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Phonic Fiction Fest




Multigenre Full cast Anthology Audio Drama


Synopsis:

Have you ever wanted to join the pantheon of audio drama creators pushing out some of your favorite content but just haven't had the opportunity? Struggling to find friends with the same crippling addiction to audio fiction? Ever wanted to see what you could summon from within when put under an insane time constraint? Phonic Fiction Fest is a 48 hour Audio Fiction Festival where you are invited to join others in creating something completely new and original within 48 hours! Does it have to be perfect? Heck no! You just need to finish it, that's the goal!


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Format: Audio Drama

Continuity: Anthology

Voices: Cast

Genres: Multigenre

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Episodes:

OCT ‘22 - Beyond the Veil

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:59:10 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A washed-up team of paranormal investigators search for ghost activity in a local hardware store. What could possibly go wrong?


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • Original Music
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/beyond-the-veil 


//CREDITS

  • SFX - freesound.org


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Death
  • Graphic Violence
  • Frightening Situations
  • Group Tensions
  • Confinement
  • Loud noises
  • Mentions of Catholicism




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OCT ‘22 - Hexpress Hotline

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:56:15 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

Hexpress Hotline is not your average 9-5. Between providing curses to unhappy couples and dealing with complaints, Circe has to deal with rival witches, the HR (human remains) department, and cats predicting the end of the world… wait, what? 


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity (e.g. woman, non-binary, etc.) - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator
  • Original Music


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/hexpress-hotline 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • SFX: Leeches, breaking glass, screaming, scraping metal, retching, static
  • Depictions of violence
  • Mentions of leeches
  • Cheating
  • Breaking and entering
  • Murder
  • Vomit
  • Death
  • Mice
  • Bones
  • Apocalypse


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lunsford



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OCT ‘22 - Double Booked

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:51:38 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

At the advice of their therapist, a couple on the verge of divorce books a weekend getaway in the country to try to iron out their differences. Things get dicey when they find out they aren’t the only inhabitants of their quaint little home in the woods.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Original Music
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/double-booked 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Language
  • Gory sound effects
  • Frequent insults about model trains
  • Philly accents
  • Blood
  • Death
  • Mutilation
  • Improper usage/pronunciation of medical terms
  • Puns
  • Serial killer


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lunsford



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OCT ‘22 - Sucker

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:49:54 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

Demon-hunting podcaster Larry is out to disrupt the summoning of the Great Cleanser by cult leader Candace. Candace's Latinist friend Forest has other plans for the evening...


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Pandemic humor
  • Mild physical violence
  • Discussion of cults
  • Stalking mention
  • SFX: wet squishy sounds
  • Occult Rituals
  • Apocalypse references
  • Profanity
  • Eldritch entity


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lunsford



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OCT ‘22 - Damned If You Do

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:48:02 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

Three friends pitch in to help an old mentor take care of some unfinished business at his church. But why is he so insistent that they avoid that one specific room?


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/damned-if-you-do 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Loud sounds
  • Cursing
  • Some blood and gore
  • Physical violence
  • Sexual inferences
  • Possession 


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Monster Mash Live!

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:46:05 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

Monster Mash Live! is a horror / comedy about a social media sasquatch hunter who accidentally finds his way into a different dimension where a very strange tournament is taking place and the only way out, is through!


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator
  • Original Music


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/monster-mash-live 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Sudden/loud sounds
  • Profanity
  • Death / Violence
  • Gross sounds
  • Drugs
  • Supernatural threat
  • Spiders
  • Worms
  • Mentions of family disagreements, harm to animals
  • SFX: Roaring, weird noises, crowd screaming, snake hissing, spider noises


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Pemberley’s Big Break

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:44:20 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

Aspiring journalist Pemberly Pennington interviews the aloof detective Lois Charcutier.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Mention of death
  • Murder
  • Abuse
  • Vehicular accidents
  • Profanity


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Cole Weavers



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OCT ‘22 - Flesh to Add to Its Own

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:43:21 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

Poker night at Spencer's house is wrapping up, but a strange sound convinces Frank to shut up about Wittgenstein and investigate what is going on.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-comedy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Original music


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/flesh-to-add-to-its-own


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Profanity
  • Violence
  • Animal Death/Injury
  • Banging Noises
  • Body Horror
  • Scratching/Itching


Organized By Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - The Ecdysis of Sarah

