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Vanguard Estates is a production of Flash Forward. The story was written by me, Rose Eveleth; edited by Ace Tilton Radcliffe and Georgia Wyatt; and produced by Ozzy Llinas Goodman. The sound design is by Mischa Stanton and music is by Ilan Blanck.
The voice actors for Welcome to Vanguard Estates are:
- Marcus Jones -- Keith Houston
- Imani Jones -- Shara Kirby
- Robot #1 -- Ashley Kellem
- Amy -- Chelsey B Coombs
- Vanguard Estates Representative -- Aiya Islam
- Missy -- Anjali Kunapaneni
- Robot # 2 -- Brett Tubbs
- NPR Host -- Sandhya Dirks
An earlier version of Vanguard Estates was originally performed live for Pop-Up Magazine.
You can also play through a web version of the story at flashforwardpod.com/vanguard, which features really cool illustrations by Mattie Lubchansky.
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