Stories – Short Radio Drama/Audio Theater Fiction

The greatest commitment of FinalRune Productions is to that of story. After all, the microphones, mixers, and computers are just hunks of plastic and metal without anything to say. And here at FinalRune, we have a lot to say. From fantasy to romance, sacred to mundane, our stories cross genres, explore unexpected terrain, and push the boundaries of what audio drama can do.

All of our stories are available to listen to free of charge but please donate to FinalRune if you like what you hear!

• The War on Poverty
  The greatest commitment of FinalRune Productions is to that of story. After all, the microphones, mixers, and computers are just hunks of plastic and metal without anything to say. And here at FinalRune, we have a lot to say. From fantasy to romance, sacred to mundane, our stories cross genres, explore unexpected terrain, and push [...]
• The Troll of Stony Brook
  An awkward teenager, Jamie, is driving home one night from a party when he hits something - something big. His pushy co-worker, Rick, talks him into going back to the scene of the accident... and what they find will change them both forever.
• Open Season: A Joe Gunther Novel
  An old lady tormented by lewd phone calls blasts a man with a shotgun as he walks in through the door, and Brattleboro's everyman detective, Joe Gunther, is called out to investigate.
• Three Skeleton Key
  Three men who tend the light at a reclusive island off the coast of French Guiana see a rogue ship adrift in the Atlantic. The reason for the derelict ship soon becomes obvious - it has been overrun by hundreds of thousands of ferocious ship's rats.
• Live Halloween Show 2009
  In Halloween, 2009 FinalRune Productions hosted our first live radio drama at the University of Southern Maine's Talbot Lecture Hall in Portland, Maine. Hear this bone-chilling audio experience in its entirety!
• Sorry, Wrong Number
  A bedridden neurotic woman dials a number and is accidentally connected to a call between two men who are plotting a murder. She becomes increasingly frantic as no one takes her fright seriously and time begins to run out.
• Mad Horse OTR
  FinalRune had the awesome opportunity to collaborate with Portland, Maine-based Mad Horse Theater Company in the re-creation of some classic old-time radio plays.
• The Most Dangerous Game
  Wealthy big-game hunter Sanger Rainsford falls off his boat in the middle of the Caribbean and finds himself on a curious island. He finds the mansion of General Zaroff, a Cossack who has a taste for the hunt, and will go to any extreme to keep himself entertained.
• Waiting for a Window
  An unexpected tropical storm forces Norman D. Waits to moor his ship at a remote island. There he meets dozens of others who are likewise waiting for better weather before they sail on. Yet, that better weather never seems to come, and setbacks keep on happening...
• Dark Passenger
  Two teenage friends start scaring each other on the drive to a dismal "haunted" house in foggy Downeast Maine. But when their innocent fun starts to become all too real, they soon realize what true terror is.
• Fall of the Hero
  Sir Grace was the most valiant of all knights, decked in glorious armor that glowed in the sun and a record of dragon-slaying and maiden saving on par with none. But a battle with a renowned wizard with ambiguous ambitions forces Sir Grace to consider things he never imagined, and face his greatest enemy yet: himself.
• Tales from Williamsville
  How do one repressed arsonist, a sexually-charged geriatric, a slimy drug dealer and a soccer mom on steroids combine in the most exciting thing to happen in Williamsville since 1936?
• Drizzle
  The unconventional Christmas story of a business man whose life is changed by a random encounter with a stranger.
• The Blind Man’s Confession
  A chilling audio horror story: A young man's joyride one October night turns into a hell he could never imagine. Originally published in Blue Murder Magazine.
• Day of the Dead
  A tale inspired by the myth of Orpheus. A young man heads to New Orleans in search of his missing lover, and finds something he never expected: himself.

Future Projects

• Some Road Through the Desert
  The follow-up to Day of the Dead! Hundreds of miles west of New Orleans, the kid is dying of thirst in the desert, until a mysterious man gives him a ride to a town that comes to life only in the dark hours, and it's always a dark hour...
• Amerigeddon
  Somewhere in a cheap Chinese buffet in South Miami, Jesus waits for Lucifer to discuss the apocalypse. Much to ol' Lucy's chagrin, however, the king of light is having some second thoughts. Even worse, her attempt to start the end of days gets attributed to terrorists. The two soon find themselves on a run from men in black helicopters and careening through America's two-lane highways on a road trip misadventure of apocalyptic proportions.
• The Cleansed
  An epic science fiction adventure spanning 30 episodes. In a war-torn future, three friends embark on a quest to rescue a man who they think is a hero. Yet, the soon discover that the world is more terrible and ambiguous than they imagined.