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S2.5 Alina's Ring During World War II, a wounded German soldier stumbles into the home of an Italian peasant family. As the daughter nurses the soldier back to health, she falls madly in love with him without realizing—or does she?—that it was his comrades who murdered her mother and father. Her obsessive, uncompromising passion can lead only to a grisly finale Written by Nicola Lombardi And trans...

S2.4 Child in a Mirror Dark A horror took his daughter from him years ago. He hasn't stopped searching for a way back to her, but what has he sacrificed in the process? Written by Chris DeStefano (social media link) Narrated by Justin Fife ( https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife ) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou ( https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr ) With music by Epic Stock Media ( https...

S2.3 Never Use the Last Page A woman seeks revenge upon the person who killed her fiancé in a most unusual manner. Written by Morgan Chalfant ( https://www.instagram.com/eyesonly34/ ) Narrated by Erika Ventura ( https://instagram.com/efventu ) Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Chris Logsdon ( https://chrislsound.com/ ) And Thom Robson ( https...

S2.2 Long Live The Prom King *Bobby never expected himself to die. Nobody with a girlfriend like Clara Jones in their life was about to die.* Written by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked) Narrated by Josh Curran Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social) With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/) And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonm...

S2.1 Warm-blooded James Morello works the night shift on a far away space station. During one of his shifts, he realizes there’s something else out there with him in vast, emptiness. Written by Trey Stone ( https://www.facebook.com/TreyStoneAuthor/ ) Narrated and produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors ( https://www. JamesBarnettCreative.com ) With music by Tim Kulig ( https://timkulig.com/ )...

Fair Lily, frustrated by her tyrannical manager at her cinema job, shows him a cursed film which causes him to be ripped apart by a demon. Written by Caolán Mac An Aircinn (https://www.instagram.com/writercaolan/) Narrated by Georgia Cook ( https://x.com/georgiacooked ) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou ( https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr ) With music by Free Music Archive ( https://freem...

Personal Growth Percival’s monochrome existence is about to change. Personal growth is expected, he is responding in terrifying ways very much outside of office protocol. Written by Simon Ward (www.x.com/simon_W_writes) Narrated by Justin Fife ( https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife ) Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors ( https://www. JamesBarnettCreative.com ) With music by Daniel Birch (...

How To Brew A Perfect Cup Of Tea Ben and Marie are having tea and coffee before work. They're not alone. Written by Cassandra Daucus ( https://linktr.ee/residualdreaming )) Narrated by Georgia Cook ( https://x.com/georgiacooked )) Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Cyberleaf Studio ( https://andreabaroni.com/ ) And North Without End ( https://...

The Debt Collector Artificial Intelligence, Bee, inhabits the bodies of those who miss subscription payments to utilize their own brains, voluntarily pulled from their heads and enhanced. When opportunity arises, Bee enacts a daring plan to break the cycle of her monotonous existence. Written by Sophia Wells ( www.instagram.com/sophia.wells ) Narrated by Erika Ventura ( https://instagram.com/efven...

The Tail End After nearly drowning in a shipwreck, a young man mistakes a village girl for his savior, not knowing it was a mermaid from old sea lore who pulled him from the depths. Scorned, she calls upon ancient tides to claim what was promised—his heart, or his life. Written by Mary Pastrano ( www.instagram.com/MaryPWriter ) Narrated by Josh Curran Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou ( https...

Butterfly Bites Aideen finds a lush thriving garden behind an old abandoned house, filled with beautiful butterflies. But, wait, butterflies don’t bite, do they? Written by Susan E. Rogers( https://www.facebook.com/sarahjanejusticewriting ) Narrated by Erika Ventura ( https://instagram.com/efventu ) Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Brylie Ch...

Glitch *As CEO of a company standing on the frontlines of the war against deception technology, Ash Cavanaugh wants the public to remember that whatever they’re seeing, it might not be real.* Written by Sarah Jane Justice (https://www.facebook.com/sarahjanejusticewriting) Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/aud...

