The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

By Hawk & Cleaver | A Digital Story Studio bringing you the best new stories to watch, read, sniff, and absorb.

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These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you ... no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF stories delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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84.2 Whispers on the Wind

01.30.2023

Whispers on the Wind 'Newly eighteen and engaged to the girl of their dreams, Charlie seeks refuge under a tree, only to find there are consequences for resting in a place you don’t belong.' Written, Narrated, and Edited by James ...

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01.30.2023 84.2 Whispers on the Wind Whispers on the Wind 'Newly eighteen and engaged to the girl of their dreams, Charlie seeks refuge under a tree, only to find there are consequences for resting in a place you don’t belong.' Written, Narrated, and Edited by James ...
01.23.2023 84.1 And Down The Rushy Glen And Down The Rushy Glen 'On a family holiday to Scotland, two little girls invite their Au Pair to play their favourite game.' Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked) Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton) With music by Silicon Transmitter ...
01.23.2023 Vol 84 - Faeries + Interview W/ Karl Hughes Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services ...
01.16.2023 83.4 The Wanderer The Wanderer 'When a millennia-old emperor’s anti-aging technologies begin to fail, he seeks the help of an outsider. He soon learns the only thing he fears more than death is truth.' Written by Greg Wilson Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife) ...
01.09.2023 83.3 Hurry Up, Take My Photograph Hurry Up, Take My Photograph 'Giulia vanishes, leaving her husband distraught. But no one else has seen her--ever.' Written by David Powell Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com) Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com) With music ...
01.02.2023 83.2 The Ouroboros Bite The Ouroboros Bite 'No one wants to die. Carmen certainly doesn’t. Elsebeth might have the answer she’s looking for, but some things are worse than death.' Written by Marie Victoria Robertson (https://www.marievrobertson.com) Narrated by Alexandra Elroy Edited by Duncan Muggleton ...
12.26.2022 83.1 Feeding Feeding 'Called for an emergency shift in the dead of night, a Doctor at a country hospital finds himself caring for a mother and daughter steeped in local legend.' Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked) Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter) Edited ...
12.26.2022 Vol 83 - Ageing Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services ...
12.24.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 12: Gilded Lessons #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.23.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 11: A One-Sided Conversation #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.22.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 10: Flake #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.21.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 9: Little Sammy #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.20.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 8: Fuel Bills #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.19.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 7: What Is It All Fir? #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.18.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 6: Prezzie #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.17.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 5: The Vessel #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.16.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 4: In The Box #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.15.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 3: The Virgin Heather #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.14.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 2: Revenge of the Accursed #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.13.2022 Kez's Christmas Advent Calendar - Day 1: The Twelfth Widow #TheOtherStories presents... KEZ'S CHRISTMAS ADVENT CALENDAR! We gathered 12 writers from the H&C; community and let them dip their hands into our Secret Santa bucket. From the bucket each writer pulled out a word, and from that word, they were ...
12.12.2022 82.4 Adrian Adrian 'A scientist working the night shift at a museum archive finds himself dealing with the defence mechanisms of a bizarre new specimen.' Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked) Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes) With music ...
12.05.2022 82.3 Life Distilled Life Distilled 'An art critic finds himself enthralled by the strange glass statues of an upcoming modern artist.' Written by Georgia Cook Narrated by Josh Curran Edited by Duncan Muggleton With music by Blear Moon And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/) And ...
11.28.2022 82.2 Opportunity of a Lifetime Opportunity of a Lifetime 'A scientist stationed at the newly formed Antarctic Research Station Endurance gets drawn into a nightmare during his search for biofuels.' Written by T.M. Friedrich (www.SmartHorrorPublishing.com) Narrated by Justin Fife (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Edited by Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes ...
11.21.2022 82.1 Cephalocide Cephalocide '2079. In a world decimated by an unravelling climate disaster, scavengers dive into sunken homes to find valuables to trade. Pursuing their biggest score yet, a trio of divers finds that something has been waiting for them in the ...
11.21.2022 Vol 82 - Octopuses + Interview W/ Georgia Cook Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, ...
11.14.2022 81.5 Bag O Bones Bag O Bones 'You wouldn't look at Ole Jimper twice, as he totes his black sack around the city, but he'll look at you. Once.' Written by Paul Currion (www.currion.net) Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked) Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton) ...
