81.1 The Blunt Edges

The Blunt Edges

'A scholar of M.R. James unearths an ancient relic, soon finding that there may have been more truth to those old ghost stories than he realised.'

Written by Dan Howarth Narrated by Josh Curran 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 building award winning content sandcastles on our big social media beach. Look there he is… playing volleyball. Go on, Ben!

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.

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

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