Stygian Sagas

Awakening - Chapter Six (7/11)

September 24, 2022 03:15 - 30 minutes - 27.1 MB

As an altered Appalachia looms overhead, sacrifices must be made to ensure success. Music by CO.AG Music

Awakening - Chapter Five (6/11)

September 22, 2022 19:24 - 38 minutes - 34.6 MB

The Deadlands beckon- deadly as their maker. Music by CO.AG Music

Awakening - Chapter Four (5/11)

September 21, 2022 05:14 - 30 minutes - 26.7 MB

The journey eastward begins in earnest. Music by CO.AG Music Apologies to the podcast feed crowd for my sluggish release of these episodes by comparison to the releases on the YT channel. The uploads take longer there, and thus I always worry over them more actively. I'll try and match the M-W-F schedule I've set for the releases over there from here on out until the novel is fully released.

Awakening - Chapter Three (4/11)

September 17, 2022 03:10 - 38 minutes - 47.2 MB

The journey eastward begins. Music by CO.AG Music

Awakening - Chapter Two (3/11)

September 17, 2022 02:43 - 24 minutes - 22.5 MB

Luther arrives seeking the only company he thinks will have him in the face of the end, and finds himself dragged into something unbelievable. Music by CO.AG Music

Awakening - Chapter One (2/11)

September 13, 2022 16:32 - 25 minutes - 21.9 MB

Oarem ruminates on what's to come. Music by CO.AG Music

Awakening - Prologue (1/11)

September 10, 2022 04:18 - 54 minutes - 50.6 MB

A man recounts his unnerving night amidst a ruined hamlet in an upland valley. The first installment of a novel- the first of eleven parts. Chapters will be uploaded on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday until the parts are spent- unless, like tonight, my connection fails me and I fall a bit behind. Hope you enjoy! Music by CO.AG Music

Come the Dusk

June 29, 2022 01:31 - 37 minutes - 42.4 MB

NOTE: This is a sequel to Come the Dawn. You'll wanna listen to that one before you listen to this one, if you haven't already. The narrator of Come the Dawn, still haunted by his night in the silo, learns more about the source of his visions and nightmares. This, along with Come the Dawn and the Quirk Road trilogy of stories, serve as precursors to my upcoming novel, which'll be released here and on YouTube near the summer's end. Music by CO.AG Music and White Bat Audio

The Lurker on the Stairway (Re-Recording)

June 19, 2022 21:04 - 36 minutes - 38.7 MB

An expat in search of cheaper living encounters a strange thing roaming the filthy alleys and gutters of Phnom Penh. Another re-recording of an older tale. A Scratching at the Door will be the next and likely the last older story to get a re-recording in the near future. The next new one, a follow up to Come the Dawn, should be out within the month. After that, it'll be a while- my work on the novel is ramping up, and I expect to complete and begin recording it near the end of this s...

Setan Besar (Re-Recording)

May 09, 2022 21:31 - 37 minutes - 35.2 MB

A pair of friends stranded on an abandoned seabound village encounter a creature which should not exist. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music

Star-Litten Steel

May 04, 2022 04:25 - 1 hour - 67.6 MB

Yaotl, auxiliary to the Ektal, tasked with calling the brutal Khandari Clan Tallata to war, is dragged into a quest for vengeance by the clan's unpredictable chieftain. Music by: Ares Slavic Affairs CO.AG Music

Lynch

April 06, 2022 23:03 - 38 minutes - 35 MB

A man dwells on experiences connected to his distant hometown, and the troubling implications they carry with them. Music by CO.AG Music and White Bat Audio

Lawton (Re-Recording)

April 01, 2022 05:22 - 1 hour - 81.7 MB

An updated rendition of Lawton, one of my oldest tales. Should be of better quality, hopefully bringing it up to line with the more recent story readings.

Appalachian Legends - The Harlan County Feud

March 28, 2022 03:00 - 1 hour - 65.5 MB

A bit of regional history which I've been looking over for future writings. In the late nineteenth century, a feud between the Howard and Turner families rocked Harlan County. Despite its brutality, the struggle has been largely forgotten in the region over whose hills and hollers the battle was waged. I'll be back to more run-of-the-mill fiction in the next few days with a re-recording of Lawton, one of my oldest stories. Within a week, I'll be back again with Lynch, a new tale, as so...