11.07.2022 81.4 Replication Replication 'You find the tape in an antique shop; the one your friend Mikey works at on Saturdays. You find me. Hello.' Written and 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) ...
10.31.2022 The Toy Factory: Episode 5 - Invitation You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium. The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October. Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast ...
10.29.2022 The Toy Factory: Episode 4 - Chancy You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium. The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October. Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast ...
10.29.2022 The Toy Factory: Episode 3 - Brothers You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium. The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October. Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast ...
10.27.2022 The Toy Factory: Episode 2 - Workshop You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium. The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October. Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast ...
10.26.2022 The Toy Factory: Episode 1 - Girl You're invited to explore the wonders of Master Chancy's Toy Emporium. The Toy Factory is a new Halloween tale from The Other Stories with daily episodes from 27th - 31st October. Investigate the lost tapes for yourself on all podcast ...
10.23.2022 81.3 The Slab The Slab 'A working stiff finds himself on a mobster’s bad side and discovers that the afterlife is nothing like its depiction in the movies.' Written by C.B. Oliver Narrated by Justin Fife Edited by Karl Hughes With music by ...
10.16.2022 81.2 Desire & Sons Desire & Sons '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 is far more serious than he could ever have expected.' Written ...
10.09.2022 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 ...
10.09.2022 Vol 81 - Haunting + One Time Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) One Time Written by Mary Pastrano Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu) You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver Get help ...
10.02.2022 80.5 The Ritual The Ritual 'A theology student named Anjou finds herself under investigation by the police when her fellow students inexplicably disappear during class.' Written by M.C. Romero (www.twitter.com/stratfordonguy) Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu) Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes) With music by ...
09.25.2022 80.4 C.S.U 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 ...
09.18.2022 80.3 The Safe The Safe 'Two thieves search an abandoned hotel on the promise of treasure, but find something nasty lurking in the basements.' Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked) Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter) Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes) With music by UMCorps ...
09.11.2022 80.2 Dig Dig 'After another weary day on the touring bike, Tony sets up camp and settles in for an unsettling night.' Written by Ian J. Middleton (www.ianjmiddleton.com) Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (www.JamesBarnettCreative.com) Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton) With ...
09.04.2022 80.1 Speed Awareness Course Enjoying the podcast? How would you like to support the The Other Stories? And also get monthly bonus episodes, Q&A; episodes, access to the Hawk & Cleaver discord server, along with access to the H&C; library which includes ebooks and ...
09.04.2022 Vol 80 - Crime Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services ...
08.28.2022 79.5 Mary, Mary This episode has been sponsored by Scared to Death! If you’re looking for something scary, mysterious and interesting to distract and entertain you, check out our horror podcast, Scared to Death! Mary, Mary 'Picture a mirror. Picture the shards of ...
08.21.2022 79.4 Fingerprints This episode has been sponsored by Scared To Death If you’re looking for something scary, mysterious and interesting to distract and entertain you, check out our horror podcast, Scared to Death! Fingerprints 'Detective Janus Evergreen should have call it a ...
08.14.2022 79.3 Disco Inferno This episode has been sponsored by Scared To Death! If you’re looking for something scary, mysterious and interesting to distract and entertain you, check out our horror podcast, Scared to Death! New episodes drop every Tuesday night, the stroke before ...
08.07.2022 79.2 Little Sponge This episode has been sponsored by Scared To Death. For more, head over to https://scaredtodeathpodcast.com/ Little Sponge 'A serial killer is forced to come to terms with his actions when his son begins to mirror his sociopathic tendencies.' Written by ...
07.31.2022 79.1 Rearview This episode has been sponsored by Scared To Death. For more, head over to https://scaredtodeathpodcast.com/ Rearview 'A mysterious creature hunts a car full of partiers.' Written by Thomas Teller (https://twitter.com/ThomasXTeller1) Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton) ...
07.31.2022 Vol 79 - Mirrors This episode has been sponsored by Scared To Death. For more, head over to https://scaredtodeathpodcast.com/ Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor) You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available ...
07.24.2022 78.5 Scratch Scratch 'When the rats come to Fatum, Piper offers to banish them—but what she summons will take away more than the rats she promised.' Written by Marisca Pichette (https://www.mariscapichette.com/) Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu) Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes) With ...
07.17.2022 78.4 The Hand That Feeds The Hand That Feeds 'When a couple finds a strange plant at their local store, they couldn’t possibly have guessed the nightmare they were in for.' Written by K.J. Shepherd (https://twitter.com/KyleDoesWords) Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter) Edited by Karl Hughes ...

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