The Fallen Cycle Mythos fiction podcast

J Curcio
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Forgotten, forgetful gods (of a sort) walk among us. The Fallen Cycle was created by James Curcio and a rotating team of creative collaborators over the years, this transmedia project intertwines illustrated novels, comics, music, RPGs and prior forays into audio fiction. We recommend you start from the first episode and listen in installments. Discover more at FallenCycle.com

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  1. EPISODE 1

    Season 5, Episode 1: “Some Still Despair in a Prozac Nation” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. The first episode of Cycle 2 starts with a 5 minute introduction from the author and show producer. Then we begin with our story...  March 15, 2012. In the fourth ward of a locked psychiatric facility, Dionysus measures time by med rounds, fluorescent lights, and the same arguments looping in the dayroom. His file says “domestic terrorist” after an ‘incident’ at a mall. On the unit with him are Johny, sharp-eyed and volatile, and Jesus, brilliant and withdrawn, barely willing to speak. Dionysus insists the place runs on rules: routine, compliance, and the threat of restraint. But on a day that should have been identical to the last, something arrives that doesn’t fit the schedule...  Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.  Cycle 1: “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson. B&W print edition available on Amazon.  Cycle 2: “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.  The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    23 min

  2. EPISODE 2

    Season 5, Episode 2: “The Impeccable Doctor Fein” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. A storm presses against Pennhurst as Dr. Fein writes meticulous notes to stay ahead of his own fraying focus and growing paranoia. He expects predictable patients and controllable sessions. Instead he gets “Meredith,” who calls herself Jesus and won’t cooperate, and Dionysus, who turns every question back on Fein and the institution. Fein reaches for procedure. The room refuses to stay clinical. Later, sedated and strapped down after a particularly hostile interaction with Dr. Fein, Dionysus slips into a dream with a peculiar mythic resonance: a woman who seems all too familiar, corridors that repeat, doors that don’t open, and a clerk who insists everything requires authorization.  Alarms cut through the fog. Loki is inside the ward, urging him awake. The escape starts with cut restraints and a sprint for the motor pool before anyone can lock the ward down again. Who was that woman? Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.  “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.  The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on Bandcamp and other streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore more at FallenCycle.Com   A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    47 min

  3. EPISODE 3

    Season 5, Episode 3: “Just One More Op” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Johny Jones, a.k.a. “Agent 888,” retells the mall incident that became a headline and a charge sheet. This begins his arc retelling what led up to their incarceration. He swears the story people know is wrong, and he traces it back to the moment everything shifted: a phone call from Bradley “the Buyer,” a man who talks like a handler and laughs like it’s all a game. Johny tries to keep it light, but Bradley won’t let him. He pushes him toward an Op Johny knows he shouldn’t take, and speaks in half-coded language that makes refusal feel dangerous. He recognizes the hook, tells himself to cut free—then stays on the phone long enough for inertia to do its work. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.  The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    21 min

  4. EPISODE 4

    Season 5, Episode 4: “The Three Suits Contained Separate Bodies” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Adam Trevino comes home suspended after his run-in with Nyssa over a year previous (the machinations of bureaucracy are slow) and tries to disappear into an ordinary night. Then he hears the message on his answering machine: he’s been appointed a Special Deputy U.S. Marshal and ordered to report at 7:00 a.m. to Room 101.  On the news, footage from Pennhurst paints Dionysus and Jesus as unstable patients who staged a violent breakout and took a hostage. Trevino watches the broadcast and catches what it leaves out. In a federal building basement, three near-identical suits lay out the real assignment. They hand him a classified file, tell him Loki is still out, and make it clear the escape is not the whole story. Trevino’s job is to watch, map the connections, and wait for the moment they can cut this budding insurrectionary network at the throat. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    19 min

  5. EPISODE 5

    Season 5, Episode 5: “Nothing To See Here” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Back in 2011, Johny tries to keep his life with Stella intact, pretending Bradley’s call was meaningless. Then an email arrives from “Agent 156.” It reads like a prank questionnaire, but it’s an instruction set: coded language, cell-talk, and a directive to meet at the King of Prussia mall. Johny tells himself it’s performance art with a little paranoia baked in. At the mall, he’s in a bumble-bee patterned hazmat suit waving a homemade scanner over strangers while other “agents” act out their own variations of bureaucratic menace. It plays like theater until the response is real: shouting, SWAT gear, a crowd that turns on a dime. Johny runs, tossing pieces of his costume, and still ends up on the floor in handcuffs. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    37 min

  6. EPISODE 6

    Season 5, Episode 6: “Getting the Band Back Together” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Fresh off their escape, Dionysus and the others duck into a roadside bar to hide and regroup. Instead they meet Lilith, a redheaded woman who can take over a room without raising her voice. Soon she has them on stage, turning their panic into a set and the crowd into something louder and stranger than a normal show. People don’t just cheer. They move together, as if they’ve been waiting for a cue for bacchanal. Afterward, Lilith names the thing they’re apparently building: Babylon.  Knowing that they’re still fugitives, they stop improvising and start organizing. They steal a mobile broadcast rig, repaint it, and make it their rolling base of operations. Later, Dionysus hits record on an open transmission, and for the first time in a while their story isn’t confined to one room. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms.   This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    41 min

