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Bloodhound

By: Thomas Page McBee, Todd Ellis Kessler
Narrated by: Elliot Fletcher, Alice Kremelberg, Stephen Root, full cast
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In the tradition of M. Night Shyamalan and Stephen King, Bloodhound is a coming-of-age suspense drama about Jay Pulver, a trans college student who discovers he has mysteriously acquired superhuman abilities when he accidentally kills his sister’s ex-boyfriend. Recruited by a brilliant but eccentric scientist at the FBI, Jay is tasked with employing his unique powers to track down a domestic terrorist group currently setting off bombs around Washington, DC.

As Jay comes to grips with his new abilities, he must grapple with his own family trauma—and what he's internalized about what it means to be a man—before he loses himself and everything that matters to him.

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Todd Ellis Kessler
Thomas Page McBee
Lauren Shippen

About the Writer

Todd Ellis Kessler is a television writer-producer who has worked on award-winning and nominated series The Good Wife (CBS), Nashville (ABC), The Practice (ABC), The Unit (CBS), and Rome (HBO). Kessler and the original writing staff of The Good Wife were nominated for a Writers Guild of America Award for Best New Series. In his career, he has written for David Mamet, Alejandro González Iñárritu, David E. Kelley, and is currently writing a film about Robert F. Kennedy starring Chris Pine for Sony Pictures.
Kessler began his career as a news magazine producer for WCBS-TV in New York where he won four Emmy Awards, an International Emmy Award, and a Columbia DuPont citation. He is married to producer Sharon Hall and lives in Los Angeles with their two sons.

About the Writer

Thomas Page McBee is an author, journalist, and writer/producer—most recently on The Umbrella Academy’s GLAAD Award-nominated season 3, where he architected the transition story for Elliot Page's character, Viktor. His award-winning books, Man Alive and Amateur, have been translated into multiple languages, and his essays and reportage have appeared in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Esquire, GQ, and many other publications. He lives in Los Angeles with his wife and dogs.

About the Director

Lauren Shippen is a writer best known for her work in fiction podcasts. She was the creator and sole writer of the popular audio drama The Bright Sessions, which ran from 2015 to 2018. She went on to write and direct the #1 podcasts Bridgewater and Passenger List, for which she received an iHeart Podcast Award and BBC Audio Drama Award, Webby, and two British Podcast Awards, respectively. She also wrote Marvels, an audio adaptation of the popular comic, and Surviving Hawkins, a Stranger Things podcast. Her current originals are Maxine Miles, a choose-your-own-path mystery for young adults, and Breaker Whiskey, an ongoing daily podcast about shouting into the void at the end of the world.

Elliot Fletcher
Alice Kremelberg
Stephen Root

About the Performer

Elliot Fletcher is an actor born and raised in Los Angeles, California. Fletcher was recently seen as a series regular in FX's Y: The Last Man, from executive producers Eliza Clark and Melina Matsoukas. He stars opposite Diane Lane, Olivia Thirlby, and Ben Schnetzer. Previously, Elliot wrapped a one-year series regular role, playing Amy Brenneman’s son in Tell Me Your Secrets, from executive producer Bruna Papandrea. Fletcher got his start in a recurring arc on the groundbreaking MTV Comedy Faking It. He then went on to book multiseason arcs on Freeform’s The Fosters where he played Maia Mitchell’s love interest and on Showtime’s critically acclaimed series Shameless, where he won over audiences as Cameron Monaghan’s woke and witty love interest. Additional television credits include guest appearances on HBO Max’s The Sex Lives of College Girls, Hulu’s Marvel’s Runaways, and TruTV’s Adam Ruins Everything. Elliot was named as The Hollywood Reporter's "Next Big Thing," where he was featured in their inaugural Pride issue. He was also the face of Kenneth Cole’s "Zero Tolerance for Intolerance" collection.

