A Blood Red Reindeer Knows -- audio adaptation

Last year I put together a lengthy neonoir mystery that reimagined Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer as a gritty outlaw misfit.  A series of murders are being pinned on the nefarious red-nose, and Rudolph must make his way through a grim North Pole to find the truth.  It features numerous strange takes on familiar faces as well as dark spins on classic themes.  In a weird way, there's dark humor a plenty but also a touch of heart.

That said, a while back I did an audio adaptation of the first part for Unreal:  a fiction-focused, experimental open mic here in Chicago.  It worked out, though needed a little tweeking.  To that end, I've started putting it together now.  Granted, the holiday season is passed, however, that didn't stop me from carrying on with the written version well beyond Christmas.  (Also, I got tackled into a pile of uselessness thanks to a cold that lasted weeks.) 

The first three parts are currently available on YouTube.  The rest is on the way.  It's proving to be an interesting challenge.  Portions of the story are getting tiny alterations to fit an audio format. not to mention improvements to the narrative.  In addition, collecting sounds to go with everything is tricky.  I'm constantly trying to improve on FX with various degrees of success.  Adding musical flares -- intro music, atmosphere, etc. -- is fun despite certain pitfalls.  I spent too long one evening trying to compose fifteen seconds of ornate sound when simple would've been sufficient.  Still, I think the overall package is entertaining.  The mystery remains, the dark humor is there, and I think reading it aloud gives the story an extra narrative flavor.  

So, stay tuned here or check in on YouTube to catch future installments of a "A Blood Red Reindeer Knows."