The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

This is Anna Godfrey, writer and creator of Glass Letters, which is a podcast about loneliness, letters, and found families. This is Episode 2, In The Margins. Thank you for listening.  Transcript can be found at: https://commonunity.media/2020/10/12/episode-02-in-the-margins/ https://anchor.fm/glassletterspod

This is Kat Kruger, Dungeon Master on d20 Dames, which is a storytelling podcast currently powered by Dungeons & Dragons. Every other week a group of five daring Dames comes together to explore a fantastic realm, befriend (or behead) monsters, and punch creeps. This is Episode 4 from Season 3. It encapsulates the broad emotional range of the players and storytelling while also showcasing somet...

Hi. My name is Gina Zdanowicz, sound designer of Cryptids. Cryptids is a sci-fi mystery podcast that follows Eve and Trevor in the search of truth and purpose in death. Soon, they find The Ones in Charge have other plans for them. In the episode we're showcasing is the first in which we introduce our main character as well as The Ones in Charge. They're the mysterious cosmic beings watching over E...

Hey everyone, this is Seth the DM for the dungeons and dragons actual play podcast called Cheaper by the Dungeon! Our whole story is centered around our three players Zippy, Dariun, and Norman D travelling across the world as treasure hunters and searching for the greatest treasure of all… friendship… and also money. Now you are going to hear a clip of our show that comes from Season 2 Episode 24....

This is Colin Carvalho Burgess, writer, director and co-creator of Coexistence... a sci-fi mystery thriller set in earth's near future. You're about to hear episode 9 of 15, which begins with our protagonist, Rachel, painting a picture of how her particular version of the future looks... no prizes for guessing that it's not pretty. In Rachel's world society has broken down, there are no natural re...

This is James, the Game Master on The Dimension Door Podcast, which is a Pathfinder actual-play of Paizo's Reign of Winter adventure, and this is Episode 9: A Lodge Way From Home. Our Heroes: Vasilisa Morozova (a cartomancer witch and local wise-woman), Marge and Norm Gunderson (a ratfolk couple who've retired from the medical profession and are out looking for adventure), and Valdeen (a mercenary...

Hi, I’m JV Torres, the creator of “The Rise of King Asilas.” This intense audio drama takes place in America in the not-so-distant future. Democracy collapses and the country is ruled by a spiritually driven monarch determined to conquer the world. However, this might be an oversimplification. The core themes of this drama centers on the dark, evil forces ruling over humanity finally getting a tas...

Hi, this is Giancarlo Herrera also known as Jargen Rockbottom on Dungeons & Drimbus. Which is an improv heavy actual play show featuring a cast of professional actors. This is Deliverance #10: Dwarven Ingenuity; in which the crew is sent to a dwarven ruin to find the Scrolls of Enlargement so that the kingdom of Longreach may increase the supply of the cure for the deadly Mire Plague (which th...

This is Scottye Moore, Showrunner and Storyteller on The Many Adventures of Sammy Magic, an improvised retelling of one of the world’s most popular stories about a boy wizard. You know the one. The only difference is a distinct lack of racism, transphobia and bad storytelling! This is Chapter 3 of Sammy Magic and the Big Cool Rock, where Sammy’s wand chooses him and also a fan-favorite pig is intr...

Hello! This is Tyler Bell, the writer and creator of the Westside Fairytales, a collection of horror and dark fiction stories now beginning its fifth season. From hostile alien worlds where creeping red fungus drives men to madness, to the simple insanities of living an unfulfilling domestic life, we at the Westside Fairytales have written a horror story for you. Not you in that broad, neopolitica...

This is Steve Shell, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia. Old Gods of Appalachia is an Eldritch horror anthology podcast set in the shadows of an Alternate Appalachia, a place where digging too deep into the mines was just the first mistake. This Episode 9 of our Patreon exclusive storyline Build Mama a Coffin, featuring a monologue by Betsy Puckett as Granny White. Thank you for listening. Trans...

Hi. This is Mandy Hall, creator of The Devil Hates Mondays, which is a comedy about an ordinary middle manager just trying to make it through his job at the office.... And accidentally becoming the Lord of Hell. This is our very first episode. The Devil Hates Mondays: No Refunds. Thanks for listening. Twitter: @devilhatesmon

Hello, this is Chris Magilton, creator/producer/editor/sound designer and cast member of Among the Stars and Bones, a show about a group of xenoarchaeologists investigating ruins on a distant planet to learn more about the vanished aliens that left them behind. Some have come seeking to learn, some to profit, and others to find technologies to drive humankind forward, or to use as weapons of war....

