The Audio Verse Awards Nominee Showcase Podcast

"Hello everyone! This is Daniel Orrett, Lead Writer and Director of The Sojourn. Thank you so much for your nomination. The Sojourn is an original Science Fiction Audio Drama centred around a bold expedition across the Intergalactic Void, launched in search of new resources to save humanity from starvation. What you're about to hear is the eleventh episode of The Sojourn, titled 'Obse...

"Hi, this is Nigel, the showrunner and lead writer for Among the Stacks. Among the Stacks is a podcast set in an infinite library outside of time and space, which contains every version of every story from every universe; and it follows the Head Librarian, S., who, all of a sudden, one day wakes up and all of their colleagues have disappeared, and so they have to delve deep into the secrets o...

Hello! This is Eryn and I’m one of the three co-creators of Listening Pond: Stories for Kids and their Adults. My cousin Asa and I take turns writing and narrating the stories, and my brother Eric composes an original soundtrack for each story. Asa also creates an illustration for each piece, which we feature on our social media accounts. While our primary goal is to entertain kids and adults of a...

Hi there, my name is Alexandra Munroe and I am the creator of Murphy. Murphy is a show that follows Murphy, Jack, and Elliot as they travel across the UK and Europe and come across creatures from folktales. The three of them soon learn that something dark is at work, and they must find the source before it's too late. Prior to this episode, we learn that Merlyn Murphy is a cryptozoologist work...

Hi, my name is Stuart Russell and I’m the creator and narrator of The Nut Owl. It’s a story about a nut, carved to resemble an owl, who grows peacefully in space and the peace is broken when the Nut Owl receives a magical seed and must travel the multiverse to deliver it. On the way the Nut Owl meets many friends, confronts threats and anxiety, and ponders the meaning of life. Here’s a few clips…...

Hello. I am William A. Wellman, a queer horror author and creator of Hello From The Hallowoods. This is a long-running fiction podcast in which an eldritch narrator follows the lives of queer apocalypse survivors in the forest at the end of the world. It’s a show about finding hope in dark times, and finding humanity in unlikely places. The episode you’re about to listen to, Windows, is the one hu...

Hello. My name is Rhys Tirado, and I am the creator of Overbrook, showrunner, writer, sound editor, and also the voice of Vincent. Overbrook is about a pair of friends who are just trying to get through college in a horrific town where the people don’t have faces and the potholes are bottomless. And there’s just one more thing: Wynn keeps dying and coming back with no memory of his death. His best...

"Hi! I'm J.K. Robbins - creator, head writer, and one of the leading voice actors of Peculiar Radio, a quirky audio dramedy that takes place in a local radio station in the middle of Anywheresville, USA. Or, in our show's case, Peculiar Springs. The episode we'll be submitting is episode 1, entitled ""Dead Air"", which introduces most of the main characters of...

"Howdy. I’m Kevin Berrey, one of the last Narcoleptic comedians of German-Jewish descent making an award-winning cyberpunk audio series on Earth. I write and create Hell Gate City. It’s a funny science fiction radio play, told in installments, about a ragtag bunch of dreampunk denizens whose lives intertwine in a high-tech hellhole NYC in the future. You are about to hear our fully reimagined...

"Hi! This is Rich Hosek, writer, narrator and producer of the Bedtime Stories for Insomniacs fiction podcast. To be clear, these are NOT stories to fall asleep by. That’s why we say they’re for Insomniacs, because after you listen to one, you’ll want to keep on going. So, if you don’t have Insomnia, you just may find out what it’s like to not be able to fall asleep.. I like to describe the sh...

You're listening to the Wrong Station showcase for the 2023 Audio Verse Awards. I'm Anthony Botelho: one of the show's creators and producers, as well as the principal narrator for most of our episodes. The Wrong Station is a Canadian anthology of horror and weird fiction, taking inspiration from classics such as Quiet Please, Lights Out, and The Twilight Zone. Episodes range from far-...

Hi my name is Adam Davis and I’m the producer and game master for “To DnD or Not to DnD,” a table-top role playing game podcast where we, a rotating group of stage actors from Indianapolis, like to showcase both the fun and deep lore building that can be done with a long term table top role playing game campaign, as well as the outstanding character work and ingenuity that a shorter campaign can h...

Hi there, my name is Will. I am the storyteller and the producer/editor of Academy H, which is the actual play podcast that we make using the Masks: A New Generation system. It is a very fun, heartfelt, dramatic, sometimes-serious-sometimes-silly story about teenage superheroes. The episode that you are about to hear for the showcase is technically the 22nd episode that we released, but it is an i...

