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Mercury's Wake

Mercury's Wake

By: Stephanie Vlahos
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Mercury’s Wake is a hope‑centred sci‑fi audio drama about resilience, mystery, and the quiet power of connection. Set in a world reshaped by loss and change, the series follows people rebuilding their lives — and themselves — through small acts of courage that ripple outward in unexpected ways.

Blending atmospheric sound design with intimate, character‑driven storytelling, Mercury’s Wake unfolds as a slow‑burn mystery rooted in compassion, found family, and the belief that kindness is a radical force. Each episode invites listeners into a world of quiet wonder, emotional depth, and human connection.

Perfect for fans of Wolf 359, The Far Meridian, Starship Iris, and Midnight Burger, this is a story where hope isn’t naïve — it’s necessary.

Themes:

• Hopepunk & resilience

• Found family & chosen connection

• Mystery with emotional depth

• Atmospheric sci‑fi

• Healing after disruption

• Quiet, character‑first storytelling

If you love intimate sci‑fi, gentle mystery, and stories that believe people can still choose kindness, you’ll feel right at home in Mercury’s Wake.

2025 We Are Vocal
Science Fiction
Episodes
  • Am I Alone
    Dec 26 2025

    “I am a motorcyclist in a hailstorm, recklessly speeding by the grace of a slipstream.” — John K. Mercury

    John K. Mercury — the first astronaut chosen for humanity’s journey to Mars — vanished before the mission could be completed. No signal. No wreckage. No answers.

    Decades later, his mission journal is rediscovered in the New Mexico desert. A printed book that should not exist. A text that appears older than the mission itself. And yet, inside its pages, John K.’s voice feels impossibly alive.

    What begins as a mystery becomes something far more compelling.

    The journal describes not just the silence of deep space, but the wonder he found there.

    Not just isolation, but connection.

    Not just fear, but a fierce, unexpected hope for the future of humanity.

    As scientists, archivists, sceptics, and believers examine the rediscovered text, each voice finds something different in its pages — a warning, a prophecy, a confession, or a promise. And slowly, a picture emerges of a man who may not have been alone after all.

    A derelict rover buried in Martian dust.

    A manuscript encoded into telemetry.

    A four‑day stretch of writing where reality seems to bend toward possibility.

    Premonitions. Quantum echoes. Unexplained signals.

    And through it all, a message that feels like it was written for us.

    This multicast audio drama weaves together John K.’s rediscovered journal with the voices of those who study it, argue over it, and are changed by it.

    A mystery, yes — but also a reminder:

    Even at the edge of the unknown, hope survives.

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    38 mins
  • Room Service
    Dec 13 2025

    Bozzy delivers room service to a Mafioso’s suite. What should be routine becomes a karmic dance between fate and chance. Is this the end—or just the beginning? The long weekend accelerates toward chaos.

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    26 mins
  • Vegas for opportunists
    Dec 12 2025

    Music industry maverick Rhea Quackenheimer arrives for a “Weirdo Cool” event. But as reality fractures, she must ask: is she alive, or already dead? Vegas is for opportunists—but opportunity has a price.

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    23 mins
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