Neon Inkwell
Neon Inkwell is a compilation series presenting short-form podcasts from a variety of creators. The project aims to highlight new and underrepresented voices in podcasting, while also featuring some recognised Rusty Quill favourites. Genres range from post-apocalyptic space thrillers to quirky monster road trips, so listeners always have something new to discover.
Episodes
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 6 - We Rule the School
JoC finally gets access to the library but runs into trouble getting out again, while outside the game, River Mill may have even bigger problemsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingOlivia Hirst as Jo-CLozza Gilbert as ReflexGeorge Bu
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 5 - Behind the Curtain
Jo-C does a deep dive to find history, while Reflex tries to cover up the growing mess.Content Notes:- time/space distortion- existentialismTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingOlivia Hirst as Jo-CLozza Gilbert as ReflexGeorge Buntin
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 4 - So-Called Life
Kamet and Quartz notice something is up with the gang. Reflex gives a tour while Jo-C and Dogwood pickup the choresContent Notes:- bullyingTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingOlivia Hirst as Jo-CLozza Gilbert as ReflexGeorge Bunting
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 3 - Thick as Thieves
The gang grapples with whether they are the good guys in the story as Jo-C gets tantilizingly closer to learning about History.Content Notes: - bullying- misophonia (eating)Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Lucy Wray Written by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturing Olivia Hirst as Jo-
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 2 - Class Action
Dogwood is stuck in Rez High. Jo-C tries to get him back while Reflex makes some modifications.Content Notes: - bullying (physical violence) - time manipulationTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth Moffatt Directed by Lucy Wray Written by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April Sumner Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturing Olivia Hirst as Jo-C Lozza Gilbe
Neon Inkwell: Rez High 1 - Old School
In the ruins of what was once a place called Yorkshire, sits the town of River Mill.Jo-C, Dogwood, and Reflex discover a relic of the past while on a scavanging mission.Content Notes:- mild innuendo- bullyingTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sum
Neon Inkwell: Rez High Trailer
Neon Inkwell presents Rez High starting 26 June 2026 with new episodes every Friday.Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Lucy WrayWritten by Brendon ConnellyProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingOlivia Hirst as Jo-CLozza Gilbert as ReflexGeorge Bunting as DogwoodKazeem Tosin Amore as HeadTyreke Leslie as M
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 5 - Resurrection
Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.Episode 5: "Resurrection". An Australian colonial figure unexpectedly has a future thrust upon them as the show reaches its climactic end. What does Sylvia hope to gain? Are Jill's fire spells still too unpredictable? And has Gloria found a new ca
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 4 - Dead Internet
Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.Episode 4: "Dead Internet". Our detectives are drawn to the hobbies of both the rich and the dead. Should books be restricted? When is a cousin not a cousin? And why do we call spiritualists "mediums" and not "larges"?Content Notes:- ghosts/undead
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 3 - Apprentice
Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.Episode 3: "Apprentice". Magical mayhem breaks out for two apprentices, ending with one tragic result. Could Jill have done better? Was Oliver thrown in the deep end? And how hard is it to get a decent coffee without Nixies these days? Conten
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 2 - Haunting
Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.Episode 2: "Haunting". Jill and Mark are at loggerheads over the Edger case. Why is there so much discord amongst the dead? Should magic ever be given to the non-magical? And what's haunting Jill?Content Notes:argumentsgriefchildhood trauma g
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Foster's 1 - Pets
Detectives investigate a dire disturbance in both magic and the dead on the streets of Sydney, Australia in this spirited urban fantasy from Rusty Quill.Episode 1: "Pets". Dark energies, powerful fae and a feral cat bode trouble for the bickering investigators of Foster & Foster. What - or who - can you keep as a pet? And what really are hubcaps for?Content Notes:- Altered reality- Childhood t
Neon Inkwell: Welcome to Fosters Trailer
Wanted: magical intern for detective agency based in Sydney, Australia. If you have experience in customer-facing roles, and are looking for a career tackling ghosts, ghouls, and fae, then this might be the job opportunity for you…Neon Inkwell presents Welcome to Fosters starting 13 March 2026 with new episodes every Friday.Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 6
Its the time for the funeral. Frank and Dracula confront their feelings, both find surprisesContent Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityParental Abuse/NeglectHarsh LanguageSmokingMentions of: HomophobiaSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Amani ZardoeWritten by SC Ormond and Morgan OrmondScript Editor Amani ZardoeProduce
