The Scum Kings: A Grimdark Fantasy Audiobook | Daily Chapters

Spit from the black, the Scum Kings cling to a splintered raft, kingdom lost, gold drowned. With one less among them, the bitter arithmetic of survival leaves a stripped-bare crew facing an endless sea. What remains is a raw fight for every breath.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray bleeds, hunted by a chitinous tide across treacherous shores. With the monstrous brood at his heels, he races toward his desperate crew, one last impossible gamble to build an escape or be devoured. The scramble for survival is relentless.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain Dray bears a terrible burden through a living tomb. But the true horror isn't the dead, or the creatures that nest among them. It’s what wears his fallen friend’s face, a monstrous host whose awakening ensures a desperate, screaming fight for survival.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain Dray navigates a horrifying gauntlet of sleeping monsters, inching past venomous mandibles and crushing limbs. A grim harvest awaits, but the return journey, burdened and blind, holds even deadlier peril. One wrong step means eternal sleep.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Deep in the silent maw of a fallen hive, Dray hunts a desperate harvest. He expects an empty larder, but the darkness hides a horrifying truth: a vast, sleeping swarm. His prize now demands a walk across a floor of nightmares.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters. Episodes included: 1. The Queen (July 06, 2026) 2. The Last Stand (July 07, 2026) 3. The Threshold of Salt (July 08, 2026) 4. The Graveyard Cove (July 09, 2026) 5. The Reckoning (July 10, 2026) --- Episode 1: The Queen The Scum Kings plunge into the hive's dark heart, confronting the Queen herself. Surrounded by screaming chitin and burning venom, Dray and his broken crew unleash a brutal, desperate assault. They must sever the hive's will, or be swallowed by its unrelenting rot. Episode 2: The Last Stand Trapped in the dark, Dray’s crew is caught between a maddened swarm and a tide of hatching nightmares. With every exit sealed, one Scum King makes a defiant, final stand. But even their darkest courage may only delay the inevitable rot in a world already broken. Episode 3: The Threshold of Salt "The Threshold of Salt" offers a brutal escape, trading monstrous pursuit for a shoreline of bitter betrayal. Washed ashore, the Scum Kings are trapped between a relentless horror and an unforgiving sea, survival a thin, cold promise on a desolate coast. Episode 4: The Graveyard Cove Stranded, wounded, and relentlessly hunted, Dray's broken crew scavenges a graveyard cove. With the island itself hostile and unseen clicking horrors closing in from the dark, their meager survival teeters on a knife's edge. The island demands its due. Episode 5: The Reckoning The plan is wreckage. Stranded and freezing, the Scum Kings face certain death. But Dray sees a desperate, impossible path: back into the nightmare maw they barely escaped. What price will he pay for a chance at survival? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The plan is wreckage. Stranded and freezing, the Scum Kings face certain death. But Dray sees a desperate, impossible path: back into the nightmare maw they barely escaped. What price will he pay for a chance at survival?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stranded, wounded, and relentlessly hunted, Dray's broken crew scavenges a graveyard cove. With the island itself hostile and unseen clicking horrors closing in from the dark, their meager survival teeters on a knife's edge. The island demands its due.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

"The Threshold of Salt" offers a brutal escape, trading monstrous pursuit for a shoreline of bitter betrayal. Washed ashore, the Scum Kings are trapped between a relentless horror and an unforgiving sea, survival a thin, cold promise on a desolate coast.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Trapped in the dark, Dray’s crew is caught between a maddened swarm and a tide of hatching nightmares. With every exit sealed, one Scum King makes a defiant, final stand. But even their darkest courage may only delay the inevitable rot in a world already broken.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Scum Kings plunge into the hive's dark heart, confronting the Queen herself. Surrounded by screaming chitin and burning venom, Dray and his broken crew unleash a brutal, desperate assault. They must sever the hive's will, or be swallowed by its unrelenting rot.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters. Episodes included: 1. The First Kill (June 29, 2026) 2. Salvage (June 30, 2026) 3. The Sailor (July 01, 2026) 4. Waking Stiggand (July 02, 2026) 5. The Throne (July 03, 2026) --- Episode 1: The First Kill Stripped bare and trapped, the Scum Kings realize a horrifying truth: they are merely meat. But when a monstrous scout drops, Captain Dray unleashes a primal fury, proving that some meat fights back. Episode 2: Salvage Cornered by subterranean horrors, Dray's Scum Kings salvage grim purpose from a dead beast. They strip its bone and shell for crude armor and brutal weapons, transforming into an ugly, desperate pack. But the tunnel's silence won't last. Episode 3: The Sailor The Scum Kings crawl into a living tomb to find a familiar sailor, horrifically alive, her chest a pulsing horror. When Brynn's spike makes a terrible, necessary answer, the cost of survival is tallied in blood, and the deepest pity is a swift end. Episode 4: Waking Stiggand Waking Stiggand from his cocooned sleep demands a brutal cost, dragging him from a dreamed paradise into fresh wounds and a broken spirit. Now, the Scum Kings must push on, their only escape through Maribel's monstrous heart. Episode 5: The Throne They bowed to the Queen of Dreams. Now, Dray and his Scum Kings face her true, monstrous form in a chamber of living dead. Trapped by her disciplined horde, they brace for a final, impossible fight against the nightmare they welcomed. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