I Think My Sock Puppet Hates Me The bond between a man and his sock puppet is a sacred thing, but what happens when the relationship is in trouble? Written by Andy Morris ( https://blackcattales.weebly.com/ ) Narrated by Josh Curran Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Dark Fantasy Studio ( http://darkfantasystudio.com/ ) And Thom Robson ( https...

80.1 Speed Awareness Course One of our cameras detected a violation of the speed limit. You can either accept 3 points on your driving license, or take the Speed Awareness Course. What is your choice? Written by Joanne Askew ( www.jaskewauthor.com ) Narrated by Alexandra Elroy (social media link) Edited by Duncan Muggleton ( http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton ) With music by Duncan Muggleton (...

A struggling artist turned gallery owner launches his attempt to become remembered. Written by Dan Howarth Narrated by Josh Curran Edited by Karl Hughes With music by Umcorps and Thom Robson And sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com and Freesound.org Dan Howarth is a writer from the North West of England. He has co-edited three anthologies, the most recent of these, Pareidolia was launched by Bla...

90.2 She Burns A struggling actress visits a cryptic Seer, who hands her a crooked match, and a choice. Written by Luke Kondor ( https://www.instagram.com/lukeofkondor/ ) 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 ( htt...

89.1 The Incomparable Freddy Red When seven-year-old Kim Barnes wills her imaginary friend, Freddy Red, into existence, who spills over with games and laughter and titters and blood. Written by Luke Kondor ( https://www.lukekondor.com ) Narrated by Matthew Lloyd Davies ( https://twitter.com/mldAudio ) Edited by Karl Hughes ( https://twitter.com/karlhughes ) With music by MusicLFiles ( https://cemm...

C.S.U A near immaculate crime scene, a homicide specialist and a pioneering piece of investigative technology. Is it the perfect murder or can it be solved in minutes? Written by Richard Reynolds ( groundzerocomics.co.uk ) Narrated by Justin Fife ( https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife ) Edited by Duncan Muggleton ( http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton ) With music by Duncan Muggleton ( https://tem...

78.2 Husk Today’s episode has been sponsored by Territory is the new novella from Dan Howarth. In a remote Finnish hunting community, darkness and the cold hold the villagers close. As a pack of wolves threaten the village’s future, grief-stricken hunter Jari must unite the population to reclaim their territory. Old feuds and dark habits rear their heads as Jari tries to lead the villagers through...

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 by Narrator and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors ( https://www. JamesBarnettCreative.com ) With music by Daniel Birch ( https://danielbirchmusic.com ) And Andr...

81.2 Desire & Sons "Desire & Sons" is a 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. 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...

Impersonatorus Rex Gerald thinks he’s found another heartbroken woman to manipulate — until he meets Tor’s husband. At first, Thomas seems like just another loser, but Gerald soon realises Thomas isn’t quite all there; apparently, he does a great dinosaur impersonation... of the carnivorous variety Written by Luke Kondor (https://www.instagram.com/lukeofkondor/) Narrated by Josh Curran Produced by...

We hope you're enjoying the summer, and thank you for your continued support of The Other Stories. We wanted to bring you something special today that we think many of you will enjoy. The Hawk & Cleaver team have been working on recording and editing the first book in The Aelfraver Series, The Rave. We even have TOS narrator Erika Ventura cast as the narrator. Author J.R Traas describes it as...

106.4 The Diary Tired of flogging books to the wealthy the find of a lost diary sets in motion a mystery that could harken a new fortune or something more sinister. Written by R.N. Krantz Narrated by Georgia Cook ( https://x.com/georgiacooked ) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou ( https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr) With music by Epic Stock Media ( https://epicstockmedia.com/) And Haunted M...

106.3 Blind Cast Two space engineers just finished repairing an old satellite in low orbit when they see a very unexpected item floating just outside of their space ships. Written by Alexandra Elroy Narrated by Alexandra Elroy And Tycho Francis And Nick Herman Produced by Karl Hughes ( https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social ) With music by Chris Zabriskie ( https://chriszabriskie.com/ ) A...