S2: In the Pines – An Interlude: The Scenic Route
Added 2021-01-08 01:16:49 +0000 UTCCW: Frank and intimate out of character discussion about the pandemic, death and suicide. In character mentions of child labor, child and parental death and disfigurement.
There is a darkness that can only truly fall in the deep woods. An enveloping shadow of some great beast that is at the same time soothing and terrifying and can only exist in the absence of electric light and full moons. The hours that pass beneath this hallowed veil are usually best spent sleeping so that you do not witness the world that only thrives while the living aren’t in it, unless they are spent by the watchful vigil-keepers who keep that world at bay. Join us for a late night encounter in the deep woods around the Virginia state line.
This is a special alternate episode offered in memorial to Rhonda Kay Dooley and Grey.
National Sucide Prevention Hotline: 800-273-8255
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Written by Steve Shell
Sound design by Steve Shell
Narrated by Steve Shell
Intro music: "The Land Unknown," written and performed by Landon Blood
Outro music: "I Cannot Escape the Darkness," written and performed by Those Poor Bastards
Comments
On the day I listened to this, I was walking through the woods and came upon a white plate shattered in pieces on the side of the trail. Someone had written all their pain on the plate. Things like "need for validation" and "want to bond with siblings.". I stood there for a long time wanting to hug this unknown suffering person. I continued on listening to this episode, crying, for you, for those you lost, and for all who hurt. The little piece that read "need for validation" is on my altar now.
2021-02-10 01:45:08 +0000 UTCIf I had the means, I would write this privately, but as it is, I have re-listened to this... Oh, I don't know, 4 or 5 times since it went up on the list. I have to tell you that it is beautiful as it stands. But as a tribute, (epitaphs?) it stands as a simply gorgeous offering. Literally, made me laugh and cry, often at the same time. I only Hope that some day a friend will be moved to create something as lovely in my memory. Deepest sympathies and adulations upon the creations of this here. Tricia A Smith, also called Una Dugal, a Lady of the Midrealm now citizen/subject of Æthelmearc Tricia A. Smith
Tricia Smith
2021-01-31 16:49:52 +0000 UTCDeepest sympathy.
2021-01-15 00:42:25 +0000 UTCCondolences, all.
2021-01-12 04:22:50 +0000 UTCCondolences, Family. May the Old Gods preserve us.
2021-01-10 22:10:20 +0000 UTCThank you for dropping this episode on my birthday. It has been a hellish week. I am sorry for your loss and I hope you have someone to lean on during this season of darkness.
Grif 07
2021-01-09 23:33:23 +0000 UTCI'm so sorry for your loss.
VorpalRabbits
2021-01-09 03:43:30 +0000 UTCI am so very sorry 😞 😢
Tonya Downing
2021-01-08 21:17:21 +0000 UTCMy condolences. Take time to heal...
2021-01-08 16:06:05 +0000 UTCDeepest sympathies. Stuff just got "real". Thank you for going on with the show. Your stories have been a bulwark against the weirdness of these days. It seems a strange place to seek refuge, but there you have it. After all, I was born in the town that inspired the Twilight Zone, so what the heck, 🤷🏻♀️🧿 Thank you, and again, my sympathies & condolences to y'all.
Tricia Smith
2021-01-08 15:32:23 +0000 UTC
