At the Bottom of the Garden
@fairygardenpod.bsky.social
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A collection of true fairy tales. History, storytelling, truth & fantasy, & the ways in which we construct our own personal narratives, thanks to the inspiration of a child's journal. Episodes release every Tuesday. Affiliated with @lawofnames.com
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At the Bottom of the Garden is a weekly podcast of true fairy tales.

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Two fairies hold banners. The first banner reads "At the Bottom of the Garden, the Fairy Journals of Nadia Davis-Taylor" The second banner reads "A Podcast by Aidan Moss"
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Welcome, friend!

You are one for whom this place was made. And you, I think, will find what you seek inside our gates.

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Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply, episode 1:
The Front Gate

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An antique and aged parchment map of the panoply-- a central striped tent with attractions and activity tents arranged around it in a circle. Each attraction is labeled with its name. At the righthand side of the map there is a skeleton, gesturing toward the center of the map. At the top is printed "Welcome Wanderers" and at the bottom, in a fancy scrollwork banner is printed "Professor Pandemonium's Peculiar Panoply"
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lordpythar.bsky.social
Did you listen?? You should! My voice is in it!
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Tessa Thorn, who played the voice of Nadia Davis Taylor was played by @lordpythar.bsky.social

Daniel Wright, who played himself, and several one-off voices, was played by @hadronkaleidoscope.bsky.social

Fabian Haley the graduate student was played by @perkprincess.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Hey, all!
The audio credits that were originally uploaded accidentally cut out the credit line for @fayroberts.bsky.social

This has been fixed, and the updated version uploaded.

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perkprincess.bsky.social
Dat me!
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Tessa Thorn, who played the voice of Nadia Davis Taylor was played by @lordpythar.bsky.social

Daniel Wright, who played himself, and several one-off voices, was played by @hadronkaleidoscope.bsky.social

Fabian Haley the graduate student was played by @perkprincess.bsky.social
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fayroberts.bsky.social
Huzzah, I can finally yell more emphatically about this without risking sharing spoilers.
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gemaydin.bsky.social
I KNEW WHAT BNJH MEANT MONTHS AGO, YOU LOSERS DIDNT, HAHA
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
There's one more person I need to yell about.

@gemaydin.bsky.social

Their participation in this project has been /invaluable/. From beta listening, to a great deal of all caps yelling, to the kind of social media publicity people pay for. It made my soul sing, & was amazing to show the cast.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Note: the correct spelling here should be Rowan van Grinsven
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Koen Akkerman of Logical Abductions was played by Rowan Van Grinsven

Christopher Merrick was played by @lookwhosfhtagn.bsky.social

Charlotte Fletcher was played by Jill Bee

Thomas Hill was played by @loujsutcliffe.bsky.social

Aldous Belleteyre was played by @huberd.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Hey, I only say it because it's true.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
I have ACTORS ARE WIZARDS moments with just about everyone, but hearing June go from their speaking voice (polite, nice, light) to Aldous (gruff, eternally pissed off, kind of scary) in a breath was.............. dizzying. It's great.
huberd.bsky.social
hehe that's me!

If you're into horror podcasts / radio plays, check out At the Bottom of the Garden!

Didn't mention it while it was airing since it plays with unreality as reality and didn't want to take people out of the story.

BUT IF YOU DID LISTEN TO IT, THAT WAS ME!
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Koen Akkerman of Logical Abductions was played by Rowan Van Grinsven

Christopher Merrick was played by @lookwhosfhtagn.bsky.social

Charlotte Fletcher was played by Jill Bee

Thomas Hill was played by @loujsutcliffe.bsky.social

Aldous Belleteyre was played by @huberd.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Thank you so much for your time, your labor, and your enthusiasm. On top of being useful in making sure the show, you know, sounded good & made sense, it was so /joyful/ to see someone tangibly enjoying what we were making.

You're a wonderful human, and so, so appreciated.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
There's one more person I need to yell about.

@gemaydin.bsky.social

Their participation in this project has been /invaluable/. From beta listening, to a great deal of all caps yelling, to the kind of social media publicity people pay for. It made my soul sing, & was amazing to show the cast.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
I cannnot say enough good things about the cast and crew.

This time, I put those good things in audio format, rather than writing. So I'll leave it with my profound gratitude, and also excitement about moving on to season 2.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
And, of course, Aidan Moss himself was played by @horrorlocke.bsky.social.

The show was sound designed by my amazing husband, @handle.invalid (Erik Seguinte, whose BlueSky handle seems to currently be broken)

It was written and partially edited by @ash-alder.bsky.social (uh... me.)
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Simon Davis-Taylor was played by @johnkennard.co.uk

Mrs. Evelyn Hill was played by @fayroberts.bsky.social

The periodic whispers were voiced by @satyricorner.live

The show also included the voices of @superhumanfoods.bsky.social & @achill3a.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Koen Akkerman of Logical Abductions was played by Rowan Van Grinsven

Christopher Merrick was played by @lookwhosfhtagn.bsky.social

Charlotte Fletcher was played by Jill Bee

Thomas Hill was played by @loujsutcliffe.bsky.social

Aldous Belleteyre was played by @huberd.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
Tessa Thorn, who played the voice of Nadia Davis Taylor was played by @lordpythar.bsky.social

Daniel Wright, who played himself, and several one-off voices, was played by @hadronkaleidoscope.bsky.social

Fabian Haley the graduate student was played by @perkprincess.bsky.social
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
But since I can't go back and re-do that for THIS season, here's the credits for At the Bottom of the Garden, Season 1.

(In no particular order)
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
It was /exceedingly difficult/ not to yell about all of them, all the time.

I managed it, mostly, but I've learned that no matter how deeply I want to get into unreality, alternate realities, and the blurred lines between the real wold and fiction, I need to be able to praise my actors by name.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
In starting work on this project, I knew I wanted to frame it as a real thing that was really, actually happening. But that meant that I would be asking actors to delay their well-deserved credit till the end of the season.

I think that may have ended up being harder on me than them.
fairygardenpod.bsky.social
(Please forgive the dramatics. Everyone's fine, and there is absolutely nothing to worry about.)
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(content warning on this episode for gunshots)
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