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The Road

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of Shadows. Created

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by Mark R. Healy. A

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Beyond the Dark production. Season 1.

1:00

Episode 10. Nowhere

1:02

left to go. Sorry

1:21

Pete, but this is an emergency. Inside

1:32

the office of Pete's Tree Service, everything is dark

1:34

and quiet. I

1:37

hit the flashlight and sweep the beam across the room. First

1:40

the locker, then the filing cabinet, then

1:42

the desk. Where

1:44

is it? There

1:47

you are. The safe. Reynolds

1:49

told me there was a gun inside, and that's exactly

1:52

what I need right now. Some firepower.

1:54

Okay, combination. What the hell combination? I'm not sure

1:57

what that is. I'll go look for it. I'll

1:59

be right back.

1:59

combination would you use, Pete? Come

2:07

on, you must have something with your birthday on it here or...shit!

2:12

A hunting knife. That's something at least.

2:15

I turned the blade over in my hands. It's

2:18

thick and solid. A weapon like this

2:20

isn't going to help when I storm the police station, not

2:22

when I'm up against handguns. But

2:24

maybe I could use it for something else. Let's

2:28

take a look here. The

2:31

safe doesn't look particularly robust, so

2:33

it might be possible to lever it open with a knife, if I can get it

2:35

at the right angle.

2:37

Worth a shot. Ah,

2:46

shit! My hand! God

2:49

damn it! That

2:53

was smart. I

2:56

take the bandana out of my pocket and wrap it around my

2:58

hand as tightly as I can.

3:01

Blood continues to trickle through when I'm finished. Sorry,

3:04

Dad. Shouldn't be using your bandana

3:06

to patch up a cut, but there's nothing

3:08

else here. Come

3:13

on, there has to be something! Let's

3:16

see what's in the locker. What

3:22

the fuck? Shit!

3:43

Hey there,

3:46

you've reached Pete's tree service. No

3:48

job too big, no job too small. Just

3:50

leave a message after the beep and we'll get right

3:52

back to you. Daniel.

4:01

You're there, aren't you? Alone

4:03

in the dark and wondering if you should pick up.

4:06

I can sense you. You

4:09

should pick up, Daniel. Pete?

4:17

There you are.

4:20

I thought so. Is

4:25

everything okay? Yeah,

4:27

fine. I just came back because I...

4:30

I think I left something behind. You

4:33

don't have a key to the office, Daniel. It

4:36

was unlocked. Really? That's

4:39

strange. A guy like me

4:41

doesn't normally make those kinds of mistakes,

4:43

do I? Where

4:46

are you, Pete? I'm at home.

4:49

Where else would I be? I

4:51

really should be... Running off?

4:53

But

4:55

where are you gonna run to?

4:57

There's nowhere left to go. Pete,

5:00

I don't know what's going on, but... If you wanna ask me

5:02

a question, this might be a good time

5:04

to do it. Go

5:07

ahead. I'm listening. Relax.

5:12

We're just a couple of friends talking here.

5:15

I just opened your locker

5:17

and saw a jacket there. There's something

5:19

printed on the sleeve. PD fishing

5:22

supplies. Do you know what PD

5:24

is? Of course I know what

5:26

that is, Daniel. It's my name,

5:29

Pete Davis, at your service.

5:32

You have another business? The fishing

5:34

supplies? That was decades

5:36

ago. See, I

5:39

need to keep reinventing myself every so

5:42

often for, well, that

5:44

my reasons.

5:46

But I've always loved that jacket. I

5:49

still wear it now and again,

5:51

when the mood strikes me. Pete,

5:53

it doesn't have to play out like this.

5:56

I think we need a chat, Daniel, don't

5:59

you? But not like

6:01

this. I'm thinking

6:03

somewhere more... intimate.

6:06

Face to face. Why

6:09

don't you drop in here at the lake house?

6:11

Amber finally accepted my invitation

6:14

to check it out.

6:15

She's here now. Snug

6:18

as a bug. In a rug. You

6:21

piece of shit! Come on kid,

6:24

we're friends remember? Don't be like

6:26

that. We're not friends.

6:29

Well, even if that's

6:31

the case it doesn't mean we have to be uncivil.

6:34

Let's talk about this. Straighten things out.

6:37

We can do that, can we?

