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Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope

Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope

What do you do when you're trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse? You help people.

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Five

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Five

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    What do you do when you’re trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse?

    You help people.

    Continuing from where they left off and publishing every day, this is the story of a group of survivors living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. This collection is Year Four. A full 33 hours of content in 5-7 minute episodes including the reveal of the truth about Fiddleback Hollow, the threat of the Zombie Friends Association, Agnes’s seed saga, the tale of Baby Holly, the formation of the Pigeon Post, the community of Jude’s Progress, Max’s obsession with Agnes’s allegedly cursed necklace, and the ominous introduction of the community of Goose Lake!

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  • Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Four

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Four

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    What do you do when you’re trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse?

    You help people.

    Continuing from where they left off and publishing every day, this is the story of a group of survivors living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. This collection is Year Four. A full 34 hours of content in 5-7 minute episodes including the founding of the community of Amauria!

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    Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Volume 04

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    Rory Rammer, Space Marshal: Volume 04

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    Come away with us now to the far off future days of 1985 AD, after men have landed on the moon! When Space Marshal Rory Rammer, and his sidekick, “Skip” Sagan, guard the rule of law and the rights of the innocent from the skies of Earth to the orbit of the moon!

    A longtime fan favorite series returns with five thrilling episodes. Hear our intrepid Marshal and his eager young Cadet as they navigate the inner solar system in their rocket ship, the “Silver Star,” grappling with interdimensional time gods, thwarting smuggling operations, reliving Soviet dictatorships, and much more!

    Written and created by Ron N. Butler.  Produced by David Benedict.  Directed by Ron N. Butler.  Editing, Mixing, and Foley Sound Effects by David Benedict.  Music by Brad Weage.  Recording engineering by Retta Bodhaine at ARTC Studio.


    This product contains the following classic missions:

    • “Set Loose the Dogs of Time!” : Dr. Sinead O’Chronos has invented a time machine! But…doesn’t that violate Niven’s Law?
    • “Enemy of the People” : Space Privateer Rex Gorbachev is forced down on the Martian surface while trying to smuggle in highly dangerous goods. But with the Silver Star also incapacitated Rex, Rory, and Skip will have to find a way to survive walking through the Martian desert.
    • “The Man Who Was Trotsky” : What was supposed to be a relaxing vacation turns into a murder investigation when a member of a Soviet reenactment group turns up dead. I mean really dead.
    • “The Atomic Graveyard” : When an old adversary of Rory’s turns up dead, the clues lead to a highly radioactive station.
    • “The Murder of Skip Sagan” : More time hijinks when an older version of Skip shows up and reports that reality in the future is shredding. Can the Godlike Superbeing put things right?
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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Three

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Three

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    What do you do when you’re trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse?

    You help people.

    Continuing from where they left off and publishing every day, this is the story of a group of survivors living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. This collection is Year Three. Over 34 hours of content in 5-7 minute episodes including the momentous Day 1000!

    Get the entire second year of this epic and ongoing saga, complete with the scripts the cast used and full credits (not included with the audio).

    Because what does the world need when it’s overrun by the dead?

    A reason to live.

    Living your best life under the worst circumstances.

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  • Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Two

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year Two

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    What do you do when you’re trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse?

    You help people.

    Continuing from where they left off and publishing every day, this is the story of a group of survivors living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope and survival during the zombie apocalypse. This collection is Year Two. Nearly 34 hours of content in 5-7 minute episodes!

    Get the entire second year of this epic and ongoing saga, complete with the scripts the cast used and full credits (not included with the audio).

    Because what does the world need when it’s overrun by the dead?

    A reason to live.

    Living your best life under the worst circumstances.

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year One

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    Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope – Year One

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    What do you do when you’re trapped in a radio station during the zombie apocalypse?

    You help people.

    Launched October 7, 2017, Mercury: A Broadcast of Hope has told the story of a small group of survivors living in a college radio station broadcasting messages of hope, survival skills, coping strategies, personal stories, or whatever they feel their listeners need that day to make it through the zombie apocalypse. This collection is Year One. Over 34 hours of content in 5-7 minute episodes!

