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What the Pig Promised

A surreal audio drama about a village caught in a loop it can't remember, a sky without stars, and the strange lives drawn into its orbit.In Gratch Hollow, a dying stranger wakes to the same violent moment again and again. A pig-man named Jon, hulking and powerful, offers comfort to those who need it. The seamstress tells stories of constellations no one has seen. And a young girl named Sara studies equations that could rewire all of time.Many of their truths never happened.Written, narrated, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice.Voiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025 All rights reserved.

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    Episode 7: Dynamic Equilibrium. I am Tango One (season finale)

    Dear Listener, fear not.When the constant is identified, the variables align and the system engages.— Author UnknownThe morning Gratch Hollow burned. Sara's cat-assisted equation. The Stranger's final death, so far. Cat on a mission: Moth to the flame.And a man who arrives mid-scream with just enough breath left to say a name.Who is Tango One?

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    Jon, the Quiet Goreborn

    Jon was not born in Gratch Hollow, but he became part of it.In Ilra Wint’s chronicles, he is recorded through the work of his days—bare-hoofed in the garden, mending what was broken, steady when the rest of us were not.This audio drama episode of What the Pig Promised follows Jon—the Quiet Goreborn—the family who raised him, and the place he held in Gratch Hollow.🎧 Full transcript & extras: VoiceoverNerd.com/wtppOfficial transcript provided by the creator.Written, performed, and produced by Shawn FitzmauriceVoiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025-2025VoiceoverNerd.com

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    Episode 6 — From a Higher Place

    The Stranger finds unintended purpose in his grueling death cycle, while the battle for a mysterious and frightened boy rages.A passage from The Book of Purifications: the legend of the Sister of Ashen — warrior of the Equation, protector of the constant, and catalyst of the Nameless.The creative innovation of a mathemagical pattern.The gardener with the bravery of innocence.And from a higher place… the spiral reveals itself, while the panther guards the truth from those not yet ready to receive it.

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    Episode 5. No Paw Prints in the Warm Snow

    Dear Listener, fear not. A deep freeze may still a river’s surface, but in spring it again becomes one with the undercurrent.Solstice storybook tales of the Stranger waking to a Hollow buried in warm snow… a village replaced with something different… and a little girl who brought her cats to meet him.A story for Goreborn piglets, explaining humans. Possibly.Magic colorful cats.🎧 Full transcript & extras: VoiceoverNerd.com/wtppOfficial transcript provided by the creator.Written, performed, and produced by Shawn FitzmauriceVoiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025-2025VoiceoverNerd.com

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    Episode 4. The Ashes of Echoes

    Episode 4 — The Ashes of Echoes Dear Listener, Nothing’s ever truly gone, and nothing gained nor lost. It just transforms, unnoticed… forgotten… ’til it’s not. Like sickness, or a story, or a lifetime, or a plot. — Author Unknown When control of the experiment begins to slip, Kellor Voss commits to a drastic system reset and executes it with precision. The reset fails, changing the stakes in ways no one could have anticipated. At the same time, Sara’s work begins to cross from theory into the physical world, and the Stranger’s repeated deaths no longer follow a reliable path. For a full transcript of this episode, visit VoiceoverNerd.com.

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    Cautionary Bindings: A preserved record from the Stitched Chronicles of Gratch Hollow.

    “Faith festers when it feeds on the faithful.”— Brother HalvorFrom the Stitched Chronicles of Gratch Hollow.Ilra Wint records a warning she was taught long before she understood it — followed by two letters that explain why she keeps it.A son writes with calm conviction about the Constant, about stillness, about sacrifice.A father answers with what those words actually cost.This is a short archival fragment from What the Pig Promised:belief as it sounds, and belief as it behaves.Listener discretion advised.(Note to listeners, despite it's placement, this is a fictional work, and not a religious podcast)

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    Episode 3. The Door Cannot Choose Who Walks Through

    The third stitch in the patchwork of Gratch Hollow.If you’re enjoying this, please follow and share.Sister Tephra runs to calculate, and calculates to forget.What’s the solution, and what do stars in a starless sky have to do with it?Is the Big Dipper really a pig?What’s the connection between pigs, filth, variables, and constants?It’s all tied together.Also… someone’s got a cruuuush.🎧 Full transcript & extras:VoiceoverNerd.com/wtpp—Introducing Shelly Fear as Sister Tephravoiceoverslayer.comWritten, performed, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice.Voiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025.VoiceoverNerd.com

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    Episode 2 — The Unbalanced Equation (Not all lost are found, but all found know loss)

    (updated content April 8, 2026) A loose page in a book about constellations—though no one here has ever seen one—hand-printed by a local living legend: the girl who stayed.A Stranger waking to an axe to the skull again—no answers, but he might be falling in love... or something like it.A constellation tale of seven vengeful children who mock a fallen warrior forever.A pig-man waiting with blankets and food, just in case someone needs comfort like he did.A young widow opening her door to a child with no past.And Sara beginning to write herself into the sky.Follow What the Pig Promised for new episodes.🎧 Full transcript & extras: VoiceoverNerd.com/wtpp—Written, performed, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice. Voiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025. VoiceoverNerd.com

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    Episode 1.0 . Skies as Empty as Promises

    A character-driven mystery stitched from sci-fi, constellation folklore, and time loops—handcrafted by Voiceover Nerd Productions.Listen all the way through, then claim your favorite — the poll waits at the end, if you are on Spotify. (Don’t let Cultist #4 win.)A village with no stars in the sky.A stranger who keeps dying.A pig-man who only wants to help.And a death cult that won’t stay buried.In Gratch Hollow, the village seamstress records stories of constellations that exist everywhere but here. A warrior wakes to the same brutal moment again and again, trapped in a loop he can’t escape. And a young scientist named Sara studies equations that could rewrite time—until something keeps pulling them all back to the morning everything burned.When the cult strikes at dawn, Sara’s mentor fights back with impossible precision. Jon, a gentle pig-man cast out by his warrior race, offers comfort in the chaos. And the stranger flickers in and out of existence, his sword already drawn before his eyes open.Some things repeat.Some things remember.And the truth never stays the same.Written, narrated, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice.A Voiceover Nerd production.For transcripts, constellation charts, and more:voiceovernerd.com/wtppFollow What the Pig Promised for new episodes.Rate and review and follow to help others find the story.Content note: This episode includes depictions of violence and death.🎧 Full transcript & extras: VoiceoverNerd.com/wtpp—Written, performed, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice. Voiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025. VoiceoverNerd.com

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A surreal audio drama about a village caught in a loop it can't remember, a sky without stars, and the strange lives drawn into its orbit.In Gratch Hollow, a dying stranger wakes to the same violent moment again and again. A pig-man named Jon, hulking and powerful, offers comfort to those who need it. The seamstress tells stories of constellations no one has seen. And a young girl named Sara studies equations that could rewire all of time.Many of their truths never happened.Written, narrated, and produced by Shawn Fitzmaurice.Voiceover Nerd Productions, Inc. © 2025 All rights reserved.

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A surreal audio drama about a village caught in a loop it can't remember, a sky without stars, and the strange lives drawn into its orbit.In Gratch Hollow, a dying stranger wakes to the same violent moment again and again. A pig-man named Jon, hulking and powerful, offers comfort to those who need...

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