Waiting For October

Waiting For October - a queer supernatural audio drama by D.J. Sylvis and Monkeyman Productions. There is a world - one of thousands touching ours - known as October. One of the archetypes; one of the realities that is a source for our stories. It is not difficult to reach, if you know the way - you can experience their wildness for yourself, adventure there, and live, and love. But be wary - perhaps more than any other existence, here there be monsters …

Waiting For October is a fiction podcast hosted by D.J. Sylvis, with 21 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80. PitchCentric scores this show on Booking Probability, Listen Score, and live audience signals refreshed every 24 hours.

D.J. Sylvis hosts Waiting For October, a fiction show with 21 episodes published.

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  Waiting For October

  WFO Season 1 - Audio Chat!

  Jul 27, 20251h 15mS0

  <p>We're back with one more little chat / Q&A post-S1, this time with Deej, our sound designer Caroline Mincks, and our composer for the show Trace Callahan! All things audio are discussed, analyzed, joked about, and explained away before your very ears. </p> <p>Your Waiting For October Producers are: D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, Sarah Mueller, and Robin Regalado! </p> <p>This should be the end of your Waiting For October Season 1 content! We'll be moderately silent for a while, as Deej writes and then we work on producing the first between-seasons miniseries, taking us to October's Moon...

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  WFO Presents - Hi Nay!

  Jul 13, 202537 minS0

  <p>Welcome, listeners - Deej here, and we've got another one of our favourite shows to share with you - and this one should definitely connect with fans of October! Hi Nay - you've heard of Hi Nay already, haven't you? If not, go find it in your podcast apps right now while I keep going! Hi Nay is a Filipino-led folk horror anthology podcast set right here in my city, Toronto - where the main character, Mari, is doing everything in her considerable powers to stop dangerous supernatural events across the city, from ghostly possessions to cursed items to...

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  WFO Season 1 - Producers Chat!

  Jun 29, 20251h 41mS1

  <p>We're back for a little post-season producers chat! Chock full of snark, buffoonery, answers to a few listener questions, wild speculation about what comes next, and maybe even a secret or two! It's a monsterrific time! </p> <p>Your Waiting For October Producers are: D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, Sarah Mueller ... and now, Robin Regalado! Theme music by Trace Callahan. </p> <p>Next month - one more behind-the-scenes chat, as Deej talks to Caroline Mincks and Trace Callahan about making the noises that brought October to life!</p> <p>Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2025/06/wfo-producer-chat-transcript/</p> <p><br></p> <p>...

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  WFO Presents - Starfall!

  Jun 15, 202518 minS0

  <p>Hi friends - Deej here with another show we wanted to share. </p> <p>SO ... I can tell you first of all that a huge number of the folks who make audio drama - including myself - made their way here via the theatre-kid pipeline. And I suspect a lot of our audience is the same. Were you a theatre kid? Did you want to be in theatre, on stage or behind the curtains or maybe building sets, props, costumes ... was that whole theatrical magic something that fascinated you? Well, theatrical magic is what we've got! </p> <p>Starfall...

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  Episode #17

  WFO Season 1 - Episode 8.5: "Karo"

  Jun 1, 202517 minS1

  <p>Karo takes some time to reflect with the help of a feline friend.</p> <p>Transcript: https://monkeymanproductions.com/2025/04/wfo-s1-e8-5-transcript/</p> <p>Waiting for October is written by D.J. Sylvis, with sound design by Caroline Mincks, and music by Trace Callahan. Additional music - "A Good Bass For Gambling," by Komiku. This episode featured Robin Regalado as Karo.</p> <p>Our co-producers are D.J. Sylvis, Tina Case, and Sarah Müller. Our associate producers are Fool & Scholar Productions, Kathleen Lucas, Marcus Briggs, Martin Chodorek, Rebekah B.</p> <p>A special thanks to our Patreon s...

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