Dec 28 2023
CANDY CLAUS, PRIVATE EYE & AD LUCEM + 1 series completion, 2 season finales, and 7 new seasons coming soon!
Greetings, and welcome to The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week, the podcast companion to The End, the website and newsletter that shines a light back on audio fiction shows after they've reached the finale of a season or the conclusion of the series. I am your host and the curator of The End, Evo Terra.Let’s get into it, shall we? Last WeekThe most recent issue of The End—the 69th—highlighted 3 shows in either the Recently Completed Series or Recent Season Finales sections… and all of them wrapped in the last few days. All on the dame day, December 26th, in fact! 📞🪞👩🏻 • Sequestered, a dramatized paranormal new adult series from Low Probability Podcasts., where the protagonist is a queer Asian-American woman, and the story was written and produced by a solo creator who’s a first-time audio drama producer who said they'd teach themself Audacity and make a podcast this year... and panicked when November began, has a listening time of about half an hour across 3 episodes in the single season.👻🦠🧟 • Rapture 518, a dramatized psychological horror series from Sarah Penn, which is written, directed, edited, and produced by a sole female creator, has posted the Season 3 finale. Listen to the 39 current episodes in about 10 hours🥰👫🏽💌 • Love Notes, a narrated romance series from Rachel Rondon, which is produced, written, and narrated by a woman of color, has posted the Season 1 finale. Listen to the 37 current episodes in about 3 and a half hours.And be sure to listen to the end of the audio file to hear trailers or snippets for these shows.This WeekWith every issue, I make two recommendations for great audio fiction I personally love. As with all things in life, YMMV. And even though Christmas day is over, someone you love still has their decorations up, so…🔍🎅🔪 • My first recommendation is Candy Claus, Private Eye, a dramatized Christmas comedy-mystery from Ella Gale. Buckle up your sleigh belts, Chrismasteers. This noir-inspired and gritty tale is sprinkled with holiday magic. And you thought your family was dysfunctional? Here’s a snippet: [snippet plays] Candy Claus, Private Eye is all done for this season, dropping the final episode last Friday. Listen to the 6 episodes of this season in under three hours.)🧬🤯🎤 • My next recommendation has nothing to do with Christmas and is Ad Lucem, the dramatized scifi thriller from QCODE Media, starring Chris Pine, Olivia Wilde & Troian Bellisario. This is excellent work. A plot-twisting story delivered by talented actors. And it's a QCODE production, so there's plenty of no-dialog parts to feed your mind's eye! Here’s the pre-release trailer: [trailer plays] Ad Lucem is a complete series. You need less than 5 hours to enjoy all 9 episodes.Next WeekThe latest issue of The End has 10 entries in the New Seasons Coming Soon section, and crimeny, here we go again, because 7 of them start up again in the next few days....