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Fa la la la la, la la la la. It's the last update newsletter issue before Xmas! I hope you've been nice (though I prefer naughty) and that Santa brings you what you want this year. And if not, I can do my part by bringing you just 10 finished audio fiction shows for your consideration today. Go ahead and unwrap them early, if you like.

You'll note a new Title Sponsor in today's issue and on the site—Phoenix Fan Fusion. I'm working with PHX-based audio fiction creator Conrad Miszuk to put together a series of "live" audio fiction presentations at the event in June. Our small test last year was a big success, so we're expanding to multiple days/slots for 2025. Shoot me a note if you're interested in attending, either as a fan or as a creator. More (yet sparse) details below.

I hope you have a happy Christmas or whatever it is you celebrate as a winter holiday. I'll be back on Boxing Day with another issue, which will also likely be light.

Let's get into it, shall we?

— Evo

Ho, Ho, holy poop we've got a thick and meaty issue today. Christmas came early, it seems, and my gift to you is a slew of audio fiction shows ready for you to binge over the holidays.

And speaking of gifts, a huge thank you to Travis B for becoming the latest Individual Supporter of The End. Your contribution means a lot, Travis. And the rest of you lot: BE LIKE TRAVIS! Check out the Support page for ways you can help keep The End going strong through 2025—just around the corner!

There are so many shows to list today, imma stop typing now.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

🎵 It's the most wonderful time... 🎵 OK, enough of that. You get too much of that in your daily lives. And my preferred Xmas songs are probably not your preferred Xmas songs, so we'll have no more singing, thank you very much.

But it is the start of the Christmas season, along with all the other end-of-year celebrations that we collectively refer to as "Happy Holidays." As such, I'll feature at least one winter holiday-focused show with each newsletter this month, and I'll keep the Christmas Is Coming collection in the Featured Collection sections. Tis the season, yo.

And speaking of gift giving, I need to thank both Philip S and Bill G for becoming Individual Supporters last week! A huge thanks to you both for getting us that much closer to sustainability. I plan on doing a financial report after the first of the year. I'm not trying to get rich off of The End, but it would be hecka nice to cover the hard costs and some of the time expense. You can help just like Philip, Bill, and the other ~40 Individual Supporters and Supporting Creatives, by supporting The End.

It's a packed issue this week thanks in part to a few fans who've been great at submitting their favorite shows to our directory. You can do that too! We're up to 1,060 shows in the directory as of this send. Neat!

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

Hey, let's just pretend this email went out yesterday like it was supposed to, yeah? I was so caught up in prepping for the family feast that I completely and totally spaced it. It was only around 2:30a when I woke with a grumbling way-too-full belly that I realized I flubbed it. My apologies!

I have several folks to thank for their contributions to the success of the directory. Both Brittney and QueenCam became Individual Supporters, and Philip Catherwood of The Dial-Up fame signed up to become a Supporting Creative! Thanks very much to all three of you. You're decision to support my efforts here at The End made a huge improvement in my mood last week. (And for the rest of you lot: BE LIKE THEM. Check out the Support Page for dirt-cheap was you can keep The End going strong!)

Before I share the updates made in the last 7 days to the directory, I made some improvements to the design of the website. It now should look MUCH better on your mobile devices. I'm not done tweaking, but if you were previously frustrated with the tiny images that tended to overlap, check it out now. It's better. Perfect? Heck no. But I'm getting further along the asymptotic curve!

Let's get into it, shall we ?

- Evo

My mental health has been poor this week. So if it's OK with you, I'll acknowledge that and make this preamble short.

What could really cheer me up would be you deciding today is the day to support The End. I've purposely made the tiers extremely cheap to make it easy for you to step up. Now is good, yeah?

I'll stop now while I still have gas in the tank, for my day is not over.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

Hey! We're still here! For now. Time to shake off the funk and get this update out to you fine folks. I think you'll find the Featured shows and Featured collections rather inspired.

