This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many incredible podcasts on the RQ Network: The Sleep Wake Cycle.

The Sleep Wake Cycle is an audio drama blending supernatural horror with noir and dark fantasy.

This first episode of The Sleep Wake Cycle called “The Insomniac” finds exopsychotics investigator Isaiah Stroud with a new government assignment — assessing the state of the US in the wake of the Great Darkness of 1999.

The Sleep Wake Cycle is from the same brilliant creators behind the Maeltopia podcast.

Introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to The Sleep Wake Cycle on The Rusty Quill website, on Acast, or listen wherever you get your podcasts, or to learn more about the world of Maeltopia check out its official website.

Credits:

Written by Mark Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

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Isaiah Stroud voiced by Mark Anzalone

Handler voiced by Mark Anzalone

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Sleep Wake Cycle Theme by Shawn Zeller

Outro music by Steven Anzalone

Music by Michael Vignola, Shahead Mostafafar, Emilio Merone, Oliver Michael, and Steven Anzalone

Sound effects are licensed from third party providers including Envato, Epidemic Sound, and Artlist

Disclaimer:

This show is written in a first-hand, first-person format from uncertain and inconsistent narrators. This show explores specific mental health conditions. Whilst there is consistent use of derogatory terms for those with specific conditions or neurodivergence including lunatic, maniac, crazy, psychosis etc., this show is written and produced by a team that live with some of the specific illnesses featured within, including Tourette’s syndrome, schizoaffective disorder, insomnia, obsessive compulsive disorder, hallucinations, delusions, anxiety and depressive conditions, among others. Our team also features an academic background in neurology and psychology that has been drawn on to aim for sensitivity and accuracy. The intent of the language and experiences within the Sleep/Wake Cycle, and the extended works of Maeltopia, are designed to explore these conditions and their related isolation and degradation as experienced first hand. The world of Maeltopia is one where the mentally unwell are the majority. Yet there are still outliers who are hunted out.

Content warnings:

Murderers

Audio Hallucinations

Visual Hallucinations

Fear of the Dark

Menacing Agencies

Derogatory terms for Mental Illness

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Transformation (tattoo) -/- Social Media (influencer)

Incident Elements:

- Atychiphobia (fear of failure)

- Desecration of Corpses

- Body Horror

- Non-Consensual body modification

- Mentions of: needles (tattoos), conspiracies, burns/fire, drugging

- SFX: Tattoo buzzing

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to Blades and Chris, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims

Script Edited with additional material by Alexander J Newall

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Vera Chok as Ink5oul

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

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Transformation (canine) -/- growth (Crystalline)

Incident Elements:

- Animal Peril/Threat

- Metallophobia

- Body Horror

- Mentions of: Therapy, Implied Mental Breakdown

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to Dove Halber, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley

Ryan Hopevere-Anderson as Colin Becher

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

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This month we are featuring a feed drop of one of many exciting podcasts on the RQ Network: The Program audio series.

The Program is a dark science fiction anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God have become fused into a single entity. The show focuses on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world. And for them, it is not this future that is terrifying – it is our present. This episode of The Program audio series is called Create Read Update Delete and is narrated by Zach Valenti. It follows a man who discovers a parallel simulation to his own and ends up involved with the ultimate A/B test. You can find the episode transcript at https://programaudioseries.com/17-create-retrieve-update-delete/.

The Program audio series is created and produced by IMS. Introduction and outro by Anusia Battersby. Listen to The Program on the Rusty Quill website, on Acast, on its official website, or wherever you get your podcasts.

Content warnings

• Conspiracy
• Existential threat
• SFX: Gunshots, Screaming and Sirens
• Mentions of: Conflict.

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Memory (derelict) -/- compulsion

Incident Elements:

- Isolation

- Strong Language

- Arguments

- Trauma Triggers

- Mentions of: corpses, autopsy, starvation

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to John C. Worsley, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Jonathan Sims

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Kazeem Tosin Amore as Teddy Vaughn

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Sasha Sienna as Georgie Barker

Tim Fearon as Augustus

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

SFX from Soundly, Freesound: kyles, ianaces, Carlvus, TheSupremeMuffinPooter, elonen, and previously credited artists

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Doppleganger (interdimensional) -/- murder

Incident Elements:

- Murder

- Existential Horror

- Temporal Distortion

- Identity Crisis

- Graphic Injury

- Captivity/Torture

- Mentions of: Therapy (Anger Management), arrest, malnutrition

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to Saiorse Killigrew, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Jonathan Sims as Chester

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

SFX from Soundly and previously credited artists

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Tattoo(influencer)-/- Cardiac

Incident Elements:

- Cyber Bullying

- Intimidation

- Harassment

- Mentions of: heart problems, hospitalization, tattoos, needles, exhumation

- SFX: Tattoo gun, screaming, coughing

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to Thierry Deuble, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims  

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Sarah Lambie as Lena Kelley

Anusia Battersby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Vera Chok as Ink5oul

Ki Griffin as Madam E

Jonathan Sims as Chester

Dialogue Editor – Lowri Ann Davies

Sound Designer – Tessa Vroom

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

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Hunt (aristocratic) -/- compulsion

Incident Elements:

- Graphic Violence/Murder

- Futility

- Being Hunted

- Classism

- Dehumanisation

- Hostile work environment

- Implied cannibalism

- Drowning

- Mentions of: blades, guns, military service

- SFX: Gunfire, loud music, suffocation

Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/gzF15

This episode is dedicated to Liesl Frank, thank you for your generous support! You can a complete list of our Kickstarter backers https://rustyquill.com/the-magnus-protocol-supporter-wall/

Created by Jonathan Sims and Alexander J Newall

Directed by Alexander J Newall

Written by Alexander J Newall

Script Edited with additional material by Jonathan Sims

Executive Producers April Sumner, Alexander J Newall, Jonathan Sims, Dani McDonough, Linn Ci, and Samantha F.G. Hamilton

Associate Producers Jordan L. Hawk, Taylor Michaels, Nicole Perlman, Cetius d’Raven, and Megan Nice

Produced by April Sumner

Featuring (in order of appearance)

Lowri Ann Davies as Celia Ripley

Shahan Hamza as Samama Khalid

Billie Hindle as Alice Dyer

Jesse Hawke as Voicemail

Danny Scarre as Caterer

Ellie Dickens as Lady Mowbray

Anusia Batterby as Gwendolyn Bouchard

Yanick Ghanty as Luke Dyer

Lara Sawalha as Drowning Victim

Dialogue Editor – Nico Vettese

Sound Designer – Meg McKellar

Mastering Editor - Catherine Rinella

Music by Sam Jones (orchestral mix by Jake Jackson)

Art by April Sumner

Support us on Patreon at https://patreon.com/rustyquill

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The Magnus Protocol is a derivative product of the Magnus Archives, created by Rusty Quill Ltd. and licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non-Commercial Share alike 4.0 International Licence.

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