THE FURTHER ADVENTURES OF RUNE – Details, episodes & analysis

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KRELM TOOTHPASTE, proud sponsor of The Further Adventures of Rune, presents a refined (and highly suspect) Poetry Moment with Asclepius Jones, reading from Dante’s Divine Imbroglio.

Equal parts literary parody and absurdist nonsense, this fake commercial sets the tone for Part 2 / Season 2, where poetry, prophecy, and poor decision-making go hand in hand.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist AudioToon, blending literary satire, long-form storytelling, and classic radio-play traditions.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, Rune, Miggins, Asclepius Jones, Dante parody, Divine Comedy parody, fake commercial, audio drama, literary satire, podcast comedy, AudioToon, independent podcast

When the journey was barely half begun,

they found themselves in a darkling wood astray,

with shadows lengthening from the setting sun.

Inevitable, so often do they say.

“What was this thorny wildwood intricate

and are we also dying with the day?”

They asked Rune if the path would at once abate?

But the previous time he was even there,

He arrived in Hell all but a blank-ed slate.

— Canto I from Dante’s Imbroglio

Rune the Gray and his increasingly improbable entourage arrive in Rath to begin the first leg of their journey to Hell. Alongside Rune are Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, the ever-helpful Gax, two questionable priests, and Eccles and Bluebottle — the Unkillibles. The road ahead promises to be long, arduous, and in serious need of weeding… a prospect that Brother Theodore finds deeply exciting for reasons best left unexplored.

CANTO I: The Road Less Practical launches Part 2 / Season 2 of The Further Adventures of Rune, as the reluctant hero and his Miggins set out on a journey that will take them through increasingly questionable interpretations of Hell.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist AudioToon, blending literary satire, long-form storytelling, and classic radio-play style storytelling.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, The Gax, Eccles and Bluebottle, The Unkillibles, Brother Theodore, Rath, journey to Hell, literary satire, independent podcast, fantasy satire, AudioToon

After a night in avoiding the town, Rune awakes to find his new army gathered outside Castle Cybil. Father Don presents a pair of very useful goons, Eccles and Bluebottle: The Unkillibles. Then Sgt. Swill takes roll call until the giggles interrupt.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist audio drama, blending literary satire, dark fantasy, and long-form storytelling in the tradition of classic BBC-style radio plays.

This episode also introduces the the Unkillibles, a pair of Goons if ever there were, who may play a keen role in Rune's war plans.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

This episode concludes Part 1 / Season 1 of The Further Adventures of Rune.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, literary satire, long-form narrative, Rune, Miggins, Father Don, Eccles, Bluebottle, independent podcast

Music this Chunk:
Scooter McCrae - selections from Abattoir
Tchaikovsky - 1812 Overture
Rossini - Barber of Seville, selections
John Philip Sousa - The Liberty Bell
Orff - Carmina Burana (Cantiones Profane) - O Fortuna
Bizet - Carmen (orchestral selections)
Holst: The Planets: Jupiter - Bringer of Jolity

Rune confronts uncomfortable truths about his past, including the closest thing he’s ever had to a father figure: blacklisted playwright Bill Reardon. Meanwhile, Dusty and Scarlett face their own challenges, and Rune uncovers the dirt on that louse, Shakespeare — with a few dead-baby jokes along the way.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist audio drama, blending literary satire, dark fantasy, and long-form storytelling in the tradition of classic BBC-style radio plays.

CHUNK THE SEVENTH comprises:

CHAPTER FIFTEEN: NOT THE WOODYHALL THEATER
CHAPTER SIXTEEN: THIS TIME AT THE WOODYHALL THEATER

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Watt and Happy Cloud Media, LLC.

Public Domain music this time around include:

Holst: The Planets - Jupiter, the Jolity Bringer;
Rossini - Barber of Seville Overture and Act 1 - selections
Debussy - Prélude à l'Après-midi d'un faune
Mussgorsky - Pictures at an Exhibition 2: Il Vecchio Castello; and The Great Gate of Kiev
Oisin Comes Home - Traditional Celtic
Scott Joplin: The Entertainer

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, literary satire, long-form narrative, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, Bill Reardon, Shakespeare, independent podcast

Rune the Gray confronts the shocking possibility that he may have triggered the Second Cornelian War — and does the only sensible thing: gets stinkin’ drunk at The Broken Beast. After the destruction, the prophecy regarding The Great Berni Wood and his mortality gets an unfortunate update, leading to even worse portents.

