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19 Nocturne Boulevard

Julie Hoverson

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Award-winning anthology series of audio dramas, in the realm of the strange, speculative, and supernatural. Some episodes include more mature content, but have warning labels.

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09/10/09 • 28 min

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A young med student working graveyard in the morgue finds a ghost in a very unexpected place...

Cover art by Brett Coulstock Music by Kevin MacLeod of Incompetech.com

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08/31/22 • 9 min

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The first movie crew to film with real aliens? The realism! The tension!

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08/26/21 • 35 min

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Adapted by Julie Hoverson from the short story by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling

When Kenton Stanfield takes a job on Venus hunting for power crystals, he finds the hazards of the job too much to handle.

Cast List

  • Kenton Stanfield - Reynaud LeBoeuf
  • Frederick Dwight - Cole Hornaday
  • Marshall Miller - Pat McNally
  • Dana Manners - Julie Hoverson
  • Supply Clerk - Marge Lutton
  • Recorder - Beverly Poole

Music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Recorded in Conjunction with ART (American Radio Theater) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Photo: Julie Hoverson

"What kind of a place is it? Would you believe it's a mining colony on the steamy jungle planet we call Venus?"

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Within the walls of Eryx

Adapted by Julie Hoverson from the original story by H.P. Lovecraft and Kenneth Sterling.

This was the second story I ever tried to adapt - the first one I did as an audio drama. I had previously adapted The Thing on the Doorstep into a short film script - which I much later rewrote into an audio drama, and that will come up when it comes up. This one was also one of the original ten episodes I put together for the series.

You can see, I was starting with an easy writer to adapt.... H.P. Lovecraft. HAH!

Since then, I have actually adapted a LOT of Lovecraft, and one of the reasons his writing is so hard to translate into other mediums is that much of his genius is in his actual use of words, and unless you quote his long descriptive passages word for word, you lose that. And if you do quote large chunks of it, you might as well just make an audio book. I try and walk a fine line.

As an aside - I know the title of the story is actually "IN the Walls of Eryx", but that always bothered me as being incorrect - the RATS are IN the walls (in the story The Rats in the Walls). These guys are WITHIN the walls - between the actual walls, you know?

In the Walls of Eryx was one of HPL's many collaborations and rewrites. Little is known of Kenneth Sterling, the high school student and aspiring writer who sought Lovecraft's help, but he was clearly a sci fi fan - Eryx is unusual among Lovecraft's works as being a pure scifi story, with very little horror or mythos or mythical background to it, even if Lovecraft is generally credited with a complete rewrite and expansion of Kenneth's original idea.

In the 1930s, when this was written, a common sci fi trope was that Venus was a steamy jungle planet, often populated by some lizardy species, and it appears as such in this story. The other details are fairly unique to Eryx.

Since the original story was all one man's report, technically written out, I had to pull scenes from his story and create them, and the characters in them, from whole cloth. Not to mention adding somebody - "Miss Manners" - he could report in to throughout the story, to add some audio texture when Kenton was technically out on his own, as well as the voice for his "recorder" unit, which also functions as a sort of encyclopedia, and helps break up the heavy data dump of "this is how Venus works".

Perhaps the weirdest thing to try and portray in audio is the very "visual" presence - or absence - of the walls themselves. A maze of invisible walls. Or the native Venusians - whose weird cries were originally geese, if I remember correctly. I think I slowed them down and ran them backward, or something like that.

I also chose to tell this story vastly out of order, to give a sense of foreboding from the very start, as the audience hears how bad Kenton is doing, winding down, but still without giving away how it will ultimately end. To make the time shifts clear, since they happen throughout the story, I created three different background ambiances for his log entries - since they have no other point of reference - each with his breather machinery getting a bit clunkier and running down.

Beyond that, everything rested heavily on Reynaud LeBeouf, the actor playing Kenton, to create the stages of the character's downward spiral. We did record each set of scenes separately, out of order, essentially, so all the chatty beginnings were all at once and the weak and wearied end at the end. Rey is one of my core group of go-to actors, and you'll hear him a lot in 19 Nocturne Boulevard.

This was also recorded with the help of A-R-T - American Radio Theater - and many of the actors in it were part of that group. A-R-T is a group of old time radio enthusiasts who focused on re-creating old episodes and working on the occasional newer play. Having been part of the group for years before ...

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06/17/22 • 33 min

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A poor but nerdy taxidermist is hired to mount the trophy of a lifetime.

