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the howling waste
drama, sci-fi, podcast
In rural post-apocalyptic Canada, a young scientist with a complicated past seeks revenge on the monster that killed her wife before she loses the rest of her memories. Along the way she confronts old friends, old enemies, and the cult that she may or may not have had a hand in creating. Alice Isn’t Dead meets The Magnus Archives
hot goss
hour-long dramedy pilot
Lena just got out of the mental hospital, Bas is in a power struggle with the board of his campus newspaper, and Alexander just wants to get through his freshman year. College should be a chance to escape your parents, but for the 3 Canmore siblings, their toxic, manipulative parents are also toxic, manipulative faculty. While their parent’s marriage falls apart and Bas’ news column threatens the privacy of all five of their personal lives, the Canmores have to decide if they’re happy with the roles their family dictated for them, or if forging their own path is possible.
inc inc.
half hour animated comedy pilot, fantasy
When Nora Blackwell falls through a portal to a fantasy world and can’t figure out how to get back to her cushy office job, she does the next logical thing: get an apartment and an office job wherever she is now. Now, her supervisor is a literal witch, her best friend is half-shark, and the only person who can maybe help her get back home is a catboy — and he’s hiding secrets of his own.
kismet
half hour comedy pilot, fantasy
All that Chris Conway (part-time witch and full-time professor) wants is tenure. She just didn’t expect it to involve fighting demons. Alongside her research assistant Tiffany (a 14th-century goddess of a now-extinct grain) and her TA Jacob (just some guy from Chicago), the three of them don’t want to save the world, they just want to make sure Kismet College is still standing to hand out their paychecks.