Before the app. Before the coma. Before everything…the stork marks Mae.

In the Texas heat, Mae's final night with Rob turns into something darker, stranger, and far more dangerous.

Prologue to DARKSTORK: MAEDAY – a darkly comedic tech-thriller cli-fi cinematic audiobook created by Ashley Barnhill.

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Fresh out of rehab and running on borrowed patience, Mae's rebuilding her life after a six-month coma and a brand-new skull. She faces the brutal truth: her memories are gone and her fiancé is distant. Turns out amnesia's the least of her problems.

A darkly comedic, multi-voice, tech-thriller cli-fi cinematic audiobook from DARKSTORK: MAEDAY. Created by Ashley Barnhill.

Cast: Ashley Barnhill — Mae | Matthew Biddulph — Rob

Credits: Created, written, sound designed, edited, and produced by Ashley Barnhill. Additional audio engineering by Eli VanZandt.

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Mae takes her first real night out since the accident, an expensive cocktail bar, a surly bartender, and a stranger who claims they already know each other. As tequila flows, the night spirals into drinks, revelations, mace-as-a-party-trick, and a dangerous spark she's not sure she can trust. Mae falls into a wild, intoxicating blur with DB, a man who makes her feel alive… and hints he knows secrets she doesn't remember.

A darkly comedic, multi-voice, tech-thriller cli-fi cinematic audiobook from DARKSTORK: MAEDAY. Created by Ashley Barnhill.

Cast: Ashley Barnhill — Mae | Kyle Umemba — DB

Music: T Bird and the Breaks

Credits: Created, written, sound designed, edited, and produced by Ashley Barnhill. Additional audio engineering by Eli VanZandt.

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