The Great Chameleon War

Justin Hellstrom•www.thegreatchameleonwar.com

Welcome to the Nesting Zone: a surreal rim of jungle around Mt. Tahoma prowled by transdimensional reptiles. The Amanuensis catalogues his expedition up the volcano slope and records stories of explorers caught in the evolving dreamscape. Paleo-mythic lizard pyromancy. Blood whisper secrets. Carnivorous astronauts. Cursed poem hallucinations. Staying sane is not an option: a fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom - rated M for mature.

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Episodes

Ep10 Without a Nightlight You'll Have Bad Dreams :: Side B

Episode 10: Without a Night Light You’ll Have Bad Dreams :: Side B Happy One Year Anniversary! Thank you all so much for spending 12 months in the Nesting Zone – your dreams are almost ready for harvesting. Keep your eyes closed, your ears open, and heart bleeding fire. You can find some neat stuff over at www.thegreatchameleonwar.com including our dear narrator's debut novel: The Tide Will Erase All, out now. A big thanks to some of our best friends over at Hit the Bricks Podcast: a musical rad...

Jul 14, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 5

E09 Camarón que se Duerme se lo Lleva la Corriente

Cube water baby transmutation – cursed poems - forbidden tableaux – skull measurements – precambrain stromatalites – catastrophic mine failure – coffee ration socialism – counterpoint to heaven. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime

Jun 17, 2021•18 min•Season 2Ep. 4

XX//:: The Tide Will Erase All :: Say Goodbye to the Sky

The Tide Will Erase All :: Book One of the Singularity Playtime Saga Written by the creator of The Great Chameleon War (oh hey, that's me!) I'm so excited to finally be able to share this with you. The story that ended up giving birth to the weirdness of The Great Chameleon War starts here, ends here, sits in the eye of a dolphin washed ashore so very, very far away from home. About: A dream apocalypse known as the Mouth of God has eaten the stars and infected earth with toxic miracles. A young ...

Jun 14, 2021•4 min

E08 Without a Nightlight You'll Have Bad Dreams :: Side A

Episode 08: Without a Nightlight You'll Have Bad Dreams :: Side A Phantom tongued Uruk-hai – a worm hiding from the sun – the end arrives – return to the Nesting Zone – peeing downstream – Grove of the Patriarchs – a new Plastic God Emperor is born. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime

Jun 03, 2021•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3

E07 Nova Primordia :: Side B

Episode 07: Nova Primordia Side B A lighthouse keeper on fire - a telescope - a true recollection of a memory - neo extinction - high speed accident - the queen of all astronauts - the end of the parade. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime

May 20, 2021•24 min•Season 2Ep. 2

E06 Nova Primordia :: Side A

The gates of heaven gnawed by a reptile - a museum riddled with careless youth - a people eating vehicle - how deep can you see yourself inside yourself? - because I want you to know that I can see further. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime

May 06, 2021•27 min•Season 2Ep. 1

INCOMING TRANSMISSION :: SEASON 02 MAY 6TH :: PREPARE YOUR BLOOD

Transmission from Nesting Zone Sector :: XX042021/58-F //START *OH GOD OH GOD - GOD IS A REPTILE & HEAVEN RINGS EMPTY* //END The Great Chameleon War returns on May 6th with episodes airing bimonthly on Thursdays. Episodes release early on Patreon: The Amanuensis burrows deeper into the egos of fellow explorers as he ascends both imagination and the volcano slope itself - featuring new voice talent, hallucinogenic soundscapes, soaring synth, and interdimensional lizard blood exhalation. The l...

Apr 20, 2021•4 min

E05 Still Life with Sumatra Mandheling, Table & Coaster

Episode 05: Still Life with Sumatra Mandheling, Table & Coaster A coffee mug. A table. A coaster. The sum total of heaven forcing you to forget everyone you’ve ever loved - their form - their caress - that they were ever in your life at all. Oh no. No way. Oh no. A cave. A paleontologist. A substance. A gateway. An intrauterine memory incarnate. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime...

Jul 14, 2020•20 min•Season 1Ep. 5

E04 The Bat in the Ermine Cape :: Side B

Episode 04: The Bat in the Ermine Cape Side B A paleolithic tapir. A bat. A ripping in your chest with a gaping spring day sinkhole (and a poor sheep lost to its depths). Cursed lover rabbit phobia. Storytime: summer camp - a horse - a waterfall - stealing one of god’s miracles: constellations rain their lies upon the garden. A coffin. Extravehicular mobility suits in flames. All things eaten. Even the giraffe. Hallucinogenic saliva brain cannibalism - a fissure through the real. www.thegreatcha...

Jul 14, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 4

E03 The Bat in the Ermine Cape :: Side A

Episode 03: The Bat in the Ermine Cape Side A Intercosmic terror digestion that I won’t waste time describing the gore of here. A note: carnivorous astronauts will come for you, eventually. A planetarium greenhouse where all constellations are lies - just like your night sky. Forbidden sin theatre stage that has eaten all the actors - left behind a botanical wonderland. A new explorer. Storytime: fire - Godzilla - a winged mammal that has come to curse your ex-lover. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com...

Jul 14, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 3

E02 The Whaler :: Side B

Episode 02: The Whaler Side B Discarded maritime architecture. Dead dog in the marsh. The Whaler - severed feet - midden of marine creatures. A-A-A-A-A- CURSED RELIC OF CHILDHOOD IMMOLATED. The Mount Tahoma Magic Show Begins: Missiles and confetti poppers. Blood heaven baptism vomit. Can you see it? The Golden Wolf has tasted your blood. It is all my fault. And for that I am proud. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime...

Jul 14, 2020•28 min•Season 1Ep. 2

E01 The Whaler :: Side A

Episode 01: The Whaler Side A A plastic pterosaur toy. Subterranean hominids shear their arms off - paint a lizard skull red - bite salamanders. A rim of tropic glacial paradise known as the Nesting Zone: a neo nursery for mythic reptiles and dream explorer legends - one they call The Whaler. The first Great Chameleon emergence. The birthplace of all oceans. www.thegreatchameleonwar.com www.patreon.com/singularityplaytime...

Jul 14, 2020•27 min•Season 1Ep. 1

Welcome to the Nesting Zone

The Great Chameleon War premiers with 5 episodes on July 14th. You’ll follow the Amanuensis as he crawls through a landscape of cursed dreams and titanic reality-altering reptiles. As the self-appointed storyteller of the Nesting Zone - he catalogs his ascent up the volcano slope along with the myths, legends, and stories of other explorers surviving the hallucinatory jungle colonizing Mt. Tahoma. Staying sane is not an option. A fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom: visit thegreatchameleonwar.co...

Jun 29, 2020•3 min

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