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. Enjoy some good listening, for about the price of a song off iTunes.

• 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.

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Upcoming Stories:

• Waiting for a Window
  Summer 2007: 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...
• Captive
  Autumn, 2007: A story of youth and initation. A boy raised by his single mother leaves New York City to visit his grandparents in rural Maine. The hard ways of these strange people terrifying him, but he soon learns something of life, death, and manhood through an experience with the wild.
• St Charles Snowfall
  Winter 2007: A unconventional love story set in New Orleans during Christmas. Two people on opposite trajectories in life meet up for one brilliant night that changes them forever... in more ways than they expect.

Future Projects

• Lullaby Canyon
  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.