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Off the coast of Nova Scotia on a remote island, a lonely scientist, a powerful computer and a simple mistake unleash a new threat, somewhere in the hills of Margaree. Dead Hunt is the chilling tale of a desperate father's undying love, a daughter frozen in time, and the small group of teens trapped in the aftermath of walking dead. Kenn Crawford's Zombie novel is narrated by R.E. Chambliss (Dreaming of Deliverance), and features the voice talents of: Kimi Alexandre, Brian Brown, Ry Stevenson, Melissa Bartell, Erk, Kim Butler with special guest appearances by Andrew Ball, Arlene Radasky, Judy, Kristopher Lamont, Lindsey Burns, Lisa Tobias, Neil Stringer, Nobilis Reed, Randall Carruthers, Tom…
A boarded closet can wreck your nerve when Lucy knows what's been walking outside.
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Short reviews from the PlayNext desk, based on the episodes we processed.
A warm behind-the-scenes visit with the voices, Gaelic challenge, music, and community around Dead Hunt.
Dead Hunt steps away from plot and into the people who helped shape the audio novel. Rick Stringer frames Professor Patrick Heslin as a tortured genius scientist, driven by grief over his daughter's death, while Ryan E.
Renee Chambliss's re-recording story shows how natural narration can depend on deliberate attention.
Dead Hunt's bonus Q&A gives a concise look at how Ken Crawford's story moved from a movie screenplay into a podcast novel. Host Mark Prestash sets up the conversation with Crawford and narrator Renee Chambliss before turning to the story's origins, but the most useful material…
Michael and Lucy turn an attic escape into a tense mix of flirtation, jokes, and sudden blood.
DeadHunt makes Lucy and Michael's reunion feel cramped, prickly, and immediately unsafe. Lucy hears movement, swings first, and only then realizes Michael has climbed in through the ceiling.
A sealed room, a missing machete, and a cellar clue tighten Lucy's fight to understand where she is.
DeadHunt keeps the pressure tight, turning Lucy's boarded bedroom into a trap she has to test piece by piece. She wakes in panic, with sunlight slipping through crossed boards and both doors sealed off, and the closet becomes the nearest possible answer to whether the monsters…
A wounded Lucy fights through the undead and comes face to face with the dead version of Paul.
Lucy is pushed into a hard survival corner, with a numbed foot, a broken sense of time, and zombies close enough to make every hiding place feel temporary.
Patient tales from the uneasy dark.
Dead Hunt 17 is a cast-and-creator retrospective on Ken Crawford's audio novel Dead Hunt.
Dead Hunt Q&A brings Mark Prestash together with author Ken Crawford and narrator Renee Chambliss to explain how Dead Hunt moved from screenplay to podcast novel and then into a full-cast audio production.
Dead Hunt 14, “The Awakening,” follows Michael and Lucy as they load Professor Heslin’s data into a cryopreservation computer before a military bombing at 2300 hours.
Dead Hunt's Chapters 18 and 19 move from Lucy and Michael sharing peanut butter in a boarded-up room to Robin explaining why Cape Breton Island is about to be bombed.
Lucy discovers the taped message: "Say nothing. Remember the cellar."
Lucy limps through the summer heat near the Seal Island Bridge and Sheddy Camp, using blood, shirt scraps, and rocks to mislead the zombies at a crossroads.
A news report and expert interview detail the spread of a manufactured zombie virus in Nova Scotia.
A narrated zombie novel about a father's love and teens trapped in a walking dead outbreak.
A scientist proposes bringing the dead back to life in a business pitch, setting off a zombie outbreak.