WARNING: This episode contains content that may prove too disturbing for some of our listeners, and as such listening discretion is advised. Though this series is a work of fiction, given the present crisis in Europe between Russia and Ukraine, it is imperative that the horrors of the past never be forgotten, especially when the aggressor and victim are the same nations 90 years ago, and today. Real people lived through this. As Mark Twain once said, History may not repeat itself, but it certainly does rhyme. For more information, we encourage you to visit https://holodomor.ca/. Now, to our story. Fan has been spirited away by something otherworldly and malevolent. Terrified for her safety and desperate to bring her back, Ilia turns to the one person who has full command of Baikonur Cosmodrome. Fan's creator. Fan's mother. Mesiya.  Special thanks to Michael Parkhurst for additional sound design.Written, Directed and Produced by Vincent Alastair. Adapted from his original short story "Fantom IX." Assisted produced by Ari Rosenthal.Starring Peter Wicks as Ilia Zakharov, Allison Cossitt as Fan, Sarah Golding as Mesiya, Erika Sanderson as Kryuchkov, James Scully as Cosmodrome Security, Brandon Levine as Sledstvenny Security. Additional Voices by Peter Wishinski and Karim Kronfli. Dialogue Editing by Benton Hodges. Sound Design and Mix by Manas Kunder. Score by Jakub Żerański.