6:39

Yeah, we can do that. Don't

6:41

waste time now, will ya? Lakeview

6:44

Drive. Oh, and

6:47

come along.

6:48

I'd like this to remain an intimate affair.

6:52

You know how to be discreet, don't you?

6:54

Yes.

6:55

Good. Because if

6:58

you so much as lift that phone

7:00

to call for help or... I

7:02

don't know, stop at the police station

7:05

along the way, it's going to end very

7:08

badly for her.

7:10

Catch my drift? Come

7:20

on, there's gotta be something. The

7:25

axe. Not

7:30

exactly a gun, but I guess

7:32

it's better than nothing. Cold,

8:10

moon-like lint on the lake, silhouetting

8:12

the cabin. But around me, nothing

8:14

else moves. It's like the wilderness

8:16

itself has turned unnaturally silent. As

8:20

I walk, the scent of burning becomes so powerful

8:22

that I can barely breathe. The

8:24

pain in my leg flares again, worse than last

8:26

time, and it's a struggle just to make the final

8:29

few steps to the door.

8:51

Daniel, glad

8:53

you could join us. No,

8:55

Daniel, you shouldn't be here. It's

8:58

okay, Amber. I've got this. Yeah,

9:01

look. He brought an axe. That

9:04

means he's serious. Get out while

9:06

you still can. Sit down and

9:08

shut up. Take

9:11

your hands off her. You're not the one calling

9:13

the shots here, my friend, in case you

9:15

hadn't figured that out already. What

9:17

did you do to her?

9:19

Amber, your shoulder. We've

9:21

been having some fun before you got here.

9:23

That's all. She's fine. We

9:26

should kill him now. Oh,

9:30

shit. What the hell?

9:33

Oh, where are my manners?

9:36

I forgot to introduce my guests. I

9:38

believe you met Dr. Schilling in the tunnel

9:40

outside the police station the other night. Consider

9:43

this a formal introduction.

9:48

And this is Selena, Argyle,

9:51

and Ursula. All acquaintances

9:54

of mine who are newer rivals in town.

9:56

My guests? I suppose you could

9:58

say.

10:02

What? There's five

10:04

of you? Well, it's

10:06

a special occasion after all. How many

10:08

years since this many of us have been in one

10:10

place, Shilling? Must be close

10:13

to a hundred.

10:14

Stop screwing around, Peter!

10:16

Complete the ritual! Paysins!

10:20

All of you, stop talking!

10:22

I've heard enough!

10:25

Doctor Shilling, always the impulsive

10:28

one. Nothing has changed there. That's

10:31

why he jumped you in the tunnel. He tried to take

10:33

things into his own hands and speed

10:35

up the schedule. Luckily,

10:38

I was able to talk him out of it

10:40

as he made your escape.

10:42

You almost ripped my face off,

10:45

Peter. That's because

10:47

you need to learn your place! This

10:49

is my territory, my

10:52

domain!

10:53

And I am the one who makes the

10:55

decisions,

10:57

not you. Then

10:59

make it! Kill him! There's

11:02

no need for violence. We're

11:05

just here to talk. How

11:07

is this possible? How can you all be in

11:09

the same place at once? I

11:10

don't like his voice. We

11:13

should rip his tongue out. You've

11:15

been studying us,

11:17

haven't you, Daniel?

11:19

Learning our behaviors.

11:22

Not that it's done you much good in

11:24

the end.

11:25

You hate each other. I can hear it in

11:27

your voices. Hate is a strong

11:29

word, but it's

11:31

true that this kind of gathering is not the

11:34

way we prefer to do things.

11:37

In this case, we made an exception.

11:40

These are extraordinary circumstances, after

11:42

all. What does that mean? We've

11:45

been watching you for

11:47

a long time, Daniel. Keeping

11:50

a close eye on your every move,

11:52

actually. We've

11:55

seen you drifting among us, from

11:57

town to town, while we staying just

11:59

here. out of reach. And

12:02

now it's time for all

12:04

that to end. We plan

12:06

for Colton to be the final stop on your

12:08

journey and you fell right into

12:11

the trap. Trap? I've

12:14

been pulling the strings the minute you walked into

12:16

town, haven't you noticed? It

12:18

was me who was guided your every step

12:21

and all of it was designed so then you

12:23

and the five of us would all

12:26

be together at this very moment. In

12:28

this very spot.

