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Necessary Shadows

Necessary Shadows

By: Brian Lillie
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Summary

 Necessary Shadows is a serialized cosmic horror told through short stories, field reports, oral histories, and institutional archives. Since the early 1900s, a hidden human/nonhuman partnership has quietly managed disturbances across the American Midwest. When a localized anomaly at Nest Lake triggers the reopening of dormant files, the limits of containment begin to show...

Season one drops every Tuesday, starting March 17th.Copyright Brian Lillie Drama & Plays Science Fiction
Episodes
  • File 11: The Friedhof Triangle

    File 11: The Friedhof Triangle
    May 12 2026
    A routine investigation draws Deputy Eli Hargrove into the heart of a mystery involving three forgotten cemeteries, hidden geometry in the woods, and a local legend that no one quite understands.

    Written by Brian Lillie.

    Narrated by Tom Szymanski.

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    38 mins
  • File 10: The Ambassador Program

    File 10: The Ambassador Program
    May 5 2026
    Restricted orientation materials describe The Ambassador not as a leader or savior, but as a constraint—a necessary interface between human mediators and...others. When a hospital chaplain attempts to leverage suffering for personal revelation, intervention arrives in a form both ordinary and not.

    Written and narrated by Brian Lillie.

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    Peace!

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    30 mins
  • File 09: The Fifth Service, pt. 2

    File 09: The Fifth Service, pt. 2
    Apr 28 2026
    Sondra Kellerman meets the mysterious 'field researcher' at last. What follows is a practical demonstration of the Fifth Service in action, featuring one of the most polite 911 calls on record.

    And cookies.

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    Peace!

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    24 mins
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