We’re Alive: A Story of Survival by Kc Wayland and Shane Salk; We're Alive, Book 1; Abridged MP3 Audio Book; Narrator Full Cast

2012 Audie Award Finalist

This exciting audio drama is based on an immensely popular podcast that has received hundreds of positive reviews and has had over four million downloads—and counting.

For Army Reserve soldier Michael Cross, the world as he knows it ends in an instant. One minute he’s in college, and the next rioters are roaming the highway around him, breaking into cars and literally tearing people apart. This is the day the dead walk. This is the world of We’re Alive.

We’re Alive: Season 1 features more than twelve chapters packing performances and sound effects that rival movies and prove that modern audio drama is undead and well. Join our survivors as they band together, struggle to fortify a safe haven known as the Tower, and discover that zombies are far from the worst thing in a post apocalyptic Los Angeles where the rules of human decency no longer apply.

Little food. Little water. Little hope. Who is lucky enough to say “We’re Alive”?

“We’re Alive is a modern rendition of an old-school medium. Maintaining a style that is both retro and contemporary, the radio drama will give horror fans the campy, kitschy style they like, but it also provides a variety of characters and development to keep general audiences engaged…Despite not being able to see the action, the excitement and intensity is still sustained through score and sound design. In some ways, the lack of visuals to accompany the audio creates more suspense. The narrator controls how much the audience knows, slowly teasing out information. Accompanying the drama are sparse moments of comedic relief…Expressing a keen awareness of the zombie subgenre, many of the jokes come from familiar scenarios and tropes of zombie stories.”—Examiner.com

Kc Wayland studied both acting and film theory and production at Orange High School’s media arts program and graduated with the Principal’s Medallion. He also won its Award of Excellence in Arts and Best Student Editor in 2001 and worked as a cinematographer on a video poem entitled Blue Doll, a short that went on to play at the Sundance Film Festival. He has produced numerous short films and a documentary about his journeys overseas after enlisting in the army. This feature-length documentary won Best Documentary at Chapman University in 2005, Best Student Documentary in the Big Bear Lake International Film Festival in 2006, and Best Student Film at the Tiberon International Film Festival. He currently works at Dodge College of Film and Media Arts as the digital applications specialist. In his time away from work, he continues to write, produce, edit, and direct the award-winning audio-drama serial We’re Alive.

Shane Salk was born in Seattle, Washington, and relocated to Los Angeles in 2008 after graduating from Chapman University with a BFA in theater performance. He has worked in film and television and on stage since youth. His work has been featured in such film festivals as the Long Beach Short Festival and the New England Film Festival. Along with producing, his acting has earned him a number of awards, including two for excellence in acting from the Kennedy Center. He also performs stand-up, sketch, and improv comedy around Los Angles and throughout the United States. He has extensive knowledge of old-time radio, both dramatic and comedic, which has been a passion of his since first hearing William Conrad as Matt Dillon in Gun Smoke.