Buffy the Vampire Slayer's Universe Returns in a New Audio Drama

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Image: Audible

Two decades after Buffy the Vampire Slayer aired its finale, the show’s universe will take center stage in an new Audible series. Slayers: A Buffyverse Story is co-written and co-directed by OG cast member Amber “Tara” Benson, and will bring back stars from the beloved series like James Marsters (Spike) and Charisma Carpenter (Cordelia).

The audio drama arrives October 12—yep, just in time for spooky season—and will also feature the voices of returning Buffy castmembers Benson, Juliet Landau, Emma Caulfield, James Charles Leary, and Danny Strong, with some notable new additions, like a teen slayer played by Laya DeLeon Hayes. (Sarah Michelle Gellar, who’s said in the past she’s done with Buffy, is not part of this project.) Here’s the plot synopsis, courtesy of an Audible press release, which notes the story begins 10 years after the events that closed out Buffy the Vampire Slayer’s TV run:

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