#NoSleep Podcast

[erikasandersonactor]

Horrorcon UK

Ok, so a little rather late for an Audio Drama Sunday post, but I wanted to share what an epic weekend we had at Horrorcon UK in Sheffield 11-12th May.

Myself, Daivd Ault and James Cleveland (all from The NoSleep Podcast) were there promoting "Horror in Audio Fiction", trying to get more people to discover audio drama and fiction through podcasts, and not assuming all podcasts were two blokes talking about stuff into a mic.

Having worked on over a 100 shows between us, (with a lot of horror), it became a game of "Tell us what kind of horror you like, and we'll recommend a show for you to listen to".

From the big anthology shows like NoSleep, and the very British and queer Shadows at the the Door, we kept finding more shows to talk about and add to an ever-growing flow chart.

Shows we were flag waving for included:

The NoSleep Podcast Shadows at the Door @re-dracula @thekilda @woebegonepod Dark Dice Red Odyssey Audible Visions Drama Creepy Campfire Radio Theatre The Wicked Library Victoria's Lift The Dead @lessismorguepod The Hidden Frequencies

And it wasn't just horror! We gave shoutouts to @camlannpod and the sci-fi series Cyclone as well!

In all, a wonderful weekend introducing people to the incredible world of audio drama and fiction.

[habibistamps]

F2U Misc Fandom stamps! You can use these anywhere on tumblr or elsewhere, but please credit me or my website wherever you post them!

[hellonoblesky]

The Lady Of Stories and her dear friend Beau

[ID: A digital drawing of the Lady of Stories and Beau sitting at the base of a tree with a bottle of bourbon between them (as is their ritual). The Lady is telling a story, gesturing with one hand and holding her glass in the other. Her crown of branches is blooming with points of light. She wears a simple green button-up and worn jeans. On her right wrist, is a bracelet made of the Beasts’s teeth. Beau sits to her right, eyes closed, and actually smiling. He wears goth makeup, his jeans are torn at the knee, and his nails are painted black. His teeth are sharp, and he’s holding his cup. Sunlight filters down through the trees over them. End ID]

[nullakorda]

HORROR PODCAST HANGOUT HOUR

Hey, so, uh. I'm planning a stream at 2pm EST where we sit and chat horror podcasts! I myself am mostly into TMA and Malevolent, but all horror podcast nuts are welcome! I choose this time specifically because at 3pm EST is when ol' Jonny Sims does his streams, so then we raid him.

Anyways. Hope to see you there today!

[re-dracula]

Our Arthur Holmwood (aka Lord Godalming) will be voiced by David Ault! You might know him from the NoSleep Podcast, Shadows at the Door, SPECTRE, and more! We couldn't have asked for a better prince charming in our suitor squad.

[0bfvscate]

I wrote the first story in this episode-- CHERYL! Check it out!!

[macabresymphonies]

So sad NoSleep Podcast is such a mixed bag. Some episodes fly by with a big grin on my face, some are such an incredible drag to get through that I don’t even bother with next stories.

[johndoeswords]

In further reading of The Raven - Poe was being pretty silly-goofy to ask only questions to the bird that the answer "nevermore" would devastate him.

[that-gay-jedi]

pumpkin— how do you feel about horror movies? do you like psychological thrillers more or jump-scare oriented movies?

I prefer audio horror, but I like horror movies too! I used to watch so many I would get desensitized, take a break from screens to reset, and then watch some more lmao. I'm a bit behind these days because of full time job and my Star Wars obsession eating my whole entire brain forever.

I like practically anything except jump scare based (and the occasional jump scare but I get tired of them quickly and am picky about them lmao). Psychological horror's great, supernatural horror is great, old school monster flicks are great, pure mindfuck horror that plays with your sense of reality, psychosocial type horror like Jordan Peele, meta-horror (like the original Candyman or if Cabin in the Woods had actually been good), etc. I also like a lot of absurdist or existential dread based crap with horror-adjacent messages and themes (think Synecdoche, New York).

In terms of audio horror, I've listened to every free episode of The Nosleep Podcast to date and kept a written list of which stories were particularly good organized by episode and title so I can relisten. I've done the same with the Chilling Tales For Dark Nights podcast. For things that are more serial than anthology, I'd recommend The Orphans (space based scifi survival horror) and my newest obsession, the scifi character-driven drama Give Me Away, which I'm not sure I'd call horror but whenever I pitch it it has a very horror-sounding premise lmao. I also totally went insane for the worldbuilding in The Magnus Archives and made a note of certain episodes of it that are amazing as both standalone pieces and part of the larger story.

I've seen that Give Me Away has exactly zero fanworks on AO3 and someday I want to remedy that with a series of crossover shorts that would double as character studies of our favourite Star Wars characters through the lens of the "radical hospitality" of the alien rescue program from Give Me Away. How their screening process would go, their motivations for volunteering for the program, what traits the personality experts would look for in which prisoner to pair them with, etc.

I already have an Obi-Wan chapter and an Anakin chapter planned out, I'm working on a few of the clone troopers I think might be open to volunteering, and if I ever finish those I'd be doing Padme, Bail Organa, and several of the OT characters next. Eventually if I ever finish all those I'd do some of my Glup Shitto blorbos from sw books like Master and Apprentice, Jedi Trial, Luke Skywalker and the Shadows of Mindor, and the Jedi Quest series lmfao I'm fucking broken as a human being

It is my personal and extremely biased opinion that EVERYONE should listen to Give Me Away (I'm not being paid to promote this and I don't know any of the actors or creators I'm just autistic), it's only like 8 episodes and most of which are like half an hour long but it changed my entire outlook on life in a similar degree to the Star Wars prequels lmao.

[ginstermoff]

Me, checking in with the nosleep podcast: sweet, man-made horrors beyond my comprehension

[erikasandersonactor]

Horrorcon UK 2024

Myself and a few voice actors from the NoSleep Podcast will be appearing at Horrorcon UK in Sheffield this May!

We’ll also be promoting other audio fiction in horror, so if you have any promo stuff (postcards/stickers) you’d like us to giveaway on our table, please get in touch.

[quandongcrumble]

Obsessed with the NoSleep podcast series “Summer” by Marcus Damanda at the moment. Wasn’t really into it the first few times I heard the first couple of stories but this listen through I’m all about it. Like yes, she’s evil. She occasionally tries to be less evil and fails dramatically and I kind of love that. She’s tortured and fucked up and she’s probably not going to get a redemption arc and just… muah…. Chefs kiss. Give me more antihero/antagonist/villainous women. Give me more selfish awful messed up women. Give me more women who kill on a whim but are also completely traumatised by that one time they failed to keep four teenagers alive. Just. More Summer.

[sereniv]

im crying im listening to a No Sleep podcast that reads horror stories from reddit

and i got high and am crocheting and listening and im not really retaining much

but then i pause it and scroll through tumblr and then hit play after a while

and i dont remember at all what the story is about

but i push play and i just hear in a monotone cecil palmer voice:

[alovecraft]

Just found out one of our coworkers is a fan of NoSleep Podcast! Fuck yes!

And all because he said “por que” and I told him it reminded me of the horror story and he’s like “yup!”

[spooky-space-kook]

Man, season 13 of the NoSleep Podcast was the freakin' GOAT for LGBTQ representation. Hot damn it's like every episode in here.