Meanwhile, Dusty St. Clair and Red Scarlett visit Charlatan Chagrin, dragon lawyer of "the people," in the futile hope of warding off future chaos, while Amy Lynn Best voices two of the three Weird Sisters in all their absurdist glory.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist audio drama, blending literary satire, dark fantasy, and long-form storytelling in the tradition of classic BBC-style radio plays.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, literary satire, long-form narrative, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, Weird Sisters, prophecy, Second Cornelian War, independent podcast

Written and performed by Mike Watt and starring Amy Lynn Best

Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Watt and Happy Cloud Media, LLC.

Public Domain music this time around include:

Tchaikovsky: Selections from The Nutcracker
Dukas: The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Holst: The Planets - Mars the War Bringer; Jupiter, the Jolity Bringer; Uranus the Magician;
Stravinsky: The Rite of Spring
John Philip Sousa: The Thunderer
Rossini: The Thieving Magpie
Traditional Celtic Music
Wagner: Siegfried's Funeral March
Grieg: Morning Mood (from Peer Gynt)

Rune the Gray finds himself in unexpected trouble facing his past, namely machinations of Benni and the Gesserets. In this episode of The Further Adventures of Rune: Return of the Miggins, Rune must navigate his past, the machinations of the mysterious witch sect, and asserts once and for all that he will never be their messiah, The Kweezinart Hatrack!

Music selections include public domain classical recordings and dramatic motifs to underscore Rune’s escalating misadventures. (If you watch a lot of Bugs Bunny, you'll recognize a lot of it.)

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist AudioToon, blending literary satire, long-form storytelling, and BBC-style radio play traditions.

New episodes released weekly. Perfect for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, Benni, Gesserets, literary satire, long-form narrative, Trogdyne, independent podcast

Written and performed by Mike Watt

Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Watt and Happy Cloud Media, LLC.

Public Domain music this time around include:

Holst's The Planets: Jupiter, the Jolity Bringer and Pluto, The Renewer
Henry Purcell's Music for the Funeral of Queen Mary
Dvořák's Symphony No. 9 in E minor, "From the New World", Op. 95, B. 178 (Czech: Symfonie č. 9 e moll "Z nového světa"). 4th Movement.

Rune the Gray, reluctant hero and practicing drunk, has barely finished updating his will when he encounters Larry the Corpse, delivering a mysterious summons to the crumbling headquarters of The Obscurants Front, an anarcho-collective of misanthropes (and misanmorfs — let’s not discriminate). There, Rune reconnects with his old contact, the enigmatic Mr. O, who seems determined to waste his time and dredge up painful memories… just for kicks.

Meanwhile, Rune’s past adventures with the eldritch wizard Mingmumble of the Several Noses come into focus, along with hints of what Benni and the Gesserets have been plotting, and the enigmatic role of someone (or something) called a “Barlow.”

All this and more unfolds in the latest episode of The Further Adventures of Rune: Return of the Miggins — a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist AudioToon, blending literary satire, BBC-style radio play traditions, and long-form storytelling.

For listeners who want a deeper dive into Rune’s early exploits, a paid Patreon membership unlocks the exclusive “very first” Rune story, Lank Fur in Illmet, offering the origins of Rune, his world, and his first absurd adventures.

Written and performed by Mike Watt

(C) Copyright 2026, Mike Watt and Happy Cloud Media, LLC

Music this episode include selections from:

Holst’s The Planets: Jupiter;

Bolero (Ravel),

Faust – Méphistophélès's Act II aria 'Le veau d'or' (Gounod);

Sequencers in Space (Scooter McCrae);

Siegfried's Funeral March (Wagner);

Symphony No. 9 in E minor, From the New World, Op 95, 4th Mvmt (Dvorak);

and a little bit from The Sorcerer's Apprentice (Paul Dukas)

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, Benni, Gesserets, literary satire, long-form narrative, AudioToon, Trogdyne, independent podcast

Rune the Gray and his companions embark on an unusual adventure of food, errands, and paperwork. In this episode of The Further Adventures of Rune: Return of the Miggins, Rune enjoys lunch at Baba Yaga’s Chicken ‘n Chips, a restaurant that has a tendency to walk away just as your food arrives. His errands include buying Froedis at The Broken Beast and climbing the formidable Bildungstrom Hill to Illmet City, where he meets his lawyer, Charlatan Chagrin — a dignified dragon-obsessed attorney from Northern Gilver concerned with the size of his… horde.

