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Created by: Eira Major, Hanging Sloth
Aired: 2024-- (ongoing)
Episodes: 30
A dark fantasy thriller audio drama.
When we die, the remnants of us return to the First and Last Place...
Remnants is a dark fantasy thriller audio drama following the Apprentice as he learns how to read remnants under the frustrating supervision of Sir. Remnants are seemingly innocuous objects – a broken pocket watch; a steel thimble; a silk scarf – but when the Apprentice looks closely, he sees how each one holds the remnants of someone’s life story.
Each week the Apprentice reads a new remnant, following that person’s journery beginning to end. When he’s done, he must make a judgement; shelve or discard. But he doesn’t know what the criteria is or what the consequences of such a judgement might be.
The more remnants the Apprentice reads, the more we begin to understand the magnitude of the task he has been set. And the more both we, and the Apprentice himself, wonder why it is him who has been chosen to do it.
With every week, a new mystery. With every new mystery, a terrible choice.
An archivist (of sorts) is tasked with reading the stories of the dead from the objects they leave behind. Overseeing the process is a mysterious, wispy voice the protagonists addresses as "sir" but it's unclear who or what it is. Each episode features a story of the deceased. The stories aren't particularly scary, but they're interesting and heartfelt, and there promises to be more metaplot. The interplay between Sir and his apprentice is pretty amusing too. A recent update suggests season two is starting up in the fall.
The feed includes a couple bonus episodes talking about the research into certain stories, looks like. I haven't checked those out yet.
Perfect if you're looking for something mysterious, thought-provoking, and melancholy, rather than straight up episodic horror.
