About Local Files Club
Local Files Club is a digital label for short-form audio fiction.
We’re building an alternative distribution model for audio fiction in an effort to sustain short-form and experimental work that plays with and interrogates the form.
Local files are what we sell. There’s no subscription, and we’re not collecting your data for advertisers. You buy a show and then it’s yours, forever, to do whatever you want with (ideally, listen). Our shows also come with bonus materials like soundtracks, commentary tracks, artwork, and more, so listeners get all the benefits one might get from a Patreon or membership program in one, singular package.
Subscribe to the newsletter or follow Local Files Club on social media to hear about new releases from our artists, plus interesting and experimental projects from across the wider audio fiction ecosystem.
Submissions
If you’re an audio fiction producer and are interested in releasing a project on Local Files Club, check out our submissions page.
About me
My name is Adam Cecil, and I’m the proprietor of Local Files Club. I started my podcast career at Night Vale Presents, working on marketing and publicity, our membership programs (there’s a good chance that if you had an issue with your Welcome to Night Vale membership between 2016 and 2020, you’ve emailed me), and helping out with our merchandise and live shows. Along the way, I also helped to produce shows like Dreamboy and Pounded In The Butt By My Own Podcast With Chuck Tingle.
After Night Vale, I worked in development on Topic Studios, helping to bring to market shows like American ISIS, Not Lost, Operator, Crooks Everywhere, and more. From there, I led the team at Macmillan Audio, running their network Quick and Dirty Tips. Along the way, I produced the independent tween fiction podcast Milky Way Underground and multiple stories for the romcom feed Meet Cute.
I founded Local Files Club in 2025 because I think it’s the best model for making the kind of shows I want to listen to. Thanks for joining me in the grand experiment.