MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western

1.10 | HUNGER PT. 2

MERCY: A Queer Eldritch Western

Show Notes

PART 2 OF 2

IMPORTANT NOTE (13 April 2026): This episode has been re-edited & re-uploaded. To hear the updated version, please refresh the feed or clear the app cache & data via the app settings in your device and restart the app.

MERCY is best experienced with headphones. For adult audiences only.

I would endure it with you.

Please see the bottom of the description for the full list of content warnings. A dyslexia-friendly transcript of this episode can be found here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1fNpkdJpdRrioLqVr8u_7E5tQ2eLnB2Vb2lpVe-d7Shk/edit?usp=sharing

CREDITS This episode features the vocal talents of: James Reece as Lord Paxton Cross / Young Paxton Austin Sharp as Wayne Sawyer Aurora Ave-Lallemant as Doctor Daisy Gray Sneha Kumar as Lila Sassoon Jay Rossouw (Jay33721) as Gilbert Gibbs Matt Doherty as Hunger Jiho (KoreHan) as The Friendly They (TFT) Madison Diaz (SomethingExtraVA) as Ball Goer #2 Fay Roberts as Lady Endora Cross

The voices & the words of the souls belong to: Coco Chankai Glendar Michael Tricca Leonardo Fratta Taeo Anderson Izzy X Lis Micah Bumgardner Cat Lawrence August Blaine Centauri Madison Laura Aki Kyle Welsh Iko Marten Kiisler D.F. And Dandelion Jack.

A big thank you to all for lending us your words and your voices for this episode.

MERCY is produced by Madison Diaz. The script supervisor is Matt Doherty. Written, directed, and sound designed by Jae-in Hwan.

Visit our website to check out the full cast and crew list, and our socials: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercycastcrew.html The music used in this show can be found here: https://strangekindstudio.weebly.com/mercymusic.html SFX & Music courtesy of EpidemicSound.com, Freesound.org, and Pixabay.com 'Free Sound Fx's - Background Civil War' courtesy of Estigia Pro (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=klNMXt9koOs) 'To Arms' courtesy of Sgt Codie Lynn Williams, Soprano Bugle in G, Marine Corps Bugle Calls

THE DIARIES OF NETOVICIUS THE VAMPIRE This episode’s friend of the show is The Diaries of Netovicius the Vampire, by Hugo Pierre Martin. Website: https://netovampire.com/ RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/f40b8e30/podcast/rss

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CONTENT WARNINGS Depictions & soundscaping of war (incl. explosions and guns) Ableism (incl. internalised ableism and ableist language) Depiction of alcoholism & drug dependence/addiction (opiates) Drug use (opiates) Depictions of chronic pain Misogynistic and homophobic language Acute mental distress Choking and suffocation Self harm Misophonia (brief quiet chewing, blood and guts, coughing, kissing) Suicidality, mentions of suicide attempts & depression Mention of suicide technique (cutting ) Graphic violence & gore Mind control & memory loss Graphic depictions of panic attacks & trauma-related anxiety Mentions of systemic violence Depictions and mentions of dead children Graphic depictions & descriptions of mass graves, bodies, and putrefaction Mentions of religious & cult practices Depictions & mentions of ghosts, spirits, and souls Graphic murder (explicit, bloody) Graphic depictions and mentions of child abuse and childhood trauma Parental death Religious trauma & language Emetophobia (non-graphic, retching) Depiction of adult toys Depiction of illness, fever, delirium & coughing (sepsis) Non-graphic depiction of childbirth & gender-based trauma Fire & being burned (non-graphic) Controlling & toxic queer relationship Implied imprisonment, stalking, physical abuse & threats within said toxic queer relationship

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