MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

The Party cook beans, enquire about a manor, and attend a fancy schmancy ball.

CW: Violence and gore; depictions of alcoholism and alcohol withdrawal; graphic depiction of extreme binge drinking (1:04:35-1:07:34) and inebriation; emetophobia (28:34-28:45, 1:10:01-1:10:10); misophonia (drinking: 5:12-5:23; kissing: 1:08:29-1:08:52, 1:09:15-1:09:34); depictions of PTSD and extreme mental distress (panic attacks; audio hallucinations, specifically whispering; and depictions of derealisation & dissociation: 4:49-5:30, 9:38-9:56, 29:09-29:50); ableism and ableist language; classism; misogynistic and homophobic language; mentions of cult practices; and references to religious doctrine (Christianity).

This episode features the vocal talents of Austin Sharp, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Sneha Kumar, James Reece, Matt Doherty, Jay Rossouw (Jay33721), Elias McDonald, Hayden Sullivan, Michelle Kan, and Madison Diaz (SomethingExtraVA).

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz.
The script supervisor is Matt Doherty.
Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html
The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html
Follow us on Bluesky (strangekindstudio.bsky.social) and Tumblr (@strangekindstudio).

SFX & Music sourced from EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com

A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15H2toUQD0z7tGCKHz61BKjmu450HxmHDiv4R6rMitV4/edit?usp=sharing

Further information & details regarding submitting to the Episode 10 casting call is available at the Google form: https://forms.gle/vi2VjjnPHGvHgSNC7

Our featured friend of the show is Project Gnosis by MQ Media!
Listen to Project Gnosis now on all podcasting platforms or the RSS here: https://feeds.captivate.fm/projectgnosis/
Strangekind Studio is a not-for-profit collective that spotlights diverse, intersectional stories and characters. You can support the show by leaving us a rating and spreading the word <3
If you'd like to say howdy, you can get in touch with us over on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, or our website. We'd love to hear from you!
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MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

Lila tries to find her way home.

CW: Violence & gore, graphic body horror, implied child death, mentions of suicide and suicidality, mentions of historical racism & colonial violence (incl. slavery and genocide), mentions of drugs use (opium), air raid sirens, smoking, wound care (blood), non-graphic depiction of ‘whale’ hunting, ableist language, and depictions of extreme mental distress.

If you are feeling suicidal, you are not alone and there is support available. You deserve to feel supported.
You can find help at the IASP website which lists hotlines and resources for your locality: https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/
If you are considering suicide or self-harm or are in danger, please call your local emergency services immediately to ensure your safety.

This episode features the vocal talents of Sneha Kumar, Melvin "TurgizeVA" Polanco, Tenest Tang, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Austin Sharp, James Reece, Michelle Kan, Madison Diaz (SomethingExtraVA), and Hayden Sullivan.

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz.
The script supervisor is Matt Doherty.
Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html
The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html
Follow us on Bluesky (strangekindstudio.bsky.social) and Tumblr (@strangekindstudio).

SFX & Music sourced from EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com

A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/15H2toUQD0z7tGCKHz61BKjmu450HxmHDiv4R6rMitV4/edit?usp=sharing

Our featured friend of the show is Hearthbound by the wonderful Jo Chiang of Stray Lungs!
Listen to Hearthbound now on all podcasting platforms - links found here: https://www.theend.fyi/shows/hearthbound-an-untelling-of-the-odyssey
Check out their website here: https://www.straylungs.com/hearthbound
Strangekind Studio is a not-for-profit collective that spotlights diverse, intersectional stories and characters. You can support the show by leaving us a rating and spreading the word <3
If you'd like to say howdy, you can get in touch with us over on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, or our website. We'd love to hear from you!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

Jack tells his story and the Party opens a door.

CW: Violence & gore, mentions of suicide attempt and suicidality, mentions of genocide, graphic depictions of historical racism & colonial violence (incl. lynchings, arson, and riots), racist slurs, graphic depiction of murder & death (22:12-22:45), alcohol use, smoking, mentions of drug addiction, sexual language (innuendos), themes of assimilation & colonialism, and misophonia (blood & gurgling at 22:12-22:45; coughing at 11:12-11:24).

If you are feeling suicidal, you are not alone and there is support available. You deserve to feel supported.
You can find help at the IASP website which lists hotlines and resources for your locality: https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/
If you are considering suicide or self-harm or are in danger, please call your local emergency services immediately to ensure your safety.

This episode features the vocal talents of Tenest Tang, Sneha Kumar, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Austin Sharp, James Reece, Michelle Kan, Madison Diaz (SomethingExtraVA), and Matt Doherty.

