When the crime wave peaked in the early 70s, and Nixon signed the Redemption Act, no one bothered to imagine what public execution might look like fifty years in the future. No one imagined that The Tetradome Run would become the most popular show in America. A free audiobook released in full as…
"A computer terminal at a public library in Flagstaff, the reactivation of an old social media account, a few cautious messages exchanged, one of them showing Jenna’s face as photographed on the computer’s webcam, and then Jenna was chatting with her childhood pen pal."
"Where were you when Chanelle Devlin gave her infamous press conference? It was a question people would ask for a generation to come."
"Rudy and I sit together on the back porch at my house. We drink beer from bottles. We watch afternoon pass into evening. We talk."
"Gabe hit the livestream button and spoke to his phone."
"She was making for the front doors of the casino. She was going to leave."
"Down the tunnel and onto a metal catwalk. Concrete walls, televisions, flower pots—they were in the Underdeck now. They were on one of its upper levels. Jenna recognized the pattern of the wiring on the wall. They weren’t far from the generator room."
"On a restricted access highway outside of town, the black Devlin Enterprises van that had been parked on the side of the road, hazards flashing, headlights pointed towards Vegas, used the entire width of the road to make a U-turn, and drive back to New Rome."
"Gabe walked through the parking lot, onto the sidewalk, and towards Las Vegas Boulevard. Doubts about what he was doing grew heavier with each step."
"Gabe looked at the plastic keycard that came in the envelope. He turned it over in his hands, thinking about the strange letter that came with it."
"The front desk clerk gave him an envelope. His name was written in purple ink on the envelope’s face."
"I was in tears when I called Sunny. I skipped the formalities and apologies that might have been appropriate when calling a former best friend that you’ve cut out of your life."
"The Tetradome Run played in the background as Gabe walked away from the private watch party and into the larger casino at Polaris."
"And now we come to the part of my story where I tell you what happened on the day Barbara Lomax died. I can't. Not yet."
"Gabe’s heart was still racing, but it seemed the worst was over. For now."
"It felt like an anvil had been tied around her waist, so strong was the downward tug of the creature, so tight was the grip of its tentacle."
"Many in the crowd at Polaris yelled in joy when Jenna fell, this turn of events no doubt having helped their wagers. Many more yelled in displeasure, Gabe among them. As he watched Jenna sink into the water, he thought about a secret letter tossed to the ground."
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"Deep in the bowels of the Tetradome, Jenna Duvall, running at a full sprint, followed the arrows Sunny had painted on the walls for her."
"First I wrote a letter to Sunny. Then I let Seth read to me. Then I said no to the man who wanted to help me."
"Someone left a production door unlocked. Nathan went through it."
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"The clock hit zero. A buzzer sounded. The crowd came to its feet. The steel gate at one end of the maze swung open."
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"Jenna came to the ravine that ended Stage One and swung across. Ahead, the path narrowed, leading runners to a downward ramp."
"The media would have you believe I spent the first five weeks of my sophomore year at Hillerman planning an assassination. Nothing could be further from the truth."
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"On the top floor of Devlin Tower, Bart Devlin’s assistant, Carlos, now in full freakout about his missing boss, spoke frantically to a group surrounding his desk."
"Gabe finished his interview with Tammy Flanigan, took a car to his hotel, and went to bed fully expecting to find the world turned upside down when he woke the next morning."
"Everything was gray and ugly that summer. Depression, at least, the kind that I had after Rudy died, turns the world around you into a bunch of noise you want to silence."
"Jenna waited at the door all night, listening, but heard nothing but chatter from the guards. Whatever Gabe Chancellor’s interview with Tammy Flanigan meant, Jenna would have to decipher it on her own."
"It was clear to Jenna that they intended to lock her inside and leave her to rot until race day. No more training. No more interaction with the other prisoners. Just a girl in her cage, where she and her thoughts had to wait quietly until it was time for the show."
"Bart rushed through the hallways of Devlin Tower in a panic of scattered, multi-determinate origin."
"Four days before the Finale race, Cameron’s password breaker cracked open the Utility Bills folder on Kyle’s laptop."
"While looking through old yearbooks in the library at Mary Nolan College, Gabe found an interesting photograph."
"Things came to a head the first weekend in May when Sunny wrote a one-act play."
"Stepping into the car without a plan, they eventually ended up on I-40 east, headed for Texas." In addition to original music and sound by Spencer Baum, this episode contains Creative Commons Commercially Licensed music and sound. For a full list of CC attributions, see spencerbaum.net.
