saniyah Hill! DEADWOOD is BIPOC-led eldritch horror anthology with themes of grief, betrayal, familial love, hope, identity, survival, queerness, mental illness, and what it means to be different when the world dies around y...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  The Party cook beans, enquire about a manor, and attend a fancy schmancy ball. CW:   Violence and gore; depictions of alcoholism and alcohol withdrawal; graphic depiction of extreme binge drinking (1:04:35-1:07:34) and inebriation; emetophobia (28:34-28:45, 1:10:01-1:10:10); misophonia (drinking: 5:12-5:23; kissing: 1:...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  Lila tries to find her way home. CW: Violence & gore, graphic body horror, implied child death, mentions of suicide and suicidality, mentions of historical racism & colonial violence (incl. slavery and genocide), mentions of drugs use (opium), air raid sirens, smoking, wound care (blood), non-graphic depiction of ‘w...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  Jack tells his story and the Party opens a door. CW: Violence & gore, mentions of suicide attempt and suicidality, mentions of genocide, graphic depictions of historical racism & colonial violence (incl. lynchings, arson, and riots), racist slurs, graphic depiction of murder & death (22:12-22:45), alcohol use, s...

CW: Violence & gore, demons, mentions of kidnapping. The next episode of MERCY is on its way soon! In the meantime, we'd love to introduce our friend of the show, The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath by the brilliant Cole & Eleana Hill. If you're a fan of shows like MERCY and Old Gods of Appalachia, enjoy westerns, folk horror & mythologies, and damn good writing, check out this i...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Graphic depictions of alcoholism, ableist language, depiction of acute mental illness & distress, depiction of grief & loss, misogynistic language, homophobic language, mentions of derealisation & disassociation, violence, mentions of slavery, suicide attempt by jumping (general scene featuring suicidal char...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Graphic depictions of grief & loss, misogynistic slurs, self-harm, violence & gore, decapitation, depictions of alcoholism, ableist language, hallucinations & mental distress, gunshots, mentions of animal harm & death, non-graphic depiction of teenage sex & sexuality, homophobia, and depiction of a t...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Depictions of grief and funerals, religious language, religious entities, non-graphic depiction of mass suicide, mentions of incest, homophobia, misogyny, mentions of femicide, violence & gore, depictions of alcoholism, jump scare (29:42), ableism, and ableist language. Gray & Sawyer take on their first case and...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Gun violence, violence & gore, depictions of alcoholism, ableism, ableist language, homophobia, misogynistic language, and depictions of grief. Gray & Sawyer meet friends old and new, and play a game of chase with shadows. This episode features the vocal talents of Austin Sharp, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Jay Roussou...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Depictions of alcoholism, misophonia (drinking sounds at 12:40-12:44, 12:58-13:01, 13:19-13:24, 19:56-19:59, 21:04-21:08), self-harm, ableism, ableist language, misogynistic language, graphic depiction of murder, and gunshots.  Gray & Sawyer head to the Heart of the Badlands, Mercy, where they bicker and drink...

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.  CW: Self-harm, violence and gore, graphic animal death, depictions of alcoholism, misophonia (drinking sounds at 16:45-16:52, 17:01-17:04, 18:21-18:25, 19:19-19:22), ableist language, misogynist language, gunshots, and murder.  In the pilot episode of MERCY, Wayne Sawyer meets an amiable and trustworthy new friend, Doc...

This trailer is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only. MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western is about Wayne Sawyer, a grizzled jack-of-all-trades, who helps the folk of Mercy for a mere pittance. When he meets the bizarre and enigmatic academic, Doctor Daisy Gray, they are both thrust into dangers beyond human comprehension. MERCY is a queer eldritch audio drama set during the tail...