A dark cold beginning in Impact Winter

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Impact Winter - No Spoilers!

From Audible and Travis Beacham comes this breath of fresh air. With the caliber of some of the greatest audio fiction ever made, I haven’t heard something this compelling since We’re Alive. Blurring the lines between audiobooks and podcasts it has everything: suspense, horror, immersive audio, world-building, and so so much more. Because I felt like I loved figuring out what the story was about as I listened, I won’t give away too much. Instead, I’ll set the scene… In the British countryside, this story begins seven years after a comet hit the earth, plunging it into sunless darkness. A group of survivors has found refuge in an ancient castle but their struggles to find food in the shadows of what was is the least of the worries. They can’t roam far or alone without the constant reminder that this new dim world bites back. This podcast is definitely a contender for my podcast of the year and one of the most suspenseful I’ve ever heard. It’s not afraid to let a bit of eerie silence in and is a good example of how well podcasts do horror. What you can’t see is way scarier than what you can and having two earbuds in for this show will make you feel like someone is constantly creeping up behind you. The reviewing segment for this show will be a little different because it is an audible original. Apple Podcasts has 4.9 average stars, 513 ratings, and 61 written reviews. Audible’s rating system has 4.7 stars (an average of the ratings of their overall, performance, and story categories) from 15,131 ratings. I couldn’t find the number of written reviews but their website also categorizes reviews as being from different countries. Episodes are about 24 minutes long and so far the first season has been fully published that has fans begging for the next season. If you are one of those fans count yourselves lucky, the creators have indicated another is in the works although the medium in comes out is up for debate. A graphic novel is being finished though and covers what happens next as well as what comes before this podcast. Warnings for violence, and adult themes.

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Music Attributions:

Artist: Big Stuff
Song: Silver Screen

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