Friday Fiction: The Clock Changes Everything
Time affects us all, dear reader. I hope you agree. And if that concept is then mixed with a cursed clock, well, things get strange very quickly.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 27th, 2024
Time affects us all, dear reader. I hope you agree. And if that concept is then mixed with a cursed clock, well, things get strange very quickly.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 16th, 2024
“Dead End Job” is kind of a bad episode. Surprisingly, it’s subpar. I had been all geared up for a big reveal, an answer for what is happening. A nice little exposition moment. And while we got one—and I didn’t guess it beforehand—it wasn’t even that big of a revelation. Also, it’s not a revelation I particularly like.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 13th, 2024
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By Brandon Scott on Sep 11th, 2024
“Keyed In” is a weird episode. Not a lot of it is explained or even seems to follow much of a plot. I more mean this for the anthology story, but even the other stuff is kind of odd for a Magnus Protocol episode.
By Brandon Scott on Sep 2nd, 2024
“Interruptions” doesn’t interrupt in the way I had expected. Given that the episode, for a time, kept flitting to different moments around the office, I had assumed that the entire runtime would take place there. No statement. No anthology elements. A true interruption from the status quo.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 28th, 2024
“Driven” is such an interesting episode because of how much it’s a different subgenre than is typical of The Magnus Protocol. Yes, the events are horrific in concept. Yes, there are some obvious parallels to the very first episode of Archives. Yes, it has cosmic elements. But the nature of the narrative is more like reading a paranormal investigation story.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 26th, 2024
“Catching Up” is such an improvement from the last two episodes. It’s weird and horrific and takes its time to build to the horror. And the horror story both informs the overall story and works on its own. It’s an excellent entry.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 21st, 2024
I didn’t like “Gut Feelings” all that much. I can’t say since “Pet Project” has an episode been this much of a dud. The premise is strong, the ideas—in theory—scary, and the writing certainly got across the ideas the episode wanted to achieve…but I just didn’t like it.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 19th, 2024
“Raising Issues” has three parts, and none of them feel all that connected to each other. The main thing is that they, yes, involve characters “Raising Issues.” I’ve been amused by the pun titles of The Magnus Protocol throughout, but this might be the most creative use of it.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 14th, 2024
“A New You” is, ultimately, a familiar trope played mostly as expected. But it’s also somehow a lot bleaker in its implications and uses the multi-media format of The Magnus Protocol to add subtle storytelling. This may be my favorite use of the “social media post” format.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 9th, 2024
Today’s story is weird. It has no answers, only nightmarish and inexplicable things.
Tilly is a waitress at a downtown diner. She works there to pay for her apartment until her lease runs out. And sometimes her days are hard.
By Brandon Scott on Aug 7th, 2024
It’s been a few weeks since I reviewed another episode of The Magnus Protocol and I’m so glad that “Mixed Signals” is the one I returned to. This episode is fantastic, and it’s mainly due to such an interesting, novel, and evocative horror concept.