Speaking of Collections, check out Packhowl's Pack if you need an escape or reflection time. It's filled with tales of worlds beyond or dystopian escapism, and it's our very first Sponsored Collection, and this one is curated by Hannah from Packhowl Media. If you're interested in curating your own Collection, get in touch. We're still working out the kinks, but we'll have all of those resolved quickly. More details will added to the Support page by the end of the week, hopefully.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

Yeah... I got nothing after Tuesday night.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

Happy Halloween and sláinte Samhain to all who celebrate! I'm on of them, typing this out while wearing the most amazing costume of a certain former president cosplaying as a McDonald's worker. If you connect with me on Podvibes, you'll see the photographic evidence!

This episode is as thick as a pumpkin just as I predicted, so I'll keep the preamble brief. We haven't had any new supporters in the last couple of weeks, so I can't talk about that. Hint. Hint. I have some new pages coming soon that I had hoped to get live, but my poor skills as both a designer and a developer are making that slower than anticipated. Maybe next week? No, that's doubtful, as I'm making a road trip back to the middle of the country to see aging parents. Wish me luck.

And speaking of luck—I trust everyone one of you has voted. I'm talking to all the USians, Canadians, and anyone else going through an election cycle right now. Do your civic duty and remember to take care of yourself after you've voted.

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

I have three HUGE updates to share with you today! The first is that I revamped the Explore the Directory menu on the directory, so now you can find out:

• What's new? - All the brand-new-to-us shows added in the last 30 days
• What's been updated? - Recently updated shows that were already listed in the directory
• What's the best? - All the recommendations I've made in this newsletter, with the newest first
• What shows are returning soon? - If I know the date the next season will start releasing, the show is listed here
• What series are fully complete? - Complete and limited series with my recommendations on top
• What's actively crowdfunding? - So you can see who needs your support
• What did fans submit? - Because now fans can submit their favorite shows to be included in our directory
• Help me find... (collections) - Curated collections that group shows by theme, style, or something I thought was clever

The second is that fans can now submit their favorite shows to The End! I'm hopeful that this will encourage our most ardent followers to help us get many older shows that are still available into our directory. It's often that any contact info for the show's creators I find is woefully out of date, so that's a dead end. But with your help, it's a problem no more!

The third thing is that we now have 999 finished audio fiction shows in our directory! Which you probably sussed out from the title. That's pretty cool. I look forward to updating the pages on the site to say "more than 1,000 listings" when I get two more. Which will probably happen later today. Sweet!

Also, a huge thanks to the fine folks at The Digital Campfire for becoming the latest Supporting Creative of The End! Their small contribution gets us that much closer to making The End sustainable. So be like Todd and crew by visiting the Support page today!

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

Greetings, fabulous fan of audio fiction! I'm back again with another list of all the shows recently added to and updated in our directory of completed audio fiction, plus some strong recommendations from me and some groovy Collections for you to check out.

On a personal note—I'm mostly recovered from the revelry of Dr. Wife's graduation celebration. I received many well-wishes from readers of this newsletter, which I happily passed along to her. Y'all rock.

Getting back to business—I created a new Crowdfunding page to make it easier on you to find shows that need support to bring you a new season. Or a book. Or a game. Or... whatever. You'll find links to the crowdfunding campaigns themselves so you can decide if supporting is something you want to do.

Note for creators not on that list—I didn't forget about you! I just didn't know you were crowdfunding. Fix that by a simple reply to this newsletter with a link to you campaign. I'll get it updated tout de suite!

And speaking again to the creators who read this: Halloween is right around the corner, and I know lots of you have season finales or even season restarts coming out on or before that day. That day, Oct 31st, happens to fall on a Thursday this year, the day this newsletter publishes. If you haven't told me (via this form) about your finale or restart, it's not going to be announced. And you probably want it to be announced, so update me via the form so I have it ready to go.

Back to you, the listener of audio fiction: Please consider supporting The End with a teeny-tiny financial contribution. It's incredibly inexpensive on purpose, but only if more of you contribute. We're still far short of covering the costs of running the directory. I'm committed to making up the shortfall, but I'd very much like not having to do that. So if you can, visit the Support page and toss in a few nickles, please?

Let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo