Online fiction: Shadow Unit
This is an absolute treat, I read the teasers and the first episode and enjoyed it a lot. I would not have heard about it except I read the blogs of several authors I enjoy, and some of the authors involved happen to be on my list - they then pointed me to the others and they have all been talking about this.
It’s also the product of a childhood imagination pastime being reinvented by the author the child has become.
So I thought I’d check it out. Could have been self indulgence, but so far it’s good
What is it? A donation supported episodic fiction - let me quote:
The FBI’s Behavioral Analysis Unit hunts humanity’s nightmares. But there are nightmares humanity doesn’t dream are real.
The Behavioral Analysis Unit sends those cases down the hall.
Welcome to Shadow Unit.
Nice teaser, eh?
So it is one for the X files / Millenium / Profiler type crowd - although it has a stronger scifi and law enforcement feel.
The characterisation is very good, the plot catchy, the dialogue enjoyable - it’s all free online but be ready to see some time disappear - the episodes are long!
If you read a certain kind of fiction the list of names should hint at the quality we can expect:
Executive Producer:
Emma Bull
Co-Executive Producer:
Elizabeth Bear
Producer:
Sarah Monette
Producer:
Will Shetterly

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