"What happens when the saviors of the world are falling apart at the seams?"

Fifteen years ago, six college housemates unwittingly opened a portal which unleashed monsters upon the world. Of the six, only Charlie touched this portal, and has paid the price, in the loss of his family. In addition, his friends' memories of the incident were erased.

Now the Nowhere Men are coming home, and Charlie must drop concerns about his mess of a life and teach his old friends what he knows (and they forgot) in order to stop the onslaught, but also to be able to face their pasts.

"The Way We Used to Walk" is the collaboration of Megan Engelhardt and Mark Beall. The pair met just before their freshman year of college. They have gamed, podcasted and written together. Speaking with host Tory Gates, Engelhardt and Beall explore their times together, and how Charlie, Smitha, Joe, Alice, Inez and Mona came to be. The long walks, sometimes for hours on their college campus provide a foundation for the facing of pasts, the friendships, found families, and that love always remains the one answer anyone needs.

Megan Engelhardt, aka Mad Merry Meg has seen her writing in publications that include Asimov's, Crossed Genres and Daily Science Fiction. She lives in Northeast Ohio with her family.

Mark Beall is the founder and operator of Retrograde Orbit Radio and Retrograde Orbit Dice and Leather; he lives in Millerstown, Pennsylvania.