Limestone Way

March 14, 2022 02:18 - 46 minutes - 43.7 MB

A thief finds more than he bargained for within an upper class house along Limestone Way. Music by: -CO.AG Music -White Bat Audio

Exit

February 19, 2022 06:39 - 33 minutes - 33 MB

A young man struggling to find a path through the earliest part of adulthood stumbles into a strange and empty experience on his way home from a soul-searching roadtrip. Music By: CO.AG Music White Bat Audio

It Came Down from the Hills - V

November 04, 2021 17:33 - 30 minutes - 33 MB

The final installment of It Came Down from the Hills. Hopefully you enjoyed the serial release of the story. I wanted to mimic old weird tales-style sequential releases of longer short stories, and the daily releases felt like a good way to capture that mood without spreading it out over weeks or months. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music

It Came Down from the Hills - IV

November 03, 2021 18:32 - 10 minutes - 10.9 MB

After the failed hunt for the thing in the hills, Walker suggests seeking the aid of the 'Witch of the Western Weald.' Fourth of five parts. Music by CO.AG Music and White Bat Audio

It Came Down from the Hills - III

November 02, 2021 18:04 - 23 minutes - 23.1 MB

Following up on a report of eerie dreams, the hunters head for Sawyer's Holler. Third of five parts. Music by CO.AG Music and White Bat Audio

It Came Down from the Hills - II

November 01, 2021 19:02 - 21 minutes - 22.3 MB

Having arrived in Irvine, the details of the strangeness which has taken hold of the town are recounted. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music Second of Five parts.

It Came Down from the Hills - I

October 31, 2021 20:15 - 23 minutes - 24.7 MB

A renowned tracker and Indian fighter is called to the small Kentucky town of Irvine to deal with what many in the town believe to be a wild man or native outcast haunting the wilderness of Estill County. The first of five parts, to be released daily. Music by White Bate Audio and CO.AG Music

October Tide

October 03, 2021 07:15 - 21 minutes - 24.5 MB

Returning to a long-abandoned beachfront home to dispel irrational childhood fears reveals those fears might not have been so irrational after all. I've got a long one coming up for Halloween, so this is only the beginning for October.

A Strange Land

August 09, 2021 07:52 - 33 minutes - 32.2 MB

A man moves from a tiny West Virginia town to Charleston for work. He finds the city less than welcoming. Music By: White Bat Audio CO.AG Music

Come the Dawn

July 06, 2021 00:00 - 33 minutes - 36.7 MB

Seeking to gain greater influence within an underground occult organization, a man agrees to undergo a rite of passage which tests his sanity. Music: CO.AG Music White Bat Audio

Maw of the Earth

April 25, 2021 05:51 - 14 minutes - 14.7 MB

Sias Kruger recounts his visit to a mysterious holy site known as the Maw of the Earth to his employer, wishing to dissuade further probing into the region. This is a simple story, very Weird Tales. A good change of pace after working on the last one for so long. Sias Kruger may be used again as a character- I enjoy the idea of a sort of underhanded nineteenth century relic hunter as a window to tell strange stories. Music by: CO.AG Music White Bat Audio

The Forest Through the Trees

April 06, 2021 07:40 - 2 hours - 160 MB

A man moves onto a remote Eastern Kentucky plot and fast finds himself faced with a series of happenings he can't explain. This is the final in a trio of tales, with The Quirk Road being the first and The Horror of the Quirk Wood being the second, so you might want to give those a listen beforehand if you haven't heard them yet. Several of my other stories, including The Dreamer in the Gorge, are also tied to this, though their plots are not intertwined. It's my longest story to date, so h...

Beneath Borneo

January 31, 2021 02:21 - 28 minutes - 31.1 MB

An outdoorsman hired to protect a group of prospective American silver miners during their journey into inland Borneo finds something stranger than tigers amidst the trees. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music

And the Earth Did Tremble

January 07, 2021 10:59 - 41 minutes - 43.4 MB

A group of prior Orphan Brigade servicemen, attempting to return home unseen in the wake of the American Civil War, walk into a lowland pass through the mountains of eastern Kentucky- and encounter the thing which sleeps beneath them. A further exploration of the same force described in "The Dreamer in the Gorge." Music: CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/videos

Reclamation

December 18, 2020 03:00 - 42 minutes - 43.4 MB

A series of strangely consistent lucid dreams drives a student to record his explorations of the twisted dreamscape. Music: CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/videos

The Horror of the Quirk Wood

December 08, 2020 07:13 - 48 minutes - 52.7 MB

An exploration of the tragic, twisted events surrounding the storied Quirk Wood. A soft sequel to 'The Quirk Road,' though it's a standalone story. I hope to wrap this thread of narrative up with a longer story in the future. Music by- Co.Ag Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g

Horizon Song

November 15, 2020 07:02 - 56 minutes - 59 MB

K'hangha, bound to the fulfilment of his father's horizon song, is brought face to face with the crushing past of his stalwart people. This is the second fantasy story I've done for the podcast, in the same setting. This takes place roughly a month before the events of First Hunt, though the stories are not directly related. All of the phenomenal music and a good chunk of the ambience was done by Ares: https://iamares.bandcamp.com https://iamares.bandcamp.com/album/tribal-hunt-t...

