Written Work
Direst Emily
Horror Short Story | 30 mins | 2023
A woman reflects on her relationship with her imaginary friend... and how she sowed the seeds for a nightmare to enter her life.
Starring
Sarah Thomas, Matthew Bradford, David Cummings, Lindsay Rousseau
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Produced by Phil Michalski for The NoSleep Podcast. Art by Jen Tracy.
Mythology Presents: Paradise Lost
Fantasy Audio Drama | 3.5 hrs | 2022
A four part adaptation of John Milton's seminal work of poetry, written for audio by R. Tiemstra. Telling the origin story of Satan as a dark fantasy epic, from an epic war in Heaven to a journey through primordial hell. Supplemented with research, historical context and analysis.
Starring
Vanessa Richardson, Kamran Nikhad, Bryan Green, Geri Courtney-Austein, Laith Wallschleger​​
Produced & Directed by
Freddie Beckley (episodes 1, 3, 4) Travis Clark (2)
Other Stories Produced for Spotify Studios
The Flying Dutchman
Survival: The Donner Party
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology: Anubis: God of Mummification
Mythology: La Llorona
Superstitions
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology Presents: Journey to the West
Fantasy Audio Drama | 7 hrs | 2019 - 2022
A nine-part adaptation of the classic Chinese novel Xiyouji, or Journey to the West written for audio by R. Tiemstra. Began in 2019 as a 3-part episode called "The Monkey King", and expanded with 6 additional stories from the novel.
Starring
Vanessa Richardson, Brian Kim McCormick, Jenn Wong​​
Produced & Directed by
Freddie Beckley
Other Stories Produced for Spotify Studios
The Flying Dutchman
Survival: The Donner Party
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology: Anubis: God of Mummification
Mythology: La Llorona
Superstitions
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Superstitions
Fiction Podcast | 75 eps | 2020 - 2022
Fiction educational podcast series - each episode presents background information on a popular superstition, as well as a short story dramatizing the belief. Writer of 13 episodes, including the pilot and finale, and story editor throughout.
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Starring
Alastair Murden
Episodes Written
1 - Black Cats (pilot)
4 - Passing a Cemetery
8 - Saying "Macbeth" Inside a Theater
12 - New Year's Eve
18 - Pele's Curse
21 - Number of Steps in a Home
22 - Four Leaf Clovers
36 - Solstice Special: Twins (co-written with Matthew Tiemstra)
43 - Clocks
47 - Birthday Superstitions
60 - Charles Dickens' Superstitions
72 - The Curse of the Colonel
75 - 666 (series finale)
Mythology: Prometheus & Io
Mythology: Prometheus & Io