As we build up to Season 5, this week's episode is the first of two winning stories from the Rusty Fears 3: Fearsome writing competition.

Nox Mare is written by Elizabeth Wynn and read by Jonathan Sims.

Note: this is a piece of standalone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

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Edited this week by Annie Fitch, Brock Winstead & Alexander J Newall.

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