About the Show
The ISPI Files is an audio drama I'm in the process of writing! It represents my personal philosophy surrounding stories, and all that's inspired me as a writer. I hope to finish the script, get my friends to help voice act, and release it as a podcast. I conceptualize it as a limited series, only ten episodes.
Updates
20 July 2025:
After a while of hating how this page was laid out, I'm finally working on it! Look out for changes to the content of the site, as well. I've gotten rid of some extraneous shit but I plan to add a little bit more on the worldbuilding and some more organization.
15 March 2025:
This page of my site is officially live! I'll be adding more character playlists as I create them, and updating the bottom sections labelled as being under construction as the relevant content is finished.
As of 13 March 2025:
Episode one is fully written, with work being done on the second. Select scenes from further episodes are finished, as well.
Characters
Agent 02 - VA: Miles-Remí
The main character. They’re dedicated to their work, and they struggle with the aftermath of an incident from three years prior.
Color: Grey, yellow
Associated Tale: Little Red Riding Hood
Mel Carter - VA: TBA
A private detective. She worries that the person she loves will have moved on by the time she manages to find her way home.
Color: Purple
Associated Tale: TBA
Margaret LaBelle - VA: TBA
Agent’s handler. She suspects that the rules governing her organization are misinformed, and believes that the incident from three years prior wasn’t Agent’s fault.
Color: Orange
Associated Tale: TBA
Cricket Jones - VA: TBA
One of three researchers. When she is killed and brought back to life using advanced magic, she’s more interested in how the killer did it than why.
Color: Pink
Associated Tale: TBA
Holden Advani - VA: TBA
One of three researchers. Despite his anxiety, he is steadfast in his support of his friends in their times of need.
Color: Blue
Associated Tale: TBA
Zara Long - VA: TBA
One of three researchers. In her search for material for a final project, she accidentally uncovers a prophecy and a malevolent force.
Color: Green
Associated Tale: TBA
Sei Takeuchi - VA: TBA
Mel’s employee. They know the city and have a sizable web of connections.
Color: Cyan
Associated Tale: TBA
Judith - VA: TBA
An agent of chaos. Her refusal to play by the rules makes her valuable to Margaret.
Color: Red
Associated Tale: TBA
Official Description
A secret agent is tasked with protecting stories while they deal with the trauma of a past failure. Meanwhile, their handler tries to change the system, a group of researchers play with magic they probably shouldn’t, and a private detective tries to solve her biggest mystery yet— how does she keep traveling to other worlds? Why? And will she ever see her partner again?
The ISPI Files is an audio drama about the nature of stories, the way loving something changes us, and how even if things hurt, they can still be worth doing.
The ISPI
The Institute for Story Preservation and Integrity, or the ISPI, is an organization dedicated to the protection of all stories. In order to do this, it sends agents into the worlds of the stories. These agents keep the stories going according to plan, thereby preventing them from destabilizing and becoming unrecoverable.
Agent, Margaret, and Judith work for the ISPI, under the designations 02, 01, and 07, respectively. Margaret no longer works as an agent, instead acting as head of the Institute.
Crow's Keep
Crow's keep is the setting of the internal story-- the world that Agent is sent into at the beginning of the show.
It is a city of knowledge and academia, founded centuries before the story begins by a powerful mage named Merriweather Crow. The city is built around a central university that teaches both magical and nonmagical subjects. It is home to Cricket, Holden, Zara, and Sei.