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Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Aug 14

Monstrous metamorphosis meter for all transmogrifying trans folk ❤️‍🔥💋

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 14

New Moth Mother Release!

Gorgon's Daughter is a science fiction, transgender, revenge fantasy at the intersection of slam poetry, lo-fi hip-hop, and spoken word.

This track goes HARDER than anything I've put out before, and I NEED you to listen to!

moth-mother.bandcamp.com/album/gorgon...

Gorgon's Daughter, by Moth Mother

1 track album

moth-mother.bandcamp.com

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Aug 8

We know you folks love queer historical fiction RPG audio dramas. Well... we made another one! Come with us to Norway as a pagan mystic embarks on startling journey. ⛈️🎇

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Aug 8

THIS WEEKEND - 8/10! Our new #actualplay series, Étude of the Storm, debuts with a listening party event. A tale of mythology and trans pagan magick set in 18th century Norway: starring @drtanenbaum.bsky.social & @jessicamudd.bsky.social. More info and how to join us:
www.patreon.com/posts/136030...

The Étude of the Storm album art. It reads "Omniverse Presents Étude of the Storm - a Surprise RPG" and features a prominent pentagram.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · Aug 4

Less than a week before Ètude of the Storm launches!

Streaming access is only for @omniverse.bsky.social Patreon subscribers, but if you join the discord you can participate in the live listening parties, and follow the many queer adventures of Elea Torillsdöttor with us!

Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · Jul 15

*IT'S FINALLY PUBLIC!!*

The RPG Audio Drama project that I've been working on for the last 3 years has a release date!!

This one is very dear to me, and I can't wait for people to hear it! I play Elea Torillsdöttor: a transgender witch and healer in 18th century Norway.

So excited to share this!

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Jul 15

A STORM IS COMING! Étude of the Storm is our new RPG Audio Drama. A heartrending journey through Norse myth and transgender pagan magick starring @jessicamudd.bsky.social and @drtanenbaum.bsky.social. It debuts 8/10 via live streaming event. Links and more info here:
www.patreon.com/posts/new-po...

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Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Jul 31

Come find me, #GenCon! We're free floating, so the best place to track us down is after @revdeschain.bsky.social and I's panel on Friday. OR reply here and maybe we can meet up!

Fable and Folly @fableandfolly.bsky.social · Jul 31

For the first time ever, members of our creative team will be at the legendary tabletop convention, GenCon, in Indianapolis. The 2025 event runs from July 31st-August 3rd.

www.patreon.com/posts/134725...

@catblackard.bsky.social @mothershewrote.bsky.social

Omniverse at GenCon 7/31-8/3 | Omniverse

Get more from Omniverse on Patreon

www.patreon.com

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Jul 23

Want to learn how our stygian stories slither into your ear holes? Come to this GenCon panel co-hosted by our series creator, @catblackard.bsky.social! 👂🦑

Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Jul 23

I'm attending GenCon for the first time this year and am super-daunted by it. If you're going, drop @omniverse.bsky.social or I a line so we can meet up? I've got a panel with @thecritshow.bsky.social's @revdeschain.bsky.social about #actualplay production. Links and more info in the link below!

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Jul 23

For the first time ever, the creators behind our actual play series will be at #GenCon! WILL YOU? Drop us a line and come hang and game with the @cthulhumystery.bsky.social, Ghostbusters: Resurrection, and Surprise RPG teams.
More info here: www.patreon.com/posts/omnive...

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Jul 23

WE'RE COMING TO GENCON! Our showrunner, @catblackard.bsky.social is doing a panel with @thecritshow.bsky.social about actual play production and @dougbanks.bsky.social (Hank Jr.) and Howling House producer @jessicamudd.bsky.social will be there too! Let's meet up! Details in the link. 🦑🖤

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Jul 23

For the first time ever, the creators behind our actual play series will be at #GenCon! WILL YOU? Drop us a line and come hang and game with the @cthulhumystery.bsky.social, Ghostbusters: Resurrection, and Surprise RPG teams.
More info here: www.patreon.com/posts/omnive...

Copy reads: Omniverse at GenCon. The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program's Cat Blackard. Ghostbsuters: Resurrection's Doug Banks. "MOTHER," She Wrote's Jessica Mudd. If you'll be there too, reach out and let's meet up! Omnivox@omniverse.media. And there's a tentacle holding a die with a no-ghost emblem.