12:30

Bullshit. You

12:34

don't believe me. How

12:36

about this? I

12:39

was the one who paid Freddie Dillinger to take that

12:41

crowbar to your motorcycle the first night

12:43

you arrived. You thought it

12:45

was just a drunken rampage maybe, no,

12:48

far from it.

12:49

Without your precious wheels

12:52

I knew you wouldn't be leaving Colton quite so

12:54

easily. You paid him to

12:56

do that?

12:58

It's amazing what an idiot will do

13:00

for a hundred bucks, isn't it? Of

13:03

course with your motorcycle needing repairs

13:05

you'd have to find some way to pay for that. So

13:09

I went and spread the word around town that I was looking

13:11

for workers even though I didn't need

13:13

them and you landed right in my lap.

13:16

Why would you do that? Keep

13:18

your enemies close as they say.

13:21

I wanted to get a good look at you. Talk

13:23

to you, learn a bit about you, probe for

13:25

any weaknesses and I found one

13:27

right here.

13:30

This little friend of yours.

13:33

I could see a bond forming between you but I

13:36

still had to test it.

13:38

That's why he showed up at Misty

13:40

Plains that night and shut off the lights. He

13:42

wanted to see if you'd come help me.

13:44

And he did, didn't he? He

13:46

came running as fast as he could. That

13:49

was when I knew I had the perfect bait.

13:52

And it was you who ransacked the room? When

13:55

you mentioned you'd been reading

13:57

the book, the one in Spanish.

14:00

I decided I should take a look myself,

14:03

to see how much it revealed about us. I

14:07

had no idea that Simpkin's kept anything

14:10

like that in his collection. I really

14:12

have become complacent these last

14:14

few years. Enough mistakes

14:18

or wasting time! This

14:20

is unnecessary! Shut up,

14:22

Shilling!

14:24

You don't know what you're talking about. Argyle,

14:27

stay out of this! Be quiet! All

14:29

of you! Hey Pete, I

14:31

don't think these other shadows respect you at all. Ugh,

14:35

don't use such vulgar words

14:37

to describe us, Daniel.

14:39

We are the Vespherine,

14:41

an ancient and noble species.

14:44

Fuck you! I'll call you whatever I want!

14:47

Now,

14:48

let Amber go! There's

14:51

no need for violence. We

14:53

just want to talk to you, to learn

14:55

about you. You're... different.

14:59

Intriguing. Come,

15:02

sit down. That's all we ask. Don't

15:04

do it, Daniel. I heard them talking, they just want to strap

15:06

you into the chair and... You really need to learn

15:09

to watch your mouth. Get

15:12

your hands off her! Just

15:14

like your sister, aren't you?

15:17

She had a big mouth too.

15:20

You piece of shit. Your

15:22

family should be honored, Amber.

15:25

Jenny was... exquisite.

15:31

Consuming an offering like that is enough to

15:33

sustain me for months. Do

15:35

you have any more sisters by any chance?

15:43

I said get off her! Or you

15:45

won't. Swing that big scary

15:48

axe at me. Didn't you

15:50

learn anything from all those

15:52

books, Danny boy? We

15:55

can't be hurt by you. So

15:58

you just want to talk, huh? you let

16:00

us go.

16:01

That's right.

16:03

Did you make that promise to Frasier before you slit his

16:05

throat? Frasier was human

16:08

garbage, and he should have kept his

16:10

mouth shut about what he saw. He got

16:12

what he deserved. If I wasn't

16:14

so repulsed by his very presence,

16:17

I'd have killed him long before this.

16:20

Frasier was another loose end, wasn't

16:22

he, Peter? You left more than

16:24

your fair share of those around, Colton.

16:27

You've been sloppy. You've

16:29

endangered us all. And

16:31

what about you, Schelling?

16:34

You had Daniel at

16:36

your mercy in Clifford

16:38

Springs, and let him go. I'm

16:42

the one who's finally bringing this

16:44

to an end. Wait a second.

16:47

I know you. All of you. You

16:50

were a teacher at Appleton. And

16:54

I still am. A true role

16:56

model to all of those wonderful

16:58

children.

17:00

And you were a firefighter at the next town,

17:02

uh... As I said, we've

17:04

been following your progress, Daniel.

17:07

You're... unique.

17:10

And we just want to learn some more about you.

