The Foxkey Chronicles: A Supernatural Western
by Hill Sister Productions
The year is 1874. The town of Murkwood, Texas, is rumored to be a sanctuary from the current drought and growing famine. Refugees journey there in hopes of rebuilding their lives. Little do they know that the once a bustling, verdant oasis among the mountains is now nothing but barren soil and dust. Now it’s full to bursting with too many people and little to offer by way of survival. Forced to live in tent and hovel, the people are filled with desperation and fear of the unknown creatures hunting them in the veil of night. Worse yet, Murkwood is hiding a secret. A secret made from the blood of its children. For there are no children in Murkwood. Not anymore. They’ve been snatched into the night, their parents killed, never to be seen again. Whole families sacrificed to create something evil. Standing between that brewing evil and the rest of the world are the Foxkeys; Witches born with magic power called Other. Supported by their allies, the Walkers, they are
Episodes
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Episode 42: The Staircase | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
With incremental slowness, Vera raised the lamp above her head and pressed forward into the darkness. She almost tripped when the floor gave out from under her foot and flailed. The lamplight revealed a railing to her left, and Vera caught herself just in time so she didn’t fall down the stairs....
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Mercy Sneak Peek The Doctor & The Beserker
MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western is a cinematic, full-cast audio drama by Strangekind Studio. The show follows Wayne Sawyer, a grizzled jack-of-all-trades, who helps the folk of Mercy for a mere pittance. When he meets the bizarre and enigmatic academic, Doctor Daisy Gray, they are both thrust…
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Episode 41: The Wranglers | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Something's wrong in Murkwood. The livestock have gone missing, and it's up to the townsfolk to find them...or die trying. The Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing trials and tribulations, she...
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Episode 40: The Well | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Vera Fowley stands at the head of the well, starring down down down into it's depths. It calls to her, like nothing else. If only she could...slip inside, she'd know it's secrets.
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Episode 39: Into the Fog | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Something lurks in the fog, whispering to Ezekiel Graves and Felix Fowley. It's their job to go into it, and see what's worth seeing. Only those whispers aren't just whispers, they're demons, demon's with a grudge, and they want Ezekiel and Felix dead. The fight is on, now the two men must face…
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Episode 38: The Cabin in the Woods | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Fog drenched Edwin and Nora Wells's cabin, casting it in a foreboding twilight that threatened to swallow their small piece of heaven. The forest surrounding the silent home was absent of bird calls, the sound of lapping waves, and the croak of pond frogs. In the eerie silence that entrenched the...
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Episode 37: The Ride | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Ezekiel Graves and Felix Fowley ride out of Murkwood to see if they can find out why the creek has run dry.
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Episode 36: Afterward | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
After the town hall, Vera, Felix, and Ezekiel come together at home and decide on a course of action and what to do now that the creek has dried up. The Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing…
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Episode 35: The Townhall | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
Ding. Ding. Ding. The emergency bell rang through the small town, cutting through thin walls and cloth tents, pulling the people of Murkwood from the comfort of their homes. “The creek is gone! Don’t panic. Everyone, go to the town square! The mayor has called for a town hall!” came a man's…
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Episode 34: Among the Cornstalks | A Supernatural Western Audiodrama
There’s a quiet solitude that comes as one walks amongst the cornstalks—a sweet silence absorbed by the ever-present susurrus of leaf against leaf and silk twisting in the wind. The cornstalks were so tall, they damn near blocked out the sunlight, much less anyone or anything else. Why, Mateo...
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Episode 33: Apathy & Blight | A Supernatural Western Story
On this weeks episode of the Foxkey Chronicles we take a dive deep deep underground, to the dark underbelly of Murkwood. Where evil is afoot, and death lurks. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western…
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Episode 32: The Creek | A Supernatural Western Story
Gayla Austin woke up with a hankering for some biscuits and gravy and a deep burning desire to have a bath right about then, or else her neither bits might light themselves a fire. She was a fair lady with dark hair and eyes that were just a tad too big for her face. Her disposition was often...
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Episode 31: The Boys in the Fog | A Supernatural Western Story
In the mountainous outskirts of Murkwood, rides a lone man in a wagon. Only, he's not as alone as he thinks. There's something out there in the woods, something lurking, something waiting.
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Promo Trailer
A Promotional Trailer for the Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath.
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Episode 30: The Book and the Betrayer | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
Rain poured from the sky, spilling from the clouds in a deluge that splattered against the earth and bore holes into the ground. This wasn’t a normal rain, no, it burnt against the skin, stinging and leaving behind tracks of red in its wake. The sky above was the dark purple of a bruise, with...
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Episode 29: The Garden | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
It's a hot summer day, and Vera was spending it out in the garden, tilling the earth, and planting. Only, Felix doesn't seem to be acting as normal, and it has Vera worrying. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this…
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Episode 28: Mire | A Supernatural Western Story
Out on the prairies of Texas lies a homestead, that was besieged by evil, both human and not. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing trials and...
