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**The Sleep Wake Cycle**

Blending supernatural horror with noir, the Sleep/Wake Cycle follows estranged twins Isaiah and Rosemary. Their mission, to fulfill a secret government agency’s directive to bring the US back from the brink of madness. Born with strange abilities, the twins investigate the wellness of a republic ravaged by the Great Darkness of 1999 – with doomsday cults pervading society, horrific conspiracies spun more from truth than fiction, and a creeping feeling that hope itself has fled the land, the twins have their work cut out for them.

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Latest Episodes:

Obscuary |S1| Ep.46 Jan 30, 2026

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The team hides out in a abandoned home waiting for orders. However....

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Credits:

Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Helena voiced by Kelly Bair

Mum voice by Steven Anzalone

Vance voiced by Steven Zivic

Felix Yarrows played by Steven Anzalone

Gretchen voiced by Jessie Van Hove

Horus voiced by Sam Stark

The March Hare voiced Sam Stark

Soldiers 1 and 2 voiced by Steven Anzalone

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The Sleep Wake Cycle |S3| Ep.75 Jan 02, 2026

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Isaiah tries to figure a way out; Rosemary and Drowkerr continue to face off with the fragment of the One Shadow; Lord Ossula receives an old Friend.

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Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Rosemary voiced by Kelly Bair

One Shadow voiced by Mark Anzalone

Ossulla (Mythra) voiced by Trenton Butt

Bogamill voiced by Steven Zivic

Drowkerr voiced by Mark Anzalone

Isaiah voiced by Mark Anzalone

The Fisher of Men voiced by Mithun MK

Guard 1 voice by Matt Van Hove

Guard 2 voiced by Aubrey Akers

Guard 3 voiced by Sam Stark

Soldier 1 voiced by Harper Tacent

Soldier 3 voiced by Jessie Van Hove

Officer 2 voiced by Matt Van Hove

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Obscuary |S1| Ep.45 Dec 18, 2025

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The group ponder the implications of what they saw and then come across some disturbing events near the Hilligoss.

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Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Helena voiced by Kelly Bair

Mum voice by Steven Anzalone

Vance voiced by Steven Zivic

Felix Yarrows played by Steven Anzalone

Gretchen voiced by Jessie Van Hove

Horus voiced by Sam Stark

Man at roadblock voiced by Aubrey Akers

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The Sleep Wake Cycle |S3| Ep. 74 Nov 20, 2025

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Lord Ossula gets updates on global events; Two guards tell their story; Rosemary seeks escape from the One Shadow and finds an unlikely ally.

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Credits:

Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Rosemary voiced by Kelly Bair

One Shadow voiced by Mark Anzalone

Ossulla (Mythra) voiced by Trenton Butt

Bogamill voiced by Steven Zivic

Jeff voiced by Lou Sutcliffe

Langer voiced by Harper Tacent

Ryker voiced by Matt Van Hove

Mrs. Jinx voiced by Jesse Van Hove

Carl voiced by Sam Stark

Joan voiced by Aubrey Akers

The White Gaia voiced by Kelly Bair

Drowkerr voiced by Mark Anzalone

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Patreon Peek - The Weird Tapes Nov 13, 2025

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In 2015, while exploring the Black Forest, Weird Book researchers discovered a large hole in the ground and eventually uncovered a peculiar tape recording in a vast underground antechamber. Its origins remain unknown, though it appears to have been made by researchers who were once in the area. The contents of the recording are still hotly debated within both academic and paranormal circles.

Cast:

Mary: Harper Tacent

Jacob: Matt Van Hove

Devon: Lou Sutcliffe

Emma: Gina Sutcliffe

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Mael-o-ween Special Oct 30, 2025

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The Rotten Pumpkin Man

After the Great Darkness of 1999, many towns that were once occupied were discovered abandoned. One such town, Harvest Creek, is located just outside the borders of Autumn City. One of the many artifacts discovered after the hamlet's apparent desertion was a journal located in one of the empty residence. The small book, which contained an account of a supposed mass murder at the hands of a strange folklore figure, became infamous for its similarities to Autumn City's own killer - Jack Lantern. Some have speculated that Jack Lantern was once a citizen of the small town, while others believe that the killer based his haunting persona on the antagonist of the bloody tale. There are even those who have come to believe that Jack Lantern isn't human at all, but the Rotten Pumpkin Man himself.

