SLAY

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SLAY (stylized as $LAY) is a serialized story with chapters written each week, then read live on the SIGLERinPLACE livestream, then put into the podcast feed.

Episodes are intended to be 2,500 to 4,000 words (10 to 16 pages), with the narrated episodes corresponding being 20 to 30 minutes long.

Premise

If you want a person dead, you call a hit man. If you want a monster dead, you call Lincoln Franks. But you better be able to pay the price he asks, because Lincoln doesn't kill for free. SLAY is an hour-long fantasy/crime/drama series about a drugged out anti-hero monster slayer, a wild mashup of supernatural horror and gangland war.

Background

A new spin on monster hunting

Series after series, we've seen altruistic "slayers" fight for the good of humanity. Your Buffys, your Winchesters, your Burkhardts, your Constantines and even your Van Helsings, all dedicated to serving what is right and good and just. But what happens when one of these servants gets burned out? What happens the best slayer that ever walked this plane or the next can't shrug off the constant horror with a clever quip, and — in order to cope — hits the bottle, the pills, the bong and loses himself in endless sexual escapades? What happens when he’s tired of being poor, and wants to get paid for the soul-risking work he does?

We aim to bring the anti-hero to the supernatural genre. A DEXTER of monster-hunting, a Walter White of the paranormal, THE PROFESSIONAL set loose upon the world of witches and warlocks.

The Set-up

Lincoln Franks is a hitman/bodyguard/PI in an America that has a supernatural underbelly, where monsters and demons band together in Mafia-like organizations. Half sorcerer, half hitman, Lincoln can and will use any weapon available to get the job done.

Once upon a time he was a soldier for good, defending mankind against evils both ancient and new. He was the best of the best. That was before the evils he stalked banded together for revenge, before they killed his wife and took his 12-year-old son, SAM FRANKS, to a limbo-like plane called "The Shelf." That was before Lincoln signed a blood pact with the demon/crimelord Callista to protect his son there, because Lincoln cannot go to the The Shelf to protect him in person.

The series begins with Lincoln owned by Callista, who uses him as an assassin to enforce her will and to take out her enemies, helping expand her criminal empire. In the pilot episode, Lincoln is able to exploit a loophole in that agreement and become a free agent. That loophole also stipulates that if he amasses a great treasure trove of ancient artifacts, he can buy his son’s freedom.

Fighting alcoholism and substance abuse, Lincoln makes himself available to the highest bidder. For the right treasure, he'll be a bodyguard, a private investigator, even an assassin. Lincoln Franks will do the tasks that no one else can — or will — do.

Thirteen episodes of carnage

Lincoln isn't constrained by the moral anchors that beset most heroes. He only one rule, and it is simple: no innocents. If you've done business with monsters, if you lead a life of crime, if your living is built upon the suffering of others, you're fair game. The first season sees Lincoln hired to target some of the worst killers the world has ever seen.

The series will be noted for fast fights and hard-hitting action, monster-slaying violence worthy of THE WALKING DEAD. This isn't the wire-work combat of INTO THE BADLANDS or the high-kicking camp of BUFFY, this is BOURNE IDENTITY fast, JOHN WICK blink-and-you-miss-it, hit-the-rewind, oh-shit-did-that-just-happen realism.

Franks' testosterone-driven machismo borders on the suicidal. Like JUSTIFIED's Raylan Givens, Franks will often give his foes a chance to surrender, or face him in single combat. But, undead or not, if you draw steel he's going to put you down — forever.

A family drama...of sorts

For thirty-two generations, the Franks family has hunted monsters. They worked for The Bastion, an international secular order dedicated to protecting humanity against the evil. Strict vows of poverty and obedience have kept the Franks — and other evil-fighting families — completely dependent upon the Bastion.

Lincoln has turned his back on that life, much to the disappointment of his family. His brother LUKAS and sister SOPHIA are still monster-slaying pawns of the Bastion, although they don't have Lincoln's skills. They constantly try to "bring him back to the light," even though he frequently has to bail them out when they bite off more than they can chew.

Their father, JACOBY, was the most-famous monster hunter of the modern era until a run-in with the demon TORNARSUK left Jacoby broken, crippled and half-senile. Now Jacoby lives in an old folks’ home, a surly, shattered shell of his former self. There's enough of him left to be horribly disappointed in his son Lincoln, though — Lincoln, who is the only one paying for Jacoby's care since the Bastion has abandoned this deserving veteran, and Lukas and Sophia are too poor to provide any help.

The dysfunction of the Franks family serves as constant backdrop to the splattery violence of monster-hunting life.