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Episode 27: The Boy | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
Deep in the underbelly of Murkwood, rests a boy. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western podcast, we follow Vera Fowley on her journey west. Facing trials and tribulations, she must defy the odds in order…
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Episode 26: The Body | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
On this Episode of the Foxkey Chronicles, Felix and Ezekiel find themselves in quiet this situation as the journey inside the burnt out remains of Sherriff Marcus Hart's house. They must discover what happened to Marcus Hart, and put him to rest. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the...
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Episode 25: The Key | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
In this episode of the Foxkey Chronicles, Felix Fowley discovers something that just might help him solve some of his questions. A key. Not just any key, but a key to a certain book that's been burning a metaphorical hole in his clothes chest. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the...
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Episode 24: Discovering Murkwood | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
In this episode of The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath, Vera takes to the streets of the strange town of Murkwood. She meets new people, and discovers new friends. Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural...
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Episode 23: The Mourning Of | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
The season two premiere of the Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath. Vera Fowley wakes up after the horrific occurrences of the night before. She makes her way out into the kitchen, with her daughter Eliza on her hip, and there she sees Clara Hawkins. Clara has a handcuff on her wrist and is...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath Season One Summary
This is a summary of season one of the Foxkey Chronicles and contains spoilers for the entire season.
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What Lurks Below Teaser Trailer
The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below, Teaser Trailer The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below, is an audio drama mini-series taking place in the same universe as the Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath. It is a visceral mixture of supernatural and horror and takes place in the Old West. Come...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 6 of 6
The jaws of Underground Joe, in all their complex gorish glory, descended downward towards Skip. Incapsulating him in a cage of bony horror so fast that it was all Skip could do to scream and shrink in on himself, shutting his eyes tight in the hopes he might be transported to somewhere that was...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 5 of 6
As if created from nothing at all, a well of water bubbled up from the rocky depths of the earth, forming into the jagged shape of a pool that, again, looked twice as deep as Skip was tall, if not deeper. Moss lined the craggy ridges and dips of its depths, blacker than his and Molly's dark skin....
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 4 of 6
Sometimes, Kin, darkness has a way of creating itself. If it can find the means and seek out even the smallest of weaknesses, that wayward evil can blossom and grow like some wretched flower feeding upon a fertilizer of blood and death. But I imagine you know that already, don't you? I imagine if...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 3 of 6
Inola stood in a river of red. Rich, unfamiliar red, mixing in with river clear, and turning into a milky, pink froth on the banks, as it burbled, and curdled, and sucked at the mud. Inola stumbled backward, her eyes round, her heart racing. The garment in her hand dripped with it. The length of...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 2 of 6
Curious, the Bernard siblings walked up the hill in search of that thing that they had seen, yet not seen. All the while Montgomery came to wonder if what Inola had seen was nothing but a shadow, a figment of her imagination, a mistruth traveling on the breeze because when they reached the top of...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: What Lurks Below Episode 1 of 6
Evil, Kin, Evil has a way of twisting a thing. Ain't no denying that we've seen it plenty until now. Sometimes, though, the most well-laid-out plans go awry. And sometimes, if we're lucky, evil can twist and twist and twist a thing right on back to good. Inola Bernard, at 13 years of age, was the...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: Of Snow and Blood Part 3 of 3
In part three, the final piece to this trilogy, Jack discovers more of the evil workings going on in Greyrock Township. It's now up to him to save the town...or die trying.
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The Foxkey Chronicles: Of Snow and Blood Part 2 of 3
Drip. Drip. Drip. Jack Handler blinked awake as something wet and warm dripped onto his head. Opening his eyes, he looked upward and could see, by the faint light of the lamp, a stain growing on the ceiling of the floorboards above him. Drip. Drip. Drip. Jack winced away from the wet splash of...
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The Foxkey Chronicles: Of Snow and Blood Part 1 of 3
The evening air was filled with an icy chill that saturated the forest, soaking into bark and sap. The tree limbs above creaked and moaned, threatening to burst from the chill. The pines were covered in a layer of snow so deep that one could hardly see their needles, and the same went for the...
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Ep 22: The Woman in the Tree
There is a certain peace that comes over a person when they enter the sacred boundaries of those things we call forests. A finding of at-oneness with nature that comes from the acrid scent of pine tree sap and the deep, loamy squish of nature beneath the feet. It was no different here, in the...
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The Twins Trailer - A Patreon Exclusive
Steve Bradshaw, better known as Buck by those who called him friend, was what they called a Duster. A man who made a living on the road, gathering dust, as it were, traveling from one place to another. "Who goes there?!" He shouted out, squinting his eyes to better see in the darkness, but see he...
