
Crescent is intended for a mature audience and is not appropriate for listeners under 17 years of age. Listener discretion is strongly advised.
Some places are far darker than deep space. Places where the shadows smile. Where men go mad and lovers go missing. Where reality is stretched thin and something hungry is waiting just outside the corner of your eye.
Turn out the lights, take a deep breath, and dare to visit one of these places.
Crescent is dark science fiction at it's most visceral. Phil Rossi weaves a tale that is reminiscent of old school Stephen King but with a shiny, new set of tricks and an appetite to terrify. There's sex. There's corruption. There's horror. And after you sweat your way through the first chapter, there's plenty more to keep you awake at night.
Find out why Crescent is one of the fastest growing podcast novel sensations to date.
Crescent has been listed as "What's Hot" on the iTunes Music Store Homepage, a featured iTunes Literature podcast, in iTunes Top 25 Literature Podcasts, in the Podiobooks Top 10, as well as appeared in the Loudoun Times, in On Tap Magazine, on Dragon Page Cover to Cover, Scott Sigler's Bloodcast and more.
Crescent on Podiobooks
(thank you Zeus Legion and Chrysalis.)

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Writer, musician, podcaster, kick ass husband, and father-to-be. A new England native, Phil Rossi is currently a resident of Northern VA. When he is not hunkered down in the studio creating, he can be found either out playing rock music in the DC metro area or frolicking with his seven pets.
See, this is what I love about the internet! Thanks for stopping by, Phil.
I'm just going to reiterate that I /really enjoyed/ Crescent. I was hanging out every day to get back in the car so that I could keep listening.
It has also inspired me to listen to more podcast audiobook novels, and I've been sampling first chapters from all over the place for the last couple of days. What I've learned is that Crescent, and Phil's vocal talent, is miles better than some of the other stuff out there. I was spoiled by first hearing Hoad's Grim, which sets an exceptionally high bar.
I've now learned that there is a world of difference between the author-driven podcast novel, like Crescent, and the audiodrama, like Hoad's Grim, and it really isn't fair to compare the two.
On that note, I revise my rating of Crescent to four stars. There have been sample chapters of podcasts that I haven't got through to the end, and sure won't be subscribing to, and on that note I rate Crescent very highly.
It's a shame that Chrysalis have disbanded. I liked their sound.
Anyway, I think that reviewing audiobooks and podcast novels will become a more regular feature here on Freshly Ground as the year progresses. I've finally found more time to read, and I don't even have to spend it reading!
Dan