Fester

By: Crawford Smith

Narrated by: Virtual Voice

A Darkly Comic Mystery About Masks, Bad Influences, and a Town Begging to Come Apart

Inspector Martin Prieboy already has more on his plate than any reasonable lawman should: Cowboy Bob, a drug-pushing rodeo clown; a group of catastrophically inept Satanists; an old-school Germanic witchdoctor; and a handful of pot-smoking teens who keep wandering into trouble. That’s before two high-profile cases crash into each other and drag him toward a secret the leading citizens of Fester are desperate to keep buried.

When Martin’s refusal to look the other way costs him his job, the superhero-obsessed inspector trades his badge for a mask and continues the investigation off the books. What he uncovers is Fester’s seamy—and consistently hilarious—underside, where corruption, superstition, and pure incompetence collide.

At the heart of the chaos is Paul Plummer, a lovesick teenager whose judgment is already compromised long before he falls under the wrong influence. Desperate to impress and convinced he’s finally part of something important, Paul makes a series of increasingly reckless decisions that ripple outward, quietly feeding a much larger mess.

Standing in Martin’s way is Billy Snyder, the corrupt chief constable of Fester and Martin’s boss—a man more interested in keeping certain truths buried than in enforcing the law. As pressure mounts, Billy’s interference turns an already dangerous investigation into open conflict.

A chance discovery in the woods ignites a volatile mix of history, mystery, and greed. As secrets surface and tensions rise, bad decisions and corruption collide, threatening to tear Fester apart from the inside out.

Packed with pitch-black humor and escalating stakes, Fester is a mystery that laughs at its own darkness while daring you to do the same.