Storytime with Lady — Radio Serial
Season 2 — Jackie's Back
Jackie comes back to Coffy Town looking for her mother and finds a stage instead. Season 2 unfolds in order: narration, theme, songs, and scenes, recorded as the serial goes to air.
The book
Storytime with Lady: Jackie's Back by Jessica Holter — the companion book to the season, shelved in Coffy Books.
Episodes in order
SEASON 2 — JACKIE'S BACK (Storytime with Lady)
Recordings play in order of appearance in the serial. Share any episode, and the player remembers where you stopped.
Prologue — Season 2: Jackie's Back
Storytime with Lady — season opening narration
NarrationSeason 2 notes
Read the season
Each scene has its own page with the writing, the recording, the clips, and the artwork filed with it.
Opening the book…
Act II — Scene 1 — Meanwhile, Lucy
Interior — Lucy's Office — Pensive
Lady reads “Meanwhile, Lucy”
Act II — Scene 5 — Missy's Messy Monologue
Interior — Club Surrender — Rehearsal
Missy runs it all down for Lady
Character roster
Jackie Smith
The Daughter • The Disappeared • The Woman Who Rebuilt Herself
Dry sarcastic alto. Speaks in punchlines and means every word. Running bit about her “inner Karen” and when to tell her to sit down.
Lady (Jacqueline Sinclair)
The Healer • The Hustler • The Quiet Oracle of the Nightlife
Alto with a gentle rasp. Speaks slowly, like every word has been earned — maternal, mystical, matter-of-fact. She doesn’t raise her voice; she raises the truth.
David Steinman
The Haunted Intellectual • The Man Who Chose Wrong
Deep, deliberate, slightly raspy — academic precision softened by sorrow. His pauses say more than his sentences.
Sarah-Sarah (Sarah Baptiste)
The Gospel House Diva • The Storm in White
Mezzo-soprano with gospel power and house rhythm. Speaks like she is delivering a sermon; uses scripture as punctuation; her silence is louder than most people’s shouting.
Lotta Moxi
The Spotlight Addict • The Pearl Who Plays to Win
Mezzo-soprano with gospel grit and burlesque polish. Speaks in statements, loves dramatic pauses and shade disguised as scripture.
Detective Jimmy Caldwell
Lead POV • Player Guide • Reluctant Heir of Club Surrender
Clipped baritone, South Side Chicago roots, Black gumshoe energy. Short weighted sentences and dry humor that is never cruel; when he gets close to the truth his voice drops half a step.