17:12

There's no time for this. He has

17:14

a cloth. We should end this.

17:17

For example, you said outside

17:20

the police station that you smelled something.

17:23

Is that how you know us? Is

17:26

that why you're so good at finding us?

17:29

Come, sit, we should talk.

17:36

What's the matter? Something wrong? I

17:39

cut my hand. I... Daniel!

17:42

Something is happening! Look down! It's

17:46

my dad's bandana.

17:47

It's covered in glowing spots. Oh,

17:50

Peter. I told you. Every

17:55

single one of you could have killed me when

17:57

I was in your town. You had the opportunity to...

18:00

It's unity, but you didn't. Chilling!

18:02

Stay back from him! And

18:04

now, you've gathered five

18:06

of you at once. You didn't want to

18:08

confront me alone. Why?

18:11

Daniel... It's

18:13

because you're afraid of me. You're

18:17

fucking afraid of me. I

18:20

waited too long. I told you.

18:25

Selena, don't touch him! Selena!

18:31

No! He...

18:33

turned her to dust. Hargyle,

18:37

get back! No!

18:41

No! No! No!

18:44

No! No! No!

18:47

No! No! No!

18:50

No! No! No!

18:53

No! No! No! No!

18:57

No! No!

19:01

Shilling, he's making a run

19:03

for it! Looks like it's

19:05

just you and us, Pete. Stay

19:09

back, Daniel, or I'll snap

19:12

her neck. I don't think you're

19:14

in a position to bargain anymore, boss.

19:17

Really? Because I still have one

19:19

more card left to play, so you

19:21

better stop where you are.

19:23

You look pale, Pete. You look weak.

19:26

I'm strong enough to kill this one, that's

19:29

for sure. What's happening to me? You

19:31

know, don't you? No,

19:34

I don't. That's why

19:36

I wanted to learn about you. My

19:38

hand feels so hot, it's... like

19:41

it's about to burn up. Like I'm holding

19:43

fire. And that fire went

19:45

straight through this accident into your friends. The

19:48

axe! The axe! It

19:51

must be a conduit. You

19:53

don't know what you're talking about. Shilling

19:56

said something about a cloth. Your

19:58

father's bandana! Put it down,

20:01

Daniel. My blood. Is

20:03

that the Conduit? Phew!

20:06

Your blood. You are nothing but

20:08

a filthy human. A sacred

20:10

Conduit could never come from your veins!

20:13

So tell me.

20:15

You had your chance to talk. I'm

20:17

leaving, and I'm taking her with

20:19

me. Like hell you are!

20:23

Get out of my way! I- Agh! Agh!

20:27

He's all yours, Daniel. No. Stay

20:30

back. Stay

20:33

back! Agh! Agh!

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21:01

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21:39

I can't see shilling out there anywhere. He must have

21:41

shot through. Yeah, I guess

21:43

he was the smart one. Are

21:46

you okay? Me?

21:49

Oh, I'm doing... great. I'm,

21:55

uh... so sorry about

21:57

Jenny. Again, imagine what you're

21:59

thinking right now. I knew she couldn't have

22:01

made it. I figured

22:04

that out weeks ago. Doesn't

22:06

make it any easier. I've

22:08

shed plenty of tears since I came to that realization.

22:12

Now I just... Do

22:16

you think she would have suffered? I

22:19

don't know, Amber. I hope not,

22:21

but... I'd be lying

22:23

if I told you I knew for sure. That's

22:26

okay.

22:28

At least now I can find closure,

22:30

I guess. And

22:32

solace, too. I

22:35

helped bring that motherfucker Pete to justice.

22:38

You never gave up on her. I'm

22:41

sure that wherever she is, she must be grateful

22:43

to you. I hope so. Here,

22:47

let me put this axe down and I'll take a look at that wound

22:49

of yours.

22:50

Hey, don't... don't leave

22:52

that thing too far out of reach. You

22:55

might need it again. It's right

22:57

here. I've got it. Now,

23:00

let's just pull this back. Shit,

23:04

Amber. What did they do

23:06

to you? I

23:09

don't think it's that bad. Are these bite

23:12

marks? Uh-huh. Yep.

23:16

They took turns at... biting

23:18

and... sucking me all

23:21

over the shoulder and the base of my neck.