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 5
The Perfect Man is not what Dracula expected. Frank tries to deal with his feelings.Content Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityParental Abuse/NeglectHarsh LanguageSmokingMentions of: HomophobiaSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Amani ZardoeWritten by SC Ormond and Morgan OrmondScript Editor Amani ZardoeProduced b
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 4
Frank's family both is and isn't what Dracula expected.Content Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityParental Abuse/NeglectHarsh LanguageHomophobiaSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Amani ZardoeWritten by SC Ormond and Morgan OrmondScript Editor Amani ZardoeProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 3
Frank and Dracula visit a diner. Frank opens up and dives back into some uncomfortable memories with his father.Content Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityParental Abuse/NeglectHarsh LanguageGamblingSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Amani ZardoeWritten by SC Ormond and Morgan OrmondScript Editor Amani ZardoeProduced&
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 2
Frank and Dracula make some unscheduled stops and confront some uncomfortable feelings.Content Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityHarsh LanguageInnuendoImplied Transphobia/HomophobiaMentions of: Family Estrangement, TransphobiaSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7 Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Amani ZardoeWritten by SC Ormond and Morgan OrmondProduced&nbs
Neon Inkwell: Broken Hearted Monsters 1
Frank, not wanting to face the bitter reality of an unresolved relationship, chooses instead to use it as an excuse to plan the ultimate road trip across America and inviting his ex-boyfriend, Dracula, along for the ride.Content Notes:GriefBreakupsArguments/HostilityHarsh LanguageInnuendoSmokingMentions of: Family Estrangement, electrocutionSFX: Monster SoundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7
Announcement: 2024 Holiday Update from Rusty Towers
Holiday announcement from CEO Alexander J Newall wrapping up an exciting 2024 ahead of an exciting 2025! We hope you have an excellent New Year!TranscriptLinks:Merch masterlist: www.rustyquill.com/support Jon and Martin perfume: https://sucreabeille.com/collections/all/products/jon-and-martin Ex Altiora perfume: https://sucreabeille.com/products/ex-altiora Bo
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 7
This is sacrifice. This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict· Gaslighting· Childhood Trauma· Child Neglect/Abuse· &nbs
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 6
The day of ceremony arrives, Dorian is more unsure and Ruth must make a choice. This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict· Gaslighting· Childhood Trauma·  
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 5
Will has reservations, Dori has responsibilities, Ruth just wants to find her place.This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict· Gaslighting· Childhood Trauma·
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 4
This week, Dori goes home. Will and Ruth get to experience Paradise, but not everyone thinks its what it pretends to be. This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict· Gaslighting·  
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 3
Dorian once again attempts the world of dating, to mixed results. An unexpected first kiss and some heartfelt discussions of faith surround a comedy of errors.This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination · Family Conflict · Gaslighting · 
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 2
Will and Ruth found themselves stuck in a cycle for years, will a new friend help them mend a broken bond and escape their wheel? This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict· Gaslighting· &n
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise 1
Dorian thought he knew where his life was going. When an unexpected development throws him from his course, he is faced with a new reality and must adapt to a more daunting future This show contains recurring themes including:· Religious Trauma/Indoctrination· Family Conflict·
Neon Inkwell: The Pit Below Paradise Trailer
Neon Inkwell presents The Pit Below Paradise starting April 26th with new episodes every Friday. Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Micah Rodriguez and Stephanie ResendesWritten by J Evelyn GaskellProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingHelen Gould as AnnouncerIan RQ Slater as Dori/DorianPhi Hamens as WillVictoria Cheng as RuthI
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables Behind the Scenes (2021)
Sam Jones is back to discuss his music for RQ once more! This time, we welcome Inexplicables director Maddy Searle to join him and Katie. We take an in-depth listen to the musical toolkits Sam built specially for Inexplicables and its colourful lead characters._____________Content warnings:Spoilers for all of InexplicablesMentions of: canon-typical traumatic childhoodsTranscript links: https://sho
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 6
The ICS is in ruins. Friends are missing; enemies are rallying. As everything comes to a head, Meredith and Harold must both find their own ways forward.Content Warnings:Physical violence & injuryPanic (inc. vocalisation) & anxietySupernatural transformation (inc. SFX)Right-wing rhetoric & prejudiceFire (inc. SFX)Emotional abuse & manipulationGrief & loss (inc. vocalisation)Exp
