Novella Noir

Novella Noir

Novella Noir — where short-form fiction casts long shadows. Original, gritty audio dramas inspired by classic noir. In these stories, morality blurs, justice is crooked, and no one walks away clean. If you’re drawn to doomed souls, dark cities, and tragic choices, you’re in the right place. These are tales where the only truth is the one you can’t escape.

Episodes

June 26, 2025 38 mins

Hardboiled Noir


In the gritty underbelly of 1940s London, a jaded private investigator named Jack Stroud finds himself entangled in a dangerous web of secrets when a mysterious client hires him to recover compromising photographs involving the royal family.

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Post-apocalyptic Noir


In a desolate, post-apocalyptic settlement known as Dust Angels, built from the remnants of an airplane graveyard, a blind former lawman named Kane lives a solitary existence. His quiet life is shattered when a series of brutal murders begins, each victim bearing a cryptic symbol from his past.

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Nuclear-Age Noir


In post-WWII Los Angeles, private investigator Jack Rourke takes on what appears to be a routine adultery case for the elegant Eleanor Vance, whose husband, Dr. Thomas Vance, a nuclear physicist, is exhibiting suspicious behavior.

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Hardboiled Noir


In the glittering, deceptive heart of 1956 Las Vegas, a jaded private detective named Arthur Sterling finds himself pulled into a labyrinth of secrets when a mysterious showgirl, Vivienne Dubois, seeks his help.

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Neo-Noir


Cal Monroe, a man haunted by his past, who returns to the decaying town of St. Abel after fifteen years on the run. He's drawn back by the chilling memory of a hymn, the same one sung the night his brother, Jacob, died.

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Modern-day Noir


Released from prison after three years, Ellis Morane, a disgraced accountant, returns to his crumbling hometown and a dying mother, desperate for money and a chance at redemption.

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