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The Silt Verses

Eskew Productions Ltd

56 episodes · in order

In this horror/fantasy serial drama, Carpenter and Faulkner, two worshippers of an outlawed god, travel up the length of their deity’s great black river, searching for holy revelations.

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As their pilgrimage lengthens and the river’s mysteries deepen, the two acolytes find themselves under threat from a police manhunt, but also come into conflict with the weirder gods that have flourished in these forgotten rural territories.

Next episode drops 3rd June.

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  1. Chapter 1: Let Me Speak First Of Revelations

    · 55 min · S1 E1

    At the town of Marcel's Crossing, Carpenter and Faulkner begin their search for other members of their forgotten river-god faith. (Sound levels adjusted 3rd July 2022.) Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more…

  2. Chapter 2: And Next Of Dark Deceit

    · 48 min · S1 E2

    Carpenter and Faulkner begin their hunt for a hidden church, hoping to find the worshippers responsible for the Miracle of the Intrepid. Content warning: contains scenes of drowning and child death. Sound levels…

  3. Chapter 3: Then I'll Speak Of Champions

    · 42 min · S1 E3

    Elsewhere on the Peninsula, Investigating Officer Hayward checks out a tip regarding a nearly-derelict farm. Content warning: This episode contains scenes of animal death and pain, as well as references to police…

  4. Chapter 4: Of Lovers, Gods and Beasts

    · 57 min · S1 E4

    Carpenter attempts to locate the Trawler-Man's church in the woods of Penda's Slake - but runs into trouble instead. Content warnings: This episode contains scenes of animal death, ritual sacrifice and intense body…

  5. Chapter 5: My Song Is Long And Twisted

    · 37 min · S1 E5

    Faulkner learns the location of a fellow member of the faith. Carpenter, recovering from her injuries, makes a new acquaintance. Content warnings: This episode contains scenes of drowning, as well as references to…

  6. Chapter 6: It Winds, It Worms, It Wends

    · 46 min · S1 E6

    As the fallout spreads in Marcel's Crossing, our disciples reflect on how it all began... Please note, for listeners who have audio-processing difficulties: this episode contains scenes with background crowd noise.…

  7. Chapter 7: It Carries Few, It Drowns Many

    · 51 min · S1 E7

    Across the border on the Linger Straits, a young advertising executive finds herself increasingly at odds with her company's change programme. Contains scenes of mass death, sacrifice, and abduction. Hosted on Acast.…

  8. Chapter 8: And Those I Love, It Rends

    · 43 min · S1 E8

    Paige, Carpenter, and Faulkner investigate the mysterious house of a fellow worshipper - and find more than they bargained for. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  9. Chapter 9: My Song Has Taken Hold Of Me

    · 32 min · S1 E9

    As Hayward deals with the aftermath of Marcel's Crossing, he finds his investigation leading him heading northwards with a new partner on his side. Content warnings: contains scenes of death, gun violence, police…

  10. Chapter 10: It Grips My Tongue, My Throat

    · 34 min · S1 E10

    Carpenter, Paige and Faulkner find refuge for the night in an abandoned call centre - but they're not alone there. Featuring Méabh de Brún, Lucille Valentine, and B Narr. Transcripts:…

  11. Chapter 11: My Voice Cries Truths I Never Knew

    · 35 min · S1 E11

    As Faulkner's injuries worsen, Carpenter and Paige take him to seek help. This episode features voice acting from, in order of their appearance: B Narr Méabh de Brún Lucille Valentine And Caleb Del Rio Audio…

  12. Chapter 12: And To Fight Is Just To Choke

    · 33 min · S1 E12

    As the town of Bellwethers draws near and the police chase draws in, Carpenter, Faulkner and Paige make an unexpected stop for breakfast. Featuring B Narr, Méabh de Brún, Lucille Valentine, Gordon Houston, Mintaka…

  13. Chapter 13: So Let Me Dwell Eternal

    · 35 min · S1 E13

    Carpenter and Faulkner arrive at Bellwethers - and witness the miracle of the Wither Mark. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

  14. Chapter 14: And In Ruined Flesh Ascend

    · 32 min · S1 E14

    As a new God of Sleep wreaks havoc across the Peninsula, Faulkner comes to a crossroads. Carpenter and Hayward have a frank exchange. Content warning: This episode contains scenes of self-endangerment near the start.…

  15. Chapter 15: For My Song Has No Beginning...

    · 49 min

    Season finale: with the police manhunt closing in, Carpenter and Faulkner have one final meeting at the river's edge. This episode features performances by Méabh de Brún, Lucille Valentine, Mintaka Angell, B. Narr,…

  16. The Silt Verses Season 1 Q&A / Retrospective

    · 1 h 15 min · S1 E16 · Bonus

    We sit down with the incredible Steve Shell, co-creator of Old Gods of Appalachia, to chat through Season 1 of The Silt Verses and answer some questions. Content warning: at 31.41-32.16, sexual assault is mentioned in…

  17. The Silt Verses Season 1 Recap

    · 17 min · S1 E17 · Bonus

    In 24 hours - on 21st March 2022 - Season 2 of The Silt Verses launches. If you're struggling to remember just what the hell happened in Season 1, this recap is for you. Transcript:…