Cast List Debra Meeks - Emmatrice Devan Curt - Cole Hornaday Dougie - George Dunn Da Boss - Reynaud LeBoeuf Mrs. Olsen - Femnomena Zalmoxis - Danar Hoverson Roderick - Julie Hoverson

Music by Deied Theme music by Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson Cover Design: Julie Hoverson [Taxidermy pics used with permission from Custom Creature Taxidermy Arts]

"What kind of a place is it? Why, it's the street outside a taxidermist's workshop, can't you tell?"

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A STITCH IN TIME

Cast:

Olivia

Debra Meeks, lonely taxidermist

Curt Buchner, low-level thug

Dougie Block, ranking thug

William Buchner, high-level cultist

Mrs. Olsen, next door with cats

Zalmoxis, ancient god

OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Why, it's the street outside a taxidermist's workshop, can't you tell?

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SOUND INSIDE CAR NOISES (not driving), RAIN

SOUND RADIO TURNS OFF, MUSIC OUT

CURT [sincere] Nice night.

DOUGIE Nice? You like rain?

CURT [eager] Yeah. Course, it's better when there's lightning too.

DOUGIE You wouldn't want to be in the car then - too much metal

CURT [eager] Oh, no, just the opposite - the tires would protect us. Keep us from being grounded.

DOUGIE Right. Whatever.

CURT [musing] Especially wouldn't want to be outside if you had a metal plate in your head.

DOUGIE A what? [half a laugh] How many people do you actually know with a freaking metal plate in their head?

CURT Um... [thinks] six.

DOUGIE Six? you know six freaking people with -- Nah! You're so full of shit your eyes are brown.

CURT Six. Benny the geek, Mr. Jones, my gramps - got his in Okinawa, my uncle Lenny - in Nam, my niece Bevvy--

DOUGIE Your niece? She see action overseas too?

CURT Don't be silly, she's five. Playground accident, but she's doing fine - her dad even shaved his head to match hers so she won't feel so self-conscious til her hair grows back to cover the scar.

DOUGIE So who's number six?

CURT Hmm?

DOUGIE That's five, who's six?

CURT Oh! [chuckles] Me.

DOUGIE Great, runs in the family.

CURT Guess you could say that. I--

DOUGIE Oops. Time to bring in the packages. Don't want to be late - you know the boss.

SOUND GETTING OUT OF THE CAR

DOUGIE "D. Meeks, Taxidermy" Hey - that's funny, "D. Meeks"

CURT Huh?

DOUGIE You know, D. Meeks'll inherit D Earth, and all that. [laughs]

CURT [missed it by a mile] Oh. Um, I guess so.

DOUGIE [Exasperated noise]

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DEBRA [very uncomfortable, searching for excuses] Never done anything big - I mean, I did take a prize for mounting a bear, but it was a really really small brown.

WILLIAM ["mob boss"] I don't think you understand my... uh... position, dear lady. I have come to you, not with a request, but a requirement.

DEBRA But why me?

WILLIAM I have seen your work, and know of the prizes you have taken, and believe you are the only one who can do the job I need done with the grace and skill I need it to be done with.

SOUND THUMPING AS SOMETHING BIG AND HEAVY IS DROPPED IN HALL. THEN A TENTATIVE KNOCK AT THE DOOR

WILLIAM [sigh] Both of which are qualities sorely lacking these days. [sigh] Raoul, let them in.

SOUND FOOTSTEPS

DEBRA What exactly do you need stuffed?

WILLIAM We will get to that in a moment, first--

SOUND DOOR OPENS

WILLIAM --Ah, Curt, Dougie, so glad you could join us.

DEBRA [quiet, to herself] That's funny, I once had a cat named Doogie. No, that's wrong - I once stuffed a cat named Doogie.

DOUGIE [fawning] Glad to help, Mr. Williams.

SOUND DOOR CLOSES

WILLIAM The young lady here is Debra Meeks - a true artiste. I believe you have something for her, Dougie?

DEBRA [quiet, to herself] Doogie mouser.

DOUGIE Right here, Mr. Williams.

CURT [Snickers, getting her joke]

SOUND FOOTSTEPS, BRIEFCASE SET ON BENCH, LATCHES SNAP, CASE OPENS

DEBRA Holy crow! Is that--?

WILLIAM Two-hundred, fifty thousand dollars. Which, coincidentally, is just about twice your total debts, what with the failing business and the house and all - rounded up, of course, since no one likes small change...

DEBRA And I just have to do the one job?

WILLIAM Just one. But I must have your absolute assurance and agreement before I can show you the subject in question.

DEBRA [thinking,...

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07/05/22 • 23 min

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When spacemen arrive on a peaceful planet, they find out why it's peaceful - when everyone ignores them completely.

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A quirk of fate brings both Lem and Fanshaw face to face with people from their pasts. disagreeable reunions bring up disagreeable memories, and show a taste of what makes a man into a gunslinger.

