Rust Belt Studio

About Rust Belt Studio Rust Belt Studio is an independent fiction podcast studio based in Ohio, producing original serialized audio drama across horror, fantasy, and industrial sci-fantasy. Founded to publish long-form stories without gatekeepers, the studio releases narrative fiction podcasts rooted in real places — from Michigan’s Upper Peninsula and the forests near Tahquamenon Falls to 1990s Ohio neighborhoods and imagined industrial worlds powered by Spark. Each show is written, recorded, edited, and sound-designed in-house. There is no development committee and no outside filter. Episodes are published directly to the public, and listeners decide their worth. The Approach Rust Belt Studio builds serialized fiction podcasts with discipline and structure. Story arcs are planned to completion. Sound design is layered and intentional. Recurring motifs and consistent release schedules matter. This is independent audio drama built the old-fashioned way — by doing the work and putting it out into the world. The Creator Rust Belt Studio is written and produced by Bryan Foster, a Midwest-based storyteller raised in Northern Michigan and shaped by years living across Indiana, West Virginia, and Ohio. His work draws from regional history, industrial landscapes, and the quiet mythologies of ordinary places. The goal isn’t hype. It’s durability — to build stories that can stand on their own and find the audience meant for them.