Bloom & Ruin

Good Evening, Fright-Fans, to Bloom and Ruin's Spooktacular Hallow's Eve special. The following chronicle contains four terrifying tales:

Laura's Wish by Zak Birrell.

Format: Flash Fiction Short Story 

Genre: Creepy

About: Laura can feel her eyes and her eyelids. It's late. The world is heavy. And there's a voice calling to her from the other room.

Transformation by Mary Shelley.

Format: Short Story

Genre: Spooky

About: A nobleman on the shores of Italy makes a pact with a strange being that changes his perception of his mind, body and soul

Bloodgain by Davis Anderson.

Format: Short Story

Genre: Scary

About: Running from relentless and primal forces of darkness, Tom struggles to surive in a snow-ridden forest.

Masque of the Red Death by Edgar Allan Poe.

Format: Short Story

Genre: Spine-Tingling

About: Despite a savage plague tormenting his country, a local lord throws a lavish party which gradually descends into despair. 

Infinite thanks to our writers Zak Birrell, Josh Rust, Davis Anderson and horror fiction legends Edgar Allan Poe and Mary Shelley, may they rest peacefully. 

Thank you our gripping performers, Mary Depiazzi, Josh Rust and Davis Anderson. Thank you to J.WU Visuals for our logo design and of course, a big shout out to all our lovely listeners.

We will rise again once more... very soon.

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Church Tower Clock Bell Strikes 12 O'clock

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Welcome back to the third adventure in the Bloom & Ruin saga. We hope we haven't kept you waiting too long. The following episode contains:

Title: Thoughts - Thomas McGregor

Genre: Fantasy

Format: Short Story

About: A symbolic piece about mental health struggles, the tale follows the journey of a character named JJ as he carries his materialized thoughts with him through a barren desert.  

Title: Unto the Raucous - Elliot Wood

Genre: Drama

Format: Prose/Poetry

About: A lamentation focused on the anxiety of navigating a social life with mental illness.

Fluctuate - Davis Anderson

Genre: Surreal

Format: Free Verse Poetry

About: Uncertainty and indecision in the creative mind often affects behaviour and how one views life, this piece comments upon the back-and-forth nature of this mental state.

Infinite thanks to our writers and performers, Thomas McGregor, reading both his piece and Elliot's and Davis for reading his. Thank you to J.WU Visuals for our logo design and of course, a big shout out to all our lovely listeners.

We will return... soon. And also... spookily.

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Welcome back. This is Bloom & Ruin's second outing. The following episode contains:

Connections by Liam McKay.

Format: Poem

Synopsis: A poem about connections with people around us and facing the demons that stand in our way.

Wildfire by Analise Vander Vinne.

Format: Short Story 

Genre: Fantasy

Synopsis: A group of assassins compete to be the king's right-hand man.  

The Long Haze by Josh Morgan.

Format: Short Story

Genre: Surrealism

Synopsis: Plagued by heartbreak and longing, uni student Nic joins his friends on a road trip to Niagara Falls - traversing complex feelings and the strange scenes of backroad Ontario. 

XMarksTheSpot by Grace Annear.

Format: Poem

Genre: Feminist 

Synopsis: This piece explores womanhood and femininity through the use of brutal, exhausting imagery and aims to entice the reader to question their own ideas about what defines feminism.

Infinite thanks to our writers, Grace, Liam, Josh and Analiese for writing and reading their own pieces, with additonal thanks to Davis for providing some fill in dialogue. Thank you to J.WU Visuals for our logo design and of course, a big shout out to all our lovely listeners.

We will return... soon.

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Welcome, one and all, to the inaugural episode of Bloom and Ruin. Thank you for being here for the start of our journey.

Format: Short Story

The Kickbutt Adventures of Kestrel by Davis Anderson.

Format: Stage Play

A Ballad For a One Night Stand by Mary Depiazzi.

Format: Poetry/Prose

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Explosions: 

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