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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

A year ago I asked my best friend of almost 20 years if she wanted to write for a podcast. She was like "eeehh..." but when I said "You can do aliens" she immediately said "WHERE DO I SIGN UP!?" Thank you Jess. I love this one. #horror #podcast #para/Normal

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

I am showrunning and sound designing season 2 of a ridiculously fun audio drama anthology full of short horror stories that... aren't? This first episode is about a series of phone calls to a vet clinic that take a strange turn…

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 09/07/2026

He definitely won't regret diving into the snake pit with his ex situation ship ... 🏳️‍⚧️🎧🧭 Narrated by @samstarkva.bsky.social neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 24/06/2026

Just two pals hanging out on a ship, a train, the middle of the jungle. Just guys being pals. Art by @lobitacookie.bsky.social Narrated by @samstarkva.bsky.social neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 23/06/2026

"𝘔𝘢𝘺𝘣𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭 𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘨𝘢𝘺 𝘸𝘦 𝘧𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘭𝘰𝘯𝘨 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘺." 😂🤩📖🎧🐶 "The Voice of Wild Places" is finally finished and ready for your ears at neshamapublishing.square.site! Yusss! 🌟 #audiobooks #queerbooks #mmromance #transromance #transrep

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Bookstore | Neshama Publishing

A place to find signed copies of books by Aelina Isaacs and Noah Hawthorne, who write queer fantasy punk. Art prints available.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 Our final writer for para/Normal Season 2 is the incredible @meganleebees.bsky.social with Episode Eight: "Thank You For Your Interest in Applying to The Dollhouse"!! Read more of Megan's work at the link below! meganleebees.com #podcasting #audiodrama

meganleebees.com

The Hideous Garden

m. l. beals writes about the art of fiction. Occasional jokes.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 08/06/2026

CASTING IS NOW CLOSED! Thank you to everyone who auditioned! 🤩 We will be going through... *checks notes* the OVER 200 auditions and will get back to everyone soon! #castingcall #audiodrama

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

‼️CLOSING TOMORROW‼️ Casting will close at 9am PST tomorrow 6/08! Get your auditions in! We still need FOUR Latinx/Hispanic actors for "The Sacred Disease"! Who wants to play a demon!?!? #castingcall #audiodrama #voauditions #voiceover #horror #comedy #voiceacting

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 07/06/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 We have another for para/Normal Season 2! The amazing Winter Pearson with Episode Seven: "The Sacred Disease"! Learn more about Winter at the link below! winterpearson.carrd.co #podcasting #audiodrama

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Winter Pearson

Writer, editor, storyteller

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 05/06/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 We're back! Next para/Normal Season 2 writer is Cass Scott @dreamernumber3.bsky.social with Episode Six: "The Castle on Top of the Hill"! Get hyped! It's vampires! 🦇 #podcasting #audiodrama

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 29/05/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 Next writer for para/Normal Season 2! This is Scythe Liu with Episode Five: "Artistic Discipline"! Check out the link below to see a list of Scythe's works! scytheliu.portfolial.com #podcasting #audiodrama

scytheliu.portfolial.com

Scythe Liu

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 28/05/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 Our next writer for para/Normal Season 2 is Oz Zeno with Episode Four: "Nevermind the Cabin"! You may know Oz from her incredible work as Nat on @store236pod.bsky.social! ozzenova.carrd.co #podcasting #audiodrama

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ozzenova

Professional site for Oz Zeno, voice actor.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 27/05/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 Next in our lineup for para/Normal Season 2 writers is the amazing @LysanderTheNerd with Episode Three: "The Problem With Coastal Gardens"! Learn more at para-normal.lawofnames.com and about Lysander at the link below! linktr.ee/LysanderTheN... #podcasting #audiodrama

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 26/05/2026

🌟WRITER ANNOUNCEMENT🌟 We're proud to announce that para/Normal Season 2 is written(mostly) by new-to-podcasting writers! First up, @mintywolf.bsky.social penned Episode One: "The Vet Clinic of Ulthar"! Learn more about Minty at the link below! artofmintywolf.carrd.co #podcasting #audiodrama

artofmintywolf.carrd.co

Mintywolf

Landing page for the artist Lucy Darby, aka Mintywolf

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 25/05/2026

✨VA CASTING CALL! [UNPAID]✨ Open 5/25 - 6/8, 9am PST para/Normal Season 2 is looking for new talent! VAs of any experience level are welcome, but we're super interested in hearing from new folks! (Must be 18+) (See pinned comment for links/audition forms!) #CastingCall #voiceover #voiceacting

"Para Normal 2" text with a disembodied monkey hand behind it.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

‼️WRITERS CALL IS CLOSED‼️ Thank you so much for your submissions! We will be sending out emails later this evening!

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 21/04/2026

Finished the narration for @calebroehrig.bsky.social's wonderful book "Creepy Kid" from @harpercollins.bsky.social last week and oof, I needed a good cry. I mean what!? I'm not crying, You're crying! #AudiobookNarrator #Audiobooks #Audiobookcommunity #Narrator www.harpercollins.com/products/cre...

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Creepy Kid

A hilariously creepy middle grade novel from award-winning author Caleb Roehrig! Poe has spent his whole life wishing he could meet a ghost, but when he mov...

