The Magnus Archives

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This week's Rusty Fears 5 winner is "Derailing" written by Josefin Berntsson, performed & directed by Jonathan Sims. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Being hunted Paranoia Anxiety & compulsive behaviour Body horror Discussions of: auditory hallucinations SFX: low continuous drones, high pitched tones Transcrip...

This week's Rusty Fears 5 winner is "Tower" written by Jennifer Hunt , directed by Lowri Ann Davies and performed by Fay Roberts. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Aliens & space exploration Physical violence & death Discussions of: medical checks, hallucinations Mentions of: ghosts & hauntings, blood,...

This week's Rusty Fears 5 winner is "Final Sale of the Remaining Works of E. Cutler" written by Cormack Baldwin, directed by Elizabeth Moffatt and performed by Imogen Harris. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Supernatural compulsion Scopophobia Death & murder Discussions of: isolation & mental deterioration Mentions of:...

This week Rusty Quill presents another Rusty Fears 5 winner; "Inheritance" written by Matrim Tait, directed by Ian Hayles and performed by Francesca Reneé Reid. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Parental Death Grief & loss Mould & rot Body horror Fire & immolation Explicit language Discussions of: hoarding & compulsiv...

The Fear returns. In the first of 5 winning entries for Rusty Fears 5, Rusty Quill presents; "Casting Line" written by Sarina H, directed by Maddy Searle and performed by Karim Kronfli. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Physical injury & body modification Manipulation Food & alcohol Implied hallucinations/distorted reality Pa...

It's the finale of Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, and our girls head to the cabin to see if the answers they seek lie there... Content warnings Food  Wolves & werewolves  Discussions of: supernatural transformation, fire, physical violence & injury  Mentions of: dogs & bears, food possessiveness  SFX: birdsong, glass, background chatter, crickets, howling...

In part 2 of Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, Violet has a run in with authority, before joining Ivy & Rowan to continue their investigations into the weird happenings at camp. Content warnings Social anxiety & tension Mentions of: food, bears, supernatural themes SFX: background chatter, birdsong Featuring Sasha Sienna, Annie Fitch, Frank Voss and Lowri Ann Davies. For more infor...

Join us at Camp Flying Moose for Girls of all Kinds, a TTRPG created by Alicia Furness. In this first instalment of three, we meet Ivy, Rowan, Violet and their fellow campers who are about to be thrown into a world of adventure and mystery. Content warnings Food Social anxiety Discussions of: stress Mentions of: religion, physical violence SFX: crickets & birds, background chatter Featuring Sa...

Jurgen Leitner, somewhat reluctantly, helps out around the Archives. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Vampires & vampirism Supernatural compulsion Physical violence Blood Mentions of: insomnia, food, social anxiety, knives, pain SFX: low drone, high pitched tones Transcripts: PDF - https://bit.ly/3nbvDcf DOC - https://bit.ly/2YC...

Found in the archives, Gertrude Robinson reads a brand-new in-universe statement. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Depression Rot & decay Claustrophobia Food (inc. consumption and control of food) Nightmares & unreality Themes of abusive relationship Discussions of: isolation Mentions of: insects, disease...

Rusty Quill Founder and CEO Alex here! RQ Network is a podcast network by podcasters for podcasters that launched on May 10th 2021 I now have the pleasure of announcing our second wave of new podcasts. Join us in welcoming: I am In Eskew and The Silt Verses Written and directed by Jon Ware and produced by Muna Hussen The Milkman of St. Gaff's written and directed by Chris McClure The Town Whispers...

We got some of the Magnus cast together to listen to their favourite moments and reminisce about the making of The Magnus Archives . Content Warnings Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives Physical violence & threats Death & murder (inc. discussion of character deaths Discussions of: co-dependent/unhealthy relationships, body horror Mentions of: blood, spatial distortion, PTSD & traum...

