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Hell Gate City
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Award-winning comedy sci-fi podcast about dreampunk denizens of a cyberpunk hellhole NYC; Season 2 has begun. ¡New Episodes ( + sweet Bonus Tales for patrons here: https://www.patreon.com/c/hellgatecity ) on Blursdays!

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I'm creating a serial audio edition of Keep It Covered—a cosmic horror novel that draws on psychological terror and follows one suburban family down the rabbit hole. Once it gets its claws in you, you’ll find it hard to hit pause. Free members get it, too. Check it! www.patreon.com/posts/147164...
A black and white ink wash drawing of a cup of coffee by Ben Blumensheid for the cosmic horror novel Keep It Covered by Matthew Payne, which will debut as a serial audio book on patreon.com/hellgatecity
May 10, 2026 at 5:09 PM
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Art for Accident (Episode 29) has arrived and the episode is LIVE! pod.link/hellgatecity...

#audiodrama #art #scifi #comedy
A painting of white on Black for the cover art of episode 29 of the Podcast Hell gate city. It features three characters from the episode Baldwin in a motorized wheelchair on the left, Nikki standing arms akimbo in the center, and Thaddio with his claws and baton out on the right in the foreground ready to battle his offspring.
May 6, 2026 at 2:40 AM
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Do you need a Life Friend?

NAILS get to enjoy this Patreon-exclusive prerelease of our chilling tale. But all will get to listen on Halloween, when the entire, frightening, collaborative suite of stories drops here: linktr.ee/ninetomidnight.

Tune in!
A signals distorted picture of a woman walking down the street. The text says Hellgate city Halloween special five. AI mom.
October 27, 2025 at 5:32 PM
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Happy Flower Friday! Join us as a free member to celebrate petal power every Friday. www.patreon.com/posts/140366...
photo of a white flower
October 3, 2025 at 5:11 PM
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65k plays. 💞🙌🎉
13:40 Analytics Overview • U Discovery Audience All-platforms Streams and downloads on all platforms, including Spotify. Total O All-time 65,020
August 26, 2025 at 7:30 PM
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Greetings, cyber denizens! I just published the deluxe script for Episode 17. Courage--late, I know. I've also, added scripts for 16. Bat and 28. Faun and will keep chipping away at outstanding eps. Read 'em and weep here:

www.patreon.com/posts/66692496
"transcripts" on grid paper
May 30, 2025 at 5:01 PM
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Art process screen grabs from the Twitch stream. Follow me there to catch future happenings: m.twitch.tv/hotcomic/

#audiodrama #sf #art
non-photo blue pencil sketch of the cover art of Faun (Episode 28 of Hell Gate City podcast). It's a balding man with pygmy antelope horns holding a baby in one hand and swinging a cricket bat at something out if frame with the other. for more info, visit https://hellgatecity.com in-process drawing of the cover art of Faun (Episode 28 of Hell Gate City podcast). It's a balding man with pygmy antelope horns holding a baby in one hand and swinging a cricket bat at something out if frame with the other. for more info, visit https://hellgatecity.com final key art for the cover of "Faun" (Episode 28 of Hell Gate City podcast). It's a balding man with pygmy antelope horns holding a baby in one hand and swinging a cricket bat at something out if frame with the other. for more info, visit https://hellgatecity.com
May 16, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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Art is drawn! Just gotta bring it into the digital realm and wrap it up for the podcast apps.

Here's a tease if you missed the stream.
are still framed from the Hell Gate City Twitch stream of creating the cover art for episode 28 Faun. Kevin is in the upper left corner. A sketch of the art is in the lower left corner and on the right side is what looks like a Satyr with a baby in one hand and a cricket bat swinging in the other.
May 15, 2025 at 5:34 PM
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Ep. 28 (Faun) is mixed and needs a listen before blasting it out at you. Hang tight, Neo Amsterdenizens.
an audio digital editing timeline with a bunch of tracks in different colors representing episode 28 of the Podcast http://hellgatecity.com
May 9, 2025 at 2:09 AM
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Wow... Thanks for the kick-butt review!!!
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HELL GATE CITY is a one part mixture of radio broadcast (a neo-noir New York City) to one part missing person’s case, which spirals into a case of missing identity. A radio DJ covers city news (robot uprising!), human interest stories (the man that even sex robots rejected) and advertisements (almost virus free tech!). And between these intersperses his live streamed, electronically retrieved dreams for his audience’s entertainment. A mystery begins when the dreams reveal suppressed memories about the nature of his father’s disappearance and his own forgotten deeds. While the stories can have darkness, the tone remains light, preferring irony and good humor where possible. The sound effects are well chosen too: a few reverberations, echoes and distortions break up the continuous speech.
March 17, 2025 at 8:29 PM
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60,000 Plays!? Thanks, all, for listening and vibing through the wire waves. #AudioDrama
Hell Gate City's Analytics Overview • Discovery Audience All-platform overview Plays All-time 60,019
February 21, 2025 at 9:16 PM
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Enter the Dunefield in our new ep dropped now. open.spotify.com/episode/3T6S...
A hand drawn map of The Waitrix featuring a Dunefield, Farm, Park, Forest, etc. And it is the cover art for Episode 27 of Hell Gate City -- more info: hellgatecity.com
January 15, 2025 at 11:17 PM
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hello and good tidings recent bloobies!