Hi, my name is Alex Kingsley and I’m the writer and director of The Stench of Adventure. It’s a sci-fi comedy about a woman who discovers that Earth wasn’t real, and she’s the last human in the universe. In a spiral of existential dread, she joins the crew of an intergalactic trash collection ship. This episode is Season 3 Episode 1, Default Settings. cw: Strong language, police, existential horro...

Hi, my name is Newt Schottelkotte and I'm the executive producer of Where the Stars Fell. The shortest way to describe this show is "What if the Odd Couple was about fighting God?" Ever since she was born, Dr. Edison "Ed" Tucker has been physically unable to die. She’s a genius cryptozoologist who comes to the small Oregon town of Jerusalem to prove the existence of the sup...

"This is Alexandra M. Barrow, co-creator of The Wyrd Side. The Wyrd Side is a serial New Weird / Folk Horror podcast. It follows the paranormal investigations of Aiden Summers and Katherine Moore, as they uncover the dangerous truth lurking behind the myths and legends of the British Isles. In our first season, we’re taking a deep dive into the folktales that hide in the tangled brambles and...

Hello friends, this is Niall Spain who plays the Android Cody in No Quest for the Wicked, a sci-fi space opera actual play podcast currently using Paizo’s Starfinder system.  We are a homebrewed adventure using a completely original campaign setting. This is Episode 44 from our first campaign. The crew of the Maverick are reeling from a recent tragedy while exploring the frozen planet of Ni, tryin...

"Hi, my name is Liam I'm the creator and performer of Centromika – Kakuri Log: JUPITER 0003, a sci-fi audio drama; its kinda dark comedy, very character driven. So its the ramblings and ranting of an isolated weather technician stationed above Jupiter. There's been a system wide 'cluster' event where all communication has either been destroyed or rendered inoperable and everyo...

Hey, what’s up, this is Tyler Bell, creator of the Westside Fairytales, a collection of horror and dark fiction stories that all take place in the same extensive universe but can be experienced in any order. Today I’m bringing you episode 11 of our long-form episodic story “Sin Carriers,” in which a ragtag group of misfits encounter horrors and monstrosities along a trainline in early 1900s Americ...

"N: Hi there, my name is Nicholas Hoyt, producer and director of Mansfield Mysteries. P: And I’m Paul Reese, producer and sound designer of the series. N: Mansfield Mysteries is a cozy murder whodunit set in the fictional, affluent town of Berkshire Bay. It features our heroine, the inquisitive, martini-loving socialite Dorinda Mansfield and her darling daughter Stacey as they get wrapped up...

"Hello, my name is Robbie Knutson, I am the creator and lead writer of the fantasy horror audio-drama Ghost Wax. I voice Reclaimer Owen Voncid, as well as assorted other victims and villains and am so excited to share with you episode thirty of our show: Seen on a Battlefield. Ghost Wax follows Voncid after his new technical assistant Luca is able to devise a means to record his very unusual...

"Hi! This is Seth Finkelstein, co-creator of Lil Miss Kate - Ward of the State. We’re a narrative comedy podcast in the style of old-timey radio serials, think Little Orphan Annie meets Airplane. The show follows Lil Miss Kate, her hapless guardian Deputy Mayor of New York City Solomon Russell, Former Heavyweight Champion of the World and Kate’s Personal Tutor Lucinda Sheraton, and Kate’s loy...

Hi, ​this ​is ​Joe ​Fisher. ​I ​am ​the ​creator ​of ​Midnight ​Burger, ​which ​is ​an ​audio ​drama ​about ​the ​adventures ​of ​a ​time ​traveling ​dimension ​spanning ​diner. ​ The ​episode ​that ​we've ​submitted ​is ​chapter ​31: ​Welcome ​to ​the ​Horizon. This ​entire ​time ​in ​season ​three, ​the ​diner ​has ​been ​trying ​to ​track ​down ​an ​anomaly ​in ​time ​and ​space ​named ​Cle...

Hi, my name is Alex Kingsley and I’m the director of Tales From The Radiator. It’s an anthology style weird fiction show in which each episode features a new writer and a new narrator, bringing you stories of the uncanny and bizarre. This episode is Season 1 Episode 12, Season Pass. cw: Body horror, violence Transcript can be found at: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1kb6GfCDa1EewB4YHhyPtJn...

I’m John Bell, creator, writer, producer, and voice talent for the confusingly named comedy podcast, “Bell’s in the Batfry”, that I’ve been inflicting on the listening public since 2005. I am the host and I attempt to run a professional, informative show while the rest of the cast does their best to sidetrack everything. The main characters are my genius inventor, Arnie Cunchpard, and my salesman...