We got some of the Magnus cast together to listen to their favourite moments and reminisce about the making of The Magnus Archives . Content Warnings Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives Body horror Physical violence & threats Claustrophobia & live burial Discussions of: spatial distortion & unreality, death & murder, self-recrimination, scopophobia Mentions of: food, coma, guns...

Further works of M. K. Blackwood. Anthology 1 Visitors Yonder Filed Away Draw State Content warnings: Claustrophobia Mentions of: spiders & cobwebs Transcripts: PDF: https://bit.ly/3lZqjIt DOC: https://bit.ly/2XjWSXd Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support. If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill . Performed by Alexander J. Newall Written by Anil Godigamuwe...

The editors of The Magnus Archives have witnessed a fair few things in their time, let's take a moment to hear things from their P.O.V. Featuring; Alexander J. Newall, Helen Gould, Lowri Ann Davies, Lydia Nicholas, Sasha Sienna, Jonathan Sims, Chioma Nwalioba and Frank Voss . Content Warnings: Innuendo Screaming & groaning Discussions of: exercise Mentions of: alcohol SFX: occasional beeping T...

It's the Editor's turn! Some of The Magnus Archives editors, Annie, Elizabeth and Nico sit down to listen to a selection of their favourite editing moments from the show. Content Warnings Explicit language Spoilers for all of The Magnus Archives Hospitals Physical violence & death (inc. SFX) Discussions of: COVID-19 pandemic Mentions of: mass death, illness, food, knives, spiders & cobwebs...

In the finale of our Mothership gaming special, can Android 0170701, Carter and Alabaster Artichoke (The Goodest Boy) survive the nightmares of space?  Content warnings Tentacles & aliens Physical violence & injury Bombs & explosions Human remains Discussions of: guns, panic, thalassophobia, medication & drugs, infection Mentions of: death, heart attacks, the void, rot & m...

We re-join our space explorers as they assess the damage to their ship and begin their futile attempt to survive the horrors GM Ben throws at them. Content warnings Injury Paranoia & conspiracy thinking Human remains Rot & mould Tentacles & aliens Discussions of: death, medication Mentions of: fire & explosions SFX: continuous high-pitched beeping & alarms, fire, electricity, t...

Welcome to our TTRPG of Mothership by Tuesday Knight Games. In this first instalment of three, Ben leads Jonny, Lydia & Alex through an adventure in outer space, where everything is definitely, absolutely fine. Content warnings Innuendo & sexual references Fire & explosions Vehicular collision Death Mentions of: sexism, aliens, guns, injury, food, hygiene issues SFX: high-pitched beepi...

The Archives can sometimes be an inspiring place. Anthology 1 Streets A Country Walk Biscuits Rains Content warnings: Mentions of: food, spiders Transcripts: PDF - https://bit.ly/3h2orvw DOC - https://bit.ly/3dryRmc Thank you to all our Patrons for your continued support. If you'd like to join them, visit www.patreon.com/rustyquill . Performed by Alexander J. Newall Written by Anil Godigamuwe Edit...

This week we present the fourth and final winning entry of our Rusty Fears 4; "New Roots" written by Cecelia Morelli, directed by Maddy Searle and performed by Ben Meredith. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Death (inc. suicide & parental death) Human remains Pain & blood Graphic body horror Mentions of: food & eating, sm...

Our third piece for the fourth Rusty Fears writing competition is "The Final Culling" written by Miranda B, directed by Jeffrey Nils Gardner and performed by Sue Sims. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Eco-horror & extinction Mass death (animal) Thalassophobia Sharks Discussions of: pollution & global warming, natural disaste...

This week, as part of our fourth Rusty Fears writing competition, we present "The Budding" written by Thekla Kenneison, directed by Hannah Preisinger and performed by Fay Roberts. Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon. Content warnings: Anxiety & imposter syndrome Body horror Teeth Graphic self-injury Self-recriminations & self-doubt Occasional sec...