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The Crepuscular Light Adjacency

The Crepuscular Light Adjacency

By Luke Alexander

Journey through imaginary proxy dimensions in this narrative-driven anthology of long and short stories. From talking cats and dogs to multiple universes with fire breathing bearded dragons and sentient furniture, there's sure to be something that'll tickle your brain's funny bone.
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The Crepuscular Light AdjacencyJul 22, 2019

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Cat Tastrophe!: Hook-Faced Jacob

Cat Tastrophe!: Hook-Faced Jacob

Through an astounding feat of physics, Jezebel catches ornery Perry the Parrot. However, Perry may not be the only one who ends up getting cat-ptured or cat-apulted in this episode of Cat Tastrophe!

Jun 02, 202034:14
Aliens, Actually

Aliens, Actually

In this obvious homage to (or more aptly put complete rip-off of) the immensely popular Christmas film 'Love, Actually' we learn about how in an alternate reality tiny aliens forcing everyone to stay holed up in their homes and only visit the outside world in hazmat suits really brought people closer together, or something. Also in the future, there are swimming cars. Not flying ones.

May 18, 202025:51
Craig Cohn's Content Carnival, With Craig Cohn

Craig Cohn's Content Carnival, With Craig Cohn

Watch everyone's favorite content, Craig Cohn's Content Carnival with your host Craig Cohn. See four new up and coming pieces of created content presented by their content creators and judge at the end which content makes you the most content. Guest-starring content guru and SEO entheogenic mysticist Carmen Cilantro!

May 04, 202037:25
Cat Tastrophe! : Want A Cracker?

Cat Tastrophe! : Want A Cracker?

Reggie, Jezebel and the unnamed witch cat concoct an unnecessary scheme to appease the crowd when the world's largest rat finds herself overcome with insecurity and anxiety about going onstage, using only a little bit of magic and a lot of stage makeup.

Apr 13, 202037:18
Bugtholomew : A Butt Faced Metropolis

Bugtholomew : A Butt Faced Metropolis

The butt faced aliens take Bugtholomew and Leonard through a network of tunnels to a bustling metropolis. However, it is soon learned that the butt faced aliens consider Bughtolomew and Leonard to be butt faced themselves, and also that the butt faced aliens that are indeed butt faced are also surprisingly religious. There may also be time travel.

Apr 06, 202034:05
Invasion of the Vacuum Cleaners

Invasion of the Vacuum Cleaners

Doug, a dog in a society of bipedal perpetual suit-wearing dogs, finds his life turned upside down (and not for belly rubs) after a long day of digging for bones ends with a surprise delivery - a vacuum cleaner.

Mar 30, 202028:24
Cat Tastrophe! : World's Largest Rat

Cat Tastrophe! : World's Largest Rat

Jezebel, the unnamed witch cat and Reggie decide to go get some food only to immediately take a detour to see what a sign purports to be the 'World's Largest Rat'. All the while, Jezebel and the witch cat argue over who deserves to be called the witch cat, seeing as Jezebel is the one with a witch hat that decidedly makes her appear quite, for lack of a better term, 'witchy'.

Mar 16, 202041:07
Bugtholomew?! : A Near Escape

Bugtholomew?! : A Near Escape

Leonard and Bugtholomew are captured by the butt faced aliens. Unfortunately for the butt faced aliens, their standard handcuffs made out of molasses and fondue cheese end up looking delicious to Leonard. Can Leonard eat himself and Bugtholomew out of this mess?

Jan 13, 202035:40
Cat Tastrophe! : Don Qui Hoggie

Cat Tastrophe! : Don Qui Hoggie

We meet Count Hotdogula's right-hand pooch Russel, a Jack Russel Terrier with a brother named Jack whom everyone mistakes him for. Meanwhile, Reggie rides in a cart with Mr. Dog and Sir Douglas Porkington the 14th, who seems to be having an identity crisis.

Jan 06, 202040:14
Bugtholomew : Butt-Faced Aliens?!

Bugtholomew : Butt-Faced Aliens?!

Newly named Mayor of the Galaxy Leonard and disloyal cohort Bugtholomew find themselves on the surface of a strange planet with even stranger inhabitants. Will Leonard's first foray into the world of diplomacy pan out, or will he be panned?

Dec 30, 201933:04
Randolph the Asthmatic Reindeer

Randolph the Asthmatic Reindeer

Fill yourself up with warming swigs of the holiday spirit while listening to everybody's favorite story based on a song about an asthmatic reindeer. Will Randolph ever find a serotonin light to combat his seasonal affective disorder? Will Santa stay sober enough to pilot his sleigh? Find out the answer to these questions and more in Randolph the Asthmatic Reindeer.

Dec 23, 201936:58
Cat Tastrophe! : The Nether Region

Cat Tastrophe! : The Nether Region

While Fluffy and time-traveling Reggie squabble with a pig with an indiscernible accent, Jezebel, Rufus and present time Reggie squabble with a witch cat who has decided to send them all to the endless abyss that is..the Nether Region.

Dec 16, 201943:17
Bugtholomew : Gnawing on Brain Stems

Bugtholomew : Gnawing on Brain Stems

Will Leonard be able to find 'Rocketman' on the jukebox in order to escape certain peril and save Bugtholomew and the Mayor of the Galaxy from the space seal peril? Probably not. 

Dec 09, 201949:60
Cat Tastrophe! : A Floating Vampire Wiener Dog

Cat Tastrophe! : A Floating Vampire Wiener Dog

Reggie and Fluffy come face to face with what could possibly be pure evil after being caught by cat nappers.

