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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.

  1. 103.1 But Not For Love

    2 DAYS AGO

    103.1 But Not For Love

    103.1 But Not For Love Duke Senior is dead. Orlando and Rosalind find themselves on he run once again, as a terrifying slasher stalks the Forest of Arden. Written by William Shaw (https://williamshawwriter.wordpress.com ) Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked) 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 Soundly.org The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. William Shaw is a writer from Sheffield, currently living in the USA. His writing has appeared in Strange Horizons, Daily Science Fiction, and Doctor Who Magazine. Check out his website at https://williamshawwriter.wordpress.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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    16 min
  2. Game - EXCLUSIVE

    5 MAR · BONUS • TOS+ ONLY

    Game - EXCLUSIVE

    102.5 Game *What if the Wolf was never the true villain of ye olde classic, Red Riding Hood? What if there is something she needs to protect—and avenge—and how far will she go to do so in the deep, dark night of the forest?* Written by Jeannie Marschall (https://bsky.app/profile/jeanniemarschall.bsky.social) Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked) Produced by Chidozie Uzochukwu (www.x.com/studio55audios) With music by Phat Phrog studio (https://www.phatphrogstudio.com/) And Chris Zabriskie (https://chriszabriskie.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 Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. **Jeannie Marschall writes mostly queer fantasy, SciFi, and horror in the form of short stories, poems, and upcoming full-length novels. Keep an eye out for updates by @JeannieMarschall.bsky.social on BlueSky.** **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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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.**

    16 min
  3. 102.4 Tarot Transmutations

    3 MAR

    102.4 Tarot Transmutations

    102.4 Tarot Transmutations Bickering cards drive an online tarot reader to illustrate his own tarot deck, which ends with him facing self-transmutation. Written by Erin Fennell (https://www.instagram.com/tangoninja) Narrated by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (http://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr) With music by Murmurous (https://murmurous.bandcamp.com/) And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/) And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/ The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. Follow @tangoninja on Instagram. Luke Kondor started writing on his computer in his early teens and never looked back… and now he has very sore eyes. Come follow his newsletter at lukeofkondor.substack.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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15 min
  4. 102.3 One with the Death Card

    24 FEB

    102.3 One with the Death Card

    102.3 One with the Death Card When the Death card attaches itself to Ethan's fate, the only way out is through. Written by Erin Brandt Filliter Narrated and Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com) With music by Kai Engel (https://www.kai-engel.com/) And Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com) And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/) And sound effects provided by Ghosthack (https://www.ghosthack.de/) and Freesound.org The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. Erin started writing a year ago when she needed a hobby following a repetitive strain injury from knitting. She's had some early success with competitions and is looking forward to being published! 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 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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    15 min

  5. 21 FEB

    The Writer's Chair W/ CM Forest

    Produced by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)))) Special feature Interview by Daniel Willcocks (https://www.danielwillcocks.com/)))) With C.M. Forest (https://christianlaforet.com/) C. M. Forest, also known as Christian Laforet, is the author of the 2023 Benjamin Franklin silver award winning novel Infested (Eerie River Publishing), the novella, We All Fall Before the Harvest (Timber Ghost Press) and the upcoming (Sept. 2024) short story collection, The Roots Run Deep and Other Stories (Eerie River Publishing). His short fiction has been featured in over a dozen anthologies across multiple genres. A self-proclaimed horror movie expert, he spent an embarrassing amount of his youth watching scary movies. When not writing, he lives in Ontario, Canada with his wife, kids, three cats, and a pandemic dog named Sully who has an ongoing love affair with a blanket. 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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  6. 102.2 The Great Change

    17 FEB

    102.2 The Great Change

    102.2 The Great Change A woman's plan of getting blackout drunk is interrupted by a surreal tarot reading. Written by Galen Gower Narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/) Produced by Karl Hughes (https://x.com/karlhughes) With music by Umcorps (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps) 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/) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. I still don’t have social media, so give your dog a belly rub and tell them they’re perfect. but can I update the CTA to something like: check out Sloth & Envy Press's upcoming book releases at SlothandEnvy.com? Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains Jasmine Arch lives in a nook of Belgian countryside with two horses, four dogs, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Other Stories, NewMyths.com and Hybrid Fiction, among others. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min
  7. 102.1 The Last Reading of Madam Twilight

    10 FEB

    102.1 The Last Reading of Madam Twilight

    102.1 The Last Reading of Madam Twilight A fortune teller has lost her gift. But has no clue to the real reason why? Written by David Thomas Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu) Produced by Karl Hughes (https://x.com/karlhughes) With music by 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 Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and his eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. David Thomas is a comic book writer from Cardiff Wales. Who only believes in science, art and fortune tellers. Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. 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 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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    17 min
  8. Daniel Johnson - Re-Animated - EXCLUSIVE

    5 FEB · BONUS • TOS+ ONLY

    Daniel Johnson - Re-Animated - EXCLUSIVE

    101.5 Daniel Johnson - EXCLUSIVE I am Daniel Johnson. You are Daniel Johnson. Who is Daniel Johnson? Written by Josh Curran (https://x.com/jcurranwriter) Narrated by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com) Produced by Karl Hughes (https://x.com/karlhughes) With music by 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 Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and his eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community. And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon. 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 Luke Kondor started writing on his computer in his early teens and never looked back… and now he has very sore eyes. He also runs and produces a short story podcast called The Other Stories, which has amassed over 11-million downloads and has a monthly listenership of ~100k downloads. Currently he lives and works on a dining room table in the middle of Sherwood Forest. For more head to www.lukekondor.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/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ 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.

    17 min
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