91 episodes
Blake Skye: Private Eye S. J. Ryker
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4.9 • 11 Ratings
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Down on his luck gumshoe Blake Skye only had two options: take the job or die in the gutter. But worse things than death lie waiting in the shadows of the City. What madness and horror await, and can our intrepid investigator survive it? Find out, in this thrilling drama that mixes Raymond Chandler and H. P. Lovecraft in an exciting and modern cocktail of danger, romance, suspense, and cosmic horror from the mind and mouth of S. J. Ryker, with new episodes the last Sunday of every month!
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Episode 31 - A Rat's Bargain
Mickey O'Shae is ready to offer August up to the Rat-King. Can Blake and Daphne stop them? Or is this all just set in stone?
Starring Amy Y. as Daphne Howard (achill3a on Twitter)
Kale B. as Mickey O'Shae (SuperHumanFoods on Twitter)
Ness as Professor August Howard (NessRocker on Twitter)
Zane Schacht as The Rat-King/Bhraba Tsaghut (VoicesByZane on Twitter)
and S. J. Ryker as Blake Skye (LookWhosFhtagn on Twitter)
Read out transcripts and more at www.blakeskyepi.com/
Check out our Patreon at www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI/
Merchandise at www.teepublic.com/user/blakeskyepi
Music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) -
Episode 30 - Closing the Book
Elenore makes a discovery. August is forced to face an uncertain future. Change is difficult, but not impossible.
Starring Amy Y. as Daphne Howard (achill3a on Twitter)
Kale B. as Mickey O'Shae (SuperHumanFoods on Twitter)
Ness as Professor August Howard (NessRocker on Twitter)
Gabi B. as Elenore Kostanksi (SeeliePunk on Twitter)
and S. J. Ryker as Blake Skye and Char Garrum (LookWhosFhtagn on Twitter)
Read out transcripts and more at https://www.blakeskyepi.com/
Check out our Patreon at https://www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI/
Merchandise at https://www.teepublic.com/user/blakeskyepi
Music by Kevin MacLeod (http://incompetech.com) -
Quinn's Mechanism - Third Act, The Fifth Component
What is a door? What is its purpose? What is purpose but the expectation of purpose? What is the expectation of purpose but the truest definition of meaning? What use is meaning, and what use is a door?
Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical.
Starring Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (twitter.com/achill3a),
Kale B. (twitter.com/superhumanfoods) as Quinn McDunn,
Ness B. as Professor August Howard (twitter.com/Nessrocker),
and Vic Collins (twitter.com/SatyrOfStrategy) as Richard the Initiate.
Written and edited by Kale B. with special assistance from S.J. Ryker (twitter.com/lookwhosfhtagn).
Cover art by Kale B.
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI
All music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -
Quinn's Mechanism - Third Act, The Fourth Component
A tearful escape. Another perspective, illuminating the unseen.
Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical.
Starring Merry N. as Desmond Ayer (twitter.com/muddyevilist),
Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (twitter.com/achill3a),
Rebecca M. as Sam Nolan (twitter.com/explosive_sheep),
Kale B. (twitter.com/superhumanfoods) as Quinn McDunn,
Ness B. as Professor August Howard (twitter.com/Nessrocker),
and Vic Collins (twitter.com/SatyrOfStrategy) as Richard the Initiate.
Written and edited by Kale B. with special assistance from S.J. Ryker (twitter.com/lookwhosfhtagn).
Cover art by Kale B.
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI
All music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -
Quinn's Mechanism - Third Act, The Third Component
A thing is not what it appears to be, but it can become what it is believed to be. Hope discusses magic. Sam discusses lies.
Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical.
Starring Merry N. as Desmond Ayer (twitter.com/muddyevilist),
Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (twitter.com/achill3a),
Rebecca M. as Sam Nolan (twitter.com/explosive_sheep),
Kale B. (twitter.com/superhumanfoods) as Quinn McDunn,
Ness B. as Professor August Howard (twitter.com/Nessrocker), and
Vic Collins (twitter.com/SatyrOfStrategy) as Richard the Initiate.
Written and edited by Kale B. with special assistance from S.J. Ryker (twitter.com/lookwhosfhtagn).
Cover art by Kale B.
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI
All music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) -
Quinn's Mechanism - Third Act, The SecondComponent
Just as Desmond begins to settle into the new addition to his routine, it faces an interruption. Much is made of books and their origins. Names are exchanged and suggested.
Quinn’s Mechanism is a supplementary story to Blake Skye: Private Eye and is considered canonical.
Starring Merry N. as Desmond Ayer (twitter.com/muddyevilist),
Amy Y. as Professor Hope Lezner (twitter.com/achill3a),
Rebecca M. as Sam Nolan (twitter.com/explosive_sheep),
Kale B. (twitter.com/superhumanfoods) as Quinn McDunn,
and Ness B. as Professor August Howard (twitter.com/Nessrocker).
Also featuring Rowan v. G (twitter.com/shaywilds). as Keyzer
and Lafayette Uttarapong (twitter.com/esperixis) as the Estate Representative.
Written and edited by Kale B. with special assistance from S.J. Ryker (twitter.com/lookwhosfhtagn).
Cover art by Kale B.
Support us on Patreon! www.patreon.com/BlakeSkyePI
All music licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 (creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)
Customer Reviews
Noir-feeling cosmic horror show that fully commits to its genre
This show knows exactly what it is, and what it wants to be, and just runs full-tilt toward being that. And it's wonderful.
There's narration in keeping with the Noir inspiration, raspy voice and all. Dialog that channels a more self-conscious Sam Spade. Characters that have their roots in stock tropes, before branching out into authentic-feeling people. Music and sound effects that bring it all together. The show takes a few episodes to find its feet, and decide what it's going to do, but once it does, it NAILS it.
In addition to the core storyline, there are multiple other stories by different writers/directors that branch off, and twist around it, and add depth to the setting and characters. The world building is meticulous and coherent across the lines, with the other authors bringing their voices to it.
Recommend if you like classic detective stories, Lovecraftian-feeling horrors, characters with superiority complexes, genre-savvy storytelling that isn't 4th-wall breaking.
(Full disclosure-- I am a writer behind one of the side storylines. After I finished listening to everything that had been made, I needed more. So....)
Great Lovecraft inspired noir story
Great Lovecraft inspired noir story
Worth it
It starts out a little rough, but the story is well worth it and the production quality and dialogue improves rather significantly over the first 10 or so episodes. I would definitely recommend you give it a shot.