Amid the absurdity, listeners get their first glimpse of the Goddess of the Underworld, Queen of Dismaedonna, and Rune’s former flame, Circe Circa, voiced by Amy Lynn Best.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist AudioToon, blending literary satire, long-form storytelling, and BBC-style radio play traditions.

New episodes released weekly. Perfect for fans of absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, Circe Circa, Baba Yaga’s Chicken ‘n Chips, Bildungstrom Hill, Charlatan Chagrin, Queen of Dismaedonna, literary satire, long-form narrative, AudioToon, Trogdyne, independent podcast

Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Watt

Selections of Public Domain classical music for this week include:

The Flower Duet from Léo Delibes's opera Lakmé 

Saint-Saens Carnival of the Animals.  

Greig: Anitra’s Dance from Peer Gynt

Beethoven: Piano Sonata No. 8 in C minor, "Pathetique"

Rimsy-Korsikov - Festival At Bagdad; 

Rossini: The Thieving Magpie

Scooter McCrae: Selections from “A Feast of Flesh”

Mussorgsky – Pictures At An Exhibition, The Hut on Hen's Legs

Rune the Gray navigates unexpected responsibilities, from calming a schizophrenic castle to discovering he owns an owlery. Meanwhile, his loyal companions Dusty St. Clair and Red Scarlett drag him toward a new adventure involving a rogue necromancer and vague promises of riches.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist audio drama, blending literary satire, dark fantasy, and long-form storytelling in the tradition of classic BBC-style radio plays.

This episode introduces Rune's long-suffering butler, Greeves, The Gax, Rune’s three-foot ball of hair and teeth biographer, and features the Weird Sisters delivering literary malfeasance. Rune also meets the financiers of his quest: Brother Theodore of the Malevolent Order of Ob and the smooth-talking Father Don, who definitely has his own agenda.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

This episode stars Amy Lynn Best as two of the three Weird Sisters!

Music this episode include selections from Carnival of the Animals and Danse Macabre (Saint-Saens), Wagner (Das Rhinegold), Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, Rossini's The Barber of Seville, Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker, Funeral March of the Marionette by Gounod, Night on the Bare Mountain by Mussgorsky, and the obligatory In the Hall of the Mountain King from Grieg's Peer Gynt.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, literary satire, long-form narrative, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, The Gax, Father Don, Weird Sisters, rogue necromancer, independent podcast

(C) Copyright 2026 by Mike Watt

Join Rune the Gray, Trogdyne’s perpetually irritated half-sized wolf, as he navigates weather, violence, and absurdity in The Broken Beast Tavern while in search of a decently-priced mug of ale. In this first episode of The Further Adventures of Rune: Return of the Miggins, Rune attempts to enjoy his booze in peace — but is quickly accosted, insulted, and lured into violence by a pair of montebanks.

Worse: then his friends show up!

Reluctantly, the old war hero is once again dragged into promised mayhem by old friends Dusty St. Clair and Red Scarlett. Featuring introductions to Rune’s bizarre world, this prologue sets the stage for a serialized comedy fantasy adventure filled with irreverent humor, literary satire, and absurdist chaos.

Music includes public domain recordings of Wagner (Siegfried, Rhinegold), Holst (The Planets Suite), and traditional Irish tunes.

The Further Adventures of Rune is a serialized fantasy comedy podcast and absurdist audio drama, blending dark humor, long-form storytelling, and BBC-style radio play traditions.

New episodes released weekly. Ideal for listeners who enjoy absurdist fantasy, independent audio drama, and serialized fiction podcasts.

Keywords / Tags: fantasy comedy, absurdist audio drama, serialized fiction, BBC-style radio play, Rune, Miggins, Dusty St. Clair, Red Scarlett, The Broken Beast Tavern, literary satire, long-form narrative, Trogdyne, independent podcast

Written and Performed by Mike Watt

Copyright (C) 2026 Mike Watt and Happy Cloud Media, LLC.