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 5
As the public take out their anger on the ICS, Godbolt has a shocking revelation for Meredith and Harold plans an exit strategy.Content Warnings:Arguments & emotional manipulationRight-wing rhetoric & prejudicePanic & anxiety (inc. vocalisation)Physical violence & mobs (inc. SFX)Alcohol usePolice (inc. forced entry SFX)Supernatural transformation (inc. SFX)Explicit languageDiscussi
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 4
The ICS team start refurbishing St Mark’s Church while Frank and Lily discuss some strange disappearances. Harold’s problems just keep getting worse, and Meredith meets someone new on her house visits.Content Warnings:Alcohol useArguments & shouting/cryingPanic & anxietyManipulationMugging & physical violenceVicarious embarrassmentSexual references & explicit languageDiscussions of
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 3
While Harold sits in on a vampire support group and prepares to give an important speech, Meredith and Godbolt find they don’t see eye-to-eye.Content Warnings:Addiction & recoveryAlcohol useArguments (inc. shouting)ManipulationSocial anxiety & panic attacksVicarious embarrassmentVictim blaming & dehumanisationSexual references & strong languageDiscussions of: discrimination, substa
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 2
Meredith joins Frank for her first house visit and comes across a supernatural mystery. Meanwhile, Harold is convinced the ICS is a scam and tries to turn the situation to his advantage.Content Warnings:Alcohol use & alcoholismArgumentsDepression & self-hatredHospitalsViolence & injurySexual references & strong languageDiscussion of: grief & loss, sex work, childhood trauma, ab
Neon Inkwell: Inexplicables (2021) 1
Following their mother’s death, thirty-something disasters Harold and Meredith return to their hometown of Gravesby in the North of England for the funeral. There they must also contend with the ICS, their late mother’s social care business. But the ICS and its clients are a lot stranger than the siblings expected…Content Warnings:Alcohol & alcoholismArguments (inc. family conflict)Parent
Up Next: Inexplicables
Inexplicables (2021) will run every Friday from January 26th until March 8th.The world of Inexplicables can be a difficult one; please find below a selection of resources pertaining to some of the issues and themes discussed in the show.https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/alcohol-support/https://www.nhs.uk/live-well/healthy-body/drug-addiction-getting-help/https://www.talktofrank.com/https://www.alcoholi
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck - Behind the Scenes
Helen Gould sits down with creators Sasha Sienna and Jonathan Sim, director Maxamillian John and lead sound designer Katharine Seaton in this 'Making Of' featuretteTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingHelen Gould
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 7
One final question remains...Content Notes:IsolationExistential ChoicesPerilDiscussions of: death, extinctionSFX: beeps, ominous whistling, gunshots (space)Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingAaron-Louis Cadogan
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 6
The team make it to the command center, will they finally find the Commander?Content Notes:IsolationExistential ChoicesCorpsesDiscussions of: death, extinctionSFX: beeps, ominous whistling, gunshots (space)Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J New
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 5
The crew are taken captive. Is this new face a friend or foe?Content Notes:IsolationImprisonmentInterrogationDiscussions of: death, extinctionSFX: ominous whistling, gunshots (space)Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerF
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 4
Luna discovers the consequence of her curiosity. The crew find leftovers.Content Notes:IsolationAmputationMentions of: blood, toxinsDiscussions of: death, extinctionSFX: eating, pained screaming, scratching/monster soundsTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 3
The group fortify their position, Luna gets curious.Content Notes:PerilIsolationExistential LonelinessMentions of: BloodDiscussions of: Post-apocalpse, human extinctionSFX: ominous whistlingTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 2
The group explores the empty rooms and stores, but it looks like some one (or something) has been there first.Content Notes:IsolationExistential LonelinessMentions of: BloodDiscussions of: Post-apocalpse, human extinctionSFX: ominous whistlingTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April Sumn
Neon Inkwell: Of That Colossal Wreck 1
Luna, Mira, Zack, Riley, and Levi awaken aboard the eerie, seemingly empty, Ozymandius Contingency Seed Vault. Why didn't the others wake up?Content Notes:Loss of Identity/TimeDepersonalisatonIsolationClaustraphobiaFireDeathDiscussions of: Memory Loss, Anxiety, Post-ApocalypseSFX: beeping, alarms, yelling, choking/coughingTranscripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected b
Trailer: Of That Colossal Wreck
Neon Inkwell launches with Of That Colossal Wreck, November 24th wherever you get your podcasts, with new episodes every Friday.Transcripts: https://shorturl.at/pJQV7Showrunner Elizabeth MoffattDirected by Maxamillian JohnWritten by Sasha Sienna and Jonathan SimsProduced by April SumnerExecutive Producers Alexander J Newall & April SumnerFeaturingHelen Gould as AnnouncerAaron-Louis Cadogan as
