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S3.7 47 Seconds

A young man ignores a phone call from the love of his life, only to find that if he had answered he might have changed her fate. Now he's forced to find a way to live with himself, alone, and to see if he can find a way back home again.

Written by Jerry Enni

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)

Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

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

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

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 Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Jerri Enni has provided an email address for any questions or comments: [email protected]

Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife

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S3.6 Claws

The crew of an isolated lighthouse discover something alarming washed up in the latest storm.

Written by Georgia Cook (https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/)

Narrated by Josh Curran

Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

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

And Brylie Christopher Oxley (https://brylie.bandcamp.com/)

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

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and pixabay.

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

**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/**

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.

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S3.5 Mechanical

The original Mechanical Turk appears to be a fraud, but just how dangerous is it to its young female chess-playing operator?

Written by Liam Hogan (http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk)

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

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)

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

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

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and in Best of British Fantasy (NewCon Press). He’s been published by Analog, Daily Science Fiction, and Flame Tree Press, among others. He helps host Liars’ League London, volunteers at the creative writing charity Ministry of Stories, and lives and avoids work in London. More details at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a painting instructor. 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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S3.4 Eagles and Shamblers

Cheerleaders in love at the end of the world.

Written by Donna J. W. Munro (https://www.donnajwmunro.com)

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

Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )

With music by Epic Stock Media (https://epicstockmedia.com/)

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

And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Donna J. W. Munro’s pieces are published in Nothing’s Sacred Magazine IV and V, Corvid Queen, Hazard Yet Forward (2012), Enter the Apocalypse (2017), Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths II (2018), Terror Politico (2019), It Calls from the Forest (2020), Gray Sisters Vol 1 (2020), Pseudopod 752 (2021), Shakespeare Unleashed (2023) and others. Check out her novel, Revelation: Poppet Cycle Book 1. Contact her at https://www.donnajwmunro.com or @DonnaJWMunro on Twitter.

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a painting instructor. 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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S3.3 My Writing Partner

Reading someone’s mind can have horrific consequences, even when you don’t do it.

Written by Sol Roberts-Lieb (http://sol.roberts-lieb.com/)

Narrated and Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

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 Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Sol Roberts-Lieb is a science fiction and speculative fiction author who enjoys exploring big ideas through grounded, deeply human stories. Outside of writing, he works in faculty development in higher education, helping educators improve teaching and learning. He lives in the United States with his wife, their two daughters, and an ever-curious corgi named Spock. Sol is currently writing his first science fiction novel while developing several other speculative fiction projects. Learn more at sol.roberts-lieb.com.

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

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S3.2 Like Silver

Grappling with the loss of his significant other, a haunted man struggles to allow her spirit -- and his own -- to rest.

Written by Derek Alan Jones

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://epicstockmedia.com/)

And Grzegorz Rusin (https://freemusicarchive.org/)

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

And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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S3.1 The Collecting

*The young ones would appear strange on most days, but tonight they draw no notice. Tonight is the night of the collecting, and it is the one night of the year when the young ones move about in peace.*

Written by Cassandra Daucus (https://linktr.ee/residualdreaming)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/)

Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )

With music by Guided meditation (https://freemusicarchive.org/)

And Kirk Osamayo (http://www.kirkosamayo.com/)

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

And sound effects provided by Soundly 

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/) 

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community. 

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos. 

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

**Inspired by H. P. Lovecraft, M. R. James, Shirley Jackson, Robert Aickman, and a ton of fan fiction, Cassandra Daucus (she/her) writes soft horror and dark romance. She is intrigued by how the human mind responds to the unknown, and also enjoys a good gross-out. Her story "Teething" is published in Ooze: Little Bursts of Body Horror, edited by Ruth Anna Evans, and she has also published drabbles in Trembling With Fear and Hungry Shadow Press's Deadly Drabble Tuesday. Cassandra lives outside of Philadelphia with her family and three cats. She tweets at @residualdreamin and her website is https://residualdreaming.com/**

**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/**

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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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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S2.8 My Brother Roy

During a hot, humid, summer night in downriver Detroit, a lonely man looking for love meets a woman at a local bar. Unfortunately for her, the man and his brother prove to be more bizarre than her most deranged nightmare.

Written by Edward. R. Rosick

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)

Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

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

And Mantis Shrimp (www.freemusicarchive.org)

And Alex Mason (https://soundcloud.com/alexmason-1-1)

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

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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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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S2.7 Confession

After being arrested for a murder he didn’t commit, Paul is relieved to discover that everyone believes him. However, he soon finds that even though they know he is innocent, they want him to confess.

Written by Harley Carnell

Narrated by Josh Curran

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)

With music by Cyberleaf Studio (https://andreabaroni.com/)

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

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Harley Carnell lives and writes in London, England. His work has been published, or is forthcoming, in Vastarien, Riptide Journal, Litro and Penumbra, among others. It has been performed on the NoSleep Podcast, the Drabblecast and Nocturnal Transmissions.

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.

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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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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S2.6 Holiday Bonus

A well-intentioned bonus by a department manager leads to chaos in the workplace.

Written by Russell Richardson (https://www.russellrichardson.org)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)

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

With music by Boom Library (https://www.boomlibrary.com/)

And 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 Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

For more information about Russell Richardson’s work, head to https://www.russellrichardson.org

Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

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

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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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