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🎧 Xeroforhire Podcast — Episode Summary & Timestamps


Welcome back to the Xeroforhire Podcast!This episode is part life update, part creative roadmap, and part invitation to help shape the direction of the Apocalyptiverse.


🚗 Life Update (00:00 – 01:10)


Stepped away from a second job.


Resolved weeks of car overheating issues (victory over the thermostat!).


With stress lifted, there’s finally more time for writing and creative projects.


⚔️ Harbinger Serial (01:11 – 03:00)


Serialized fiction (“drops” of 500–600 words).


Recently completed introductions of the seven brothers — “the seven terrors of the battlefield.”


Story now shifting into the first full arc.


Schedule update: moving from daily drops → weekly drops every Monday.


🙌 Community Shoutouts (03:01 – 04:40)


Thanks to friends consistently resharing posts.


Recognition of other Substack writers who boosted the work.


Newsletter plans: will include shoutouts + reflections on early traction.


🕹️ New Series — Support Our Savior (SOS) (04:41 – 08:59)


Premise: A superhero support app lets people summon heroes like Uber drivers.


Heroes can be called for serious emergencies or frivolous events (birthday parties, barbecues).


Clout-chasing TKs embrace the fame; serious heroes feel it’s beneath them.


Built-in mechanic: every user gets one support token to back their favorite hero.


Themes: social media clout, commercialization of heroism, the effect on youth.


🌆 Worldbuilding & Story Placement (09:00 – 12:30)


SOS connects to Heroes of the Alley (teens/real life focus) and City Voices (citizen conversations/newsfeed).


Harbinger remains standalone (different timeline).


Release cadence:


Harbinger: weekly (finishing late 2025 / early 2026 depending on pace).


Heroes of the Alley: long-form chapters this month.


Support Our Savior: starting late September/early October.


🛡️ Upcoming Projects (12:31 – 13:40)


Iron Knight: Kokutetsuki (黒鉄騎) — series about Iron Knight, beginning with “Neighborhood Watch” arc.


All titles tied together through City Voices as an in-world “newsfeed.”


💬 Interactive Storytelling (13:41 – 15:00)


Reader comments and feedback will help steer story directions.


Echoes the old days of TV fandoms where fan reactions shaped plotlines.


📖 Gatekeepers Novel Update (15:01 – 16:25)


Continues directly from Shadow of the Knight and Utopia.


Introduces Scavenger.


Still in development — planned for early next year depending on progress.


🎨 Visuals & Community Input (16:26 – 17:45)


Substack pages will host poster options, concept art, and character sheets.


Candid discussion of AI art as a prototyping tool (guides commissioned artists).


Teasing the official Iron Knight poster.


🗡️ Closing Notes (17:46 – end)


Harbinger drops continue daily for now but will soon ramp up into arc storytelling.


Hints at live events in October.


Sign-off: keep plugging into Apocalyptiverse for ongoing updates.


👉 Call to Action:Check out the latest drops of Harbinger, weigh in on poster concepts, and get ready for Support Our Savior this fall. Your feedback matters — it helps decide the creative direction of these stories.


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