Mixtape Stories

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In the finale, Lewis contends with this reality where the Regent has the force of the government behind him and has turned the Reverend into a target. But all is not lost because nobody––nobody expects the militant Unitarians!If you like our work, you can donate at Mixtapestories.net or at Patreon/MixtapeStories. Thank you!

Lewis learns that he's not the only one from his world who emerged into this reality.If you like our work, you can donate at Mixtapestories.net or at Patreon/MixtapeStories. Thank you!

Lewis Henry awoke into a world humming with electricity, rush hour traffic, social media…a reality where the Shift never happened. He is a survivor of a cataclysm averted, a veteran of a war that never was. And it is here that Lewis finds his old enemy perched in the seat of power once again. Alone and alienated in our digital-dystopia, the only thing Lewis has left is the determination to bring justice to the man who committed unspeakable crimes.If you like our work, you can donate at Mixtapestories.net or at Patreon/MixtapeStories. Thank you!

In the final episode of the miniseries after learning about his friends' deaths Chris stands on the precipice of Y2K and must face a future that is now unwritten.

Old Chris meets young Chris to deliver a dire warning as 1999 roles into the end of history.

In the fourth episode of the six-part miniseries, Chris surrounds himself with a community of bike messengers, revolutionaries, sober alcoholics, and techies as Austin becomes increasingly crowded in the dotcom boom. Meanwhile old Chris returns to the ‘90s.

In the third episode of the six part miniseries, Chris comes to find what Project McFlyveon is about and old Chris has a mission.

In the second episode of the six part miniseries, serendipity leads Chris to become a bike messenger for The Stubb Foundation led by Dr. Catherine Kohl. She can't say what it is they do (it's a common problem with dotcoms back in the day), but she asks Chris to participate in an experiment.

It's the ‘90s. The Cold War is a distant memory, and modems are chirping in this new World Wide Web. According to some, it's the end of history. But for Chris Lamb, the world seems to have it in for him. When he gets chased out of his hometown of New Orleans, he flees to Austin.Armed with a philosophy degree Chris becomes a bike messenger for an obscure dotcom who won't say what it is they are trying to do. But they're going to need Chris' help to do it. Join us for the six-episode miniseries Here We Are Now by Michael Juge.

Music is humanity's soul. Perhaps it has its own life. In this Mixtape short, a song becomes conscious and follows a man.

In the retail time travel economy, Bo Nguyen makes a living as a delivery driver for Anachronis Eats, picking up orders from restaurants that closed long ago and delivering it to your doorstep in the present. But he's also got a side hustle––smuggling contraband up and down the timeline like cigarettes purchased in the 1970s and sold up in the 21st century, or defunct iPods sold to the locals in the 1980s. But even his smuggling gig is just another cover. So, put on your parachute pants!

Strange things are afoot at the Stubb Foundation. In the concluding episode, Chris' mom Lulu whisks him and Donna away from the clutches of Orcon, delivering them to the bizarre startup where contemporaneous Chris works. It is here where the fate of the world will be decided.

Donna and Chris confront Roy who reveals there's more going on than either of them realized. It isn't just Conway Energy they're fighting, they're going up against Orcon, the largest cross-temporal corporate conglomerate in known existence. 

While working with Donna in 1994 to install a virus to take Conway Energy down, Chris attempts to shimmer back home to 2018 to see if their plan succeeded. Unfortunately, Chris experiences shimmer problems. 

In the sequel to “Smells Like Time Travel,” Chris returns to his old safe house which he hadn't visited since returning to the 21st century and finds a message left by a mysterious woman in 1996 who calls on him to join her to save the world. 

Rosa De La Cruz wasn't looking for love. She was just doing her job, bribing a warlord in a post apocalyptic timeline to rescue some teenagers who portalled without thinking. But when she meets Vera, Rosa finds that sometimes love searches for you. 

Chris Lamb returns to 2016 to inherit the wealth he accumulated as Christian Vaughn. Although an unparalleled success, Chris has come back to the 21st century changed. What seemed important when he shimmered out seems trivial now. With the world spiraling into chaos Chris dedicates himself to service that would make Jasmine and his Mom proud. Little does he know that his mission is not yet complete, not by a long shot.  

Chris is driven by a new mission: save his mom from herself. Meanwhile Jasmine sees an opportunity to bring Silicon Valley to Oakland as V&B Capital expands its reach.