Characters

Further information: List of SLAY characters

Main

Antagonists

  • Callista, a high-level demon gangster, who is holding Lincoln's son hostage.
  • Dante Oganov, a goblin drug dealer from Miami who wants to work his way into The City.

Recurring

Main article: List of SLAY characters#Other characters

Episodes

Season Episodes Release Date
1 35+2 January 1, 2023
2 37+2 December 17, 2023
3  ? January 5, 2025
4  ? TBD
5  ? TBD

Pilot

Season 1

Main article: SLAY (Season 1)
No. Overall No. in season Title Original podcast date
1 1 Ugly Christmas Sweaters January 1, 2023
2 2 A Little Dab'll Do Ya January 8, 2023
3 3 Merry Christmas, Dad January 15, 2023
4 4 You've Got Mail! January 22, 2023
5 5 Givin' A Little Head January 29, 2023
6 6 The Hangover(s) February 5, 2023
7 7 The Only Good Lawyer February 12, 2023
8 8 Do You Even Read, Bro? February 19, 2023
9 9 Home Sweet Home February 27, 2023
10 10 Roomies March 5, 2023
11 11 The Nurp Perp, Man March 12, 2023
12 12 Do You Want Jerboas? March 19, 2023
13 13 Boss Hawg March 26, 2023
14 14 Lincoln vs. Everybody April 2, 2023
15 15 Ride or Die April 9, 2023
16 16 The Trifecta April 16, 2023
17 17 Sex Gnomes April 23, 2023
18 18 Strays April 30, 2023
19 19 Dollars to Donuts May 14, 2023
20 20 The Wyvern in Wyoming May 21, 2023
21 21 Fuck You, Pay Me May 28, 2023
22 22 Pay the Piper June 4, 2023
23 23 Finish the Job Johnson June 11, 2023
24 24 Step On It June 18, 2023
25 25 The Money Men June 25, 2023
26 26 Debts Paid July 2, 2023
27 27 Family Time July 9, 2023
28 28 Gathering the Troops July 16, 2023
29 29 To Grandmother's House We Go July 23, 2023
30 30 Sex Magic? July 30, 2023
31 31 Light 'Em Up August 6, 2023
32 32 Tequila! August 13, 2023
33 33 Blood on the Dance Floor August 20, 2023
34 34 A Very Good Girl August 27, 2023
35 35 Epilogue September 3, 2023
36 36 Q&A Part 1 September 10, 2023
37 37 Q&A Part 2 September 17, 2023

Season 2

Main article: SLAY (Season 2)
No. Overall No. in season Title Original podcast date
38 1 Gramma December 17, 2023
39 2 Bills to Pay December 24, 2023
40 3 The Lich in Lynchburg December 31, 2023
41 4 A Tasty Burger January 7, 2024
42 5 The Bastion January 14, 2024
43 6 Auntie January 21, 2024
44 7 Paninis For All January 27, 2024
45 8 Flick That Bic February 3, 2024
46 9 Magic Carpet Ride February 10, 2024
47 10 A Deal With the Droman February 17, 2024
48 11 The Waiver February 24, 2024
49 12 The Loa in Louisiana March 2, 2024
50 13 Br'er Rabbit March 9, 2024
51 14 Walk of Shame March 16, 2024
52 15 The Troglodyte in T-Wood March 23, 2024
53 16 Goth Kid March 30, 2024
54 17 Samuel April 6, 2024
55 18 Father & Son April 13, 2024
56 19 Babysitters April 20, 2024
57 20 Delilah April 27, 2024
58 21 In The Red May 4, 2024
59 22 Hello, Lincoln May 11, 2024
60 23 Let's Ride May 18, 2024
61 24 Follow the Pain May 25, 2024
62 25 Roach Clip June 2, 2024
63 26 The Foreman June 9, 2024
64 27 Ransom June 15, 2024
65 28 Gabriella June 22, 2024
66 29 The Finger(s) June 29, 2024
67 30 Deduction July 6, 2024
68 31 Value Meal July 13, 2024
69 32 Going Down July 20, 2024
70 33 Home Field Advantage July 27, 2024
71 34 Vengeance August 3, 2024
72 35 Termination August 10, 2024
73 36 Payment Due August 18, 2024
74 37 The Final Nightmare August 24, 2024
75 38 Q&A Part 1 August 31, 2024
76 39 Q&A Part 2 September 7, 2024

Season 3

Main article: SLAY (Season 3)
No. Overall No. in season Title Original podcast date
77 1 French Kiss January 5, 2025
78 2 Double-Ended Entendre January 12, 2025

Season 4

Main article: SLAY (Season 4)

Season 5

Main article: SLAY (Season 5)