From the ruined garage on Discordia Street come audio explorations of life on earth. These are memories of the future, received projects for the past. Listen by clicking on the links below. You can also subscribe to our podcast by searching for "Union Signal" in iTunes. Most of these plays run just under 30 minutes. Union Signal plays are written and produced by Jeff Ward and Doug Bost, except where noted.
- Dead Man's Hole
- A ghost story about two fraternity pledges who must spend a night on the Maine coast and enter Thunder Hole at dawn — but they find they are not alone.
- December 17
- When one day doesn't follow the next, Mike realizes he's not traveling through time anymore — time is traveling through him.
- Roadkill
- A driver picks up a hitch-hiker on a dark stretch of highway in the Badlands and starts a cat-and-mouse game to reveal the identity of an escaped killer.
- The Toad
- Retribution springs from the marshes in another thrilling adventure in the annals of Clovis DeWitt, alias The Toad.
- The Dan
- The story of a young man who's way too obsessed with Steely Dan.
- A Study in Wax
- Two men at an arctic station find out how deadly it can be to listen to somebody else's music all winter long. From a script by Antony Ellis.
- Mallets Aforethought
- A pair of aging croquet champions finally meet their match at a high-stakes tournament on the Maine coast.
- Georgia and the Bad Idea
- Georgia finds some new friends to trick-or-treat with on Halloween. But their scary costumes might be real. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.
- The Enormous Radio
- John Cheever's classic story of aural voyeurism and the perils of knowing your neighbors. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.
- The Laocoön Complex
- It was on April 6, 1937 that John Howard Simms first found a snake in his bath. And life only gets stranger in this story by J. C. Furnas. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.
- The Facts in the Case of M. Valdemar
- A doctor keeps Monsieur Valdemar conscious long after his body gives out — but that doesn't mean he's alive. From the story by Edgar Allan Poe. Recorded live on WBAI-FM, New York.
- Dorcus
- Another in a series of speculative pieces for public radio, segments which seem like they must be real until you find yourself hoping they're not. This piece is a profile of a doctor dedicated to treating her rather unusual patients.
- October Surprise
- Another in a series of speculative pieces for public radio, segments which seem like they must be real until you find yourself hoping they're not. Perfect for Halloween, this story concerns a murderer who seems to be even more prolific since his death.
© 2008 Doug Bost