  18. Chapter 16: And The Current Flows On Without End

    · 38 min · S2 E1

    Content warning: This episode contains references to war, gunfire, one extended scene of mass murder including presumed infanticide, bodily transformation. We meet Mercer and Gage - a pair of god-hunters and…

  19. Chapter 17: If I Could Trace With Bloodless Fingers

    · 35 min · S2 E2

    Carpenter wakes in a garden of the dead - and reflects on the possibility of life beyond the Trawler-man. Content warnings: This episode features descriptions of physical decay, acts of drowning/poisoning, and…

  20. Chapter 18: If My Hands Could Shape The Flow

    · 41 min · S2 E3

    Across the border, in the city of Nesh, an exile attempts to make a fresh start. Content warnings: This episode contains reference to suicidality (10.20-11.30) and two scenes of extremely bloody violence, including…

  21. Chapter 19: I'd Bear This Song To The Precipice

    · 39 min · S2 E4

    As Carpenter makes her long pilgrimage back to the White Gull River, she encounters a young girl who's been hallowed with a strange and unhappy condition - which leads her to make an impulsive decision. This episode…

  22. Chapter 20: And Rend Us Both To Dust Below

    · 35 min · S2 E5

    Episode summary: Paige embarks on her quest to make a new kind of god - and enlists the help of an old friend. This episode stars Jimmie Yamaguchi, David Ault and Lucille Valentine. The transcript can be found here.…

  23. Chapter 21: We'd Both Go Plunging Downwards

    · 37 min · S2 E6

    As Mercer and Gage continue their pursuit of the Trawler-man's disciples down the length of the White Gull, the ambitious Adjudicator Shrue embarks upon their re-election campaign... This episode stars Daphne Nitsuga,…

  24. Chapter 22: One Final Fall From Grace

    · 38 min · S2 E7

    Faulkner, with a clutch of zealous young acolytes in tow, heads into the high hills in search of allies. This episode features the voices of B. Narr, Cait Gallagher, William A. Wellman, Mintaka Angell, Harlan Guthrie…

  25. Chapter 23: I'd Howl, I'd Scream, In Victory

    · 44 min · S2 E8

    Paige and Hayward begin to plan out exactly what a new god might look like. This episode features Lucille Valentine, Jimmie Yamaguchi and Graham Rowat. This episode features scenes of vomiting, manipulative…

  26. Chapter 24: And We'd Be Gone Without A Trace

    · 52 min · S2 E9

    Carpenter returns home - and revisits the unhappiest night of her life. This episode features Méabh de Brún, Liz Ryan, Carmella Brown, and B. Narr. It contains scenes of intense family trauma, sacrifice, body horror…

  27. Chapter 25: But We'll Never Be Rid Of Each Other

    · 36 min · S2 E10

    As Mercer and Gage hunt down fresh quarry, Carpenter finds herself in a tight spot. This episode features Daphne Nitsuga, JV Hampton Van-Sant, Méabh de Brún, B. Narr, Cait Gallagher, and Harlan Guthrie. It contains…

  28. Chapter 26: My Song, My Sorrow and I

    · 41 min · S2 E11

    As Paige and Hayward plan the propagation of their new god, they select their first true sacrifice. Jimmie Yamaguchi Lucille Valentine Graham Rowat The Host, from We Are Not Meant To Know And Lucy Winter.…

  29. Chapter 27: So I'll Bear It Trembling Onwards

    · 39 min · S2 E12

    On either side of the border, two separate groups of fugitives find themselves running for their lives. This episode features: William A. Wellman, Graham Rowat, Jasper Locke, JV Hampton Van-Sant, B. Narr, Méabh de…

  30. Chapter 28: To Drift On, To Dream, To Die

    · 54 min · S2 E13

    As Mercer and Gage arrive at the Paraclete's Gulch, Carpenter and Faulkner ready themselves to make one last stand at the water's edge. This episode contains scenes of intense gunfire, crying children, violence and…

  31. Chapter 29: And Where My Final Footsteps Fall

    · 38 min · S2 E14

    The siege of the Gulch ends. War begins. This episode stars JV Hampton Van-Sant, Sarah Griffin, Méabh de Brún, Mark Anzalone, B. Narr, Daphne Nitsuga, Sarah Golding, Jimmie Yamaguchi, Lucille Valentine, William A.…

  32. The Silt Verses - Season 2 Q&A

    · 1 h 58 min · S2 E15

    Yes, it's here (and thank you for waiting) - the absurdly long 2-hour Silt Verses Season 2 QnA, hosted by the incredible William A. Wellman of Hello from the Hallowoods. The episode transcript and a full set of…

  33. The Silt Verses Season 3 Teaser: Three Broadcasts

    · 6:43 · S2 E16 · Trailer

    These three clips were shared separately on social media during May and June (locked away behind three separate puzzles) to tease our upcoming season. The third and final season of The Silt Verses is scheduled to…

