The Hollow Below

This is the theme for The Hollow Below, an audio drama that will be sharing the Kakos Industries feed for now.

Content Warnings for All Episodes: Violence, References to Violence Against Women, Self Harm, Mental Illness, and other Dark Themes. This section will be updated with anything I missed. Hi. The next piece of audio in your feed here should be the first episode of The Hollow Below. It’s a different sort of thing coming from […]

We meet Godry, an explorer of the underworld. Transcript: In The Underworld, Volume 3 by Antony Limerk, the entrance to the Underworld is described as being a plain cave opening in an otherwise inconspicuous hill, except that nothing grows within a hundred meters in any direction around it. Not in the nearby woods, not on […]

Godry faces the darkness, and something more. Dark: Godry. Wake up. Godry: Wh-who’s there? Dark: I wouldn’t bother with the lantern, Godry. You won’t see me. The best you’ll do is quiet me down. Godry: Who are you? What do you want? Dark: I’m the darkness, Godry. The darkness all around you. Godry: That’s absurd. […]

Featuring Kristen DiMercurio of whisperforge.org/brimstonevalleymall  Godry is visited by another unexpected guest on the road to the city of the dead. (We hear a small machine pumping) I’ve found another cave to hide in. Gideon needed a rest. I can’t say that I’m not tired, but my sleeping has been erratic. Disturbed. I’ll rest again […]

Godry prepares his soul for crossing the bridge. Featuring James Oliva. The Hollow Below by Conrad Miszuk I’ve reached The Bridge of Faith. It’s mentioned in both Slumber and Owusu’s accounts in The Underworld, Volume 3, and Death and the Depths, as well as Folklore and Death, by Olpany Vulf. It’s called a bridge, but […]

CW: suicide, nonspecific violence towards womenGodry awakens at the bottom of the chasm only to find the true horror has just begun. Maggie:     Wake up, Godry. Godry:     What happened? Maggie:     You died. Godry:     Am I spirit now? Is this the city? Maggie:     No. This is the bottom of the chasm. […]

Godry plunges deeper into the underworld. The hollowness. My bones. My strength. My energy. The pain from gut to limb. The lightheadedness. Can’t focus. Hunger. Like starving wolves eating me from the inside. The pain is so great, I dry heave. There’s nothing to lose. What drips from my mouth, I filter. I may need […]

Godry gets much closer to his goals. If I continue, I will succeed. If I continue, I will succeed. If I press on, I will succeed. I will succeed. I will find a way. I will find a way. I will find a way. I will find a way. I will find a way. I […]

CW: Mental IllnessGodry visits the city. The dark was right. I continued following the path I was on. It joined several other paths as I walked. I always made a note of which tunnel I had come from and continued on the larger path. It was a long hike. It felt like it took a […]

The return journey will not be so easy. Dark:     Godry, wake up. Godry:     Huh? What? Dark:     You’ve waited long enough. Godry:     I don’t want to fall again. I can’t do all of that again. Dark:     You won’t fall. Godry:     What if my soul isn’t light enough? (A pause) Godry: […]

Vote Here! Hello Kakos Industries or Never Rad listeners. The Hollow Below has made it into the finalist round of the Audio Verse Awards. Please head to audioverseawards.net/vote to vote for the Hollow Below and some of your other favorite shows today. Voting is open through Saturday, January 1st, 2022 at 11:59 PM Pacific Time. […]