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz.
The script supervisor is Matt Doherty.
Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html
The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html

SFX & Music sourced from EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com

A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rxgRmIo_SdbQKL5zXEpRNWEXutKCNgmxXW8CKx_tL_E/edit?usp=sharing

Our featured friend of the show is The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath by Cole & Eleana Hill!
Listen to The Foxkey Chronicles now on all podcasting platforms or the RSS here: https://shows.acast.com/the-foxkey-chronicles

The line quoted in this episode's tagline is from one of the many poems carved into the walls of Angel Island, where Chinese immigrants (amongst others who weren't wealthy and/or European) were detained upon arrival. The full poem, labelled 'Poem 19', reads:

"Since our parting, another autumn has yet arrived.
I have become a distant traveller of far away places.
Remembering your great kindness, I know in my heart I have not repaid you.
Hoping to see good tidings, I’ll depend on writing letters."

You can read about the history of Angel Island here: https://www.aiisf.org/history
Strangekind Studio is a not-for-profit collective that spotlights diverse, intersectional stories and characters. You can support the show by leaving us a rating and spreading the word <3
If you'd like to say howdy, you can get in touch with us over on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, or our website. We'd love to hear from you!
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CW: Violence & gore, demons, mentions of kidnapping.

The next episode of MERCY is on its way soon! In the meantime, we'd love to introduce our friend of the show, The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath by the brilliant Cole & Eleana Hill. If you're a fan of shows like MERCY and Old Gods of Appalachia, enjoy westerns, folk horror & mythologies, and damn good writing, check out this incredible (and blood curdling) episode from the Hill sisters.

In this featured episode (Episode 9: Avarice and Apathy), we follow Montgomery Bernard. He is also known as the demon Avarice, staggered drunkenly through a narrow alley, satiated and uncaring for the world around him. He was power and greed, and lust, and everything horrid in the world, but tonight, the dark shadows of the world do not belong to him. For once, the hunter is hunted. And Montgomery Bernard is about to learn that even demons have reason to be afraid of the dark. Avarice was the first—a Whisper, born with the death of the mother and father. And Avarice…was afraid.

TRANSCRIPT: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1nyhJpdyIXTWPA3uUBRwjrrDuxTr0eYme/view?usp=sharing

SHOW DESCRIPTION: In the old western town of Murkwood, Texas, children and their parents are turning up dead. In their absence, something stirs, a dark heart, filled with wretched intent. The Whispers, the bodies of those children, now possessed by demons, rise. The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath descends into a world much like your own but different, where witches known as Foxkeys and Walkers are called to defend against demons that hunger for innocent blood.

The Foxkey Chronicles: What Hides Beneath is the creation of twin sisters Cole Hill and Eleana Hil. They are a two-woman team that writes, performs, and produces every chilling episode themselves. To find out more about the Foxkey Chronicles, head to their website, foxkeychronicles.com or find them on instragram at TheFoxkeyChronicles. If you like what you hear, please follow and rate their show on your favorite podcasting app!
Strangekind Studio is a not-for-profit collective that spotlights diverse, intersectional stories and characters. You can support the show by leaving us a rating and spreading the word <3
If you'd like to say howdy, you can get in touch with us over on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, or our website. We'd love to hear from you!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

CW: Graphic depictions of alcoholism, ableist language, depiction of acute mental illness & distress, depiction of grief & loss, misogynistic language, homophobic language, mentions of derealisation & disassociation, violence, mentions of slavery, suicide attempt by jumping (general scene featuring suicidal character from 1:09:51-1:12:40, suicide attempt itself from 1:12:17- 1:12:40), and misophonia (relevant timestamps below).

MISOPHONIA TIMESTAMPS
Drinking: 5:20-5:32, 5:35-5:39, 30:36-30:40, 50:50-50:55, 1:05:34-1:05:41, 1:06:10-1:06:15, 1:06:52-1:06:56
Eating: 30:13-30:32

If you are feeling suicidal, you are not alone and there is support available. You deserve to feel supported.
You can find help at the IASP website which lists hotlines and resources for your locality: https://www.iasp.info/suicidalthoughts/
If you are considering suicide or self-harm or are in danger, please call your local emergency services immediately to ensure your safety.

The party debrief over coffee and rocks, and get spectacularly frilled for a dinner party.

This episode features the vocal talents of Austin Sharp, Aurora Ave-Lallemant, Sneha Kumar, Bree Frankel, James Reece, and Tenest Tang.

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz.
The script supervisor is Matt Doherty.
Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html
The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html

SFX & Music sourced from EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com

A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1sFuEiw4fz-Ee0X8uAWlWzEkwgPhXH6wq2sBeaEaqroI/edit?usp=sharing

Our featured friend of the show is Dead West by Devin Steffens!
Listen to Dead West now on all podcasting platforms or the RSS here:
https://feeds.acast.com/public/shows/dead-west

Strangekind Studio is a not-for-profit collective that spotlights diverse, intersectional stories and characters. You can support the show by leaving us a rating and spreading the word <3
If you'd like to say howdy, you can get in touch with us over on Bluesky, Tumblr, Instagram, or our website. We'd love to hear from you!
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.