Hello this is, Joshua L. Belmonte, creator an anctor on Merchant of Death. Merchant of Death is a story about Arthur Raggio, a former soldier in the US Army, who served in the Pacific Theater but cannot no longer find a job due to his delinquency as a youth. His wife and daughter are also now endangered of becoming homeless. Due to this and a chance meeting with a Capo from the Pezzuti Crime Famil...

This is Ryan Neely, lead writer and host of HSB Audio. HSB Audio is inspired by old time radio, is one part musical theater, and all story telling. Each week we present our classic High Street Broadcast performances as well as brand new HSB Audio theater, all produced to delight, thrill, and inspire your imagination. This episode includes Sir Huey and the Dragon, and was the first full episode HSB...

This is Morgan, Producer of Magic of the Mind, a show that teaches you about your brain through fantasy stories! Each episode of the audio fiction follows the story of Eve, a sixteen-year-old scribe traveling the Forgotten Realms of Dungeons & Dragons in search of a place to call home. Written into the plot of each episode is a different topic in psychology, which is explored in detail in the...

Hello, this is Graham Richards, creator/writer on The Descendants which is about five friends who, to honour one of their number, recently deceased, seek adventure in exploring a restricted cavern system in Germany, where they discover some malevolent entities thought to have been from legend, and uncover also a dark secret about themselves. The Descendants is based on a short story I wrote for a...

Hi, this is Bibi June, writer and voice actor on Folxlore which is a queer urban horror podcast set in Glasgow. This is episode three called Static. Content warnings apply for loss of a child, a warped sense of reality, and physical injury. Enjoy and thank you for listening! Transcript can be found at: https://drive.google.com/file/d/16l-ois3BHc9PBu3kDuJP8ekdHkp-VPsM/view?usp=sharing https://www.t...

This is Mark Millien, creator of the COVID39 podcast, which is about America 20 years in the future, where a young black couple who were quarantined together as kids question the validity of their current romantic relationship. They salvage recordings left by their parents during the pandemic, our present, to come to terms with their trauma. They shortly realize that history is repeating itself in...

This is Kitt Keller, part of the team behind the Never Rad Miscellany, which is an anthology-style science fiction podcast consisting of both regular serial features and one-off stories. Episodes are recorded in front of a live audience, and each live show features both long form stories and short pieces in between. The Miscellany mixes elements of horror, drama, and comedy, all with a sci-fi twis...

Hello, this is Sean Keeley, writer and co-creator of Discovery Park, about a woman who wakes up in Seattle's Discovery Park with no memory, no idea who she is, and no idea how she got there. This is Episode One, featuring the voice of Lucy Pearce, who is also the director and co-creator. We hope you enjoy it. Thank you for listening.  Transcript can be found at: https://docs.google.com/docume...

Heyo, this is Megan, writer and director for the Seeking Sal podcast. Seeking Sal is a mini sci-fi podcast broken into 5 episodes, set in a futuristic Singapore, about a teen trying to unravel the mystery around her brother's disappearance, despite the implants in everyone's heads that blocked him out in the first place. What you're about to hear is Episode 1 out of 5, released 20th of December, o...

Hello and welcome chummer to this special episode of Shadowrun Survival Guide’s ‘A Day in the Life: Stories from the 6th World’ where we bring you stories about an average person on one of the worst days of their lives in this drecked up 6th world. Whether it is from corporations, Shadowrunners, gangs, or any other reason. I am your host, Digital Doom. This special episode is to showcase this podc...

Hello, this is Russell McGee, one of the Executive Producers of WFIU’s “The Ernie Pyle Experiment”. A thirteen-episode podcast set in the 1930s and based upon the early life of Ernie Pyle and his wife, Jerry, as they travelled the back roads of America in pursuit of interesting stories. Each episode, through fact and fiction, examines the circumstances surrounding an actual column written by Ernie...

This is Austin Hendricks, writer and actor on Solutions to Problems, a scifi sitcom centered around an advice show hosted by a human, Janet, and an alien, Loaf. This is Episode 22: No Optimal Time To Date Me. In this episode, Janet struggles to be the responsible host in between Loaf’s recent disillusionment and her ex, Melody’s interference. Transcript can be found at: https://www.stppodcast.com/...