Cattlewatcher

October 31, 2020 10:26 - 21 minutes - 25.3 MB

A tale with some Fortean overtones about a young man tasked with patrolling the shady family pasturage. Music by CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/featured and White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/featured

The Quirk Road

October 21, 2020 02:52 - 29 minutes - 32.3 MB

A strange little outpost of life called Quirk falls silent, prompting a lone visitor to uncover the culmination of its sordid past. Music by: -White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g -CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos

Xolotlan

October 15, 2020 07:12 - 1 hour - 94 MB

A linguist, invited along on an expedition spurred on by a puzzling obelisk, stumbles upon a mythic city which proves to be anything but mythical- Xolotlan. This is the final story in the delve cycle- at least for now. I'll likely expand it down the line with a novel, though I'm anxious to explore other themes for the time being. I hope they've been enjoyable. Hopefully, I'll have another story up by Halloween! Music by White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4els...

More than Echoes

September 16, 2020 09:01 - 39 minutes - 40 MB

A civil inspector, following up on the worries of several city officials, encounters something strange in Cincinnati's abandoned subway system. This is yet another 'Delve' story, loosely interconnected with Lawton, Dog Sitting, Many-Legged God, and Pine Hill Cave. This is likely the penultimate one. Sometime later this year, expect a long, At the Mountains of Madness-esque novella/story series capping off this cycle of stories. Music by White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

The Fog that Fell Over Morehead

August 31, 2020 03:43 - 24 minutes - 25.5 MB

A one-time resident of Morehead returns to help a friend, only to find that his hometown is not as he remembers it. Fairly congested due to seasonal allergies, hopefully the reading will be more consistent in recordings as the autumn rolls in. Music by White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g and CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/featured

The Chattanooga Lights

August 15, 2020 02:29 - 26 minutes - 33.1 MB

A rumor-haunted ruin in Chattanooga menaces a community of homeless squatters in a long-forgotten industrial park. Music by White Bat Audio

Kamchatka

August 05, 2020 04:13 - 38 minutes - 39.5 MB

A travel writer and photographer, arriving in Kamchatka for an off-the-beaten-path experience, finds more than beautiful landscapes lying in wait for him. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music.

In Search of the Many-Legged God

July 22, 2020 12:45 - 44 minutes - 45.8 MB

An anthropologist, having stumbled across a reference to a myth he'd abandoned, goes looking for an uncontacted people who prove to be unlike anything he's ever encountered. Music in this episode is from the excellent White Bat Audio, whose music can be found here: https://whitebataudio.com/

The Dreamer in the Gorge

July 01, 2020 23:06 - 29 minutes - 30.4 MB

Two friends taking a short cut find their hike has become something entirely unexpected. This is the first story I've attempted that could be tentatively placed within the Cthulhu Mythos. Hopefully it isn't a total disappointment. End music is 'Unknown Planet' by dl-sounds.com

The Shadow in the Attic

June 06, 2020 10:48 - 15 minutes - 15.6 MB

A student returned home from college for the summer experiences a long-forgotten nightmare.

Pine Hill Cave

May 28, 2020 02:45 - 24 minutes - 24.6 MB

An old logbook found in a small, benign cave system raises doubts about whether the cave is actually small... or benign. Though this story is linked with 'Dog Sitting' and 'Lawton,' it isn't necessary to have read them to draw the full effect out of it.

Cold Hollow

April 07, 2020 19:31 - 21 minutes - 21.2 MB

A deathbed retelling of a small Appalachian hamlet's harrowing final days is recorded for posterity via a library-moldering manuscript. Disregarded as dementia-addled fabrication or imaginative mythology by most historians and folklorists who stumble across it, the account of the dying days of Cold Hollow is presented here in full.

Dog Sitting

March 20, 2020 07:13 - 18 minutes - 16.7 MB

A friend's cabin provides more challenges than expected to a dog sitter from the remote town of Olive Hill.

First Hunt

March 09, 2020 18:01 - 39 minutes - 42.9 MB

Brothers Tekolotl and Azotl, in search of a trophy fit for a warrior, stumble across a threat which proves far more deadly than the prey they came so far to stalk. First Fantasy story to be released here, in a setting of my own devising. End Music: "Ancient Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

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