Wounding Finds
Two pairs search for a third and learn that what happened in “Blown To Ruin” was the first of a nightmare's many misfortunes.
The Dystopian Republic is an ongoing podcast series where Raul tells stories that depict residents from a nation like and unlike the United States.
Every episode that Raul publishes will add depth to the nation and its history. Some of his stories will take place closer to the present while others will happen farther from it.
His stories will be gripping, thoughtful, sinister and painstakingly written. If you enjoy storytelling, you will love “The Dystopian Republic”.
DISCLAIMER: All stories in this podcast are fictitious. Any similarity with actual persons is coincidental.

Two pairs search for a third and learn that what happened in “Blown To Ruin” was the first of a nightmare's many misfortunes.
Three couples and their comrades chase their enemies inland and run into a surprise that will begin a new chapter in all their lives.
The four girls from “Deepest Darkest Corner”, “Bliss’ New Life” and “Sand And Water” arrive for a baptism and hear news that’ll take their day into a downward spiral.
The friends from “Rusalka Six” and “Rich Boys Grove” welcome three new members to their family in time for their living situation to change.
The cast members from “Pluralistopia” begin their first day of school, only for it to take an already bad start on an even uglier turn.
A nation goes through an era that started decades before “Catalina Island School” and continued on for years afterwards.
The sisters from “Brumelia’s Supper” begin their battle against their former friends and get more than they bargained for.
Over three years after “Day At The Springs”, one of the girls is out for revenge, but her quest takes a detour no-one expected.
As the civil war that began in “Start of A New Era” continued, a single family in the desert live life in an isolation they hope would go on forever.
After what transpired in “Keanna’s Darkest Hour” and “Orders of Darkness”, the siege that began would quickly devolve into something far more dire.
Months after “Naivete Shattered”, a protest calling for the ouster of a president takes a dark turn when something grim happens to one of the persons leading it.
Four teenagers mourn the death of their grandfather and unveil a will that was far different from what they expected.
As the events in “Day At The Springs” unfolded, the six high schoolers from “Rusalka Six” meet up for the first time in a long while at a theme park.
The four girls from “Deepest Darkest Corner” and “Bliss’ New Life” listen to a radio show about an early civil war battle, darkening their morning at the beach.
The day after “Rusalka Six”, its members work as escorts for a fraternal get-together, using that as a front to kill the first person on their binder.
Four teenagers star in a reality show that would do a lot more than bring them together under one roof.
The Four Horsemen from “Start Of A New Era” attend a summer school that would have more than reformation and discipline in mind.
In the Christmas before “Start Of A New Era”, two sisters attend a famous dinner, but a heinous act brings their fun to an unceremonious end.
In an interview decades before “Hooded Robins” and “Unhooded”, the grandmother, then much younger, discusses how an experience early on in her life changed it forever.
Long after what unfolded in “Keanna’s Darkest Hour”, an already dramatic start to an elite daughter's birthday would take an even more drastic turn.
After the killings in "Deepest Darkest Corner", the teen girl at the center of them finds herself at a crossroads between her old life and the new one that begins to take shape.
Six young people go about yet another day of longing for their good, old days, only for two people from that era to return to their doorstep.
Long before the events in “Kool-Aid Drinkers”, the young political leaders attend a political get-together with their friend, running into a trio they knew very well.
The days, weeks and months that followed the coup in “Three Who Knew” brings about a transformation that no Brumelian, young or old, would be spared from experiencing.
The cousins from "Hooded Robins" have to go on with living their lives, hoping that the authorities don't uncover the first-degree felony they took part in.
A young girl and her little brothers spend their first years of life under the pauperized umbrella of their abusive parents.
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An eighth grader descends into a very dark place after sustaining a heinous beating at the hands of her bullies.
A ruinous night prompts a young couple to spend their remaining time as free citizens living the lives they’ve dreamed of living.
Three journalists stay after hours to receive extremely urgent information from an anonymous informant.