The Universe Has An Eternal Heartbeat

It's not wrong, you know.
To need somebody.

Cindy confronts her brother Harry about skipping another family funeral, drudging up old pains, including the time they found their father's strange invention.

After the death of their parents, Cindy and Harry uncover the turmoil of their family history and discover that like any addiction, talking to the dead has its price.

Written, Produced, and Read by William J. Meyer

Music by William Seegers

Starring Kristina Teves as Adult Cindy and Christopher Karbo as Adult Harry

Illustration by William J. Meyer after H.J. Ford

Featuring the song "Angry: A Love Song" by Auto Bonfire. Licenced under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0

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This episode's recommended book: The Varieties of Religious Experience by William James

Tomorrow has nothing for you.

"He" waits to die, hanging in a void, recalling the last few perilous weeks of his brief and flittering life.

"She" loses her boyfriend and her sister on the same day, spinning into a newfound compulsion for horror.

Could the rumored monster cult be responsible for all their woes?

Written, Produced, and Read by William J. Meyer

Music by William Seegers

Featuring Nicola Branch as the singing voice of "She."

Additional Voices by Cary Michael Ayers, Nathan Bonilla-Warford, Duncan Cassidy, Owen McCuen, Jenny Seegers, William Seegers, and Andrew Wardlaw

Illustration by William J. Meyer

Featuring the song "Come to Me," nominated for a 2018 Audio Verse Award

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This episode's recommended book: The Monsters and the Critics by J.R.R. Tolkien

I walk'd west of the sun for your touch. I walk'd east of the moon for your kiss.

When a man's secretive past threatens to consume him, he must choose between deceiving his wife and losing her for all time.

The newlywed couple Jack and Liz move into their new house on an otherwise uninhabited island, and soon a nearly-forgotten arson casts a fiery shadow over their marital bliss, the mysterious forest surrounding their home, and the strange creature living there.

Written, Produced, and Read by William J. Meyer

Music by William Seegers

Illustration by Caitlin Cadieux

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This episode's recommended book: The Sacred Tree in Religion and Myth by Mrs. J.H. Philpot

From the top of my bow is a string, connected to Heaven. From the bottom of my bow is a string, connected to Hell. In the center I stand, caught in between.

A pack of human hunters chase an Artificial Intelligence across Antarctica for committing the ultimate crime-- claiming to possess a soul.

When a fugitive Artificial Intelligence takes to kyudo, the Way of the Bow, to defend himself from humans, he begins to question the nature of his true identity as he struggles to escape-- and keep a rendezvous with God.

Maybe I'm still dreaming.

When young Sara discovers she has a strange, newfound power, she must decide how best to celebrate her birthday-- with a chocolate cupcake-- or with revenge.

Thinking she has finally been accepted, a poor girl attends a rich girl's birthday party on the same day as her own, soon learning her 'very best friends' invited her for less than gracious reasons.