Why you should start here
“Every city keeps a second ledger. This is it.” is how the continuity announcer introduces it, and she is right. Episodes are engineered to stand alone: arrive anywhere in the run, the prelude will put you right.
Recorded in one session to wire, with the full effects bench: the 1908 stair, a recovered ship's whistle, and a rain tray the size of a dinner table.
Production notes
- Recorded live to wire, one take, corrections broadcast as appended letters.
- Engineered for standalone listening: the prelude reorients any new ear.
- Archived complete since 1968 on lacquer and wire copy.
- Broadcast at -3 dB relative to network standard, on director's orders.
Cast: three leads, rotating character pool of eleven.
Recent episode log
The full vault →| Date | Episode | Note |
|---|---|---|
| The Ledger Keeper of Pier Nine | 2026-09-18 | A fog-district accountant keeps two books. The city keeps three. |
| The Cartographer's Debt | 2026-09-04 | Every map of the fog districts is wrong in the same place, on purpose. |
| Night Desk | 2026-08-21 | The sergeant who never sleeps takes a call from himself. |
| The Alibi Window | 2026-08-07 | Fourteen minutes between two bells, and a woman with no shadow on the log. |
| Chalk Marks | 2026-07-24 | Someone is erasing the district, one wall at a time. |
| The Second Ledger | 2026-07-10 | Sequel to Pier Nine. The accountant's daughter audits a ghost. |
| Half Past Never | 2026-06-26 | The clock at the exchange runs four minutes slow. Everyone counts on it. |
| The Ferry Pass | 2026-06-12 | A ticket to somewhere that is not on the water. |
| Smoke Signals | 2026-05-29 | The chimney sweeps of the fog districts hear everything first. |
| Last Man Logged | 2026-05-15 | Season close. The ledger closes itself. |
Elsewhere in repertory
The Lighthouse LettersGullwrack Tide TablesSignal FiresThe Understudy's WarWire & Wool