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The Silt Verses
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A horror/fantasy audiodrama about gods, sacrifice and people. Season 3 is out now: thesiltverses.com
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I'm afraid you are mistaken, Hero. Allow me to demonstrate, with the help of quadrants.
A set of four quadrants - hot horror, wet horror, cold horror, dry horror. Sunshine (2007) is hot and mostly dry. The Ruins (2008) is hot and wet. The Shining Shining is cold and mostly dry (sure, there’s that elevator filled with blood, but what happens when it congeals?) The Terror is cold horror (obviously), but it is also mostly wet horror: The Arctic Ocean is somewhat involved (wet). Gunky meat and plentiful gore (wet) Alcoholism (wet, then trending to dry; let’s call this one even) Lots of shipping (big wet sloppy kisses)
August 4, 2025 at 10:55 AM
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The first half of our utterly epic four-hour final Silt Verses QnA has arrived! shows.acast.com/the-silt-ver...

Hope you enjoy the listen. #GetShrimped
A woman and young man in tuxedos and sunglasses (presumably Carpenter and Faulkner) stand in the river. Carpenter is pointing a gun at the camera. The caption reads, 'GET SHRIMPED.'
December 21, 2024 at 7:06 PM
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Folks, after a lot of discussion we've decided to take a wellbeing pause here and begin the Silt Verses mid-season break one episode early: thank you so much for your patience, apologies for the disruption, and happy Crabmas!

We'll be back on 11 January: www.patreon.com/posts/update...
A crab wearing a Santa hat. The caption reads, 'Merry Crabmas Everyone'
December 7, 2023 at 10:50 AM
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Chapter 36 of The Silt Verses has arrived!

At an empty motel along the Glottage Highway, a lonely man comes looking for his sister - and the solution to a mystery from his childhood: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
Two small figures sit on the rooftop of a motel at night. The sign above reads, 'Amicus Motel.' The caption reads, "Every once in a while, even in the dark...you can still stretch your fingers out and touch something beautiful." - Sebastian
November 17, 2023 at 10:35 AM
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Chapter 35 of The Silt Verses has arrived!

As Hayward and Carpenter begin their long journey to Glottage, Faulkner receives High Katabasian Roemont at the Paraclete's Gulch and prepares to be accepted - at long last - as an elder of the faith.

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A young man (presumably Faulkner) sits on a throne-like chair at the top of stone steps. He looks thoughtful or dejected. An orange halo surrounds him. The quote below reads, “Get the words right, and the river itself will dance to your command.” - FAULKNER
November 2, 2023 at 3:53 PM
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Cackling resentfully into the void today as yet again we toss out our deeply-weird, limited-appeal independent audiodrama for the consideration of a mainstream UK podcasting award.

The plan? Someday we shall Win One By Mistake 😈
Homer Simpson, in bed. He angrily states, "Why won't those stupid idiots nominate us for their crappy award for jerks?"
October 25, 2023 at 10:07 AM
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Big, big news today - the incredible folks at The Gauntlet have just released a playable preview version of the Silt Verses RPG.

It looks INCREDIBLE.

Patrons on both the Gauntlet Patreon and ours get access to all the materials:
www.patreon.com/gauntlet
www.patreon.com/thesiltverses
The Wither Mark lies in the sand, the tide washing over it. The title reads, 'The Silt Verses: A Game of Folk Horror & Monstrous Divinity.'
October 20, 2023 at 3:03 PM
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Folks, we're taking a pause on the episode release this week (so the next episode of The Silt Verses is planned for the 19th October).

More info at the link below - thank you so much for your patience:

www.tumblr.com/thesiltverse...
17th August: Episode 1 31st August: Episode 2 14th September: Episode 3 28th September: Episode 4 19th October: Episode 5 2nd November: Episode 6 16th November: Episode 7 30th November: Episode 8 December 2023: Mid-season break. (Terror, exhaustion, panic. But maybe a little less of it?) 11th January 2024: Episode 9 25th January: Episode 10 8th February: Episode 11 22nd February: Episode 12 14th March: Episode 13 28th March: Episode 14 11th April: Episode 15 25th April: Episode 16. Season Finale
October 11, 2023 at 1:39 PM
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Fun fact: sometimes I like to go on Apple Podcasts and seek out the oddest, angriest 1-star reviews of audiodramas.

This one is my new favourite, mostly because I can't shake the suspicion that it was written by dril:
A one-star Apple review. The headline reads, 'Some good stories' and the text reads, 'The host/narrator does to good of a job at sounding like a complete jerk and scum. id not let my niece or nephews hear this sick voice and im sure he will laugh about that. stay away.'
October 6, 2023 at 10:25 AM
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In the latest episode of The Silt Verses, Faulkner returns home - and so, in a sense, does Val. Check the content warnings and really hope you enjoy the listen: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/t...

Transcript: thesiltverses.com/transcript-s...
A shot of a laid table from above, with napkin and cutlery. The plate is a black featureless void; a disembodied eye stares out at us from the centre.
September 28, 2023 at 6:09 PM
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FYI: here's our full release schedule for Season 3 of The Silt Verses (pending disaster, delay, mental collapse, or being trapped under some heavy furniture)
17th August: Episode 1 31st August: Episode 2 14th September: Episode 3 28th September: Episode 4 12th October: Episode 5 26th October: Episode 6 9th November: Episode 7 23rd November: Episode 8 December 2023: Mid-season break. (Terror, exhaustion, panic) 4th January 2024: Episode 9 18th January: Episode 10 1st February: Episode 11 15th February: Episode 12 29th February: Episode 13 14th March: Episode 14 28th March: Episode 15 11th April: Episode 16, Season Finale
September 23, 2023 at 7:59 AM
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In a ruined town far to the north of the Peninsula, Paige dwells unhappily on her status as prophet of a radical new faith - but the return of an old friend could change everything.

Episode 33 of The Silt Verses has arrived - as always, really hope you enjoy: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/c...
[Image description: a woman stands with her back to us, staring out over a ruined town. Her hands are raised over her head.]
September 14, 2023 at 12:50 PM