Independent audio fiction · Worlds heard in the dark
Stories that begin when the lights go out.
Creative Directive creates sound novels: intimate, voice-led narratives where performance, music, and environmental sound carry listeners into carefully built science-fantasy worlds.
Current production: Scarlet & Neon
The form
What is a sound novel?
A sound novel is a complete narrative designed for listening, combining the intimacy of an audiobook with the spatial detail of audio drama and the deliberate pacing of literary fiction.
Each release can be experienced on its own. The public lore archive rewards curious listeners with histories, terminology, and character records—without being required reading.
“In the Meridian, every oath leaves an echo—and every echo remembers who spoke first.”Archivist’s proverb, origin uncertain
Featured universe
Scarlet & Neon
Just another ordinary day. Until it isn’t.
Scarlet & Neon: The Client Before the Storm
Scarlet & Neon Presents:
The Client Before the Storm is a whimsical dark-fantasy sound novel about Merlin Vermillion Rouxé, a sarcastic witchling trying to get through an ordinary day of errands, magical work, and banter with his talking sunflower companion.
But in Merlin’s world, even a simple new client can lead to something far more dangerous than expected.
A playful mix of magic, comedy, strange technology, and sudden peril.
Listen now and soon
Featured releases
Begin with a free field recording, then continue into the studio’s first full-length sound novel.
Scarlet & Neon has entered production.
The scenario writing is now fully underway!