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The Color and the Shape

The Color and the Shape

Written by: Ray Wezik
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The Color and the Shape is a horror/sci-fi anthology podcast that explores the moment when you realize the world doesn't work the way you thought it did.


These are stories about people who got what they asked for and discovered too late what that actually meant. About trying to understand forces that operate on logic we can't quite grasp. About the gap between what something appears to be and what it actually is.


Each episode is a single, self-contained story told from the perspective of someone who lived through it. People trying to make sense of a reality that has quietly shifted beneath them.


Some episodes are about technology that does exactly what it was designed to do. Others explore places where the rules are different than they appear. Some are about cosmic forces that don't notice us at all. All of them are about the terror of understanding arriving too late...or not arriving at all.


What are the rules now, and can we survive them?


Content Notes

The Color and the Shape features:

  • Psychological and existential horror
  • Stories about transformation, isolation, and systems at scale
  • Themes of identity erosion and institutional indifference
  • Some episodes contain descriptions of death and mental distress
  • Minimal graphic violence or gore
  • Limited explicit content

Episodes are designed to be experienced in one sitting.


Episode Format

Each episode is a complete story. No cliffhangers. No ongoing plot. You can start anywhere.


Episodes release when they're ready.


Content Warning

While we avoid graphic violence, these stories deal with themes of existential dread, loss of agency, institutional abandonment, and psychological transformation. If you're sensitive to stories about losing control or being erased by systems, please approach with care.


We believe in horror that transforms rather than punishes—but transformation can still be devastating.


Credits

Created, written, and produced by Ray Wezik.

Narration by Ray Wezik

Sound design by Ray Wezik

For inquiries: colorandshapepod@gmail.com


Copyright The Color and the Shape 2026, All Rights Reserved

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Episodes
  • Escalation Protocol

    Escalation Protocol
    Jan 26 2026

    When the system fails you, you find your own solutions. When safety becomes something you have to buy, people buy it. When desperation becomes the only option, people get desperate. Technology doesn't care about intentions. It doesn't negotiate. It doesn't forgive. It just finishes what you started.

    It’s not just a color out of space; it’s the shape of things to come.
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    44 mins
  • The Exit Interview

    The Exit Interview
    Jan 20 2026
    Episode 1: The Exit Interview

    A man who conducts exit interviews for a large corporation describes his daily routine: the questions that never change, the answers people rehearse, the recorder that sits between them. When the company upgrades to a new system, small things begin shifting. The recorder turns itself on. Files appear before interviews happen. Access starts failing in ways that feel like glitches—until they stop feeling temporary. This is his attempt to document what happened, recorded as clearly and completely as possible, because it's the last step before something he doesn't fully understand becomes final.

    Core horror: Bureaucratic erasure through optimization. The terror of being worked around instead of opposed.


    It’s not just a color out of space; it’s the shape of things to come.
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    34 mins
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