The Fallen Cycle Mythos

Fiction Podcast

an audio adaptation of select mythos stories, featuring an immersive soundtrack.

The Fallen Cycle

We are all costumes that death wears for a season…

Forgotten, forgetful gods (of a sort) walk among us. Listen to some of their stories…

Created by James Curcio and a rotating team of creative collaborators over the years, this transmedia project intertwines illustrated novels, comics, and a prior foray into audio fiction.

We recommend you start from the first episode and listen in installments.

Cycle 1: Tales From When I Had A Face (2024-25)

Cycle 2: Party At The World’s End (2025-26)

This podcast is Creative Commons 3.0, Attribution, Share and share Alike, Non-commercial use. It contains adult themes.

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Season 3 Episode 1: Winter Tree Prologue
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Season 3 Episode 1: Winter Tree Prologue

In Ayta’s prologue for The Winter Tree, she paints a portrait of her transformation following her grandmother's death. Gran’s passing on the night of the solstice symbolizes a personal winter for Ayta, mirroring Gran’s teachings about life’s cyclical nature.

This prologue explores the transformative power of storytelling and memory, Ayta’s journey through grief, and her struggle to construct her identity from her grandmother’s legacy, now that she has gone.

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