In a surprise early episode, your usual hosts do their usual thing.

Story by Rorshack Rorshan.

David and long-suffering inter-dimensional traveler Ben Paddon (Jump Leads) will bug bomb their way through this Cleric story that has way too many legs and even more tangents. Arachnophobes beware: this episode contains a lot of daddy longlegs!

Story by ClericofMadness. Read along here.

David, Kaela and Abysmii go fishing, and catch one whopper of an eldritch story with a nice dash of yearning.

Story by Kite Line, submitted by Cthuhlu Ftagn with permission. Read along here.

Allen and David have shelled out prompts, and now meet clandestinely in the desert to create something with the vibe of analog horror based on your suggestions! Could it be they’ve locked onto the next big Creative Horror project?

Creepy Cooking Staff’s theme music by Abysmii.

David comes in too hot on the mic in this recording while Allen is busy rolling at the bar. What brings them together is a story about lucid dreaming and a recurring image…

Story submitted by Leon H.

2023 kicks off with something not quite Short and Shivery. David shares one last bit of SS1 emulation with Allen, and bonds will be tested.

Stories submitted by Troy Wullbrandt:
”We Won’t Leave Orbit Until My Son Learns His Lesson”
"Whole Foods Is Milking Something It Shouldn’t”
”My Daughter Loves The Snow Too Much”
”The Voices In My Walls Say Fight On”

The wrapping paper is coming off of this holiday gift for David, Kaela, Allen, Abysmii and Papreeka, and it turns out it’s a rotten apple of a fanfic - a return of sorts to the nonsensical narrative universe of Happy Appy. How does the story handle when written by someone other than Dronian? Well…

“Happy Appy III: the sequel-prequel happy happy-appening” was submitted by Gamma Numeric.

Little did Allen and David know that when they started this venture into five more shortstory1 stories, they would come to some concrete revelations and legit information about the author. This episode is an unexpected culmination, and not one to be missed!

Stories in this episode: “I failed to understand the cat,” “Something keeps scaring all of the supernatural creatures in my area,” “I hate doing parents evenings with kids whose parents are dead,” “Why do I always have to be the bad guy,” August Community Spotlight - ShortStory1, “I tried reading every short story written by ShortStory1”

David, Kaela and Benjamin are going to have to put their waders on as they read this flash fiction story with grotesque banality at its heart. And a lot of meat.

Story submitted by Daniel Scamell. Read along at The Molotov Cocktail.

David, Kaela and Abysmii celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Day with another story plumbed from the dreams of the Great Old One. This time, it’s a VHS that has footage of the creation of humanity and how it was done. What existential conundrums will this cause for all and sundry?

Story by Brendan Cleary, submitted by Cthuhlu Ftagn with permission.