98.1 Worth a Thousand Words

Ainsley Kay has tried her best to survive the loss of her family, but when every piece of art in the world becomes a horrifying gateway to a nameless evil, her grief and solitude becomes too much to bear.

Written by Dexter McLeod (http://www.linktr.ee/dextermcleod)

Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)

Produced by Chidozie Uzochukwu (www.x.com/studio55audios)

With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And adneonlux (https://adneonlux.bandcamp.com/)

And Enough Records (https://enoughrecords.scene.org/)

And Ghosthack (https://www.ghosthack.de/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.

Dexter McLeod resides in western Kentucky, where he writes in the darker shades of Southern Gothic, folk and cosmic horror, science fiction, and the New Weird. His work has been published by Air and Nothingness Press, Dark Moon Books, The Horror Tree, TDotSpec, and the Hugo Award finalist/European SF Award-winning magazine, Sci Phi Journal. His stories have also been performed in a half-dozen volumes of Hawk & Cleaver's The Other Stories and will soon appear in Dissonance Media's Gothic horror podcast series, After the Gloaming. Visit linktr.ee/dextermcleod to connect with him online.

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page www.facebook.com/BioArtsy

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Vol 98 - Infestation + Interview W/ Paul Tremblay

Editorial by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com)

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes))

Special feature

Interview by Daniel Willcocks (https://www.danielwillcocks.com/))

With Paul Tremblay (https://www.moralityinhorror.com/)

Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland, and the short story collection, Growing Things and Other Stories.

His essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly online, and numerous year’s-best anthologies. He has a master’s degree in mathematics and lives outside Boston with his family.

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Our favourite episodes from the eight year of THE OTHER STORIES.

86.3 The Walled Garden

A little girl discovers a hidden garden in the grounds of an old house.

Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)

87.5 Crawlspace

Dennis' quiet evening of reading is interrupted by thumping music coming from his neighbour's house. Or at least he thinks that's where it's coming from.

Written by Kev Harrison (www.kevharrisonfiction.com

Narrated and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And Andrew kn (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)

87.1 Werms

When a plumber who’s seen too much is buried alive by a sadistic gravedigger, he discovers a series of mysterious tunnels extending from the bottom of his casket.

Written by Andrew Benzinger (https://www.instagram.com/andrew.benzinger)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Heart of a Bear

A bear yearns for something more…

Written by Benjamin Percy (https://benjaminpercy.com/)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Tim Kulig (https://timkulig.com/)

Intro theme composed by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for separating the social curds from the media whey and serving up delicious content cheese.

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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Photoshop Wizard - Re-Animated

'A Photoshop user finds life is about to change after her shortcut commands begin to affect the world outside of her computer screen.'

Today’s episode is a bonus remaster of an episode we first published all the way back in 2016. We’ve re-seasoned the meat, plucked out a couple of maggots here and there, and are serving it up on a shiny and steamy platter, with a brand new narration. 

Written by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com)

Narrated by Shara Jahnke (https://www.instagram.com/zellezra/)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by JCM [Canada] (https://soundcloud.com/j_c_m)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And again to Joshua Boucher and to Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for wrestling social media alligators down in the content swamplands.

Luke Kondor makes stuff, including Keith, which went on to win the best low-budget short film at the London Short Film Festival; The Other Stories – a weekly short story podcast with over five million downloads and a Film/TV option; and El Marvo – a crowdfunded comic book about a Luchador wrestler in a post-apocalyptic future. You can follow more of Luke’s work at www.lukekondor.com

Shara Jahnke is a quirky, enigmatic laloceziac who lives in beautiful Eugene, Oregon. When she’s not fashioning medical products to rescue your squishy brains, she’s using her own to plot new story ideas, hone her archery skills, play video games, and occasionally lose herself in paralytic fits of existential dread.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

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Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

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The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Desert Bloom

'One cowboy shares his stories with another.'

Written by J. T. Seate

Narrated by Justin Fife

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Golden Hits

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for rounding up them content cows with his social media cowboying business.

Jay stands on the side of the literary highway and thumbs down whatever genre that comes roaring by. His storytelling runs the gamut from Horror Novel Review’s Best Short Fiction to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. His fiction incorporates fantasy, horror, or humor featuring the quirkiest of characters.

Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfife

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Become a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Warm Inside

'Jez has a nice evening planned for Claire and himself. After picking her up from her latest workshop, it seems something has come in Claire's place.'

Written by Daisy Lythe (http://www.instagram.com/crowsandprose)

Narrated and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Velleitie (https://velleitie.us/)

And Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Sounds-mp3.com.

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for graffitiing up the streets in the name of social media. Fight the power!

Daisy is an avid horror watcher, reader and writer. You can find her on Instagram @crowsandprose

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Become a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Waifs

'Marie is the catwalk’s dream model: she can truly bring a dress to life.'

Written by Die Booth (https://diebooth.wordpress.com/)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for serving up content platter after content platter at his social media eatery. Compliments to the Ben!

You can find more of Die’s work, including his cursed new novella ‘Cool S’ at https://diebooth.wordpress.com/

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Become a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Repossession

'A lawyer finds himself entangled in a strange case of repossession and false eviction.'

Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by AndrewKN (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for doodling all over the internet in the name of SOCIAL MEDIA.

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Become a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Have, Hold

'A woman and her husband retreat to an isolated cabin to face a possible case of demonic possession.'

Written by Thomas Kent West (http://www.twitter.com/@thomaskentwest)

Narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Umcorps (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for leaping from the social media plane for content parachutery.

Thomas Kent West is an American writer of speculative fiction. He is the winner of Horrorbabble's 'Artifacts of Horror' contest and the Black Hole Entertainment short fiction prize. Thomas has previously published with the Other Stories as Thomas X. Teller. You can read more of his work by visiting his twitter @ThomasKentWest."

Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains Jasmine Arch lives in a nook of Belgian countryside with two horses, four dogs, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Other Stories, NewMyths.com and Hybrid Fiction, among others. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.com.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Become a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

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84.4 For Life

'When a mysterious drug called fairy dust hits the streets of southern Boston, Danny watches as his friend Alex’s life descends into chaos after they try it together.'

Written by Slade Stone (https://www.sladestone.com)

Narrated and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Velleitie (https://velleitie.us/)

And Komiku (https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/music/little-cat-in-the-big-wide-space/)

And Andrew kn (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.

Slade Stone is a senior copywriter living in Chicago. Her work is featured at sladestone.com, and her abstract musings @thesladeparade.

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Tooth

'Heather receives a new cancer treatment and finds herself ravenous for incisors, canines, and lovely delicious molars...'

Written by Eve Morton (authormorton.wordpress.com)

Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for proposing to his fiancée. Congratulations! He also does all the social media but now he does it as a married man.

Eve Morton is a writer living in Ontario, Canada. She teaches university and college classes on media studies, academic writing, and genre literature, among other topics. Her latest book is The Serenity Nearby, released in 2022 by Sapphire Books. Find more info on authormorton.wordpress.com.

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page www.facebook.com/BioArtsy

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Whispers on the Wind

'Newly eighteen and engaged to the girl of their dreams, Charlie seeks refuge under a tree, only to find there are consequences for resting in a place you don’t belong.'

Written, Narrated, and Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Blear Moon (https://blearmoon.bandcamp.com/),

And Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/),

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for preparing the content corpses for their open casket funerals, performing his duty as the social media undertaker. Choke slam!

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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96.4 I Do Not Belong Here

*When an inquisitive boy envisions a new life for himself, he makes dark, irreversible decisions to escape his demonic family and realises he might be as demonic as them.*  

Written by Michael Pearson (https://www.instagram.com/michaelpiercewrites)

Narrated and produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)

And Myuu (https://www.thedarkpiano.com/)

And Ocular Sounds (https://ocularsounds.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by [Freesound.org](http://Freesound.org) and Ghosthack.de

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading. 

Fame clings to Ben Errington like static electricity in a cyberstorm of pixels.

**Michael writes horror, psychological thriller, opinion pieces and academic work on mental health and LGBTQ+ experiences. You can find Michael on Instagram at @michaelpiercewrites**  

**James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast and After The Gloaming. Search for them wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com**

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

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**The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.**

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And Down The Rushy Glen

'On a family holiday to Scotland, two little girls invite their Au Pair to play their favourite game.'

Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Silicon Transmitter (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Silicon_Transmitter/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for cleaning out our social media closets with his Marie Kondo content technique.