  7. EPISODE 7

    Season 5, Episode 7: “Monarch” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Johny is losing time. His thoughts jump tracks, his memories come back twisted and tangled, and the “Op” starts to feel less like a joke and more like a trap he agreed to without noticing. He replays conversations with Bradley and starts to question his sanity. Stella should be safety, but even her silence feels loaded. Then a detail he’s ignored for years becomes impossible to unsee: Stella’s monarch tattoo. The nights turn into fragments and dreams bleed into waking. Faces shift, names don’t stick, and Bradley’s voice keeps showing up where it shouldn’t. Johny wakes to a phone call that starts as nonsense and snaps into a single instruction. When he looks outside, the sky has turned the color of an apocalypse. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    31 min

  8. EPISODE 8

    Season 5, Episode 8: “Train ’Em Young” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. Loki finally gives Lilith what she’s been pushing for: scale. Organize in cells, keep each group small, and let the structure multiply faster than anyone can shut it down. A month later, the theory becomes a field in the woods, packed with tents, teenagers, and a barn so crowded it feels like peak Burning Man. Babylon plays, and the response is immediate. The chant begins before the first song starts, and continues after they’ve left the stage. Lilith pulls the band out of their post-show bliss, gathers new loyalists, and takes them straight into a four-star hotel like it’s already theirs. In the suite, she starts selecting who stays close and who gets turned away. By the time the door opens again, she’s offering a mark, a name, and a place inside her fast-growing cult.  Next stop, apocalypse. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    51 min

  9. EPISODE 9

    Season 5, Episode 9: “Invisible Masters” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. The hotel suite is wrecked—furniture overturned, glass scattered, a TV blaring to no one. It looks like Guns N’ Roses blew through. Outside the door, Loki and Artemis stand watch, talking logistics. Jammed phone lines. Security scrambling. And Babylon’s “fans”? Starting to act less like followers and more like a weapon you can aim at the agents who are surely tracking them. Then Loki wakes Dionysus for the problem that isn’t law enforcement. The parking lot is filling, and word is spreading faster than any plan can contain.  After the next track straight out of their mobile recording studio, the episode shifts to the voice of our narrator: Gabriel De Leon, writing in his journal a year ago with quiet certainty. He reads letters from recruits and pauses on one detail that makes him look up. Someone from Pennhurst is in play. Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    34 min

  10. EPISODE 10

    Season 5, Episode 10: “The Revelation of Flesh” | Mythpunk Serialized Fiction Podcast

    We Are All Just Costumes Death Wears For A Season. In the final episode of Season 5, Johny finishes the story of how he ends up in Pennhurst, and it’s far from heroic. In fact, it’s somewhat humiliating: a grocery run that turns into a panic spiral, a collapse in a parking lot, and Stella watching him with a distance he can’t close.  She leaves a month later. Johny is falling further into his neurosis, but he doesn’t call a doctor or a friend. He calls Bradley the Buyer. Bradley answers like he expected it. He reframes the breakup as “timing,” offers exactly what he always offers, and pushes Johny toward one more operation with higher stakes and sharper consequences.  When Johny confronts him after his capture at the conclusion of his tale, Bradley doesn’t apologize or explain. He calls it method and hangs up. A beat later, he makes another call, and another agent picks up the line... This concludes season 5. Stay tuned for Season 6 summer 2026, where we reach the dramatic conclusion to Cycle 2: Party At The World’s End.  Audio Edition Credits This podcast is also available on Spotify, Apple, YouTube, PodBean, Podchaser, iHeartRadio, Amazon Music, and of course RSS.    “Tales From When I Had A Face” (Seasons 1-4) was written by James Curcio, and edited by Brian Johnson.  “Party At The World’s End” (Seasons 5-6) was written by James Curcio, with special thanks to JF Stackhouse and Nate Sampsel for collaboration on earlier editions.    The soundtrack was produced by James Curcio, with special thanks to collaborators new and old including Jenn E, Dave Bessell, Scott Landes, Bradley the Buyer, Sarah and Rahul Iyer, Marz 233, P. Emerson Williams, Martine DellaRufa, and all the others who sat in on the subQtaneous sessions. “Cut the Sky’s Throat,” an album selected from this feature’s soundtrack by Lilith & The Bacchae is available on various streaming platforms. This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, allowing for Attribution, Share Alike, and Non-commercial use, and features adult themes. Explore More At FallenCycle.Com A mythpunk universe combining elements of speculative fiction, magical realism, fantasy and near-future noir. Perhaps you've been having prophetic dreams that won't stop, or hear the spirits of the trees demanding a blood sacrifice every time you leave your apartment. But those are just dreams... right? Support Us On Patreon Enjoy what you hear? Subscribe, share and support us for full digital access and Discord benefits for just $5. Upon reaching our first funding goal, we'll introduce a $20 tier with additional perks like annual art prints and pins and new product exclusives (comics, novels, etc).

    36 min
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Forgotten, forgetful gods (of a sort) walk among us. The Fallen Cycle was created by James Curcio and a rotating team of creative collaborators over the years, this transmedia project intertwines illustrated novels, comics, music, RPGs and prior forays into audio fiction. We recommend you start from the first episode and listen in installments. Discover more at FallenCycle.com

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