Welcome to the Nesting Zone: a surreal rim of jungle around Mt. Tahoma prowled by transdimensional reptiles. The Amanuensis catalogues his expedition up the volcano slope and records stories of explorers caught in the evolving dreamscape. Paleo-mythic lizard pyromancy. Blood whisper secrets. Carnivorous astronauts. Cursed poem hallucinations. Staying sane is not an option: a fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom - rated M for mature.
Episode 01: The Whaler Side A A plastic pterosaur toy. Subterranean hominids shear their arms off - paint a lizard skull red - bite salamanders. A rim of tropic glacial paradise known as the Nesting Zone: a neo nursery for mythic reptiles and dream...
Episode 02: The Whaler Side B Discarded maritime architecture. Dead dog in the marsh. The Whaler - severed feet - midden of marine creatures. A-A-A-A-A- CURSED RELIC OF CHILDHOOD IMMOLATED. The Mount Tahoma Magic Show Begins: Missiles and confetti...
Episode 03: The Bat in the Ermine Cape Side A Intercosmic terror digestion that I won’t waste time describing the gore of here. A note: carnivorous astronauts will come for you, eventually. A planetarium greenhouse where all constellations are lies...
Episode 04: The Bat in the Ermine Cape Side B A paleolithic tapir. A bat. A ripping in your chest with a gaping spring day sinkhole (and a poor sheep lost to its depths). Cursed lover rabbit phobia. Storytime: summer camp - a horse - a waterfall -...
Episode 05: Still Life with Sumatra Mandheling, Table & Coaster A coffee mug. A table. A coaster. The sum total of heaven forcing you to forget everyone you’ve ever loved - their form - their caress - that they were ever in your life at all. Oh...
The gates of heaven gnawed by a reptile - a museum riddled with careless youth - a people eating vehicle - how deep can you see yourself inside yourself? - because I want you to know that I can see further.
Episode 07: Nova Primordia Side B A lighthouse keeper on fire - a telescope - a true recollection of a memory - neo extinction - high speed accident - the queen of all astronauts - the end of the parade.
Episode 08: Without a Nightlight You'll Have Bad Dreams :: Side A Phantom tongued Uruk-hai – a worm hiding from the sun – the end arrives – return to the Nesting Zone – peeing downstream – Grove of the Patriarchs – a new Plastic God...