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Tess "The Egg Prime Directive" Tanenbaum @drtanenbaum.bsky.social · Jul 15

*IT'S FINALLY PUBLIC!!*

The RPG Audio Drama project that I've been working on for the last 3 years has a release date!!

This one is very dear to me, and I can't wait for people to hear it! I play Elea Torillsdöttor: a transgender witch and healer in 18th century Norway.

So excited to share this!

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Jul 15

A STORM IS COMING! Étude of the Storm is our new RPG Audio Drama. A heartrending journey through Norse myth and transgender pagan magick starring @jessicamudd.bsky.social and @drtanenbaum.bsky.social. It debuts 8/10 via live streaming event. Links and more info here:
www.patreon.com/posts/new-po...

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Jul 15

Our team has a new RPG Audio Drama on the horizon! It's mythic historical fiction like you've never heard before, with creators from Mystery Program, @midnightburger.bsky.social, and @camlannpod.bsky.social. Follow the link below, join the Discord, and catch the premiere! 🌩️

Omniverse: Immersive Audio Fiction @omniverse.bsky.social · Jul 15

A STORM IS COMING! Étude of the Storm is our new RPG Audio Drama. A heartrending journey through Norse myth and transgender pagan magick starring @jessicamudd.bsky.social and @drtanenbaum.bsky.social. It debuts 8/10 via live streaming event. Links and more info here:
www.patreon.com/posts/new-po...

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A Bear Called Otter @jrtheotterbear.bsky.social · Jul 4

I nearly forgot that my @fableandfolly.bsky.social Plus gets me bonus episodes from @cthulhumystery.bsky.social including the Cthulhu Cthommentaries! I got to hear @catblackard.bsky.social talk about From Beyond! Fascinating! I wonder how I would have felt had I seen it when I was younger.

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The Penumbra Podcast @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social · Jun 10

Feeling Thirsty? Once a week (and twice today, as a special bonus) we'll be showing off the main cast of Thirst, two-by-two.

Today's duo: Joshua Ilon (playing Dennis Cruz) and Melody Perera (playing Anouk Kalhara)! You'll find their bios in the replies.

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Jun 5

Exciting news for Anjana fans! Melody Perera (the actor behind Estelle's better half) is starring in Thirst, the new series from the team behind @thepenumbrapod.bsky.social!
Check the announcement here:
www.instagram.com/p/DKhMhoPsDEC
(And, of course, Anjana will return in our next season...)

An illustration of Anjana Ramakrishnan by Jarrod Pope. Anjana wears a dark blue coat with gold accents and holds a book and talisman.

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Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · May 20

Indie comedy audio drama, Forgive Me! has only 10 days left in their campaign to fund their next season (including a #TTRPG episode called Hymnals & Hydras, co-starring me). They're 50% of the way to their funding goal!
Tithe to indie audio drama! 🙏♥️🛐🐉

www.indiegogo.com/projects/for...

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Apr 27

Go tell it on the mountain (but don’t tell Father Grandfather) our showrunner @catblackard.bsky.social is in the next season of Forgive Me! playing a tabletop roleplaying teen. Help fund our recovering Papist pals next season and make this episode a reality: www.indiegogo.com/projects/for...

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Apr 7

Our showrunner, @catblackard.bsky.social's love for Lovecraft goes back to high school when she was making student films. Watch her early work below and check out the new episode of @proghorrorpod.bsky.social where she discusses this film's shared lineage with I Saw the TV Glow.

Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Apr 7

ALSO, in the year 2000 I made my own episode of The Pink Opaque: an angsty, dreamy Lovecraft and Phantasm-inspired high school horror film called ShatterDream that's rife with inadvertent trans allegory. We discuss it in the podcast and now you can see it for yourself: vimeo.com/190011288 2/2

ShatterDream

A high school film made in October, 2000. A young man has strange dreams and is haunted by cloaked figures, while at the same time getting swept up in a sudden,…

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Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Apr 7

Cough up that Luna Juice, friend, and hear my telepathic cry! The cast of @proghorrorpod.bsky.social invited me to join their Midnight Society for a tear-soaked, reality-upending discussion on #ISawTheTVGlow, Pete & Pete, and other static-hazed media on the fringes of suburban nostalgia. 🧵1/2

Progressively Horrified @proghorrorpod.bsky.social · Apr 7

Did you catch this week's new episode? We talked I Saw the TV Glow, 90's tv, being trans, and needing to scream at the top of your lungs at the family fun park with @catblackard.bsky.social . shows.acast.com/progressivel...

