Ink in the Ashes: Casting Call-Bound By Memory
Project Overview
Bound By Memory is a fully scripted psychological horror audio drama about grief, memory, and the cost of trying to escape pain.
The story follows Kaliope, a woman mourning the death of her older sister, Maryna. Maryna appears only in memories, voicemails, and dreams, but her presence shapes the narrative.
Kaliope is supported by her boyfriend Adrian, who slowly watches the woman he loves fall apart. All while doing his best to bring her back from the edge.
As Kaliope spirals, she becomes torn between telling Kane, her incarcerated father about Maryna’s death or letting Father Corin, a priest who knows the family break the news instead. Her estranged mother, Paityn attempts to reconnect and support her, but their shared history of absence, and hurt complicates every interaction. Some wounds never truly heal. This pain invites Althea an ancient diety that consumes memory. Althea promises relief from the pain. But relief always has a price.
Alcoholism & addiction (non-glamorized)
Grief, loss of a loved one
Estranged family relationships
Emotional breakdowns
Psychological horror / identity dissolution
We approach all themes with care. If you have boundaries, please communicate them. Your comfort matters to us.
📢This is an unpaid indie production in its beginning phases. 📢
I’m working toward paid compensation for future episodes and will always offer returning cast first consideration. If you’re open to skill swaps (e.g., you voice, I write or edit in return), I’m happy to collaborate that way as well.
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Lead | Female | Vocal age: late 20s to early 30s
Grieving the loss of her older sister. Sharp edges over soft vulnerability. Tries to stay composed, fails miserably.
- female adult
- female young adult
“Everybody keeps telling me she’s at peace. That’s not peace. She's gone.”
“I keep hearing her laugh when I wake up. Just… for a second. Then it’s quiet again.”
“If forgetting is the only way to stop hurting… then I want to forget.”
(Kalliope's Sister)
Supporting | Female | Vocal age: early to late 30s
Heard in memories, flashbacks, and fading echoes. Warm, teasing, loving. As the story goes on her voice becomes more distorted and different as Kaliope forgets what she sounds like.
- female adult
“I’m proud of you. I don’t say that enough, but I am.”
“Hey, listen to me. I’m still here, okay? I'll stop... I promise.”
“I know he wasn’t good for us. I know that. But he's our dad."
Lead Antagonist | Female or Androgynous | Vocal age: timeless
A fallen god of mercy and forgetting. Voice is warm and calm never threatening. She's like the comfort of hugging your mom when you are scared. She's gentle and soft.
- androgynous
- female adult
- female young adult
“Shh… you’ve been hurting for so long. Let me carry it.”
“Pain is memory, love. Let me take it from you.”
“You should rest now. There’s nothing left to remember.”
(Maryna & Kaliope's Father)
Supporting | Male | Vocal age: 50–70
Kaliope and Maryna’s estranged father. Alcoholic, weary, regretful. Currently incarcerated. His voice is ROUGH from years of drug and alchol abuse.
- male adult
- male senior
“I’m her father. I was supposed to… to protect her."
“Don’t. Don’t look at me like I killed her. I know what you’re thinking.”
“I should’ve been there.
(Kalliope's Mother)
Supporting | Female | Vocal age: 45–60
Once an addict; now sober but rebuilding from damage. Loved Maryna like a daughter. Strained relationship with Kaliope.
- female adult
- female senior
“I know I wasn’t there the way you needed. I’m trying now.”
“ “If you need to scream at me… then do it. If it means you stay, I can take it.”
“Please… don’t shut me out again.”
Supporting | Any Gender | Vocal age: 35–65
Calm, gentle, quietly terrified of the thing Kaliope has called.
He is EXTREMELY faithful, almost to a fault.
“Grief is not a thing to be cured. It is a thing to be carried.”
“Grief is not evil, Kaliope. But what answers grief… often is.”
“She didn’t want to leave you. I need you to know that.”
(Kalliope's Boyfriend)
Supporting | Male | Vocal age: late 20s to early 30s
Adrian is soft-spoken and patient. He's been with Kaliope through alot of ups and downs and she's been there for him as well. Adrian is the voice of reason, the person that is watching in real time as Kaliope slowly unravels.
- male adult
- male young adult
“You don’t have to carry the whole world alone. You have me."
“I keep telling myself it’s the grief talking, not you. But I don’t know anymore.”
“Say my name. Please. Just once.”
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