Jasmine's nimble thinking propels V&B's success to become the premier VC in Silicon Valley and over the next few years Chris and Jasmine become close. Chris tends to shimmer in front of his mom's house, reminding him that his happy childhood has an expiration date. When he least suspects it, Chris will have to contend with his own failures as a son.

Chris and Jasmine make their pitch to the founders of Apple Computers and come to realize they're going to need a lot more capital than Chris originally assumed if they're going to be players in Silicon Valley. Jasmine comes up with an idea.

Chris has shimmered to 1976 and is “Biffing” his way throughout the country to acquire the seed money he'll need to invest into Apple Computers. But wandering alone in an alien world without Google or Starbucks, Chris is going to need help. So where is his future partner Jasmine?

Let's be honest, the present is overrated: rage-fueled social media, the death of our favorite artists, Crocs...So, when Chris discovers a time travel music app powered by nostalgia, he ditches our current dystopia and shimmers to the 1970s  to create a better future for himself in the past. Using his knowledge to invest in little startups like Apple Computers and Microsoft, Chris will find there's more to upending the time/space continuum than getting rich, something more personal.

After getting herself in some major trouble, Caitlin's dad has had enough and sends her off to finish high school in the 1990s. For Gen Alpha no punishment could be greater. But grounded in the turn of the millennium, Caitlin comes to learn more about her dad and his generation once called slackers. 

In the concluding episode, Rhiannon and the Passage make their way to the house in New Orleans in the hopes of resurrecting the door. While the others are eager to leave the simulation, Rhiannon contends with the prospect of losing two people most dear to her. 

In the second episode of the three part miniseries, Rhiannon is reunited with her daughter along with her long lost friend and finds that her dreams are tied to the events unfolding. What's more, Rhiannon may be key to the simeality.

As a Religious Studies professor, Rhiannon endeavors to make sense of the seismic revelation five years ago that struck the world to its core. When the scientists involved with the discovery are murdered and her daughter's commune is attacked, Rhiannon's own world is upended as she learns that the events from her adolescence–– memories of which she suppressed-–are key to unlocking secrets behind the revelation.

In the concluding episode of Gray Alien's Burden, after the devastating explosion Canada makes its decision and Robin learns who's behind the attack on Maple Leaf.

In the second episode of the three-part miniseries, Gray Officer Robin works with her human counterpart Jake to help the victims of the Cruel Summer living in Maple Leaf. Meanwhile, a xenophobic movement is gaining momentum across the world and in Canada in particular as the battered nation is on the eve deciding whether to join the United Gray Consortium as a subsidiary or continue to struggle on their own. Tensions mount between the duo as the plebiscite nears.

What if instead of an alien invasion, there was an alien invitation? Would we choose peace and prosperity even if it meant we were no longer in charge? In the aftermath of a US-Soviet confrontation which nearly led to total annihilation, the United Gray Consortium descends to Earth to offer their superior civilizing services to any nation who chooses to join the Consortium as a subsidiary.Assigned to emergency relief efforts in Canada, Gray junior officer Robin is convinced her kind represent the interests for all freedom-loving primates; However, her human counterpart Jake sees the Grays as colonizers. Despite their differences they must work together as lives are at stake. But there is more going on than either could imagine. Join us for the three-episode miniseries “Gray Alien's Burden” by Michael Juge.

You know how when you hear a certain song, it feels like it takes you back? That's not just a feeling. When Sarah downloads a time travel music app powered by nostalgia, she listens to the soundtrack of her youth, which shimmer her back in time. But then she ends up getting stranded in 1994. Desperate to return to 2020, Sarah is saved by a long-lost friend and learns that sometimes music takes us to when we need to be.

It's Reggie's first day at Anachronis Eats and he's excited to experience retail time travel. When he and his trainer Bo receive an order to pick up a pizza from a long-closed restaurant, they shimmer through the Amazon/Pepsi-Cola Temporal Portal to 1985. There, Reggie discovers the monetized past is rife with tourists seeking to relive their youth, which fuels a nostalgia industry that turns the 1980s into a caricature of itself. At least the music's good. The delivery boys just want to have fu–un before picking up the order, but things go awry as they're mistaken for someone else. Chased by hired goons and resentful locals, Reggie and Bo need to find a way home and get the pizza delivered on time.