October’s Children is an episodic full cast paranormal mystery/action horror audio drama set in a small college town in New England. Show format would chiefly be in the form of present tense discussions and ‘action’ scenes, with occasional forays into Single Narrator story relation and ‘flashback’ sequences.
October’s Children focuses on a small, diverse group of 20- and 30-somethings trying to survive the trials and tribulations of ‘everyday’ life in Wolfbrook, New Hampshire. Unbeknownst to them at series start, the group will face increasingly strange and dangerous situations as the boundaries between our world and another fade, and monstrous creatures begin to infiltrate and invade Wolfbrook.
In tone, October’s Children will resemble The Black Tapes, The Magnus Archives, and Bridgewater.
This character will appear starting in the fourth episode in the series.
recordings will occur Sundays or Mondays EST so having availability these days is important.
Please reach out with any questions.
Grace is an adult female (late 20s to late 30s) with no particular accent required. Must be willing to use profanity and record scenes including horror elements (e.g., yelling, expressions of shock or pain, etc.) The ability to have both friendly and menacing tones is a plus.
FADE IN: Ext. of Ollie and Grace’s House.
Birds chirp, wind rustles through trees and bushes. 2 pairs of footsteps on grass.
OLLIE I still think it’s amazing that you managed to grow all this, Grace.
GRACE Carrots, broccoli, and kale are hardly orchids, love.
OLLIE I mean, sure, for you maybe. But you’ve got at least two green thumbs.
GRACE Next year we’ll start you on some radishes, ok? Even you can’t screw up radishes too badly, Ollie.
OLLIE Remember where you were when you said that. I’ll probably create a wasteland, a zone of desolation and despair where nothing grows and the social contract falls to ruin, where up is down, left is right, and conservative media begins to make sense.
GRACE Ok, now I know something’s wrong. I’m willing to entertain the notion of you accidentally creating a Superfund Site, but conservative media coagulating into a coherent narrative? That doesn’t sound like you. Something’s up.
OLLIE It’s just…they passed that referendum? To get prayer into the local schools?
GRACE Oh, gross!
OLLIE I know! It’s repulsive!
GRACE No, not that. Well, yes, that too, actually. But look at this! If you look under the leaves, the entire bed’s covered in it!
.Foliage rustles as Grace moves some leaves aside.
OLLIE (horrified and fascinated) Ewwwwwww, what is that?
GRACE Lemme grab a piece, we can look it up online.
Foliage bends and snaps back as Grace plucks an object from a stem.
OLLIE You sure you want to bring it into the house? Maybe it’s some kind of fungus. Might get spores everywhere.
GRACE Mm, I don’t think so. It’s sort of yellowish-white, sure, but the texture’s all wro—Oh god!
OLLIE What?! What is it? You ok!
GRACE No I’m not ok! It’s a fucking tooth, Ollie! Our garden’s growing a crop of human fucking teeth!