About the Performer

Alice Kremelberg is a film, television, and theater actor. She can next be seen co-leading Sally Wainwright’s Disney+ UK series, The Ballad of Renegade Nell. Alice was nominated for a Daytime Emmy for her performance as "Kat" in The Feels, which she both wrote and starred in. She was also seen in Aaron Sorkin’s Academy Award-nominated film The Trial of the Chicago 7.
Kremelberg’s other film and television credits include The Sinner, Orange Is the New Black, Monsterland, Doomsday, New Amsterdam, The Taking of Pelham 123, NCIS, Nurse Jackie, Blue Bloods, The Big C, Smash, Law and Order: SVU, and 30 Rock.
On stage, she originated the role of Reba in Ruby Rae Spiegel's breakout play, Dry Land. Other theater credits include Dress of Fire (The Abingdon), Suddenly Last Summer (ATNYC), Road Veins, Lend Me a Tenor, The House of Bernarda Alba, and A Lie of the Mind.

About the Performer

Stephen Root, one of today's most prolific character actors, can recently be seen in HBO’s hit Emmy and Golden Globe-nominated series Barry, as well as HBO’s Perry Mason. On the film side, Stephen can recently be seen in Joel Coen’s adaptation of Macbeth. Stephen also co-stars in Alan Ball’s drama film Uncle Frank, which premiered at Sundance in 2020. Stephen can be seen in the upcoming Amazon feature Heads of State, starring opposite Idris Elba and John Cena.
In 2018, Stephen played a pivotal role in the AFI Film Festival winner On the Basis of Sex, the Ruth Bader Ginsberg biopic, and starred opposite Melissa McCarthy in the New Line hit comedy Life of the Party. Reuniting with Joel and Ethan Coen and currently streaming on Netflix, Stephen is part of the talented ensemble in The Ballad of Buster Scruggs, which was nominated for an Academy Award.
In 2017, Stephen was part of Jordan Peele’s box office hit Get Out. Aside from his feature films, Stephen can also be seen as the titular role on Amazon's hit drama series The Man in the High Castle. Stephen is a veteran character actor who has over 180 film and television credits to his name. Among them, the series King of the Hill, News Radio, Boardwalk Empire, The West Wing, Newsroom, Justified, The Big Bang Theory, Turn, and Fargo, as well as the films Office Space, O, Brother Where Art Thou, and No Country for Old Men.

Engaging Storyline • Interesting Characters • Excellent Voice Acting • Surprising Twists • Superhero Elements
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I enjoyed the book and especially the novel superpower that was introduced. I am hoping that DC or Marvel doesn't hear about this book. because they would probably want to borrow the concept and make 10 movies about it.

A novel superpower

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the whole thing was good, edge of your seat good,and so fresh!! just loved it all!! ending was a surprise!!

edge of your seat good!!

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Great cast and characters. Highly entertaining to listen to, couldn’t wait to see what happened next.

Highly entertaining

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The story was exciting and interesting the idea of what can happen when you experiment with the human body… don’t get me started!

Loved the characters

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Great overall listen with excellent performances. Tim Russ (Tuvok from Star Trek Voyager) and Stephen Root are in this! Just felt it was wrapped up a bit too quickly for me. The last act could have had a bit more substance.

Addicting in the first acts then lost some momentum

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I enjoyed a story that included a character from the GLBTQ community but it was ABOUT that. Nice change.

East listen - fun twists

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The story was a little too on-the-nose for me. A trans man whose super power is sensing and reflecting toxic masculinity (not a totally accurate description, to be fair) lacks subtlety. But the performances were really good and it was diverting to listen to and definitely a different take on LGBTQ+ coming of age.

A Bit On the Nose

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It was Predictable but fun. The production was well done and I loved the sound!

Entertaining

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The story is good if you just want to explore the a very very loose definition of scifi, superpowers, and family drama. It missed the mark on each individually, because it took too many big leaps to advance the plot. Grade C for effort, but D for execution.

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Bloodhound is a well-written, engaging, and heartfelt story. It’s smart and full of compelling science. It’s also gripping and fast-paced with exciting, interconnected turns. I love the intimacy between the characters and the way the story of Jay’s family unfolds. Highly recommended.

loved this!

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