Written and Produced by Julie Hoverson

Cast List

Lemuel Roberts /Deadeye Kid - J. Spyder Isaacson Clarence Fanshaw - J. Hoverson

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Grisham - Bill Hollweg (BrokenSea Audio) Lisette Carmichael - Robyn Keyes Commander Bannington - Glen Hallstrom Scotty - Mike Campbell

Other Voices:

Episode 1 Bartender - Rick Lewis

Episode 2 Townsfolks - Mark Olson, Candace Behuniak, Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine)

Episode 3 Juliet - Alexa Chipman (Imagination Lane) Glen Hallstrom

Episode 4 Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Piedmont - Russell Gold Mr. Roberts - Jack Kincaid (Edict Zero)

Episode 5 Nanny - Jennifer Dixon Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine)

Episode 6 Bandits - Big Anklevitch & Rish Outfield (Dunesteef audio magazine) Mark & Connor Olson Russell Gold

Cover Design: Brett Coulstock Announcer: Glen "Ole Hoss" Hallstrom Opening theme: "The Wreck of Old '97" from public domain recording found on archive.org Any incidental music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com) Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson

No gunshots herald his approach. No trademark left behind him when he leaves. The Kid had his fill of notoriety in days gone by - as plenty of empty boots can surely testify. Some say he rides alone. That's the Deadeye Kid.

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Auld Lang Syne [DeK4]

EPISODE 1

MUSIC

1_ARRIVAL

SOUND HORSES, RIVER, BOAT TRAFFIC

LEM Largest town I been near in a good passel of time. I hear tell it started out as a frontier fort, but the frontier moseyed west and left it a-setting behind.

FANSHAW Will it be safe?

LEM Safe?

FANSHAW I had rather assumed you were avoiding larger towns. For ... notoriety's sake.

LEM Meaning I don't want be invited to a necktie party? 'at's part of it, though I'm purty sure I ain't never been posted in this territory.

FANSHAW Is it worth the risk?

LEM [shrug noise] Time to time a man wants a bath and a night in a bed.

FANSHAW There are some distinct benefits to being deceased.

LEM [laughs] Ayup. I don't gotta listen to you bellyaching about aches and pains and sleeping on the ground no more. Never mind being all prissy and citified about finding you a comf'table bush now and then--

FANSHAW [rolling eyes] Yes, yes.

LEM Sides, I'm outta coffee. And low on shells.

FANSHAW [teasing] Heavens. How DO you manage?

2_STROLLING

AMB IN TOWN

SOUND WALKING ON WOOD

LEM Lotta trade hereabouts. Reckon I'll be able to get what all I need.

FANSHAW Lem! Soldiers.

LEM [voice low] Right. We'll go on over yonder. [beat] Must still be a fort within spitting distance.

FANSHAW I did notice that the old fortification appears to have become the mansion for an authority of some kind.

LEM Probly best to get my business done and skeddaddle.

SOUND SALOON DOOR OPENS, JUST OFF, PEOPLE COME OUT

FANSHAW I say. Isn't it a bit early for a drink?

LEM [shrug] Three weeks. Don't seem early to me.

FANSHAW I'll--

LISETTE [off a bit] Clary?

FANSHAW [stunned and horrified] Oh god.

LISETTE [off a bit] Clary? I'd know that voice anywhere!

LEM Friend o'yourn?

FANSHAW [stiff, covering] Old acquaintance. Go on ahead!

LEM Right.

3_SALOON

SOUND HE WALKS INTO SALOON

AMB SALOON

LEM One here.

SOUND DRINK POURED

BARTENDER There you go.

SOUND COINS

SOUND LEM DRINKS

GRISHAM [angry growl] Lemuel Roberts.

LEM [SPIT-TAKE]

SOUND GLASS SLAMMED DOWN

BARTENDER Something wrong, fella?

LEM [coughing, trying to clear his throat] Toothache. Hit like a snakebite.

GRISHAM You look at me, you pissant slab of gun leather.

BARTENDER [sympathetic] Tarnation. You need it yonked? Barber can‐‐

LEM [finally getting clear] No, no. I kin handle it.

SOUND COINS, GLASS DOWN

LEM Another. And sorry about the--

BARTENDER [dismissive] Ain't no nevermind.

SOUND MORE COINS

LEM Give me the bottle.

GRISHAM Now I found you, you could float a heap o rotgut and won't never drown me!

BARTENDER...

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09/20/09 • 38 min

An irreverent re-imagining of the classic Stoker tale, as relayed in emails and other electronic media.

Music by Jamick (available in English through Jamendo)

Opening theme by Kevin MacLeod

Cover art by Brett Coulstock

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09/16/21 • 31 min

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[warning - mature themes and explicit violence]

A surreal Q&A session reveals the workings of a victim's mind.

