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Mar 2018
25m 19s

Episode 8 - Luke Dougal

Imploding Fictions
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"He opened the bottomless pit, and there arose a smoke out of the pit, as the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened by the smoke.”

Season 1, Episode 8.

The Amelia Project is a secret agency that helps its clients by faking their deaths and setting them up with a brand new identity! This episode’s client comes straight from hell…

Featuring Alan Burgon, Michael Smulik, Gianluca Iumiento, Ravdeep Singh Bajwa, Pete Lutz, Sarah Golding and Julia Morizawa.

Written by Philip Thorne. Directed by Alan Burgon. Music and sound design by Fredrik S. Baden.

Produced by Imploding Fictions in association with Open House Theatre Vienna.

Fellow audio drama shoutout to Victoriocity by Jen and Chris Sudden, which is like the bonkers lovechild of Arthur Conan Doyle, Wilky Collins and Douglas Adams, and it features a cyborg Queen Victoria! Find Victoriocity here: https://www.victoriocity.com/

Content Warning: this episode contains loud death metal, retching sounds, and revolting ice cream flavours!

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