Remnants : An Audio Drama

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A dark fantasy thriller audio drama.

When we die, the remnants of us return to the First and Last Place...

Remnants is a dark fantasy thriller audio drama following the Apprentice as he learns how to read remnants under the frustrating supervision of Sir. Remnants are seemingly innocuous objects – a broken pocket watch; a steel thimble; a silk scarf – but when the Apprentice looks closely, he sees how each one holds the remnants of someone’s life story.

Each week the Apprentice reads a new remnant, following that person’s journery beginning to end. When he’s done, he must make a judgement; shelve or discard. But he doesn’t know what the criteria is or what the consequences of such a judgement might be.

The more remnants the Apprentice reads, the more we begin to understand the magnitude of the task he has been set. And the more both we, and the Apprentice himself, wonder why it is him who has been chosen to do it.

With every week, a new mystery. With every new mystery, a terrible choice.

Find out more about Remnants here.

Remnants is a part of the Rusty Quill Network.

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Recent Episodes

NOV 24, 2025

38. Burnished Brass Key

Sir and the Apprentice find in a half-familiar plaCe, and the Apprentice triEs to bargain for something, though he’s not sure what he’s asking for.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-38/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1THkSjJ84qdV4QTO9mjcCOmfLym57jhUYyxWEb5LvyCQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.88ooz7d9i2g8

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CONTENT WARNINGS:

Discussion of death
Depictions of emotional distress
Depictions of a character in psychological pain
Ominous sense of threat
Descriptions of blood and injury from glass

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24 MIN

NOV 17, 2025

37. Half-Full Perfume Bottle

Sir struggles when his experiences mirror those of his Apprentice, and he Wonders what it means if the power in his possessIon is so far beyond his understanding.

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-37/

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CONTENT WARNINGS:

Discussion of death, including the death of a child
Descriptions of life in a war zone
Sound effects mimicking distant gunfire (quiet)
Depictions of mourning
Depictions of lasting trauma
Mention of potential people-trafficking (vague, non-specific)

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34 MIN

NOV 10, 2025

36. Half-Empty Perfume Bottle

Sir takes the reins aGain, but it’s not clear whether things are back to normal, or whether they have become someThing new.

Transcript with content warnings:

Transcript: https://hangingslothstudios.com/remnants-transcripts/2-36/

Or: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ohrTCN1d6TFV7w6pFVsx7dyYoUFMlpy-iKI4w4xanDs/edit?usp=sharing

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CONTENT WARNINGS:

Discussion of death
Amnesia
Mentions of severe sickness
Discussions of complex grieving processes
References to casual racism, specifically anti-black racism
Mentions of ableism typical of the 1930s-40s, with regard to autism
Discussions of war, specifically references to WW1 in both France and Uganda, and descriptions of life in occupied France during WW2
Descriptions of explosions, smoke and gunfire
Depictions of characters in pain and emotional distress
Deliberate psychological harm