Novella Noir | Audio Dramas

Ne-Noir Former Seattle Homicide Detective Nick Doyle has spent three years running a fishing charter on the remote Pacific coast, believing he's finally escaped the corruption that destroyed his badge and reputation. When a woman he failed to protect five years ago appears at his door with evidence that could vindicate him and expose the police captain who framed him, Nick's quiet exile sh...

Rural Noir When veterinarian Ethan Holt discovers a pattern of poisoned livestock across rural Appalachia—always on farms adjacent to valuable water rights, always followed by acquisition offers from the same development company—he uncovers something far darker: a land-grab scheme funded by opioid distribution profits that's consuming his community one farm at a time. As the corruption closes...

Classic PI Noir A broke private investigator in a rain-soaked city takes what seems like a simple job: retrieve a stolen glass photographic negative for a beautiful widow. The pay is good, the client is persuasive, and the rent is three weeks overdue. But when he discovers what the negative actually shows—and why people are willing to kill for it—he's forced to choose between a payday that cou...

Tech-Noir In a rain-slicked city governed by a relentless credit algorithm known as Verdict, Elias Chen exists as a "ghost" in the gray economy, haunted by a past life as a senior data analyst and a secret crime that cost him everything. While working as an unlicensed fixer for the city's "digitally damned," Elias is suddenly confronted by the very system he once helped bui...

Urban Noir Father Thomas O'Malley spent twelve years seeking penance in a decaying church after his greatest sin as a defense attorney: freeing crime boss Viktor Kozlov on a technicality. When a terrified hitman confesses that Thomas has 48 hours before multiple assassins close in, the priest realizes the contract isn't random—someone from Kozlov's past has finally surfaced to testify,...

Neo-Noir  Jade Chen deletes humanity's worst for minimum wage—eight hours a night moderating content most people will never see. When she recognizes a pattern in disturbing videos that suggests someone is documenting crimes, she does what she's trained not to do: she starts asking questions. The platform buries her findings. But someone is watching her watch them. 

Classic Urban Noir Frank Mallory manages a dying bowling alley and can barely afford his daughter's cancer treatments. When new owners arrive with cash envelopes and no questions asked, he tells himself he's just looking the other way. But in the noir world, there's no such thing as innocent money—and every choice Frank makes to save his daughter pulls him deeper into a web of corrupti...

Neo-Noir When burned-out cryptocurrency investigator Daniel Carver traces a suspicious wallet to a woman who's been dead for three years, he thinks he's found a simple case of identity theft. But following the blockchain trail through Seattle's rain-soaked streets leads him into a labyrinth of corporate espionage, faked deaths, and digital ghosts. As the body count rises and powerful p...

Rural Noir When traveling salesman Harold Kemp's car breaks down outside Meridian, Kansas, he expects a simple repair and a quick escape. But this seemingly idyllic small town has fresh paint over old rot, and the three-day wait for parts becomes a trap. The locals are too friendly, too prosperous, too insistent he stay for dinner.

Psychological Noir A sleep-deprived private investigator, Marcus Dreyer, accepts a routine surveillance case that immediately turns bizarre. The target and client exhibit strange similarities, and their separate apartments are identical. As his insomnia intensifies into hallucinations, Marcus can no longer tell if the investigation is a con or a psychotic break, losing his grip on reality.

Hardboiled Noir In the gritty underbelly of 1940s London, a jaded private investigator named Jack Stroud finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of secrets when a mysterious client hires him to recover compromising photographs involving the royal family.

Post-apocalyptic Noir In a desolate, post-apocalyptic settlement known as Dust Angels, built from the remnants of an airplane graveyard, a blind former lawman named Kane lives a solitary existence. His quiet life is shattered when a series of brutal murders begins, each victim bearing a cryptic symbol from his past.

Nuclear-Age Noir In post-WWII Los Angeles, private investigator Jack Rourke takes on what appears to be a routine adultery case for the elegant Eleanor Vance, whose husband, Dr. Thomas Vance, a nuclear physicist, is exhibiting suspicious behavior.

Hardboiled Noir In the glittering, deceptive heart of 1956 Las Vegas, a jaded private detective named Arthur Sterling finds himself pulled into a labyrinth of secrets when a mysterious showgirl, Vivienne Dubois, seeks his help.

Neo-Noir Cal Monroe, a man haunted by his past, who returns to the decaying town of St. Abel after fifteen years on the run. He's drawn back by the chilling memory of a hymn, the same one sung the night his brother, Jacob, died.

Modern-day Noir Released from prison after three years, Ellis Morane, a disgraced accountant, returns to his crumbling hometown and a dying mother, desperate for money and a chance at redemption.