They bowed to the Queen of Dreams. Now, Dray and his Scum Kings face her true, monstrous form in a chamber of living dead. Trapped by her disciplined horde, they brace for a final, impossible fight against the nightmare they welcomed.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waking Stiggand from his cocooned sleep demands a brutal cost, dragging him from a dreamed paradise into fresh wounds and a broken spirit. Now, the Scum Kings must push on, their only escape through Maribel's monstrous heart.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Scum Kings crawl into a living tomb to find a familiar sailor, horrifically alive, her chest a pulsing horror. When Brynn's spike makes a terrible, necessary answer, the cost of survival is tallied in blood, and the deepest pity is a swift end.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cornered by subterranean horrors, Dray's Scum Kings salvage grim purpose from a dead beast. They strip its bone and shell for crude armor and brutal weapons, transforming into an ugly, desperate pack. But the tunnel's silence won't last.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Stripped bare and trapped, the Scum Kings realize a horrifying truth: they are merely meat. But when a monstrous scout drops, Captain Dray unleashes a primal fury, proving that some meat fights back.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters. Episodes included: 1. The Feast (June 22, 2026) 2. The Wake (June 23, 2026) 3. The Threshold (June 24, 2026) 4. The Butcher's Math (June 25, 2026) 5. Rude Awakening (June 26, 2026) --- Episode 1: The Feast Dray’s beaten crew finds the impossible: a feast where wounds heal, hunger dies. But as his men shed old selves, a disquieting warmth settles. Is this the taste of victory, or something insidious blooming under a false sun? Episode 2: The Wake Captain Dray drowns in a golden delusion, escaping the Scum Kings' brutal truth. But paradise tears. A wet sound, a searing agony, and Gix's bloody grin drag him back to a reality where nightmares wear teeth. Some wakes are worse than any dream. Episode 3: The Threshold Dray wakes to agony, trapped in a reeking abyss where the truth is pain and the past a sweet lie. His crew? Cocooned, lost to a seductive dream. Gix offers a grim choice: bite through the illusion, or be devoured whole. Episode 4: The Butcher's Math Gix's bloody escape teaches Dray a brutal lesson: kindness is a killer. His crew sleeps in a sweet, deadly dream. To save them, Dray must embrace the butcher's math, tearing paradise apart, no matter the cost. Episode 5: Rude Awakening Dray's crew dreams in cocoons, slowly drowning in bliss. To tear them back to grim reality and the stench of survival, Dray must inflict unimaginable pain. This 'Rude Awakening' is a brutal choice between agonizing life and sweet, fatal lies. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray's crew dreams in cocoons, slowly drowning in bliss. To tear them back to grim reality and the stench of survival, Dray must inflict unimaginable pain. This 'Rude Awakening' is a brutal choice between agonizing life and sweet, fatal lies.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Gix's bloody escape teaches Dray a brutal lesson: kindness is a killer. His crew sleeps in a sweet, deadly dream. To save them, Dray must embrace the butcher's math, tearing paradise apart, no matter the cost.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray wakes to agony, trapped in a reeking abyss where the truth is pain and the past a sweet lie. His crew? Cocooned, lost to a seductive dream. Gix offers a grim choice: bite through the illusion, or be devoured whole.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Captain Dray drowns in a golden delusion, escaping the Scum Kings' brutal truth. But paradise tears. A wet sound, a searing agony, and Gix's bloody grin drag him back to a reality where nightmares wear teeth. Some wakes are worse than any dream.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray’s beaten crew finds the impossible: a feast where wounds heal, hunger dies. But as his men shed old selves, a disquieting warmth settles. Is this the taste of victory, or something insidious blooming under a false sun?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters. Episodes included: 1. Fogbound Pursuit (June 15, 2026) 2. Into the Fog (June 16, 2026) 3. Dead in the Water (June 17, 2026) 4. The Shore (June 18, 2026) 5. The Welcome (June 19, 2026) --- Episode 1: Fogbound Pursuit Welcome to Season Four! Caught in a lethal fog, Dray and his crew are hunted. With a useless arm and fading command, Dray watches his grim kingdom shrink while a merciless enemy closes. Survival means trusting a hired hand, or plunging into the depths. Episode 2: Into the Fog Lost in the devouring fog, Dray's crew is relentlessly hunted. With no escape, they gamble on a suicidal path through a labyrinth of stone teeth. Freedom comes at a shattering cost, where the Scum Kings must either break or be broken. Episode 3: Dead in the Water The ship is breaking apart, plank by plank. Dray fights the raging sea and a collapsing hull to save his crew. But against the ocean's brutal fury, some things cannot be saved. His kingdom shrinks to just him, alone in the black. Episode 4: The Shore Dray awakens on a pristine shore, wounds vanished, his crew miraculously whole. But this impossible salvation, this unnatural peace, feels like a snare. The Scum Kings know better than to trust a quiet beach. Episode 5: The Welcome Waking to pristine sands and impossible healing, the Scum Kings are hailed as 'Kings' by bowing strangers offering lavish tribute. Their Gutter screams of a trap, but after endless suffering, can even Dray resist such a sweet poison? See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Waking to pristine sands and impossible healing, the Scum Kings are hailed as 'Kings' by bowing strangers offering lavish tribute. Their Gutter screams of a trap, but after endless suffering, can even Dray resist such a sweet poison?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray awakens on a pristine shore, wounds vanished, his crew miraculously whole. But this impossible salvation, this unnatural peace, feels like a snare. The Scum Kings know better than to trust a quiet beach.