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:42:19 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/the-ecdysis-of-sarah 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • The Occult
  • Blood
  • Injury
  • Terminal/degenerative illness and pain
  • Death/dying
  • Body horror
  • SFX: Slicing, wet sloughing sounds


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - The Bone Collector

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:37:38 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A tale of a little village in the snow, and a deal between children under the full moon.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/Neurodivergent - Creator
  • Original Music
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/the-bone-collector 


//CREDITS

  • SFX - zapsplat.com
  • SFX - freesound.org


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Blood/gore
  • Death/dying
  • Body horror
  • Harm to children
  • SFX: Child crying


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Depths

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:35:29 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

Poachers awaken an ancient evil.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • Original music
  • Original SFX


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Swearing
  • Sounds of fear/distress/crying
  • Mention of blood
  • Kidnapping
  • Sounds of violence
  • Spooky eldritch whispers
  • Mention of drug use


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Clear Your Mind

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:33:30 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A group of friends go skinny dipping one Halloween night, but something in the water takes control of their bodies instead, leading them to a cave with a dark secret.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character


//CREDITS

  • Music used with license from Dark Fantasy Studios
  • SFX used with license from Zapsplat.com


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Death
  • Profanity
  • Violence
  • Mention of nudity
  • Allusion to sex
  • Mention of blood and gore
  • Insects
  • Sounds of person being devoured
  • Brief body horror


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - John Smith and the Cost of the Hungry Blade

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:31:30 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

The Guardians of the Forest have sent an envoy to the human world. But they’ve found a new candidate to represent them — too bad he doesn’t believe in magic.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized gender identity - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • LGBTQIA+ - Character
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Character
  • Original Music
  • Original Art


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Murder
  • Profanity
  • Implications of violence
  • Mild threat
  • Loss of autonomy
  • Rot/decay
  • Supernatural harm
  • SFX: Birds calling, eldritch voices whispering, vocal distortion


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - The Tooth Thief

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:29:06 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

In France and in other countries, it is a tradition to put a tooth a child just lost under their pillow, for La Petite Souris, the little mouse, to come get it in exchange for a coin. How could it turn out bad? Bonne écoute!


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator


//CREDITS


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Mention of blood
  • Rodents
  • Loud sounds
  • Profanities
  • Torture
  • Pain
  • Screams


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Cole Weavers



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OCT ‘22 - You Deserve This

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:26:39 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

What do you do when you wake up in a strange, dark place? Do you trust the voice that's guiding you? Do you really deserve this? 


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • Original music
  • Original SFX


///TRANSCRIPT


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Supernatural horror
  • Psychological Trauma
  • Torture
  • Drowning
  • Profanity
  • Inferrable Murder


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio




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OCT ‘22 - Emet

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:25:26 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A desperate king and his concubine, who carries his only child and heir, seek the cure for the plague on their land from a legendary golem: a being of truth. The truth they find may not be the one they expect.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • LGBTQIA+ - Character
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • BIPOC - Character
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Character
  • Original Music
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/emet


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Loud noises
  • Blood
  • Suicide
  • Death
  • Disease
  • Recollections of war and cultural oppression
  • Reference to child death
  • Reference sexual relationships


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Cole Weavers



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OCT ‘22 - StrixNet

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:22:52 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

Two parents caught up in an internet worshiping cyber-cult try to protect their child from one of its ancient prophecies. 


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/strixnet 


//CREDITS

  • SFX - zapsplat.com
  • SFX - soundsnap.com


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • General distress/horror
  • Mention of bugs
  • Emotional manipulation
  • Arguing
  • Character death
  • Kidnapping
  • Noises: Electronic noises, bone snapping, screaming, chanting
  • Cults/cult behavior
  • Child endangerment
  • Body crushing
  • Sudden loud sounds
  • Profanity


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Polaris

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:21:29 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

The UK is at war with an unknown enemy, she is blockaded by a multinational coalition headed by the United States which aims to prevent the 'conflict' from spreading. After a stunning victory which supposedly 'turned the tide' of the war...a father returns home to his family... but nothing is as it seems, and no one is sure of anything...except that everything they are being told is a lie... 


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • BIPOC


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/polaris 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Sounds of gun violence
  • Reference to child violence
  • Warfare
  • Inferrable PTSD


Organized by Nathan Lunsford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - Meant to Be Seen

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:17:07 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

Ariadne, cleric of Sylk, was simply trying to do her job. The voice calling to her in the night wasn't meant to enrapture her, so why did she follow? And what will happen to her now that she has?


