Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station

by Wendingus

Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station is a series of creepypastas by Wendingus, detailing the accounts of a woman named Evelyn, a radio host at a small town in America, and the bizarre happenings there.

Genres: Horror, Audiobook, Thriller, Horror Thriller, Fiction

200 pages, ebook

Published April 29, 2018

Reviews

[Jheurf · Rating 5 out of 5]

My first Creepy Pasta and I loved it. Great stream-of-consciousness feel. reminded me of the old John Dies at the End stories

[Keith · Rating 5 out of 5]

“I could smell it still: the amalgamation of soil, mold, and old rotten flesh.

One of those eyes used to be mine…”

A Lonely Broadcast is an ongoing horror series from the author Kel Byron (screen name The Wendingus). It’s excellent - scary and darkly funny in equal measure. We follow three characters who get assigned to work in a radio station at the end of a tiny, isolated Appalachian town. Things get really weird, really fast. The nature of the threat is deeply Lovecraftian. Bryon richly develops Evelyn, Daniel, and Finn over the course of the story. I grew to love them, making it that much more suspenseful when their lives are placed in danger. At the time of this writing, there are three “seasons” of the series,
all posted on Reddit :
“Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station” - 9 parts
“We're Always on the Air at 104.6F.M.” - 5 parts
“Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station: Dead Air” (2023) - 9 parts

Byron has also written short stories that fit into a larger shared Universe, sometimes called the Pinehaven series after the town that it takes place in. “I Hate Collecting Bodies from the Woods” (stand alone, between seasons 1 and 2), “We Found Something Under the Christmas Tree Farm” (stand alone: takes place after 'Dead Air' chapter 2), and “Happy New Year from 104.6 FM” (takes place after “Dead Air”).

"They all die on that mountain. Every. Single. One."

The audiobooks of the three seasons are available on Youtube. Performed by Autumn Ivy and Mr. Creepy Pasta, they are fantastic and listening to them is the best way to experience this story. Here is a link to seasons 1 and 2, and here is a link to season 3.

"Last night, I had a dream that the forest split in two."

Byron reports that she is in the process of publishing her first novelized version of the series, to be called A Lonely Broadcast: Book 1 in June 2023. I’m excited to read it. It will be very interesting to see how she adapts and expands this series into this different medium.

“ If you want to see something that defies everything you think you know about this big wild world of ours, you should take a walk deep in the woods sometime.”

Title: A Lonely Broadcast
Author: Kel Byron (The Wendingus)
Year: 2018-2023
Genre: Fiction - Creepypasta series (ongoing), horror, black comedy
Date(s) read: 4/24/23 - 5/4/23
Reading journal entry #99 in 2023



Sources:

Full index of the stories by The Wendingus (Kel Bryon):
https://www.reddit.com/user/wendingus...

Links to the Kel Bryon’s social media accounts: https://linktr.ee/wendingus

Audiobook of seasons 1 and 2, titled “Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station” and “We're Always on the Air at 104.6F.M.”, narrated by Autumn Ivy and MrCreepyPasta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wacUO...

Audiobook of "I Hate Collecting Bodies From The Woods" narrated by https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vqRLN...

Audiobook of season 3, titled “Accounts from a Lonely Broadcast Station: Dead Air,” narrated by Autumn Ivy and MrCreepyPasta: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRLK-...

“We Found Something Under the Christmas Tree Farm” narrated by The Grimm Reapers Nightmare: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExllM...

“Happy New Year from 104.6 FM” narrated by Autumn Ivy: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Nje8...

Link to the web comic by Kelsey Mehl: https://wellhey.com/comic/the-lonely-...

Link to the comic cover by Kelsey A.M., which I assume is the same artist: https://archive.org/details/smackjeev...

Link to the Deviant Art image: https://www.deviantart.com/quazcore/a...

[mabez · Rating 5 out of 5]

Yet another CreepCast listen. Really good story, the characterisation and world building is complex and interesting with a sense of mystery.

[Jessica McDonough · Rating 5 out of 5]

What a lovely fascinating fun modern day lovecraftian tale

[Chyenne Arsenault · Rating 5 out of 5]

The audio version gave a lot of depth to the story due to the narration and additional sounds. Interesting story even though it's not my cup of tea.

[C . O · Rating 4 out of 5]

a marginally weaker tales from the gas station
but still very good with some freaky body horror on occasion

[Ethan Capehart · Rating 4 out of 5]

just fun

[Katie White · Rating 4 out of 5]

This was entertaining and has me interested in checking out the actual book.

[Nix · Rating 3 out of 5]

*.✧ ACCOUNTS FROM A LONELY BROADCAST STATION - WENDINGUS ✧.*


Yo I didn’t even realize I had this listed until I saw I tagged it under “2018-read” that’s insane. I really like this story. I can never remember the ending exactly, but I always remembered things like the faucet, and certainly the intro. It’s one of those online stories that I have heard the beginning of a lot of times but just can’t seem to remember anything else.

My favorite of this micro-genre is Tales from the Gas Station, always will be, and whatever the fuck this genre is: waiter, waiter, more of this please. It’s compelling and it’s funny and it never gets old. Literally, stories from this genre can be re-listened to/read and still be interesting. That’s the best part.

“When my shoes sank into the long grass, kicking up the pebbles in the dry dirt, I felt a sense of … immense insignificance. The world felt big and I felt small, suffocating in the middle of all that vast and limitless space.” (part 4)

The writing is so good and the humor is as well. This isn’t bland to me, but again, it’s not memorable like its genre sisters. Avg Gas Station fan opinion I fear.

My bad! Still loved it tho. 3.5 but Goodreads isn’t chill like that.