Dec 02, 201936:27
Arbor Day Eve : Legend of the Were Tree

Arbor Day Eve : Legend of the Were Tree

Rumors run nigh as the moon glows high in the nursery this night, and the lives of the plants living within will never be the same.

Nov 29, 201913:26
Cat Tastrophe! : Holographic Fortune Telling Kitties

Cat Tastrophe! : Holographic Fortune Telling Kitties

Jezebel and Reggie meet with a mystical fortune-telling kitty to learn what their future holds through the telling of vague and nondescript metaphors.

Sep 16, 201937:48
A Word From Our Sponsors

A Word From Our Sponsors

Thanks to all of these lovely sponsors from the other side of the Crepuscular Light Adjacency for their support and patronage.

Sep 09, 201942:14
Cliff's Been Kidnapped!

Cliff's Been Kidnapped!

Otto and Sepia Sophia go on a trek to find their companion. Be warned, this episode may end on a cliffhanger.

Sep 02, 201929:30
Cat Tastrophe!: A Giant Tuna Fish Monster

Cat Tastrophe!: A Giant Tuna Fish Monster

We follow Fluffy's descent from the start of the board game and get a taste of his light brush with fame in the form of a TV commercial.

Aug 26, 201940:32
The Goosening

The Goosening

The harrowing story of a goose on a highway told from the differing perspectives of two unreliable narrators.

Aug 19, 201931:50
Bugtholomew : Galactic Pool

Bugtholomew : Galactic Pool

Leonard escapes a near death experience with the help of Bugtholomew's otherworldly abilities and then enjoys a delicious cocktail while Bugtholomew and friends play some pool. It goes fairly well until space seals ruin everything.

Aug 12, 201939:47
Cat Tastrophe! : A Giant Floating Nose Monster

Cat Tastrophe! : A Giant Floating Nose Monster

Jezebel and Reggie run in to Rufus, who's been put in a cage. We spend the later half of the episode looking through Rufus' eyes, or more smelling through Rufus' nostrils, as he whiffs his way to true lust...or is it love?

Aug 05, 201939:01
Bugtholomew?!

Bugtholomew?!

In this last of first chapter episodes comes the Ballad of Bugtholomew, a beetle headed galactic space police officer who takes his new partner Leonard on the ride of his life to defeat evil space seals.

Jul 29, 201928:49
Cat Tastrophe! : The Ligress

Cat Tastrophe! : The Ligress

Jezebel, Reggie and Rufus are separated after learning that each of them  has been granted special powers by the board game. Reggie has catlike  reflexes and Jezebel can turn into a cat. Jezebel finds Fluffy for a  fleeting second before they both fall to what could be their doom. Re-uploaded for improved audio quality.

Jul 23, 201945:08
The Sentient, Telepathic Ottoman

The Sentient, Telepathic Ottoman

Ottoman the sentient, telepathic ottoman confronts a horrifying truth about his day to day life while hitching a ride in a leathery automobile. His world transforms around the eyes he doesn't have with this realization and nothing will ever be the same. If you have an idea for a short story that feels very adjacent  and crepuscularly lit, send a one to two sentence prompt and your name  to  crepuscularlightadjacency@gmail.com and it may end up on the show   (you'll receive some correspondence from a crepuscular entity  beforehand if so).

Jul 22, 201928:01
The Future is Jazzy and Full of Buttons

The Future is Jazzy and Full of Buttons

Ottoid remembers his last day at the buttoning facility while enjoying a fanciful roboleather massage sofa. Everything changes when he gets ejected from his travel pod and falls to what appears to be his doom. If you have an idea for a short story that feels very adjacent  and crepuscularly lit, send a one to two sentence prompt and your name  to  crepuscularlightadjacency@gmail.com and it may end up on the show   (you'll receive some correspondence from a crepuscular entity  beforehand if so).

Jul 22, 201932:12
The Bacon Guru

The Bacon Guru

The Bacon Guru goes on an adventure to save the Earth from getting sucked into a potted plant, meeting many strange characters along the way. His bacon chamber will never be the same again. If you have an idea for a short story that feels very adjacent and crepuscularly lit, send a one to two sentence prompt and your name to  crepuscularlightadjacency@gmail.com and it may end up on the show  (you'll receive some correspondence from a crepuscular entity beforehand if so). Pierce Alexander (a musician entity) submitted a prompt that led to this story's creation. Check out his music on Spotify for something completely unlike yet still crepuscular and adjacent to this podcast.

Jul 18, 201944:20
Cat Tastrophe! : Crypt of Fear

Cat Tastrophe! : Crypt of Fear

Enjoy the first chapter of Cat Tastrophe!, wherein we meet Jezebel, Fluffy, Rufus, and Reggie, who are all cats who have found themselves craving catnip on a spooky Halloween night, which ends up leading them into The Crepuscular Light Adjacency. If you have an idea for a short story that feels very adjacent and  crepuscularly lit, send a one to two sentence prompt and your name to  crepuscularlightadjacency@gmail.com and it may end up on the show  (you'll receive some correspondence from a crepuscular entity beforehand if so).

Jul 16, 201944:22
Fluffy Fantasy Cows

Fluffy Fantasy Cows

Enjoy Chapter Two of "O to the Power of Four," wherein we meet Ottozus, Rutherford, Comedy, Tragedy, Doom, and Forsyth. Fantasy creatures abound in this odd universe, and they all have very long and cumbersome names that describe exactly what kind of fantasy creature they are. If you have an idea for a short story that feels very adjacent and  crepuscularly lit, send a one to two sentence prompt and your name to  crepuscularlightadjacency@gmail.com and it may end up on the show  (you'll receive some correspondence from a crepuscular entity beforehand if so).

Jul 16, 201936:54
A Sepia Hot Air Balloon
Jul 16, 201932:36