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • Single Person Production


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicficitonfest.com/transcript/meant-to-be-seen 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Lack of control/forced actions
  • Discussions of kidnapping
  • Nonconsensual touching (non-sexual)
  • Brief mentions of strangulation
  • Ambiguous character death
  • Distress/crying
  • Mentions of alcohol and gambling


Organized by Nathan Lansford and Pulp Audio



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OCT ‘22 - You Are Powerful Beyond Measure

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:14:04 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • BIPOC - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • LGBTQIA+ - Character
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • Original Art


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/you-are-powerful-beyond-measure 


//CREDITS


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Second person POV
  • Occult/magic
  • Manipulation
  • Conflict between characters
  • Reference to body horror
  • Profanity
  • Loud SFX: Wind, Distorted voices, voices overlapping.


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lansford



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OCT ‘22 - In A Blink

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:11:03 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

A man and woman meet and connect at a festival of light and art, but all is not as it seems.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-fantasy
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Creator
  • Marginalized Gender Identity - Character
  • Original SFX


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/in-a-blink


//CREDITS

  • Swing Sound by voho on freesounds.org under a Creative Commons 0 License.


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Death
  • Discussion of mortality


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lansford



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OCT ‘22 - The Ex-Wife

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:09:31 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A man and his employee discuss the man's ex-wife and his suspicious yet horrific past.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-noir
  • Single Person Production


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/the-ex-wife 


//CREDITS

  • Music by ASTROFREQ from Pixabay
  • Sound effects from the wonderful artists of Pixabay


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Blood/gore


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lansford



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OCT ‘22 - The End of the Storm

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:07:27 GMT

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///DESCRIPTION

A career criminal makes 3 deliveries during a supernaturally long storm, and discovers many uncomfortable truths.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-noir
  • Marginalized gender identity - Creator
  • Disabled/neurodivergent - Creator
  • Marginalized gender identity - Character
  • Single Person Production


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/the-end-of-the-storm 


//CREDITS

  • Sounds by Zapsplat!


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Suicide
  • Drugs
  • Depression
  • Profanity
  • Death
  • Pandemic
  • Gambling
  • Apocalypse


Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lansford



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OCT ‘22 - Strained Airs

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:05:37 GMT

///DESCRIPTION

Evidence Log for Case #9002172: Disappearance of Richard Folner, private detective. Evidence includes recorded notes by subject in the days leading to his disappearance. Recording follows.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-noir
  • LGBTQIA+ - Creator
  • Single Person Production


//CREDITS

  • Sound effects from zapsplat.com
  • Music: Spooky Theme by Mystified from freemusicarchive.org


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Infidelity
  • Sounds of fear/distress/crying
  • Brief body horror



Organized by Pulp Audio and Nathan Lansford



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OCT ‘22 - Justice Served

Fri, 21 Oct 2022 13:03:31 GMT

Go to https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/vote from October 21-27 ‘22 to vote!


///DESCRIPTION

A lone detective wanders the neon-dotted streets of her city in search of justice for her murdered partner. What she finds in the seedy underbelly of back-alley cage matches leads her to a horrible revelation about the twisted eco-system of a dying world.


///VOTING CATEGORIES

  • Horror-noir
  • Marginalized gender identity - Creator
  • Marginalized gender identity - Character
  • LGBTQIA+ - Character
  • Original music
  • Original SFX


///TRANSCRIPT

https://www.phonicfictionfest.com/transcript/justice-served 


///CONTENT WARNINGS

  • Death/dying
  • Injury
  • Loss of assistive technology/prosthetic
  • Dystopia
  • Body horror
  • Cannibalism
  • SFX: A few loud humming noises, loud crowds, whirring blades, crunching, wet noises



Organized and Distributed by Pulp Audio, and Nathan Lansford




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Introducing Phonic Fiction Fest

Tue, 11 Oct 2022 10:42:32 GMT

Have you ever wanted to join the pantheon of audio drama creators pushing out some of your favorite content but just haven't had the opportunity? Struggling to find friends with the same crippling addiction to audio fiction? Ever wanted to see what you could summon from within when put under an insane time constraint? Phonic Fiction Fest is a 48 hour Audio Fiction Festival where you are invited to join others in creating something completely new and original within 48 hours! Does it have to be perfect? Heck no! You just need to finish it, that's the goal!


Go to http://www.phonicfictionfest.com to register and participate!



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