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While landscaping his backyard, ever-conscientious Paul Prentice discovers an iron door buried in the soil. His childhood friend and perpetual source of mischief, Jay Lightsey, pushes them to explore what's beneath. When the door slams shut above them, Paul and Jay are trapped in a between-worlds place of Escher-like rooms and horror story monsters, all with a mysterious connection to a command-line, dungeon explorer computer game from the early '80s called The Between.

For Paul Prentice things have gotten much worse. His house was destroyed in the battle with the Koŝmaro. He's on thin ice at his job, where instead of working he loses himself in the Between's computer game, trying in vain to find explanations. His best friend Jay has transformed into a shadowy killer. Corinne and Supriya have vanished. And it appears his wife, Julie, has finally had enough and left him. Alone and near ruin, Paul receives a familiar visitor with a dire message: they are all back in the Between.

Welcome to What’s Hot on the Spot, and thanks for stopping by. I’m Leslie Ryan (@thelazzledazzle) and I’m inviting you on a little road trip with me and my guests. We aren’t scared to drop in and share real experiences to hopefully shed light and love to our listens. From coffee orders, to our favorite pre-game jamz, you won’t want to miss the hot sauce we have to serve.

From a castle haunted by a 17th-century dwarf to an eerie light carried by a murdered Union soldier, Beaufort, South Carolina is home to numerous yet often substantiated ghost stories. Join hosts Ryan Copeland and Ian Leslie as they tell not only the history of these ghost stories but of the Lowcountry and the climate that helped birth these tales.

Economics professor Clay West has always explained the world through the lens of his profession. But after his girlfriend Karla takes Dying Wish—a drug that supposedly reveals the nature of reality moments before it claims your life—Clay is devastated. No amount of rationalization can explain Karla's actions. Distraught, Clay joins a mission into the dark emptiness of space where answers are promised to reside. But when the ship begins to malfunction, Clay and the surviving crew members suspect there's more to the mission than they've been told.