Serving Worlds

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A cowboy on the run to keep his soul. A vampire running a Nigerian investor scam. A wolf racing to the mountaintop, before a dragon can catch and kill him. A human protecting one of the aliens he fought in war, from an old army buddy. Meet these and other characters in Serving Worlds, the genre-blending podcast fiction collection from John Mierau. Weekly episodes are 20 minutes or less but Beware: there be cliffhangers here!

John Mierau


    • Jan 5, 2010 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 17m AVG DURATION
    • 28 EPISODES


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    Mountain Challenge (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2010 18:34


    Atop the mountain, under the light of the full moon, the final confrontation between Aleyku the wolf and Varas the dragon.

    Mountain Challenge (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2010 10:21


    A wolf and a mountain race to the top of a mountain. One wants to die, and one wants to kill.

    Mountain Challenge (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 5, 2010 20:26


    An old wolf nearing the end of his days climbs a mountain top, and meets an unexpected challenge.

    Already Here (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2009 27:55


    A marine, freed from life in prison by his old Gunnery Sergeant and pressed into service for a secret alien-hunting government agency, is en route to his first crash site when shots ring out. What will they find in the swamp ahead?

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    Already Here (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 9, 2009 29:04


    In this week's exciting episode, a marine is destined for a life in prison… until his Gunnery sargeant shows up with a surprising offer…

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    Drowning in Dark (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 18:29


    The surprising end of our journey with Samuel, a fanged bible salesmen, who we left in seductive jeopardy at the hands of a crafty and lovecraftian flock of worshipers.

    Drowning in Dark (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 25:01


    Meet some of the residents of Shepherd's Creek, Tennessee…. and one very unusual Bible Salesman.

    Necessary Fictions

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 23, 2009 4:54


    A writer meets a fan who loves his work, and changes his life. 

    The List (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2009 20:02


    The exciting conclusion brings Miles face to face with his betrayer, aboard a Zeppelin flying out of control through the Alps!

    The List (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 21, 2009 12:21


    Miles Bell faces the force the fledgeling nazis seek to bring into this world -- on their side.

    The List (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2009 22:52


    In which our hero Miles Bell finds himself betrayed, and captured by proto-Nazis. Show notes available at http://www.johnmierau.com

    The List (Part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2009 21:22


    The List, Part 1: in which we meet Miles Bell, an ancestor of James Bond and language geek in the service of His Majesty the King.  Please see show notes at johnmierau.com

    Last Man Home (Part 5)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 8:36


    The chase is over! Who lived and who died, and what new paths will Jake, Dru and Tom find themselves walking on?

    Last Man Home (Part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 20:13


    Things come to a brew as Jake and Tom the bug make their stand at the Ladysmith General Store, with Dru all the way out of his mind and ready to kill. Can Jake save Tom AND Dru? Can Jake even save himself from getting killed in the crossfire???

    Last Man Home (Part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 17:37


    Will Dru survive Jake's point-blank blast?  Why IS the bug calling itself Tom?  And will Jake manage to get out of this mess in one piece?

    Last Man Home (Part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 23:58


    Tom the bug's been shot by Jake's friend Dru, and the two of them have disappeared into the wilderness. It's up to Jake to sort things out, and save lives. But whose?

    Last Man Home (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2009 25:07


    Jake needs to find the alien Bug that crashed his war buddies reunion before his friend Dru catches up with the Bug and kills it. Before that happens, Jake needs to know why the Bug is using the name of his dead Lieutenant, Tom Callahan. Things are going to get a lot worse for Jake before they get better! Promo for Phillipa Ballentine's new Podcast and upcoming Print novel ‘Weather Child‘. Music, as always, by Derek Miller and sound effects all courtesy of freesound.org.

    European Investment Scams SUCK

    Play Episode Listen Later May 14, 2009 5:51


    A classic villain uses a scourge of the modern world to trap his prey. Plus, a catchy 80's tourism jingle!

    Harlan's Wake (part 4)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2009 16:10


    The back-from-the-dead Harlan, Tyler and Tom work out some family issues. Michael remains a guest during this uncomfortable discussion… pinned to a wall and possibly dying. And Harlan means for his son Tyler to join him.

    Harlan's Wake (part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later May 6, 2009 15:08


    The alien and human shell that make up the Silver known as Michael is introduced to the Brown clan. Harlan takes a turn for the worse.

    Harlanl's Wake (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2009 21:37


    Tyler Brown re-lives the road that led him to the Silvers from his dying father's bedside. We learn what Silvers and the undead have in common, and watch several surprise guests crash the festivities.

    Harlan's Wake (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 20, 2009 19:35


    Tyler Brown returns to his isolated backwoods home after six years as a soldier, and protector to the alien Silvers, when the man who exiled him, his father, falls to his deathbed.

    Marked Men (part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 26, 2009 9:47


    In the conclusion to ‘Marked Men', as the Chinese workers make good their escape from the cave, the gunfighter, Travis, offers to trade the boy's life for Daniel's… just as the Collector's arrival is announced by light flaring from Daniel's Marked hand.

    Marked Men (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 10, 2009 15:38


    We learn how Daniel received the Mark and he wakes up to find he has been buried with the Chinese in Bock's mine, and blamed for the explosion by the survivors.

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    Marked Men (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2009 14:11


    A man is found on a train with no ticket. He is running from something terrible, but finds himself in a situation just as horrifying, as the mysterious Mark on his hand leads him to understand.

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    Crossing Lines (part 3)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 19, 2009 13:24


    In the final part of 'Crossing Lines', Grady, Fran and Russell climb the hill to face the white light. There is treachery.

    Crossing Lines (part 2)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2009 11:24


    Two enemies agree to set aside their differences to defeat an evil intent on destroying all life in our world.

    Crossing Lines (part 1)

    Play Episode Listen Later Feb 16, 2009 11:40


    Two men meet in the middle of nowhere, each following the pull of mystical lines of energy -- and an evil threatening all the world.

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