  34. Season 2 - Recap

    · 17 min · S2 E35

    Just a week to go until Season 3 of The Silt Verses launches - wait, what happened in Season 2 again? Jimmie, B. and Méabh do their best to explain. Spoilers, obviously, follow. Transcript:…

  35. Chapter 30: Something Dreadful Shall Arise

    · 1 h 01 min · S3 E1

    War between the Peninsula and Linger Straits rages on. Downriver, Faulkner makes his case to the High Katabasian. Upriver, Carpenter is still on the run - and feels like she's rapidly running out of time. Content…

  36. Chapter 31: Its Gaze Shall Fall O'er Trembling Plains

    · 57 min · S3 E2

    In Glottage, Adjudicator Shrue attempts to pave the way for the legalisation of the Parish of Tide and Flesh. Far to the north, a Peninsulan battle-saint makes her mark on the enemy. Warnings: This episode features…

  37. Chapter 32: Its Wrath Shall Scald The Sun

    · 1 h 01 min · S3 E3

    In a ruined city far to the north of the Peninsula, Paige dwells unhappily on her status as prophet of a radical new faith - but a meeting with an old friend could change everything. Content warnings: Vomiting…

  38. Chapter 33: And Where Once Its Howling Forebears Walked

    · 57 min · S3 E4

    Faulkner returns home in triumph. Roemont and Greve plot the downfall of the Prophet of the River. In the Linger Straits, Val makes a stop in hostile territory to reunite with long-lost family members. Content…

  39. Chapter 34: Some Day There Shall Be None

    · 1 h 00 min · S3 E5

    Please note - this episode begins with a short content warning and introduction. The show itself begins at the 1.45 mark. Cast This episode features Michelle Kelly, Méabh de Brún, Alison Campbell, Jimmie Yamaguchi,…

  40. Announcement: The Silt Verses RPG launches

    · 2:41 · S3 E6 · Bonus

    The Silt Verses RPG, from the acclaimed tabletop roleplaying game creators behind Brindlewood Bay and The Between, has arrived! You can listen to Jon burble on about it, or go directly to buy your copy now from the…

  41. Chapter 35: The Wise Man Knows The Taste Of Rot

    · 1 h 05 min · S3 E6

    As Hayward and Carpenter begin their journey to Glottage, Faulkner receives High Katabasian Roemont and prepares to be accepted - at long last - as an elder of the faith. This episode features Méabh de Brún, Jimmie…

  42. Chapter 36: All Lovers Part As Dust

    · 1 h 18 min · S3 E7

    At an empty motel along a lonely highway, a man comes looking for his sister - and the solution to a mystery from his childhood. This episode stars Nishi Ghosh, Axandre Oge, Méabh de Brún, Jimmie Yamaguchi and Alan…

  43. Teaser Trailer: Camlann (arriving Jan 2024!)

    · 2:36 · S3 E9 · Bonus

    Hey, folks - we'll be back on Thursday 11th Jan, but in the meantime, please savour a mysterious and intriguing teaser trailer from the team over at Camlann (@camlannpod on socials), who'll be releasing their new show…

  44. Chapter 37: And Even The Kings In Their Bowers Of Steel

    · 1 h 10 min · S3 E8

    <p>Everyone has their breaking point.</p> <p> As Val advances towards Nesh, Paige resolves to shoulder the burdens of leadership, Shrue negotiates over the faith of the Parish of Tide and Flesh - and a small team of…

  45. Chapter 38: Shall Wither In Ruin And Rust

    · 1 h 08 min · S3 E10

    As the government strikes against the disciples of the Paraclete's Gulch, Faulkner seeks refuge and an untraceable hiding place at his old childhood home in the Whisper Plains - but he is not alone there. This episode…

  46. Chapter 39: This Rotten World Shall Wheeze Its Last

    · 1 h 01 min · S3 E11

    As Carpenter and Hayward enter war-torn Glottage in pursuit of a government ally, Adjudicator Shrue attends a summit intended to solve the anti-sacrificial movement spreading across the country - but finds themself…

  47. Chapter 40: This Hateful Hymn Shall Cease

    · 52 min · S3 E12

    Carpenter and Hayward make contact with Shrue in Glottage, hoping to persuade the Adjudicator to defect - while across the channel, Val brings the war to a startling and unexpected climax... This episode features…

  48. Chapter 41: But As My Last Breath Splits My Throat

    · 1 h 00 min · S3 E13

    Please note - this episode ended up being massive, so we split it into two separate hour-long chapters! Hope you enjoy listening to them both. Transcript: https://www.thesiltverses.com/transcript-season-3-chapter-12…

  49. Chapter 42: I'll Wheeze Through Splintered Teeth

    · 1 h 00 min · S3 E14

    Please note - this episode ended up being massive, so we split it into two separate hour-long chapters! Hope you enjoy listening to them both - this is the second chapter. Transcript:…

  50. Chapter 43: One Last Song of Revelations

    · 1 h 18 min · S3 E15

    Glottage and its commercial faiths celebrate a great military victory with a great parade. Shrue, Hayward and Carpenter attempt to get the message of the Woundtree out to the people of the Peninsula. Faulkner finds…

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