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver

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The Wanderer

'When a millennia-old emperor’s anti-aging technologies begin to fail, he seeks the help of an outsider. He soon learns the only thing he fears more than death is truth.'

Written by Greg Wilson

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for tearing our social media souls apart… all for filling out an inter-dimensional google form.

Greg Wilson is a writer and dentist in western Tennessee where he lives with his wife. When he isn’t drilling your teeth, he sets them on edge with stories of noir, mystery, thriller, and light horror.

Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfife

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Hurry Up, Take My Photograph

'Giulia vanishes, leaving her husband distraught. But no one else has seen her--ever.'

Written by David Powell

Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com),

Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com),

Dark Fantasy Studio(http://darkfantasystudio.com/),

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for being the social media Kratos… in our war of the content gods.

David Stephen Powell was born in London and worked as a professional musician. He now lives and works in Italy. His stories have appeared in Litro Magazine, Idle Ink, Flash Fiction Magazine, Cabinet of Heed, and Black Hare Press.

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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The Ouroboros Bite

'No one wants to die. Carmen certainly doesn’t. Elsebeth might have the answer she’s looking for, but some things are worse than death.'

Written by Marie Victoria Robertson (https://www.marievrobertson.com)

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for being a right horror dude… over on the Horror Hangout podcast… which you can go and check out today on all podcast platforms.

Marie Victoria Robertson is a professional storyteller who believes stories are the real key to living forever. You can find out more about her at marievrobertson.com

Alexandra is a bilingual voice actress and writer who lives in the Netherlands. She loves everything to do with stories, especially creative and playful horror. Her favourite voices to do are witches, goblins and crazy computers. When she is not voicing, writing or mummy-ing (which is all the time, really) she directs plays that she adapted from classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Death on the Nile and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Feeding

'Called for an emergency shift in the dead of night, a Doctor at a country hospital finds himself caring for a mother and daughter steeped in local legend.'

Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)

Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by AndrewKN (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)

And Alex Mason (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/alex-mason/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Sounds-mp3.com.

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

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#TheOtherStories

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KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Chimney.

And the story is Gilded Lessons.

Written and narrated by Shara Jahnke

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Tradition.

And the story is A One-Sided Conversation.

Written and narrated by Joshua Boucher

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Snowball.

And the story is Flake.

Written and narrated by Dan Howarth (https://twitter.com/danhowarth20)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Dan Howarth is a writer from the North of England. His debut collection Dark Missives hit shelves in 2021 and he has several books due for release in 2022. Like all Northerners, Dan enjoys heavy rain, pies and drinking blood from the skulls of his enemies.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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96.3 Elixir

After two years building his health supplement pyramid scheme, Kai's desire for fame has never been greater. So, when a mysterious stranger offers him a shot at a secretive new product, he grabs his shot at the big time with both hands.

Written by Kev Harrison (www.kevharrisonfiction.com)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://x.com/jcurranwriter)

Produced by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

In the ever-evolving landscape of social media, Ben Errington stands as a titan of digital celebrity culture, his fame a testament to his unwavering dedication and unparalleled creativity, his posts and updates a symphony of innovation and influence that reverberates across the digital ether.

Kev Harrison is a British writer of horror and dark fiction living in Lisbon, Portugal. His novella, Below, is out now from Brigids Gate Press. Find more about him and his work at www.kevharrisonfiction.com

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/

Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Present.

And the story is Little Sammy.

Written and narrated by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Karl Hughes does all things audio. He has been responsible for what you hear in the hugely successful "The Other Stories" podcast since the early days, making sure every monster sounds scary but doesn't blow your ears off. When he isn't hunting down gun shot and stabbing SFX for podcasts he also composes podcast theme tunes – you can hear two of these on the "This Is Horror" and the "Great Writers Share" podcast. He is also known for giving audio and podcast advice to new podcasters, helping them get setup quickly and answering the great question "What is a compressor?" Karl Hughes also produces music under the name Piregg and has released several EPs.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Coal.

And the story is Fuel Bills.

Written and narrated by Ben Errington (https://twitter.com/ben_errington)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

With debut novel Ten Tales of the Human Condition, novella Dye Pack, and short story collection Death Throes under his belt, Ben Errington’s fast-paced, chaotic, cinematic style has earned him many plaudits. He is one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast The Other Stories, co-creator of the post-apocalyptic comic book El Marvo and co-host of horror movie discussion podcast Horror Hangout. Follow Ben on Twitter at @ben_errington.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… tree.