I Saw the TV Glow (aka Those Good Buffy Credits) w/ Cat Blackard | Progressively Horrified

shows.acast.com

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cow tools daily @cowtoolsdaily.bsky.social · Mar 24

day 136 of making a cow tools every day unless i don't

A ,massive grotesque cow monster approaches, dwarfing a barn and table in the foreground. The beast has a cow head, but extra eye ridges and nostrils. It's snout ends in a mass of tentacles shaped like pronglers. It has huge bat-like wings. The comparatively tiny table has 4 crudely made tools on it. Caption reads simply, "Cowthoolhu."

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Feb 13

Pacific Northwesters! Get a limited-time taste of desert mysteries. Desert Skies, a comrade in odd audio adventures, is performing in your vicinity. 👀🌵

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Feb 12

We're a bit late to the party, but we're not too late to party! The long-awaited debut LP by Chris LeBrane who played Joey in "Night at Howling House" dropped last month! It's not spooky, but it is spooky how funky it is. 🥳👻
chrislebranescampaign.bandcamp.com/album/inaugu...

Inauguration, by Chris LeBrane's Campaign

8 track album

chrislebranescampaign.bandcamp.com

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Jan 16

An important call to action from our showrunner!

Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Jan 16

SAVE AUDIO DRAMA ON THE BBC (a 🧵) "The BBC [is] completely eradicating audio drama from Radio 3. This change will see not only essential jobs and employment opportunities for creative workers slashed, but programming of new material and new performers totally gone." chng.it/qpZHKDxHZD 1/4

Sign the Petition

Save Audio Drama at the BBC

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Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Dec 18

The historical fiction audio dramas Harlem Queen and 1972 showcase the power of podcasting to dynamically bring to life stories and histories that other mediums overlook. The creator of those shows, @yhane.bsky.social, has a new project in the works and you should join me in backing it. ❤️‍🔥

Dancers On The Shore

A serial audio drama based on the short stories of William Melvin Kelley

www.kickstarter.com

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Dec 17

We've featured Charlie's music on our show a number of times. Monsters do walk in human skin. Here's a cheery tune about it.

Cat Blackard 🌈🌴✨ @catblackard.bsky.social · Dec 17

My dear friend and longtime collaborator Charlie Honderick, aka Coach Hop's charming tune about the evils of insurance companies has been gathering dust for years. Now is past time to roll it out and hum it while taking inhuman greed monsters to task. GREED IS A DISEASE.

Coach Hop - Insurance Companies

YouTube video by Coach Hop

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Dec 13

We're thrilled to spotlight @stormfire.bsky.social's Havana Syndrome as a Haunter in the Dark. Tune in for unsettling secrets, family mysteries, and real world histories. A spy thriller audio drama told in more than just the audio medium... if you dig deep enough... 🔍👁️

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Nov 21

There's a new Haunter in the Dark in our feed - a spotlight on eerie tales we love. In this case, the Arthurian apocalypse of @camlannpod.bsky.social. What's more, we're taking part in their upcoming event on Nov 30th. Listen in for all the juicy details: cthulhumystery.com/listencthulhu

The album art for Camlann: A Post Apocalyptic Audio Drama, featuring a cabin in the woods and a plume of smoke that becomes a wolf and a horse.

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Quinn murphy @gamefiend.bsky.social · Nov 13

Here is a starter pack of excellent black TTRPG designers to follow! Still working on the list, and some folks i want to include i can't find on bsky atm. Let me know who I am missing!

go.bsky.app/TSmxwUa

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The Call of Cthulhu Mystery Program @cthulhumystery.bsky.social · Oct 20

We serve only freshly ground, worm-fed 🥩🩸A U D I O M E A T 🩸🥩

Pacific S. Obadiah @pacificobadiah.com · Oct 17

If you're a new podcaster, you might be struggling to find your audience. Try these fun alternative names for "podcast" to help your show stand out!

1. Audiomeat

#audiomeat #podcasts #fictionpodcasts #audiomeatagain

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