23:25

It was disgusting. I feel... God,

23:28

I feel violated. Does it

23:30

hurt? It

23:33

did before, but... it's

23:36

not... it's not so bad

23:38

now. I guess

23:40

it's easing off. What do you think

23:42

they were doing? You know how you

23:44

go to ice cream shops and they let you try different flavors

23:47

on those little sticks? Yeah.

23:51

I think that's pretty much it. They

23:53

were sampling you? That's disgusting. They'd

23:56

have done a lot worse than that if you hadn't showed

23:58

up with that little magic trick. How

24:01

did you figure it out? Figure

24:03

what out? How to create a conduit.

24:06

I had no idea I could do it until it happened. Wait

24:09

a second. You came out here to take on

24:11

this pack of ghouls... without

24:14

any kind of plan.

24:16

I guess. Why would you do

24:19

that? Because... I couldn't

24:22

leave you here. Come

24:24

here. Pete

24:27

was right about that at least. I couldn't walk

24:29

away. Not from you. You

24:32

shouldn't have risked yourself like that. You'd

24:35

have done the same for me, alright? You

24:39

bet. It's just lucky the whole

24:41

conduit thing worked out. So

24:44

what is the conduit? The axe? I'm

24:47

not sure I can make sense of

24:49

it yet. Pete said it wasn't the

24:51

axe. Pete was

24:54

a lying sack of shit. The

24:56

power didn't feel like it was coming from the axe.

24:59

It came from my hand.

25:01

From that cut? Yeah.

25:05

So... is it... is

25:09

it your blood? I think

25:12

it's the bandana. What's

25:14

so special about that? The book said... their

25:17

power is their weakness. It doesn't fit.

25:19

My dad was wearing this bandana the night he

25:21

died. When he fought the shadow. What

25:25

if something happened to it? Maybe

25:27

it absorbed the shadow's power somehow.

25:30

There were glowing spots

25:32

on it right before you started turning those bastards

25:35

to dust. Could that have been droplets

25:37

of something? Blood.

25:40

What if my dad hurt the shadow somehow,

25:43

spilled its blood on the bandana?

25:45

Yeah. Yeah, that could be it.

25:48

If their power comes from their blood,

25:51

maybe it can be used against them too.

25:53

Yeah, I just... I

25:56

don't have the answers yet. And I'm

25:58

not sure we're going to get them tonight.

25:59

night. Well, these

26:02

piles of ass sure aren't gonna give us any.

26:05

Even when they were alive before you

26:08

got here. The shadows were

26:10

just talking in riddles.

26:12

I couldn't make sense of it. Tell

26:15

me everything. That's going

26:17

to take a while. Okay,

26:20

at least tell me how you ended up here. Last

26:22

time I saw you was back at Simpkins place. Oh,

26:25

well, um, Pete

26:28

showed up at Misty Pines and told me

26:30

you'd visited him out at the lake house. Said

26:32

that you had something important to tell me and that

26:34

we all needed to get together to discuss it. I

26:37

thought it must have been something to do with the cops

26:40

or maybe you'd figured out who the shadow

26:42

was. I... I

26:44

don't know. I guess

26:47

I just... walked

26:50

right into that one. There's no

26:52

way you could have figured it out. I

26:54

spent a whole couple of days with Pete and had no idea

26:57

he was the one. Like you said,

27:00

they're deceivers. That's

27:02

what they do. So,

27:04

uh, I guess you believe me

27:06

about the shadows now. Yeah,

27:11

yeah, especially now that I've seen them with

27:13

my own two eyes. You were right about

27:15

them, ugly black-eyed fuckers.

27:18

Black eyes. Wait, you

27:21

could see that? Yeah, black

27:24

eyes, scaly skin, black soot running

27:26

down their cheeks.

27:28

Is that what you see? Wait,

27:31

I've never described the soot to you

27:33

before. You don't need to. I

27:35

saw it myself right in this room.

27:38

You could see under their human skin. How?

27:42

I... I don't know, exactly.

27:45

When did you see them transform? Um,

27:49

uh, they looked like normal

27:51

people when Pete brought me in through the door. At

27:54

that point, I thought they were just friends of his, staying at the cabin.

27:56

Everything changed when...

27:59

Wait. Wait. I think it

28:02

was right after they started biting

28:05

me. Holy shit. It

28:07

all makes sense. What does? The

28:10

first time I ever saw a shadow was the night of the prowler

28:12

attack. I thought it scratched me on the leg, but

28:15

it must have bitten me. So

28:19

after they bite you, that's when

28:21

you can see them? It has to be. I...