And the story is What’s It All Fir?.

Written and narrated by Daniel Willcocks (https://danielwillcocks.com)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach, founder and CEO of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories‘;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the host of the ‘Activated Authors‘ podcast.

Dan is furiously passionate about creativity and productivity. He has written 60+ books since 2015 for himself and on behalf of ghostwriting clients. His mission in life is to activate creatives and authors to ensure they keep their creative flames and passions burning in a sustainable, positive, and healthy way.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… toy.

And the story is Prezzie.

Written and narrated by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Luke Kondor makes stuff, including Keith – a short film made in 7 days with no ideas, no money, and no camera, which went on to win the best low-budget short film at the London Short Film Festival; The Other Stories – a weekly short story podcast with over five million downloads and a Film/TV option; and El Marvo – a crowdfunded comic book about a Luchador wrestler in a post-apocalyptic future. You can follow more of Luke’s work at www.lukekondor.com

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… jumper.

And the story is The Vessel.

Written and narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… Jack-In-The-Box.

And the story is In The Box.

Written and narrated by Andy Conduit-Turner (https://twitter.com/andyctwrites)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Andy Conduit-Turner is a writer, editor and podcaster from the UK, with a love of horror across all mediums, you can find his stories featuring on several volumes of The Other stories, his comics published by Horde Comics and more. You’ll find Andy himself @ AndyCTWrites on Twitter, on the Horror Hangout podcast, discussing the best and worst of horror films…oh, and standing right behind you

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… list.

And the story is The Virgin Heather

Written and narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… nutcracker.

And the story is Revenge of the Accursed

Written and narrated by Joshua Boucher

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

#TheOtherStories

presents...

KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR!

We gathered 12 writers from the H&C community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were asked to write and narrate a very, very short story.

Today’s word was… list.

And the story is The Twelfth Widow

Written and narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With evil Christmas music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

Along with a seasonal spin on the original The Other Stories theme by Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/).

Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains Jasmine Arch lives in a nook of Belgian countryside with two horses, four dogs, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Other Stories, NewMyths.com and Hybrid Fiction, among others. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.com.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

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Adrian

'A scientist working the night shift at a museum archive finds himself dealing with the defence mechanisms of a bizarre new specimen.'

Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Andrew KN

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for saving social media earth under his superhero name, Content America.

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

96.2 Please Tell Me You See Me

A newsreader with a shiny new co-host and a penchant for moisturiser discovers something profound in her shower.

Written by E.J. Bramble (https://www.x.com/ejbramble)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked)

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://x.com/karlhughes)

With music by Myuu (https://www.thedarkpiano.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington, the Digital Darling of Pop Culture, his fame a cultural phenomenon that transcends the boundaries of the online world.

E.J Bramble enjoys writing weird things. She lives in England and likes being by the sea.Twitter: @EJBramble

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She has written for publications such as Baffling, Vastarien Lit, and Flame Tree press, as well as the Doctor Who range with Big Finish. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can now also pre-order Georgia’s Dracula Daily Sketchbook Collection an art book featuring a new drawing for every entry in the classic horror novel "Dracula” at https://georgiacook.bigcartel.com/product/dracula-daily-sketch-collection-hardback-edition-preorders

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

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The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Life Distilled

'An art critic finds himself enthralled by the strange glass statues of an upcoming modern artist.'

Written by Georgia Cook

Narrated by Josh Curran

Edited by Duncan Muggleton

With music by Blear Moon

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for rustling together the most incredible content sandwiches that he serves from his social media sandwich van. Some cheese, some onion, and the best ingredient… bread!

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Opportunity of a Lifetime

'A scientist stationed at the newly formed Antarctic Research Station Endurance gets drawn into a nightmare during his search for biofuels.'

Written by T.M. Friedrich (www.SmartHorrorPublishing.com)

Narrated by Justin Fife (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes

With music by Zapsplat.com

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for driving me to the comic book convention last weekend after the brakes stopped working in my car. Thanks man.