"While Jenna climbed inside the walls at one end of the complex, at the other end, Bart Devlin stepped off an elevator and into the lobby of Tetradome Labs."
"It was Sunny’s idea for the Blue Brigade to partner with the Rule of Law Society in a joint campus lecture series." In addition to original music and sound, this episode uses some Creative Commons Commercially Licensed music and sound from freesound.org, kai-engel.com, and chriszabriskie.com. For a full list of Creative Commons attributions, visit spencerbaum.net.
"Each bulb on the Grid was connected to the wrist cuff of a single prisoner."
"Down the hall from Jenna’s cellblock, two guards sat at the station, a bank of television monitors all around them." In addition to original music and sound, this episode uses some Creative Commons Commercially licensed sounds. For a listing of CC attributions, see spencerbaum.net
"Before Gabe Chancellor left the campus of Mary Nolan College, he went to the library to look at old yearbooks."
"I have this nostalgic vision of the Blue Brigade I joined in fall semester of freshman year." In addition to original music and sound, this episode makes use of the song Dark Walk by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) licensed on Creative Commons Commercial Attribution. See spencerbaum.net for a full listing of Creative Commons uses in this podcast.
"Eleven Tetradome contestants were allowed to train for the Finale." In addition to original music and sound by Spencer Baum, this episode contains Creative Commons Commercial Licensed music by BoxCat Games, Kevin MacLeod, and Kai Engel, as well as licensed sounds from freesound.org. For a full list of attributions, see spencerbaum.net
"A curious thing Jenna noticed on her first day in the cellblock—the bedroom doors locked from the inside."
"Bart Devlin rewound the footage of the Semifinal’s ending. Jenna on the straightaway. Jenna goes down. Jenna gets up. Jenna survives." This chapter uses Creative Commons Commercially Licensed audio from freesound.org, incompetech.com, and kai-engel.com. For a full listing of Creative Commons Licensed sounds used, visit spencerbaum.net
"Last night I dreamed about the day I was arrested." In addition to original music and sound by Spencer Baum, this episode contains Creative Commons music from freesound.org, chriszabriskie.com, kai-engel.com, and incompetech.com. For a full listing of Creative Commons attributions, visit spencerbaum.net
"A laptop, which Cameron picked up just before midnight." This episode contains Creative Commons Commercially licensed music from freesound.org, kai-engel.com, and incompetech.com. For full listing of Creative Commons attributions visit spencerbaum.net
"Gabe returned to his apartment, a cardboard box of stolen loot under his arm." This episode uses sounds licensed on Creative Commons Commercial Attribution from freesound.org, chriszabriskie.com, and kai-engel.com. For a full listing of attributions, go to spencerbaum.net
"After Rudy came back I found myself with one too many people to love." This episode uses these Creative Commons Commercial Attribution License songs from chriszabriskie.com: The Sun is Scheduled to Come Out Tomorrow by Chris Zabriskie We Were Never Meant to Live Here by Chris Zabriskie
"Gabe crawled through the window to enter the apartment. It was an eerie, depressing place." This episode contains Creative Commons Commercially Licensed music from kai-engel.com and chriszabriskie.com
"Hello world. This is Kyle. Jenna’s brother. Jenna gave me this memoir and asked me to finish it." This episode contains these Creative Commons licensed sounds from freesound.org and elsewhere. Ghostly Transition 3.wav by pcruzn Windy Transition.wav by pcruzn Clapping » Small Clap by kellieskitchen Miscellaneous Sound Effects » Transition Sound Effect.wav by sophiehall3535 Party Crowd 1.wav by Kolezan Spooky Stuff » Spooky Ambiance #1 by KRISTIANKULTA My first 25 recordings with binaurals » R05_0111.flac by Omar Alvarado Lo-Fi Stupidity » LFS_YayCheer.wav by xtragamr CelloBassDronesAndEffects by juskiddink (freesound.org) Anguish by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Cello C midi 48.wav by ERH (freesound.org) The Theatrical Poster for Poltergeist III by Chris Zabriskie (chriszabriskie.com) Echoes of Time by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) CGI Snake by Chris Zabriskie (www.chriszabriskie.com) Imminence by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com) Dancing on the Edge by Kai Engel (kai-engel.com) And these songs appear via paid licensing arrangement: Unprecedented Step by Collin G. Scudder Lamentation by Ian Post