28:29

Amber, I'm so sorry. You

28:31

have it too now. This curse. I

28:34

don't know what to say. Hey,

28:37

look on the bright side. You're

28:39

not alone anymore. Yeah.

28:43

Hell of a price to pay. Here.

28:48

Help me out. You

28:50

good? Yeah.

28:54

Look at this place. There's practically

28:57

no evidence they were ever here except, well,

28:59

these piles of ash.

29:01

Not enough to prove our story, is it? Not

29:05

even close. In that case,

29:07

we should clear out before someone shows up and starts asking

29:10

questions. Like barns?

29:13

Yeah. Like barns. Do

29:15

me a favor. Check those drawers over there real quick.

29:18

I'll take a look in here. What

29:21

are we looking for? Any information

29:24

on the shadows. Maybe Pete gets some, I

29:26

don't know, books or something? Evidence?

29:30

I doubt we'd be that lucky, but

29:32

it can't hurt to look. Well

29:35

hang on while I check over here. Check

29:37

underneath the desk while you're at it. God,

29:39

I still have so many questions about them. So

29:42

many things I don't understand. We're

29:45

going to find the answers, I promise. Oh,

29:48

where's the compendium? Hmm? Oh,

29:51

I've got it here in my bag. Good.

29:54

We'll need it. I

29:56

think we're wasting our time, Daniel. There's

29:59

nothing. Right, let's

30:01

get moving. Are you okay to carry your back? Got

30:04

it. Don't forget your axe. No

30:08

chance.

30:15

Outside, the moonlight still glimmers in the lake.

30:18

But now the air is so crisp and fresh that it's almost

30:20

intoxicating. It's as

30:22

if reducing those shadows to ashes somehow cleansed and

30:24

purified the wilderness for miles around. So,

30:33

word two.

30:34

Can't

30:37

stay in Colton with the cops on our back. I

30:39

heard Clifford Springs is nice this time of year. Maybe

30:42

I should see the doctor there about my

30:44

shoulder. Way ahead of you.

30:48

Is there still room on the back of this thing for me? Are

30:50

you kidding? Move that axe aside. There,

30:53

on the storage rack. That's

30:55

it. Now climb on. There

30:59

you go. Comfy?

31:01

Yeah, I'm comfy. Amber

31:05

puts her arms around me and holds on tight. I

31:08

savor her warmth, the closeness of her, the

31:11

feeling of her breath on my neck.

31:14

I think about all the towns I've been through, all the monsters

31:16

I've left in my wake. And for

31:18

the first time I understand where I'm headed. I

31:21

know where this road is going to take me.

31:25

And I know that I don't need to run anymore. I

31:28

don't need to run ever again.

32:20

Hey listeners, this is Mark R Healy

32:23

here to let you know that you've reached the end of the Road

32:25

to Shadows Season 1. Hope you

32:27

enjoyed coming along for the ride with Daniel, Amber

32:29

and the rest of the crew. The Road to Shadows has

32:32

been a labour of love over a few

32:34

years now actually. I first came up with the

32:36

concept and wrote the treatment back

32:38

in April of 2020. I really

32:40

wanted to push forward and write a full script

32:42

and get into production but it just

32:44

so happened that I was writing several other stories

32:47

at the time. Those stories would end up coalescing

32:49

into a single project called The

32:52

Strata and that one kind of took over my life

32:54

for a while. But I kept working on Shadows in

32:56

my spare time and I'm glad I could finally

32:58

bring it to you all this time later. I do

33:00

have a lot more planned for the Road to Shadows. In

33:02

fact I've written scripts for several more

33:04

seasons and in upcoming episodes

33:07

it's going to be a lot of fun as we delve into

33:09

the lore surrounding the Shadows and as Daniel

33:11

and Amber come to grips with their place within

33:13

that lore. I'm currently self-funding multiple

33:16

full cast audio dramas and that means I have

33:18

to be careful not to let expenses get out of

33:20

control. Hopefully it won't be too long until you

33:22

hear Season 2. If you had fun with the Road to

33:24

Shadows feel free to let me know. You can

33:26

reach me at beyondthedarkpodcast at gmail.com

33:29

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33:32

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33:34

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