Modern Gothic

Delve deep into the roadkill of the A6195. Discover magpie-cop duo, Esco & Orrison. And prepare to shed tears over Barry Higginbottom's 'driver tizer'. In this relic from the future, robot voices recite the exhibition catalogue of 'Laughter in a time of mass extinction', the final work of one-man art collective What About Me? Script: docs.google.com/document/d/1bXuCe…/edit?usp=sharing Closing music: Every Second Darker by No Demons Here. All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] To support the author, go to https://neil-fitzgerald.com/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

No man had made it, that we knew. Not time enough, for it was the work of one night, and not even, but a minute, maybe less. Soft thunder that woke most who heard it as muffled cannon fire or dynamite down a mineshaft in their dreams. A mysterious hole appears in Consolation, which soon draws in prospectors, charlatans, and other poor misguided wretches from all over Zobesland. Then one day, an even stranger stranger appears. Written, produced and performed by Neil Fitzgerald (all copyright) Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A hit musical has the world's highest body count. Another darkly comic tale from Modern Gothic. All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the author for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A ballad in the key of 80s movies à la John Hughes. That's it. That's the pitch. All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the writer; producer and performer for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Was Mahler's 9th Symphony inspired by a sighting of the eldritch abomination in the Atlantic Ocean in 1908? Can self-styled cosmic weirdo Cthulhu escape the logics of capitalism by starting an 80s tribute band, Great Dreamer & The Mediocrities? And just what the hell is the spine-chilling "incident" affecting Offalthropp? Written, performed, recorded & produced by Neil Fitzgerald. All copyright: Neil Fitzgerald Contact the author for rights, etc: [email protected] Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.