Cast List

  • Marnie - Julie Hoverson
  • Doc - Julie Hoverson
  • Jerry - Brandon O'Brien
  • Momma - Risa Torres
  • Harold - Mr. Synyster
  • Deputy Fred - Joel Harvey
  • Little Girl - Krystal Baker
  • Little Boy - Marhya Post
  • Grampa - Rick Lewis

Music: Kevin MacLeod (Incompetech.com)

Editing and Sound: Julie Hoverson

Cover Photos: Alan Bridges (courtesy of Stock Xchange.com)

"What kind of a place is it? Don't you know where you are?"

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Where are You Now?

This is a weird ass episode.

I wrote this very deliberately in a stream of consciousness style, probably inspired by a weird dream, but I don't remember specifically.

I did write the entire script in roughly one sitting, then cast and recorded it immediately - I wanted to see if I could make an entire episode in a single week, which I basically did.

The most challenging effect in this was throwing the chiffoniere down the stairs.

I actually have a sort of sequel - more in tone than using the same character(s), obviously - in mind, and may do it someday. A big part of the idea for this was to make the vast bulk of the dialog mine, so I didn’t have to get too much out of other people, thus making it a quicker recording turnaround.

SPOILER ALERT!!!

I'm going to explain, sort of, what this episode is and what it means, at the end of the transcript, below. A lot of info will be there, since most of my memories of making this are tied up in why I wrote what I wrote.

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WHERE ARE YOU NOW?

Cast:

  • Olivia
  • Doc (F/40+), german, sounds like shrink
  • Marnie (F/20), hysterical young woman
  • Harold (M/30), mush mouthed freak
  • Fred (M/30), a crooked deputy
  • Old Man (M/senile)
  • Creepy Little Girl (F/10)
  • Creepy Little Boy (M/10)
  • Momma (F/30ish), Mrs. Cleaver - with cleaver
  • Jerry (M/20), Marnie's dead boyfriend.

OLIVIA Did you have any trouble finding it? What do you mean, what kind of a place is it? Don't you know where you are?

MUSIC

SCENE 1.

SOUND A SLOW CHORD, WHICH STAYS UNTIL NOTED

DOC Where are you now?

MARNIE [startled awake] What?

DOC Can you hear my voice, Marnie?

MARNIE Yes.

DOC Where are you now?

MARNIE [slightly panicked] I - I don't know.

DOC Tell me what you see.

MARNIE I see a room.

DOC Are there people in the room?

MARNIE [fear] Yes!

DOC You are safe, Marnie. Calm down. Now tell me what you see.

MARNIE [calm, almost robotic] I see five people sitting at the table.

DOC Are you sitting with them?

MARNIE No, I'm in the corner.

DOC Do they know you're there?

MARNIE [ominous] Oh, yes.

DOC Tell me what they look like.

MARNIE There's a very old man, a small boy, a girl who looks a bit older than the boy, a police officer, and a very large man with a bag over his head.

DOC Is there food on the table?

MARNIE No. It's not here yet.

DOC Good. Tell me one thing about the little girl.

MARNIE Her eyes can suck your soul.

DOC Good. And the old man?

MARNIE He has a scar on his leg that aches when it rains.

DOC Good. Has the food arrived yet?

MARNIE The one with the bag is named Harold.

DOC Please answer only the questions I ask you, Marnie.

MARNIE [frightened, small] I'm sorry.

DOC I forgive you.

MARNIE I love you.

DOC That was not the question.

MARNIE [trying to remember] Um. Um. The food! No. Still no food.

DOC Good. Are you comfortable?

MARNIE [lying, almost a whisper] Yessss.

DOC Very good. Tell me about where you are sitting.

MARNIE I'm in the corner.

DOC Are you in a chair? Look down.

MARNIE It's a chair with wheels, and straps.

DOC Straps? Are you strapped in?

MARNIE [breathing hard, getting louder and louder] Yes - my hands are - hands are - I can move them, but the leather cuffs - like movies about crazy people!

DOC Are you crazy?

MARNIE [almost a wail] No!

DOC Can you control yourself, Marnie?

MARNIE [a couple of gasping breaths, then quickly] Yes!

DOC I can help you.

MARNIE [wail] No! No! [gasp, then tight but controlled] No. I'm all right.

DOC For now.

MARNIE I feel... peachy.

DOC [beat] Your hands are restrained. What else?

MARNIE There's ...

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06/28/22 • 23 min

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A maiden aunt's intergalatic hothouse may be housing danger.

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09/08/22 • 13 min

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Another cautionary future tale. Science - even the most basic - is forbidden.

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