Side Street Stories

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 16. Epilogue: to the Asylum"Though this jacket is tight, I'm smiling because there is a joy in going mad. The meaninglessness of madness is revealing, in that it no longer leaves one with the compunction to observe the norms of society, which so often obscure the truth and dull the senses. So freeing! I feel

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 15. Gone Mad"Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Yog-Sothoth wgah'nagl fhtagn! The stars are right!"Cast:Jon - drummisThe Witness - Aron EfimenkoMusic and Sound by drummisBased on the original album Incunabulum by drummis (https://drummis.bandcamp.com/track/Gone-Mad)For more music by drummis, see: drummis.band

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 14. Cry of the Great Old Ones"I can hear the sounds from the other side now, without opening the gate. I hear the noisome and unwholesome creatures from other dimensions. I hear the tortured groans and squeals of small things being devoured. I hear the cosmos unhinge from my dull, mundane earthly surroundings. I

"I did it, I cracked the code! Those number stations finally paid off, with access to the Equation Groups secret satellite. They monitor it all there, all the outside people, and now I have the key. The truth will finally come ou--- no... no! How did they-- NO! I won't go, I won't be your prisone---"...Static... B.K.S. catalog # 5x.106//-CarcosaB.K.S. catalog #

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 13. 33 Heartbeats"They are here. In my world now. I must not have closed the gate behind me as tightly as I needed to. Am I just paranoid or are they hunting *me*, sensing my connection to the gate, hearing my mental music? I counted eleven heartbeats between coming and going, three times hence. Thirty-three hear

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 12. Laboratory Remains"Home again. My music studio, which resembles more of a laboratory now than a studio, is in a shambles. I destroyed it while recording my insights from last night's unraveling. After my unfortunate glimpsing of the Parade of the Yellow King and his 'festivities,' I feel... unm

What follows are three short tales to keep you company while we prepare to continue our journey with Jon and his Witness. Stay tuned for the second half of The Witness of Kitab al-Azif.Cast:"Trespasser"Narrator: drummisFreddy: Aron Efimenko"The Canadian"Narrator: drummisDad/The Canadian: Aron Efimenko"Living Alone"Narrator: Aron EfimenkoThe Ex (Angie):

In the dark of the night sky, a satellite circles the Earth in high orbit. Invisible to the naked eye, it sends signals back to the Equation Group identifying strange transmissions which describe the exploits of Jon and his Witness.“The following are excerpts from a recording of a transmission intercepted from the Black Knight Satellite (BKS), provided on the Dark Web by the Equa

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 11. The King"In my travels through the gate, I witnessed a most horrifying event I can only describe as a "parade of madness." Whether this was organized as a purposeful public display, or my mind merely framed it as such in an effort to bring some order to the madness, I do not know. Immediately after

Side Street Stories presents:The Witness of Kitab Al-AzifChapter 10. Through Space"The sounds were magic. Not the Copperfield kind, but something deeper, more primal, less showy. Others might not even have known I was casting. From the inside, though, I could tell it was working; I didn't feel right. It was sort of like one of those sensory deprivation experiences people