    Get the entire first year of this epic and ongoing saga, complete with the scripts the cast used and full credits (not included with the audio).

    Because what does the world need when it’s overrun by the dead?

    A reason to live.

    Living your best life under the worst circumstances.

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ARTC Adaptations

Well-crafted original adaptations of the best stories, from the classics to contemporary

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    Terrific Park

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    Meet Buzz and Neil, the two loneliest men alive! Far from Earth, the astronauts’ mission is to discover the edge of the universe. Such a long voyage begins to feel a bit absurd. Like when they encounter a planet where no planet could be.

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  • The Dunwich Horror LIVE

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    The Dunwich Horror LIVE

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    Ah, the sweet, sweet singing of the whip-poor-wills. Surely one of the most innocent, purest birdsongs one can know, plaintive and perfect in the clean morning light.

    Unless, of course, you happen to live near the decayed New England village of Dunwich. Unless, of course, you have seen the mad fires blazing from the ancient stone circles atop Sentinel Mountain. Unless, of course, you remember the horrible events of seventy years ago and happen to be familiar with the name “Whately.”

    Then the singing of whip-poor-wills isn’t so sweet and their patient waiting anything but innocent…

    Logo for The Ghosts ProjectPerformed live at the Academy Theatre October 2012, with music by The Ghosts Project!

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    At the Mountains of Madness

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    At the Mountains of Madness

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    In H P Lovecraft’s classic horror story, an old man consents to a radio interview. In that interview a number of terrible truths come out.

    The truth about an expedition to Antarctica in the 1920’s where everyone died horribly. The truth about an attempt to find the expedition’s mysterious killers. The truth about a desolate plateau in the heart of a frozen continent. The truth about life and intelligence on the planet Earth.

    And the truth about the prehistoric horror that still waits lurking… At the Mountains of Madness.

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  • At the Mountains of Madness LIVE

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    At the Mountains of Madness LIVE

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    In H. P. Lovecraft’s classic horror story, an old man consents to a radio interview in which a number of terrible truths come out…

    The truth about an expedition to Antarctica in the 1920s where everyone died horribly. The truth about a desolate plateau in the heart of a frozen continent. The truth about life and intelligence on the planet Earth.

    And the truth about the prehistoric horror that waits lurking… at the Mountains of Madness.

    Performed LIVE at Dragon*Con, September 5, 2010.

    Logo for The Ghosts ProjectMusic by The Ghosts Project, Paul Mercer and Davis Petterson!

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    The Brides of Dracula

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    The Brides of Dracula

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    The Darker Side of Vampire…

    In a moonlit garden, three women with disturbing smiles wait. Their eyes gleam like opals and the only color in the silver night is the red of their lips. They long for what they wait for.

    And what they wait for comes quickly.

    “Bid me enter…”

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    Award winner! – Mark Time Award, Best Horror-Fantasy Production, 1997

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    The Call of C’thulhu

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    The classic story from H. P. Lovecraft that has inspired millions through literature, games, movies, comics, and the horror of their own imaginations.

    Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Cthulhu R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn

    An ancient evil awakens in the Southern Ocean, inspiring madness in all those who sense its coming.

    That is not dead which can eternal lie, And with strange aeons even death may die.
    Preview The Call of C’thulhu

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The Atlanta Radio Theatre Company was founded in 1984 by radio personality William L. Brown and actor/director Patrick Stansbury.  ARTC is a non-profit educational corporation, dedicated to the production and distribution of quality audio drama.

The Timeline

Since our founding, ARTC has expanded substantially. As one of the few audio drama companies in the world to perform live regularly, we do between 6-8 shows per year primarily at speculative fiction conventions. We also publish a podcast, the Centauri Express Audio Magazine and release between 2-3 studio productions per year recorded at our own facility, ARTC Studio. Over the years we have been privileged to work with a number of extremely talented vocal performers, musicians, and writers and have access to a wide variety of voices and other talents.

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