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Below we present the complete text of “Closing the Distance”, episode 1 of our new Weird Western serial; Where Death Follows the Rails. This is a brand new (unpublished draft) series (featuring Jim Wilkes, Annie Deems, Sally Turner, and Speeding Elk). If you would like to see these new stories advance from being drafts into […]
Below we present the complete text of “The Pit”, episode 2 (and Final) of our new Weird Western serial; Where Death Passes Through. This is a brand new (unpublished) series (featuring Jim Wilkes, Annie Deems, Sally Turner, and Speeding Elk). If you would like to see these new stories advance from being drafts into polished […]
Below we present the complete text of “A Town Smelling of Blood”, episode 1 of our new Weird Western serial; Where Death Passes Through. This is a brand new (unpublished) series (featuring Jim Wilkes, Annie Deems, Sally Turner, and Speeding Elk). If you would like to see these new stories advance from being drafts into […]
Adventures into the Unknown was a quarterly comic produced by America’s Greatest Comics. This issue came out in the fall of 1948 and contained eight stories. This five-page story, Haunted House, is an original story written by Frank Belknap Long, while pencils and inks are credited to Al Ulmer.Characters include Lorna Brent; Fred Eager; Benny […]
Eventually, as I work towards a final draft, there comes a point where I realize I’ve re-written as much as I can. I know that “art is never finished, merely abandoned” and I think the time has come to walk away from the script I’ve been pouring my heart and soul into and call it […]
Adventures into the Unknown was a quarterly comic produced by America’s Greatest Comics. This issue came out in the fall of 1948 and contained eight stories. This seven-page story, The Castle of Otranto, is an adaptation of the famous tale by Horace Walpole written in 1768. Its script is credited to Frank Belknap Long, while […]
Character Conflict Conflict is the essence of drama. If a character gets up in the morning and achieves everything they want to without encountering a single obstacle, that’s great for the character, but the audience will be bored to tears. If, however, they struggle, encounter obstacles, and must fight to achieve their goals, then the […]
Adventures into the Unknown was a quarterly comic produced by America’s Greatest Comics. This issue came out in the fall of 1948 and contained eight stories. This nine-page story, It Walked By Night, narrates the story of the Aram line, cursed by a murdered man seeking vengeance down through the ages. Its script is credited […]
Discovering character I love working on back story and developing mini-biographies for my characters as a step towards finding their voices. But while backstory and biography are useful, they will not necessarily tell me how my characters will act or help me bring them to life on their own. There are some essential decisions that […]
Adventures into the Unknown was a quarterly comic produced by America’s Greatest Comics. This issue came out in the fall of 1948 and contained eight stories. This twelve-page story, The Living Ghost, narrates the story of Malevo, Satan’s first lieutenant; a monster in search of a queen. It is also the first appearance of the […]
Adventures into the Unknown was a quarterly comic produced by America’s Greatest Comics. This issue came out in the fall of 1948 and contained eight stories. This eight-page story, The Werewolf Stalks, narrates the capture of a timber wolf in the frozen North and the discovery that it is, in fact, a werewolf. Its script […]
Reviews of Audio Drama are a great help to audiences but they can also be useful for creators. Creators read reviews for constructive critique. To many folks, reviewers and creators seem like natural enemies, but in reality that’s rarely the case. As creators of audio drama, whether producers, sound designers, actors, composers and musicians, or […]
