In Darkness Vast
A gripping mind warp in space-time and sound. The adventures of the Nervejump and its initially unsuspecting crew, who come to learn they've been generated entirely for the experience of others. 24 episodes follow the unravelling of HARNESS's best laid plans, and the coming of age of the surviving crew members. The first season is set on board the Nervejump, with a few off-craft forays. The second season is entirely set on Bocklat, where we begin to learn more about the murky workings of HARNESS, the apparently benign governing system of the universe. Each episode features multiple voice actors, all recorded in Cork, Ireland, and entirely original scoring. A third season is currently in the works. Watch this space! https://www.hammergrin.com Written and produced by John McCarthy
- Update frequency
- every 6 days
- Average duration
- 14 minutes
- Episodes
- 24
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2017
New Crew
There's a major situation in the Situation Room, Nowhere Beasts very much there and massing on Bocklat's plains, and the assorted bodies inside the Wayfarer Station needing to find a serious way out.…
Living Breathing Say-So
The writers are out of options, the Curator nears the ReCast Depot and Chaser nears the sphere. But what's become of Palos? And for that matter, Nervejump? Find out now, in the penultimate episode of…
Young EarthFrank's 1st Mission
The Thaw Train closes in on its destination. At the other end of the tunnel the Display Globe tries to educate the sole remaining soul of the ReCast Depot. Outside, our hastily assembled search team …
Suspicious Mouse
`They're waiting, they're waiting, and they'll be good as new'... Palos sits in the Thaw Train, for an audio trip down memory lane. Meanwhile, one of the writers is prepped as Nowhere bait and Nervej…
The Shuffle
Yes, stories have a habit of concluding, and this one will. But not before you listen to this episode, and the one after, definitely not before then. Palos navigates the innards of the ReCast depot, …
Turning up the Light
`Don't worry about me. I'm done for; I've got no body' --- Torrens. Torrens has no body, he's done for, he's not to be worried about. But other concerns remain, embodied and undone. Because EarthFran…
Now bring in my daughter
`Every Teamus is summoned. We have a situation' --- Beltup. At last, after 17 episodic units, we have arrived at a Situation: the Nowheres are lowing, and it's not a nice noise. Meanwhile, EarthFrank…
Ahead of the Bocklat Sun
Twenty minutes of more eked out of the liminal, turned by hand and for a limited time only: Myrtling meets the mysterious machine on the Bocklat Plains, Chaser of Groves comes out of Flow, and there'…
Night-Mesh & the Blades
Chaser of Groves Flows for the first time. We all get to listen in. Myrtling's dropping his cargo at the Teamus HQ, and a familiar voice from Season One makes new noises, from a new place... It's the…
ReCast
Rangefountain's out of HQ for the day, braving the Bocklat Plains. She's meant to be dropping by a depot to pick up an EarthFrank. It couldn't be as easy as that though, could it? Seventeen minutes a…
Teamus
What happens on this remote planet, and why does the Curator pay so little attention to it? Are Harness meant to be looking after this? For that matter, who are Harness? Episode XIV has many answers …
Nowhere Beasts
Who is the Curator? Why does she need a Hoverview? And what the Jupiter's become of the Nervejump crew? We told you there was more. There is more. It's In Darkness Vast: Season Two. This episode fea…
To Greater Things
`The walls... they are opening!' Tally discrepancies, rear sections, thruster rewirings and mutinous specimens. It's the Season One finale episode! Will the crew outwit Nervejump? What's up with Palo…
Levels of Knowing
It's time for last ditch plans, creaking gangways and emotional farewells... The crew decide whether or not to reboard the Nervejump, EarthFrank is worried, gravely; and Palos wracks her brain for me…
The Iteration Calculation
This one has a sobering realisation about just how many times the crew have completed the same two days, a startling revelation about Chaser of Grove's past, and a profound struggle for a shimmering …
The Fourth Probe
This one has alien craft, escape pods and weapon turrets. It also has a lot of sleep. And an epiphany: "This may well be the first time in decades we're thinking new thoughts"... Meanwhile, the worki…
Inside the Anomaly Part II
Chaser of Bullen takes a mysterious glass sphere and hides it, mysteriously. A massive video archive is uncovered. EarthFrank says, `If we do enter that craft again, and I'm not sure we'll want to af…
Inside the Anomaly Part I
Nervejump crashlands, there's a new character and the Chaser of Bullens are missing. Meanwhile EarthFrank mispronounces Palos' name and there's a significant amount of mouth frothing... It can only b…
Neither up nor down
Nervejump finally enters the anomaly. There are external floodlights, some kind of walkway system and EarthFrank getting carried away... It can only be episode VI: Neither up nor Down. In Darkness Va…
No Turning Back
There are glaring errors in the mind-firings of Doom-Buggy, a startling question about room-ceilings, and EarthFrank is in harness and standing by... It can only be IDV, Episode V. In Darkness Vast, …