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In an alternative version of Iceland, Bryce, Óli and Nonni are expecting a quick getaway to the family cabin for the Icelandic Day of Independence, and instead have to flee from the Zombie Apocalypse that they did not order this morning.

Cast

Bryce Smith - Neil Martin (who is also our audio wizard!)

Jón "Nonni" Huginsson - Dagur Jóhannesson (Volly's Icelandic helper)

Ólafur Vignisson - Eyþór Viðarsson (who is also our video wizard)

Keeper/Herder of Chaos - Hem "Volonda" Brewster (also our lovely producer).

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Summer has gone on long enough.

Every polite smile costs you something. Somewhere inside, there’s an idea that’s stranger, darker, maybe a little harder to keep under control.

Good. The 11th Hour Audio Challenge wants it.

Write an original horror audio drama script of 10 pages or fewer. Then assemble a team of collaborators, or join one, and turn it into a finished audio production with:

• Voice acting
• Sound design & effects
• Editing
• Original music
• Whatever else your particular monster requires

On October 30, World Audio Drama Day, the finished productions descend upon the 11th Hour Audio podcast feed.

Life isn’t always a beach party.
Let the tide come in.

Learn more, find collaborators & join the challenge at
11thHourAudio.com

The 11th Hour Audio Challenge is an annual community audio-drama event bringing writers, performers, directors, composers, sound designers and producers together to create original audio fiction.

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Transcript

Welcome back to the 11th Hour Audio Podcast.

Today's featured production is Hearthbound from Stray Lungs, one of the first productions selected through our open submissions process.

Odessa's just trying to get home to her wife, but along the Loneliest Road in America she'll encounter strange hosts, stray souls, and echoes of the past she's running from... or running towards.

Hearthbound is a folk musical audio drama set across a post-apocalyptic Great Basin. It's a road trip, a queer love story, and a ballad for ecological restoration.

Created by Jo Chiang

Directed by Jack Towhey Calk

Sound Design and Editing by Levi Sharpe

Music Directed by Ginger Dolden

Music Production by Pete Lanctot

Occasional swearing, brief gun violence, mentions of death, grief, abandonment, violence, and brief misophonia.

Please note that later episodes of the series may contain additional mature content, including graphic violence.

Website: https://www.straylungs.com/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/straylungs/

The 11th Hour Audio Podcast is now accepting submissions from audio drama creators.

If you have a completed audio drama and the rights to share it, we invite you to submit it for consideration. We're looking for creative, immersive audio storytelling and would love to hear what you've been working on.

Submission Form:
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSf4jN0XD-8acHf7MKAHSyfhITUxKzN1A-Vx7D6BlxQBoFHAeg/viewform?usp=dialog

Since 2008, 11th Hour Audio has been creating, supporting, and celebrating audio fiction through productions, community events, and the annual 11th Hour Audio Challenge.

Thanks for listening.

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This week on the 11th Hour Audio Podcast we’re featuring an episode of Counterbalance, an immersive high fantasy audio drama presented in a found-footage style.

The story follows three unlikely companions traveling across the mountain Skundr to repair a tear in the magical Weave that holds their world together. As spirits escape and chaos spreads across the mountain, they must learn to work together to mend the damage before their own conflicts make things worse.

The series follows a modern human suddenly stranded in a bronze-age-like world of magic, spirits, and non-human cultures, documenting the journey while searching for answers about what happened to the other humans who arrived in this world with her.

Cast

Raka – Kessir Riliniki

Additional Voices

Whitney Johnson (Kalila Stormfire's Economical Magic Services)

Written and dialogue edited by Kessir Riliniki

Learn more and find where to listen at trilunis.com, or search Counterbalance wherever you listen to podcasts.

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From the Vanishment podcast

A dark fairy tale, 1920s England.
Two Girl Guides awake in a dark forest to discover their whole camp has disappeared.
One knows the secret.
Only one will escape.
Cast: Tarn Arthurs, Élise Brooks, Anna Compton, Imogen Dymott, Shiraz Engineer, Francesca Louise White.
Producer - Matthew Boudreau
Writer - Richard H. Brooks
Music - Amy Balcombe

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Written, scored, and produced by Tom Parsons

Robots, riddles, and ridiculous amounts of laughter—The Final Invasion reunites George and William, an alien-human couple whose home has been invaded one too many times. When their neighbour June suddenly appears out of thin air and a mysterious audience laugh-track begins haunting their every move, the trio find themselves trapped inside a bizarre sitcom-styled simulation.

As alien spiders, impossible riddles, and an old enemy threaten them once again, secrets are revealed, loyalties are tested, and the galaxy's fate may depend on the most unlikely heroes.

Featuring:

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When influencer dreams meet coastal folklore, the algorithm isn’t the only thing watching.

Like and Subscribe follows Val — a van-life vlogger chasing digital stardom — and her boyfriend Kieron as they travel the Delaware coast to capture the perfect content. But as their channel, Cottagecore Van Life, grows, so does the tension between them. When a local ghost story becomes their next viral video idea, Kieron’s search for the “ghost light” turns deadly, unleashing a presence that feeds on attention itself.

Produced by 6630 Productions & 11th Hour Audio
Written by Lindsay Harris-Friel
Directed & Sound Designed by Matthew Boudreau
Music by Vincent Friel
A 2025 11th Hour Audio Challenge Production

Cast

Val (Valerina) – Ashton Haugen

Kieron – Christopher Keown

Bluejean (BJ) – Julie Hoverson

Sam – AJ DeLong

Masterclass Voice – Tim Heffernan

Daddy’s Voicemail – Karim Kronfli

Phone Voice – Faith McQuinn

The Mimic Spirit – composed from Val & Kieron’s own recordings

Sound Design by Matthew Boudreau

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Description/Synopsis

Pigeon Hole Productions presents TWO LOCKED ROOM MISERIES:

LIBERATION: Eleanor is undergoing a series of avant-garde therapies to help her with her problems.

But are her husband and her doctor telling her the truth, and are they actually equipped to help her?

REEMERGENCE: Caught in a liminal space, Martin Fell is told many conflicting—and shocking—

ideas about his identity. What is his true purpose? Will he reemerge into his true form?

Cast and Crew

LIBERATION: Written by Paul Spencer. Starring Cliff Chapman (Jon and the Narrator), Karen Bartke

(Doctor Drake), and Fiona Thraille (Eleanor and the Angelus Ignis). Mixing and sound design by Neil

Jones. Directed by Paul Spencer.

REEMERGENCE: Written by Neil Jones. Starring Darlene Jack (Helena), Cliff Chapman (Martin Fell)

Peter Maxwell (Leonard Karsh), and Fiona Thraille (Bluntcut). Mixing and sound design by Neil

Jones. Directed by Neil Jones.

TWO LOCKED DOOR MISERIES was produced for the 2025 Eleventh Hour Audio Challenge during

October, 2025 by Neil Jones and Paul Spencer.

Licensing Rights & Info (if Applicable)

LIBERATION: The music used was "Welcome to HorrorLand" by Kevin MacLeod from

incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license.

REEMERGENCE: The music used was "Magic Escape Room" by Kevin MacLeod from

incompetech.com. Licensed under Creative Commons by Attribution 4.0 license.

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