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Law of Names Media @lawofnames.com · 20/04/2026

‼️WRITERS WANTED - UNPAID HORROR SERIES‼️ ✒️Looking for writers! Season 2 of our horror/comedy anthology para/Normal is hungry for your pitches! 💀 Links to form & season 1 below! Submission Form: forms.gle/T2kMxtqy6Kx4... para/Normal website: para-normal.lawofnames.com c/o @samstarkva.bsky.social

para-normal.lawofnames.com

para/Normal

A Collection of Bite-Sized Audio horror/Comedy

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

‼️WRITERS WANTED - UNPAID HORROR AUDIO SERIES‼️ ✒️We are looking for writers! Season two of our horror/comedy anthology para/Normal is hungry for your pitches! 💀 Links to the form and season one are below! Submission Form: forms.gle/T2kMxtqy6Kx4... para/Normal website: para-normal.lawofnames.com

para-normal.lawofnames.com

para/Normal

A Collection of Bite-Sized Audio horror/Comedy

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

Some of my favorite covers of all time. 🖤

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Chuck Tingle @chucktingle.bsky.social · 27/03/2026

another day, another opportunity to create. you get to shape this moment as a thousand different timelines pour off of you in a thousand different ways. so fill it with beauty. how? give today the the uniqueness that makes YOU you. you are the perfect ingredient for this moment bud. LETS TROT

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Store 236 @store236pod.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Happy Friday the 13th Eve! What better time to announce that our season finale drops TOMORROW? (in one hour and 51 minutes to be exact). In the meantime, out of context spoilers. See you sooooooooon.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Fun fact: To make the "boxing" sfx, I put small Ritz Crackers boxes on my hands and boxed... myself. Enjoy Episode 7, "Kensgiving!"

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 30/01/2026

Newest episode is up! This time I only had to test ten or so breaking-mug sounds.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

We are back! Tomorrow's release is a doozy! Shenanigans abound! Also, fun fact: I had to test 13 different toilet flushes to get juuust the right effect. 🙃

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Hello. Another episode for you. You're welcome. 😁☕☎️

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 25/11/2025

Hey there! Are you a VA of color and looking for some horror roles??? We are looking to expand and deversify Maeltopia's VA roster! Check us out and send the creators your reel! #voiceacting #audiodrama #podcasting x.com/Maeltopia/st...

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

The series finale of The Gentlemam From Hell is next week so we're doing cast spotlights! And I'm up first! x.com/Maeltopia/st...

Promotional photo of voice actor Sam Stark

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Store 236 @store236pod.bsky.social · 15/10/2025

Excited about our launch? Wanna experience it with a bunch of cast members screaming in the chat? Join us on 10/17 at 9PM EDT for our live YouTube premiere! www.youtube.com/watch?v=gW_g...

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S1E1: The Customer is Always Wrong

YouTube video by Store 236

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 03/10/2025

My offspring in another principal role. ❤️

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

YEAH LET'S GOOO! 🎉🎉🤩

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Store 236 @store236pod.bsky.social · 26/09/2025

We end week 9 with our showrunner, @melnichols.bsky.social, who feels very weird posting about herself and will be going now, ok bye.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 25/09/2025

Yaaaaaa let's goooo!! 🎉🎥😅❤️

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Store 236 @store236pod.bsky.social · 15/09/2025

It's Editor Week, and today we introduce the first of our fabulous dialogue editors, @maddiejcoooper.bsky.social!

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 12/09/2025

Hey, check out this trailer I made for Store236 Podcast. Show launches October 17th! Check us out!

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 29/08/2025

I am officially booked until the end of the year with titles I am super excited for. Let's friggin go. #audiobook #narrator

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 30/07/2025

Hello friends. I'm going to be paneling at Worldcon August 13-17 and would love to meet some of my podcast/audio drama peeps! Who's gonna be where? #SeattleWorldcon2025 #audiodrama #podcast

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Noah Hawthorne (they/them) @noahhawthorne.bsky.social · 26/07/2025

What are the dreams of a queer historical fiction Kickstarter? Bonus stories, a special edition hardback illustrated by @crossroadart.bsky.social , and an audiobook narrated by @samstark.bsky.social is the short version! Find out more about the project here. neshamapublishing.com/noah-hawthor...

A graphic with a waterfall background overlaid with a nearly transparent line style old world map. A caption says 'Dreams' and is flanked by character art, busts, of Watt and Cornelius.

Covers illustrated by Crossroad Art. Mighty Quill by Emmaline Strange. Dress the Neck Becomingly by Emmaline Strange. Crown of Aster by Emmaline Strange. Bright Spring by Emmaline Strange. Dauntless Summer by Emmaline Strange. Bold Winter by Emmaline Strange. Sage Fall by Emmaline Strange. On the Rocks by Bear Pettigrew. Phantom and Rook by Aelina Isaacs. Mochizuki and Xlato by Aelina Isaacs. Merchants of Knowledge and Magic by Erika McCorkle. Merchants of Light and Bone by Erika McCorkle.

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 27/04/2025

So excited for this! 🔥🔥

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Sam Stark @samstarkva.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Yaaas! Spread the word! This story is so good! Thank you so much!

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