(what are we calling each other?)

let's bring back tidings as referring to a sweet flock of magpies.

Here's pre-production art from our latest ep. (Reality — Ep. 26) #audiodrama #cyberpunk #art
The image features a black on white line drawing of a woman--Hiroka Sawyerton--throwing a sharpened knitting needle at the viewers' face. It's Kevin Berrey's original comic art for the cover of "Reality" — episode 26 of Hell Gate City podcast, which you can check out on any podcast app or hellgatecity.com
October 17, 2024 at 5:03 PM
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Did a character sketch of Thornton when my migraine kicked in this morning and I couldn't write anymore.

Full version for Patrons: www.patreon.com/posts/thornt...

To get first looks at gems like this, join our Discord.👇
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An old, troubled, mostly dead man's avatar in the metaverse afterlife. It's sample of a larger character sketch of the protagonist from S2 of Hell Gate City, an award-winning sci-fi audio drama. See Patreon for more at http://hellgatecity.com
August 2, 2024 at 11:46 PM
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Sup, dream-hackers and denizens? We're 52k plays deep. Never stop playing! 🙏💞🎉
Hell Gate City has 52,000 total plays. learn more at hellgatecity.com
July 2, 2024 at 3:22 PM
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thanks for tuning in to the twitch. art is done. now who's ready for "Cyborg A" (Episode 24)?
a six-fingered cyborg with a bloodied cybernetic right hand glares down at his victim who grasps into nothingness. it's for "Cyborg A" (Episode 24) of the award-winning comedy sci-fi podcast Hell Gate City. Learn more at http://hellgatecity.com
June 10, 2024 at 1:29 AM
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Episode 24 — Cyborg A is live on Patreon. www.patreon.com/posts/105799...
Rabbi Lazer unleashes his cyber hand of hashem in a sketch for Ep. 24's cover art for Hell Gate City, Season 2. Learn more at http://hellgatecity.com
June 8, 2024 at 1:54 PM
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Sure is a beautiful night in New York City.
May 31, 2024 at 12:27 AM
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We had to break from 🦋 due to stress and that means we forgot to thank y'all for >50K plays ❣️🙏🎉🥳
May 30, 2024 at 1:42 PM
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"Prosthesis C" (Episode 23) is live. podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/hel...
A cybernetic hand wipes blood on the wall for "Prosthesis C" (Episode 23) of Hell Gate City, the award-winning sci-fi comedy audio series. Learn more at http://hellgatecity.com
May 30, 2024 at 1:40 PM
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How do you establish one of these? (Asking for #audiodrama producers...)
April 30, 2024 at 11:10 PM
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Ep. 22 is live on Patreon. Coming soon to main. www.patreon.com/posts/102802...
April 22, 2024 at 9:37 PM
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Wowee! Welcome, fresh denizens of Neo Amsterdam. We're on hiatus while traveling this month. Hang in. There's a new free song on the Patreon (🔗 up 🔝). Meanwhile, here's 2 rainbows, a crashed billboard, and a hot kitty.
rainbow 1 (over an ocean) rainbow 2 (it's a street of cobblestones in Brazil with very colorful houses, yellow bright blue, pink, green persimmon, you know). for a real psychedelic hellscape, check out http://hellgatecity.com a crashed billboard in recife, brazil a hot kitty on a hot night in sao paulo, brazil
March 12, 2024 at 1:42 AM
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"Prosthesis A" (Episode 21) is live. Our epic cyberpunk comedy continues. Check your podcast app or hellgatecity.com

p.s. i live-streamed the creation of the art on twitch, so follow me there for more of that. twitch.tv/hotcomic
The cover art for Hell Gate City episode 21 "Prosthesis A" features a young person in a desolate background, kneeling down to pick up his severed right arm.
February 16, 2024 at 3:38 AM
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Episode drop imminent... Live for patrons.

www.patreon.com/posts/984428...
February 15, 2024 at 4:43 PM