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• Broadcast Distortion by BrightKnight

  Fandoms: Original Work, Broadcast Distortion  

  • Mature
  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence, Major Character Death
  • Gen
  • Work in Progress

  05 Jan 2026

  Tags

  • Graphic Depictions Of Violence
  • Major Character Death
  • Walter Weismann
  • Elaine Bishop
  • Virgil Manfred
  • Tommy Montgomery
  • Berta Manfred
  • Ivy Manfred
  • Eldritch Horror
  • Creatures
  • beings beyond your wildest dreams
  • Body Horror
  • Psychological Horror
  • Post-World War II
  • 1940s
  • Local News Media
  • Black and White TV
  • Period Typical Attitudes
  • Period-Typical Racism
  • Period-Typical Sexism
  • Supernatural Elements
  • Murder Mystery
  • kinda in it's own way
  • Mystery
  • no I will not be using racial slurs I am not a poc
  • I will try my best but just so you know it's there
  • Other Additional Tags to Be Added
  • Tags May Change
  • Trance - Freeform
  • Soul Consuming

  Summary

  A young man returns from the war to reclaim his rightful place as their beloved local newsman. However, something seems strange about the man who returned to them, and only one person seems to notice the pattern.

  Series

  • Part 1 of Angel's Originals

  Language:

  English

  Words:

  3,746

  Chapters:

  2/?

  Kudos:

  1

  Hits:

  27