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It's my birthday weekend, and you probably want to know what you should get me, right? Listening to one or more of the stories presented below would be a great start. But I'd love to see you become a supporter of The End, if that's something you can do.

Oh, and I've started listing some special notes about some of the shows listed. Look for the bold text below and see if that adds some additional context for you. I'd love to hear what you think.

- Evo, the birthday boy

Judging by the large number of unsubscribes I got yesterday, many of you do not want an extra once-a-month issue recapping my Featured recommendations from the month. Noted. Won't do that again. 🫠

Though I did hear from some of you that a monthly summary of recommended audio fiction titles was exactly what you wanted. 🥳

Quite the conundrum. 🤔 I'll work on solutions this month.

In the meantime, let's get to the first weekly issue of June, shall we? And please forward this email to someone who loves fiction. I need to claw back some lost subscribers! 😢

- Evo

Happy Memorial Day weekend to all those who celebrate. Both my father and grandfather served in the U.S. military. I thank them and all other veterans for their service, especially those who made the ultimate sacrifice. Coincidentally, my lovely bride and I celebrate 34 years of marriage this weekend. But who's counting?

A huge thanks to Ben, Colin, Fred, and Charlotte for becoming individual supporters of The End. If you've a spare $4.99, I'd love to thank you as well.

Lots of completed audio fiction shows to tell you about this week, but many of them are quite short. So let's get into it, shall we?

- Evo

It's hard to believe this is the 37th issue of this labor of love I've published. I really do love it, but it really is labor. I'll keep on keepin' on, but there are a couple of things I need that I'm turning to you, the reader of The End, to maybe help with.

The first is a big ask: I need some development help. I'm getting by on a shaky CMS and an ever-growing spreadsheet, both of which are straining. So if you've got dev chops and are interested in contributing to this labor of love, please get in touch.

The second is smaller: Would you consider supporting The End with a small monthly contribution? Any funds received will pour right back into The End itself (see above). So if $4.99 a month is something you can swing without being a financial burden, know it will be greatly appreciated.

Enough begging. Let's get started!

- Evo

Before I get to the goods, I'd love your feedback on a couple of things I'm considering changing.

I'm considering an additional newsletter that is a monthly rundown of my recommendations. I've heard from more than one person that their listening cup overfloweth. This newsletter would stay weekly to keep up with the recently completed stuff (which is, for me at least, a great discovery tool!).

I'm also considering adding all of the trailers (or episode snippets) to the end (heh) of The End Last Week, This Week, and Next Week, the companion podcast to this newsletter. Currently, I only play the trailers/snippets of my recommendations to keep it short. Adding all trailers would make it longer, but I'd move them to the end as to keep the [checks numbers] 28 of you who regularly download the episodes from having to listen to everything if you didn't want to.

Hit reply and tell me what you think of those two things, would you? And let's get started.

- Evo

Happy Star Wars Day to all who celebrate! And just May 4th for everyone else.

But it's also strike time, and we at The End stand with the WGA community. ✊ Strikes are supposed to cause inconveniences, and it's possible that your favorite audio fiction show may be impacted. Did I mention ✊?

Thanks to the 61 of you—or 5% of you—who've taken our reader survey. This will be the last week I beg for the rest of you to take 5 minutes and fill it out. After that, the analysis begins, so get your info in so I have the most complete picture possible!

Let's get started!

- Evo

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I'm in the middle of a short vacation and will be flying to Puerto Rico when I normally put the finishing touches on the newsletter. But that's good news because it means this episode is super short (probably because I haven't been hounding creators due to said vacation)!

I'd still greatly appreciate it if you took five minutes and filled out this survey. Again, it's not a ploy to get advertisers. It really is designed to help me make the newsletter and my other plans better based on your feedback. So please, take the short reader survey. For me?

With that, let's get into it.

- Evo

A huge thanks to the 10 of you who took five minutes to fill out the reader survey for The End. I got some amazing responses!

Now, for the remaining 1,217 of you who did not take five minutes to fill out the reader survey for The End... what's it gonna take? More begging from me? OK! And good, 'cuz that's all the incentive I have to give!

Seriously. Pretty please. Take five minutes and take the reader survey for The End. Please?

OK, now that the groveling is out of the way; let's get started!

- Evo

Would you help me with a tiny bit of your time? I've put together a survey to help me gain a better understanding of, well... you and your relationship with The End. Best of all,  it's only six questions long!

This is NOT your standard demographic info-gathering attempt! In fact, all the demographic questions are optional.

So pretty please, with all the sugar and cherries you need on top, take the survey. I appreciate you in advance!

Let's get started!

- Evo

I'm making this issue the weirdest issue yet by featuring two of the weirdest shows I've come across. No, seriously. Seriously weird. And amazing, assuming you like weird things as much as I do. I just love it when creators push against the edges, don't you? Please give these shows a sample, at least, to see if they are too weird for you. (Well, one show and an album of sorts. See? I told you it was weird.)

Also, because someone asked: No, I'll never accept a paid placement for a coveted Featured spot. But you can, however, advertise your show/network as a Title Sponsor. So if that looks interesting... do it!

Let's get that weirdness started, shall we?

- Evo