The Spirit Photographer

In October of 2006, Katie Tammer was the only remaining witness to an odd mass disappearance that took place at the annual Nemeroff Masquerade - a yearly costume party thrown by millionaire, Stanley Nemeroff, at his lake house in Camden, Maine. While Ms. Tammer was initially held as a person of interest, the lack of evidence tying him to any wrong-doing eventually lead to her release. Shortly after, Ms. Tammer disappeared from the country, but had left a letter tacked to the wall of her apartment's entryway. The note was a telling of the events of the night in question, which drastically differed from her account tendered to the police, where she claimed the guests had simply disappeared after she returned from her smoke break. The following is the content of Ms. Tammer's letter.

The Hunting Houses

A man ruminates within the confines of a haunted house. Pondering the nature of his home, he comes to a terrifying conclusion.

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Stories written By Mark Anzalone

Sound design by Steven Anzalone

Editing by Walker Kornfeld

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The Rotten Pumpkin Man voiced by Aubrey Akers

The Spirit Photographer voiced by Gina Smith

The Hunting houses voiced by Jessie Van Hove

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Feed Drop - Burned by a Paper Sun Oct 21, 2025

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Butterfly Darkly

After several years, Jamie Grudger - a serial killer of some notoriety - was captured and interred for his heinous crimes. However, the bizarre murderer's ominous words still echoed in the head of Detective Harry Mills, the man who brought the killer to justice. Now, events have brought the detective back to that haunting case and, perhaps, to places far worse.

Stillborn

Exploring the mess of her deceased grandfather's attic, Lindsey Jacobs happened upon her late elder's journal. While much of it was filled with the mundane on-goings of his daily life, she stumbled upon a strange and morose account concerning a certain tragic citizen of Mercy Ridge. The story only spanned the life of a couple of pages and was peculiarly never mentioned again anywhere in the rest of the journal.

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"Butterfly Darkly" Written by Mark Anzalone

"Stillborn" written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

"Butterfly Darkly" Narrated by Matt Van Hove

"Stillborn" narrated by Jesse Van Hove

Intro music by Steven Anzalone, Lou Sutfliffe, and female vocals by Harper Tacent

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The Sleep Wake Cycle |S3| Ep.73 Oct 03, 2025

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Isaiah has a conversation with a mysterious gunman; Rosemary talks some more with the One Shadow; The Mythra sets up a plan.

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Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Isaiah voiced by Mark Anzalone

Rosemary voiced by Kelly Bair

One Shadow voiced by Mark Anzalone

Ossulla (Mythra) voiced by Trenton Butt

Bogamill voiced by Steven Zivic

Nazanay voiced by Lou Sutcliff

Officer 1 voiced by Aubrey Akers

Officer 2 voiced by Matt Van Hove

Charlotte voiced by Kelly Bair

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Obscuary |S1| Ep.43 Oct 03, 2025

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The Obscuary team stops at a crash site and try to determine its cause.

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Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Helena voiced by Kelly Bair

Mum voice by Steven Anzalone

Vance voiced by Steven Anzalone (voice mask)

Felix Yarrows played by Steven Anzalone

Gretchen voiced by Steven Anzalone(voice mask)

Horace voiced by Sam Stark

Coojis voiced by Mark Anzalone

Tagus voiced by Mark Anzalone

Echo voiced by Matt Van Hove

Woman soldier voiced by Aubrey Akers

Soldier 1 voiced by Steven Anzalone

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The Sleep Wake Cycle |S3| Ep. 72 Sep 19, 2025

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The Hilligoss comes under new leadership; Isaiah takes a stroll in a familiar place; Thorn Mary faces the Mythra; The Obscuary head back to their hide out.

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Credits:

Written by Steven Anzalone

Edited by Walker Kornfeld

Sound mastering by Steven J. Anzalone

Helena voiced by Kelly Bair

Mum voice by Steven Anzalone

Vance voiced by Steven Anzalone (voice mask)

Gretchen voiced by Steven Anzalone (voice mask)

Horus voiced by Sam Stark

Thorn Mary voiced by Kelly Bair