Tina Friedrich cannot be contacted through conventional methods. She is, in fact, from another dimension, a dimension where social media does not exist, everything is on fire, and the dogs are extra cute. Be patient with her as she figures out how this realm works but do keep an eye out because she’s writing like crazy! Keep up with her journey at www.SmartHorrorPublishing.com

Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfife

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Cephalocide

'2079. In a world decimated by an unravelling climate disaster, scavengers dive into sunken homes to find valuables to trade. Pursuing their biggest score yet, a trio of divers finds that something has been waiting for them in the deep…'

Written by Alex Wakeford (https://twitter.com/haruspis)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for those content three-pointers he scores from the social media basketball court.

Follow Alex Wakeford on Twitter at https://twitter.com/haruspis.

Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife is on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfife

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Bag O Bones

'You wouldn't look at Ole Jimper twice, as he totes his black sack around the city, but he'll look at you. Once.'

Written by Paul Currion (www.currion.net)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington… for taking his social media clippers and scissors and giving our content cats and dogs a full wash… brush… and dry. Lovely jubbly.

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Replication

'You find the tape in an antique shop; the one your friend Mikey works at on Saturdays. You find me. Hello.'

Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington, the conqueror of worlds… and by worlds I mean social media platforms… and by conquer… I mean… he posts…

Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium.

The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October.

Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast platforms this spooky season.

#TheToyFactory

Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes

http://www.theotherstories.net

http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver.

The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com)

And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com)

Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com)

Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran

The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl

Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)

Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org.

We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys.

Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington)

The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com)

For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium.

The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October.

Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast platforms this spooky season.

#TheToyFactory

Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes

http://www.theotherstories.net

http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver.

The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com)

And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com)

Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com)

Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran

The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl

Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)

Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org.

We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys.

Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington)

The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com)

For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium.

The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October.

Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast platforms this spooky season.

#TheToyFactory

Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes

http://www.theotherstories.net

http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver.

The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com)

And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com)

Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com)

Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran

The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl

Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)

Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org.

We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys.

Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington)

The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com)

For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium.

The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October.

Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast platforms this spooky season.

#TheToyFactory

Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes

http://www.theotherstories.net

http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver.

The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com)

And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com)

Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com)

Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran

The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl

Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)

Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org.

We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys.

Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington)

The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com)

For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

96.1 The Bittersweet Glimmer

An older woman watches a pleasant autumn day from her nursing home. Until she remembers something very different about herself.

Written by Jessica Peter (www.jessicapeter.net)

Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)

Produced by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington, the Celestial Star of Social Media, his digital footprint lighting up the online sky with the brilliance of his fame.

Jessica Peter is a writer of dark, uncanny, and absurd fiction and poetry. She can be found at www.jessicapeter.net or on Twitter @JessicaPeter1

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page www.facebook.com/BioArtsy

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/

Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium.

The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October.

Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast platforms this spooky season.

#TheToyFactory

Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes

http://www.theotherstories.net

http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts

The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver.

The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com)

And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com)

Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com)

Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran

The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl

Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/)

Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org.

We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys.

Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington)

The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com)

For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net.

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories

T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

The Slab

'A working stiff finds himself on a mobster’s bad side and discovers that the afterlife is nothing like its depiction in the movies.'

Written by C.B. Oliver

Narrated by Justin Fife

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Kai Engel

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington for shooting down the legions of rabid boredom baboons with his double barrelled social media shotgun.

C.B. Oliver is a full time engineer and a part time wannabe writer. They are not currently active on twitter but they can be contacted at cboliver93@gmail.com.

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Desire & Sons

'The sign in the window reads “Ghosts--Bought & Sold.” Surely the proprietor of this curio shop is joking; but the narrator soon discovers that the owner is far more serious than he could ever have expected.'

Written by Nicola Lombardi & Joe Weintraub

Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors

Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors

With music by Daniel Birch Music (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading

And to Ben Errington for his triple lutz and axel jumps at this year’s Social Media Content Figure Skating competition.

"Desire & Sons" is my translation of Nicola Lombardi's short fiction "I Desideri." The translation has never been published, and Mr. Lombardi has authorized me to translate his fictions and seek publication for them.

Here is a brief bio:

After thirty years of writing--3 novels, six collections, one film adaptation, multiple translations from the English--Lombardi is considered a master of the horror genre in Italy (his website can be found here:at www.nicolalombardi.com). His first collection in English, The Gypsy Spiders and Other Tales of Italian Horror, was published by UK's Tartarus Press in Dec. 2021.

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

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