SPACE SPECKS is a post-apocalyptic sci-fi audio drama about the second end of the world and the people who refused to end along with it. Originally created for the 2024 Podcast Jam, the team working on the show decided to expand the project into a full-length audio drama after enjoying the headfirst jump into the podcasting industry & the story they were creating.

See you in the City

About

A year has passed since the collapse of New Olympus, a space society created decades prior by the earth's governments looking to start a new life on an exoplanet. Doomed to fail from the start, New Olympus' citizens feared the end of the world once and witnessed the collapse of their safe haven a second time, left scattered in makeshift camps across the galactic wasteland, with no intent to return to the ruins of their former colony. However, one haphazard crew of survivors embarks on a brave—or foolish—journey to search for a still-missing friend amidst the wreckage.

Cast & Crew

FINCH (he/him)Showrunner, producer, writer, and the voice of Sawyer Shepherd, Finch is an Appalachian-based borderline-podcaster who spends almost all of his free time thinking about audio fiction and drinking too much caffeine. He also runs the Podcast Book Club community and associated projects. You can find him on Tumblr @smallsies, where he's probably posting about dogs or doomed by the narrative plotlines.

QUILLS (she/her)Quills is the assistant producer and co-writer for SPACE SPECKS, as well as the voice of Nora Elsinger. When not working on this story, she can be found listening to various audiodramas or reading a good fantasy book. You can find her over on Instagram and on Tumblr as @quillsandpaper.

LUMI OAKES (they/any)Lumi Oakes is the voice of Coral Johansen and the Script Consultant for SPACE SPECKS. Aside from that, they spend most of their spare time thinking about theatre, game design, and getting needlessly invested in various topics. They are also involved with a few other podcasts, and is the producer of Wanderer's Journal. You can find them on Tumblr, Twitter and Bluesky as @lumoakes.

RAWLYX (any)Show Artist and voice of Gene Kelsey, Rawlyx is an aspec artist that has too many hobbies to count. You can find them on Tumblr @rawlyx where they’ll be posting the occasional artwork or random rambling about their new favorite thing.

CAT (any)VA for Sparrow Winters; Cat is a student and artist in the northwest fueled by surprisingly strong hyperfixation and a tad bit of whimsy. They are on Tumblr as @adragoncat and Instagram as @adragoncat1, where she occasionally posts her art and most of the time is screaming into the void.

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SPACE SPECKS is currently looking for a lead scriptwriter to join our team. Applications are open until 7th October at 11:59PM GMT. This project is unpaid, and no previous experience in audio drama production is required — new writers are encouraged to apply. You can find further details below or see a Docs version of the call HERE. The writer application is available HERE, or on CCC HERE.New Olympus was supposed to save them—to be a safe haven for the scattered remains of humanity—but they were doomed from the start. SPACE SPECKS follows a crew of haphazard survivors in the wreckage of their former exoplanet home, chronicling the end of the world through an aromantic and asexual lens.— SPACE SPECKS loglineSHOW DETAILSTitle: SPACE SPECKSGenre: Queer, Sci-Fi, Post-apocalypticContent: Ten 30-minute episodes (opportunity for future seasons)Estimated completion: TBDCompensation: Unpaid (deferred payment via crowdfund in future seasons)Contact: [email protected]PROJECT & CREATOR INFOSPACE SPECKS is created by Finch (he/him) and Quills (she/her). As creative partners we’ve been working on various projects together for the better part of two years, namely via running the online community organization Podcast Book Club, which Finch founded in 2023. Production on SPACE SPECKS has unfortunately slowed and stopped in the time since the show first began during Podcast Jam 2024 due in large part to our responsibility as administrators in Podcast Book Club, alongside other creative projects — so, we wish to bring new writers onto the team with the space to tell this story we both care very deeply about but that would remain just a concept if we continue waiting until we both have the time to do this show the justice it deserves. You can find Finch’s resume here.WRITERS CALL NOTESPlease note that this show features themes such as trauma, government surveillance and control, complex mental health, and includes occasional graphic depictions of violence and other intense conflict. Additionally, a prominent character in the show struggles with limb loss and medical complications following an amputation. The main cast also all fall somewhere on the aromantic and/or asexual spectrum, with varying perspectives on their own identities, and there is a queerplatonic relationship central to the story. While personal experience with the above subjects is not required to apply, we expect all topics to be handled with care by writers on the SPECKS crew.Ideally we would like to see scripts completed during or before October 2026. A full schedule of episode deadlines will be created collaboratively with producers when writers are selected and onboarded. After the call closes, shortlisted applicants will be interviewed by the producers via a Discord voice call. Further project communication will also take place via Discord; writers will be expected to join the show’s production server.CHARACTER INFOAs the groundwork of the show’s characters are already developed, we thought some prospective writers may find the bios for the major characters in the show of interest. No obligation to read the below info yet!NORA ELSINGER, earth born and New Olympus raised, spent her teen years cataloging personal accounts of the fall of Earth–leading to her career as an Archivist. During the city collapse, she was caught underneath the rubble, her left leg amputated at the knee. She struggles deeply with what this means for her future, leaning on her queerplatonic partner, Sawyer, for support. Nora is demiromantic and asexual, and uses she/her pronouns.SAWYER “SHEP” SHEPHERD is a field researcher at the city greenhouse. A transmasculine cowboy, he has a heart of gold and a self-destructive streak that even his partner, Nora, can’t hope to change most days. Snarky, with just a touch of Southern charm, Sawyer is aromantic allosexual, and uses he/him pronouns.SPARROW WINTERS was the owner of New Olympus’ only bar, The Demise. As poetically ironic as the bar’s name is, Sparrow remains a mostly-positive member of the end of the world, keeping her friends’ spirits high and rarely letting any negativity show. Sparrow is transfeminine, aromantic and asexual, using she/they pronouns.CORAL JOHANSEN, a golden child of New Olympus’ government, just wishes everything would go back to normal. Unprepared for her rose-colored glasses to be shattered, Coral is on a crash course in denial, confused about both romance and her place in the world. Coral uses she/her pronouns, and, if she were more self-aware, would probably identify as aromantic and asexual.GENE KELSEY is gunning for a better world while still hell-bent on destroying as much of New Olympus’ foundation as they can in the process. Greenhouse landscaper turned left-for-dead rebel in the city collapse, Gene is a spitfire with a long list of grievances on their mind. Gene uses he/she/they/it pronouns and is apagender, demiromantic greysexual.WRITERS CALL