OBSIDIAN: Episode 8 “Voices From the Darkness”

June 17, 2008 in All Posts, Fiction with 9 Comments

7th Son: OBSIDIAN - Voices From the DarknessWelcome to the second audio episode of “Voices From the Darkness.” This week’s presentation features only one recording, but it’s a chiller. It’s the OBSIDIAN blackout, as seen through the eyes of ham radio operators across the nation. Sometimes it’s not the news you see that’s horrifying … it’s the news you hear.

This week’s masterpiece of audio, complete with authentic slang, created by 7th Son fan Mark Smith.

If you want to contribute to future episodes of “Voices from the Darkness,” time is growing short. You have until July 7, 2008 to call the National Blackout Emergency Hotline at 206-222-9158 and leave a message as if you are a victim in this blackout. Remember: J.C. is not looking for traditional short stories — your call must adhere to the conceit that the blackout is real, and you are experiencing it now.

Coming up next on 7th Son: OBSIDIAN: The second episode of the video installment of “Voices From the Darkness.”

Feedback about OBSIDIAN is welcome and appreciated! Send J.C. an email, leave a comment below, or call the Clone Line at 206-984-2566 (CLONE).

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9 Responses to “OBSIDIAN: Episode 8 “Voices From the Darkness””

  1. David Alpha June 18, 2008 at 3:26 am #

    Amazing! Just freaking amazing! Thank you Mark and thank you J.C. for putting this excellent piece of audio drama up. I was blown away.

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  2. Mike Wills June 18, 2008 at 9:28 am #

    WOW! Just WOW!

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  3. Mark Smith June 18, 2008 at 8:46 pm #

    Thanks for the kind words, everyone. Especially to JC for his amazing hook in Ep 7 and intro in Ep 8. I’ve been on a damn cloud all day today after listening to it. *squee!*

    I’m really glad y’all liked it.

    -Mark

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  4. Zero Signal June 19, 2008 at 1:12 am #

    That was absolutely fantastic! Freakin’ awesome!

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  5. NT7S June 19, 2008 at 4:55 am #

    Mark Smith, you magnificent bastard! Damn fine job on dialog and audio, OM. This is definitely my favorite OBSIDIAN so far. I was really happy when I heard J.C. give the teaser for this episode last week. Being a ham, this same idea had occurred to me, but I’m glad I didn’t try it. You far outdid anything I could have produced.

    Thanks J.C., for allowing the community to give back to the 7th Son universe!

    BTW, nice l33tsp33k callsigns…LOL

    73

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  6. Brad Zulu June 19, 2008 at 9:33 am #

    that was amazing! found myself cranking up the volume for the mayday, just freakin awsome!

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  7. Mark Smith June 19, 2008 at 7:13 pm #

    NT7S: I’m glad someone caught the call signs. It was a handy coincidence that they hadn’t been assigned yet too! :-)

    I wanted to add another easter egg but ran out of time: A PSK31 signal of Kilroy 4.0 trying to reach out and contact us from his peaceful slumber in the DNAC. That would have been fun too. Ah well.

    I found a VST plug-in that shifts an FFT buffer by varying constant amounts and generated the same linear frequency shift you get with out-of-tune SSB, which saved me from having to transmit into a dummy load while swearing “on the air.”

    I’m really glad y’all liked it. I had a blast doing it.

    73 de KR6ZY
    -Mark

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  8. Richard Brown June 20, 2008 at 1:13 am #

    Its been 3 days since I heard this podcast “Voices From the Darkness” I can not get it out of my head. Just Awsome !!

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