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The ship is breaking apart, plank by plank. Dray fights the raging sea and a collapsing hull to save his crew. But against the ocean's brutal fury, some things cannot be saved. His kingdom shrinks to just him, alone in the black.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Lost in the devouring fog, Dray's crew is relentlessly hunted. With no escape, they gamble on a suicidal path through a labyrinth of stone teeth. Freedom comes at a shattering cost, where the Scum Kings must either break or be broken.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Welcome to Season Four! Caught in a lethal fog, Dray and his crew are hunted. With a useless arm and fading command, Dray watches his grim kingdom shrink while a merciless enemy closes. Survival means trusting a hired hand, or plunging into the depths.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 3 chapters.Episodes included:1. The Silence of the Mist (May 18, 2026)2. Escape (May 19, 2026)3. Pursuit (May 20, 2026)---A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The golden sun-disc of the Radiant See burns through the fog, a chilling accusation. Hunted and wounded, Dray's crew faces impossible odds. Can these bottom-feeders outrun relentless authority, or will this pursuit spell their bloody, inevitable doom?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunted by the Stern Guard and plagued by wounds, the Scum Kings plunge into the vast, indifferent Cerulean Sea. As the fog swallows their past, Captain Dray grapples with a fleeting, brutal mercy: when there's nowhere to go, 'away' becomes everything.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The fog is thick, the crew is broken, and Dray's left arm screams. With a dying man as their only plan, the Scum Kings must navigate the harsh reality of their latest, lowest hill.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Here's a brand new epic fantasy daily audiobook podcast from Broadsword Studio: Kings Folly!When an earthquake tears open the mountain that has protected the entire country from what lies on the other side, two unlikely messengers are sent north: Jonny Smith, a blacksmith's son who has spent his life pursuing magic, and Sam, a hunter who reads the wilderness like a language she was born knowing. Their mission is simple—reach the capital and warn it of what's coming through the newly created pass before they arrive, Mountain Warriors. The terrain they face will make it anything but.Kings Folly is a daily, short-form, serial epic fantasy audiobook told from the perspectives of a ruthless tracker and a disillusioned magic-user. Each 5-15 minute episode is a ground-level chronicle of survival, following the duo through hostile marshlands, brutal creature encounters, and their desperate gamble to save a home that already abandoned them.A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters.Episodes included:1. Blood on the Mud (May 11, 2026)2. River's Grip (May 12, 2026)3. River's Edge Ambush (May 13, 2026)4. Fleeting Escape (May 14, 2026)5. Farewell to the Shallows (May 15, 2026)---Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info! (https://pod.link/1896045091)-------Blood on the mud, bodies failing, and the enemy closing fast. Dray and his broken crew fight a brutal, desperate escape to the river. But with every step a fresh wound, will they reach freedom or drown in their own grim struggle?Episode 2: River's Grip-----Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info! (https://pod.link/1896045091)-------Hunted and broken, Dray plunges into a freezing river, a dying comrade in tow. As bolts rain and the current drags, their only salvation is a vague shape in the gloom. But the river's grip is patient, indifferent, and hungry for its due.Episode 3: River's Edge Ambush-----Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info! (https://pod.link/1896045091)-------Ambushed and bleeding, Dray and his desperate crew claw aboard a strange ship, seeking refuge from a relentless pursuit. But their new sanctuary comes with a price: a cold captain, a hostile deck, and the brutal reality that survival always demands more.Episode 4: Fleeting Escape-----Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info! (https://pod.link/1896045091)-------Barely escaping with their lives, Dray and his broken crew find themselves adrift. But on a 'friendly' ship, the price of survival is the very name they fought for. Their fleeting freedom brings a humiliating new master.Episode 5: Farewell to the Shallows-----Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info! (https://pod.link/1896045091)-------The Shallows are lost, a failed past shrinking behind them. With a ruined arm and a dying crew, Dray's Scum Kings drift towards a vast, indifferent sea. Defeat tastes of salt, and a new, colder chapter begins.A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Shallows are lost, a failed past shrinking behind them. With a ruined arm and a dying crew, Dray's Scum Kings drift towards a vast, indifferent sea. Defeat tastes of salt, and a new, colder chapter begins.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Barely escaping with their lives, Dray and his broken crew find themselves adrift. But on a 'friendly' ship, the price of survival is the very name they fought for. Their fleeting freedom brings a humiliating new master.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Ambushed and bleeding, Dray and his desperate crew claw aboard a strange ship, seeking refuge from a relentless pursuit. But their new sanctuary comes with a price: a cold captain, a hostile deck, and the brutal reality that survival always demands more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Hunted and broken, Dray plunges into a freezing river, a dying comrade in tow. As bolts rain and the current drags, their only salvation is a vague shape in the gloom. But the river's grip is patient, indifferent, and hungry for its due.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Blood on the mud, bodies failing, and the enemy closing fast. Dray and his broken crew fight a brutal, desperate escape to the river. But with every step a fresh wound, will they reach freedom or drown in their own grim struggle?See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters.Episodes included:1. Escape at Dusk (May 04, 2026)2. Fugitives and Fortune (May 05, 2026)3. Checkpoint Ambush (May 06, 2026)4. Descent into Mud (May 07, 2026)5. Trapped (May 08, 2026)---A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