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Ep 21: The Fire & The Raven | A Supernatural Western Horror Story
The fire bloomed high into the night, eating rafters, wood, and everything that hid between those four walls. It roared with a power stronger than any fire Vera had seen in her life as if fed by some unnatural source. Why, the flames seemed otherworldly. Violet ribbons chased and leaped from…
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Ep 20: The Hawkins House | A Supernatural Western Story
The sun set, casting hews of purple and pink over the Fowley family wagon as they rolled down the sandy lane. Peering from windows and open doors, the Murkwood residents watched them as they rolled past. Some seemed oddly hostile, while others looked on with open curiosity. Not a single child ran...
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Ep 19: Welcome to Murkwood | A Supernatural Western Story
The caravan of refuges and Fowley’s alike stood quiet and uncertain amidst the judmental eyes of the Murkwood residents. The silence was overwhelming and stagnant, just like the air. Then, out from the nicest house in the whole town stepped a woman of no more than twenty-five years. She had…
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Ep 18: The Caravan | A Supernatural Western Story
Traveling onward, the Fowley family wagon became one of many—a caravan made up of a multitude of men, women, and young adults, all chasing the same destination. Murkwood, it would seem, had become quite popular in the years between Vera's youth and adulthood. The travelers brought their every...
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Ep 17: Nightfall | A Supernatural Western
Night approached, and clouds strangled the moon, cloaking Ezekiel in darkness, making the encroaching night feel all the more sinister. It was a darkness that felt unnatural, with no glint of star or stirring of wind. Eerily quiet is what it was. Torches, lanterns, and fireplaces came to light as...
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A Word to our Listeners
Greeting to you, kin, clan, and our loyal supporters. We at The Hill Sisters Productions have something we’d like to share with you. A disclaimer, if you like. You see, We are fully aware that we are playing characters that are not of our age, race, gender, sexuality, and occasionally species. We...
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Ep 16: What Lurks in the Grass | A Supernatural Western
With one hand tangled in Brownie's mane, Ezekiel Graves sat upright, taking in the scene before him with a snarl on his lips. Across the distance, he could see a wagon lying overturned on the road, its contents strewn across dry earth. It was illuminated by a single lantern that showed a small...
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Ep 15: The Call | A Supernatural Western
Ezekiel Graves' life had been lived at the beck and pull of the Call since he was thirteen years old. What is he to do when that mystic, all-knowing Call disappears? Reviewed as similar to Old Gods of Appalachia, the Foxkey Chronicles is a narrative-driven audiodrama. In this supernatural western...
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Ep 14: The Book | A Supernatural Western
On this week's episode of The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath, Felix Fowley finds himself in quite a predicament. The ghost opened its mouth impossibly wide, it exhaled. And from its lips came a sound that was at once there and not there. A thing of pure force, it ripped through the room…
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Ep 13: The Remains of Foxkey Manor | A Supernatural Western
In this week's episode of the Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath The ground crunched, and she looked down to see the shattered remains of a glass bottle, and beneath that was a brown-red splash of blood that had her gagging and side-stepping off of it. Her boots clacked frantically as she…
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Ep 12: Ashes and Dust | A Supernatural Western
That's what her father's home was- a burnt-out parcel of coal and once-memories, with rugged pillars of pine sticking up from the ashes in a display of defiance. As if to say, no, we stand strong; we are undefeated. But it was defeated. God, it was. The remains of the once great Foxkey Manor had...
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Ep 11: The Apple in the Road | A Supernatural Western
"You wouldn't be pointing that weapon at me now, would you?" The snake asked, grey eyes watching Vera like one might a mouse. "Do ya think you'll get off a lucky shot?" She drawled, taking a bite of her apple and chewing loudly as she ambled closer. Hunting. Waiting. It was enough to send a…
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Trailer for The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath | A Supernatural Western
The year is 1874, and no children walk the cobbled streets of Murkwood, Texas. For going on two decades, they had been haunted and stolen into the night. Leaving behind nothing more than the sacrificial remains of their parents. The Sacrifice three. The blood of the Mother, the blood of the…
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Ep 10: Coming Home | A Supernatural Western
Vera Fowley, once known as Vera Foxkey, was headed home. Into the great unknown of roads less traveled, with only the company of her young daughter, Eliza, and brother-in-law Felix. Abandoned by their trail guide, she is forced to lead them by instinct alone, with only a strange, knowing tug...
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The year is 1874. The town of Murkwood, Texas, is rumored to be a sanctuary from the current drought and growing famine. Refugees journey there in hopes of rebuilding their lives. Little do they know that the once a bustling, verdant oasis among the mountains is now nothing but barren soil and dust.
Now it’s full to bursting with too many people and little to offer by way of survival. Forced to live in tent and hovel, the people are filled with desperation and fear of the unknown creatures hunting them in the veil of night.
Worse yet, Murkwood is hiding a secret. A secret made from the blood of its children. For there are no children in Murkwood. Not anymore. They’ve been snatched into the night, their parents killed, never to be seen again. Whole families sacrificed to create something evil.
Standing between that brewing evil and the rest of the world are the Foxkeys; Witches born with magic power called Other. Supported by their allies, the Walkers, they are
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