-----Check out our new Podcast! The Great Gatsby In the Style of... Robert E. Howard! Click here to for more info!-----Trapped in the mud, Dray's crew fights for inches and lives. With the Stern Guard closing and a dying man's weight on his shoulders, every desperate blade-stroke and gut-wrenching step drags them closer to the river... or oblivion.A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.

Trapped in the mud, Dray's crew fights for inches and lives. With the Stern Guard closing and a dying man's weight on his shoulders, every desperate blade-stroke and gut-wrenching step drags them closer to the river... or oblivion.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Dray carries a dying man through endless, grasping mud, the enemy closing in from all sides. With every agonizing step, the Scum Kings claw towards an uncertain salvation on a dark river. Hope is a heavy burden, but failure is unthinkable.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

A dying man, a guarded checkpoint, and time running out. Dray's crew is forced into a desperate gamble, but even their brutal "victory" rings hollow. When the horns echo across the flats, the Scum Kings realize their ambush was only the beginning of the hunt.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

The Abbey hunts Dray and his crew for consecrated gold, their faces on every scroll. With an ingot a death sentence, they flee south through the mud. But a savage ghost from their past returns, promising only deeper grime and blood.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Cornered, wounded, and desperate, Dray faces an impossible choice: sure capture or a treacherous, choking escape through the city's putrid underbelly. With every rasping breath, the Scum Kings push deeper into the rot, praying the channel's end isn't their own.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This compilation contains 5 chapters.Episodes included:1. Blood in the Mud (April 27, 2026)2. Dawn in the Shallows (April 28, 2026)3. Silence Speaks (April 29, 2026)4. Repentance and Resolve (April 30, 2026)5. Escape at Tide's Edge (May 01, 2026)---A SIGNAL BOX STUDIO PRODUCTION🧠 Narrative Design: Mike Daltrey⚡ Production: The Signal BoxSystem Note:This human-designed series includes AI and other software tools in its production via our proprietary Signal Box platform.Signal Box: Fiction’s Next Chapter.-----Want to binge The Scum Kings with fewer ads? Every Friday night we release a bonus episode of the week's previous five episodes, with fewer ads in between chapters and a seamless listening experience! Perfect for a weekend binge! This episode includes AI-generated content.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

With a dying man and the Stern Guard closing in, Dray's crew races against the rising tide through treacherous mud. Every step is a brutal fight for survival as past glories crumble into dust and the true cost of their grim existence weighs heavy.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Defeat forces Dray to utter what he owes. With the Stern Guard closing and a crewmate fading, shattered pride offers no escape. He must kill the king he was, forging a brutal resolve to survive under a new master. The mud calls.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.