The Toy Factory

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The Toy Factory

There’s a factory, long since abandoned, sealed up and left to rot for over twenty years. And yet when young podcaster, May, arrives looking for answers about two missing urban explorers, she only finds more questions. Why can she hear laughter echoing through the empty halls? Why can she hear toy commercials playing on TV’s that nobody is watching? And why are there still toys here, as if waiting for somebody, anybody, to play with them? Mostly, though, why is there a brutally murdered body on the floor? Forced to venture deeper inside, she will have to uncover the mysteries of the toy factory, the magic and ancient horror at its core, and come face-to-face with the toymaker himself. For more, head to www.theotherstories.net

Episodes

  1. 26/10/2022

    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 platforms this spooky season. #TheToyFactory Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes http://www.theotherstories.net http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver. The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com) And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com) Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com) Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes) The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/) Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org. We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys. Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington) The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com) For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net. You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories 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 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. For more head to www.theotherstories.net

    32 min
  2. 27/10/2022 • TOS+ ONLY

    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 platforms this spooky season. #TheToyFactory Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes http://www.theotherstories.net http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver. The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com) And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com) Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com) Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes) The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/) Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org. We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys. Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington) The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com) For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net. You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories 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 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. For more head to www.theotherstories.net.

    29 min
  3. 28/10/2022 • TOS+ ONLY

    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 platforms this spooky season. #TheToyFactory Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes http://www.theotherstories.net http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver. The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com) And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com) Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com) Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes) The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/) Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org. We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys. Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington) The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com) For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net. You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories 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 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. For more, head to www.theotherstories.net

    31 min
  4. 29/10/2022 • TOS+ ONLY

    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 platforms this spooky season. #TheToyFactory Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes http://www.theotherstories.net http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver. The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com) And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com) Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com) Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes) The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/) Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org. We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys. Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington) The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com) For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net. You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories 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 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. For more, head to www.theotherstories.net

    34 min
  5. 31/10/2022 • TOS+ ONLY

    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 platforms this spooky season. #TheToyFactory Listen on Acast, Amazon Music, Spotify & iTunes http://www.theotherstories.net http://www.hawkandcleaver.com/podcasts The Toy Factory was produced by the story studio Hawk & Cleaver and its community. To support the studio and to join our discord community, head over to www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver. The Toy Factory was written by Luke Kondor (www.lukekondor.com) And Daniel Willcocks (www.danielwillcocks.com) Georgia Cook plays the role of May (www.georgiacookwriter.com) Justin Fife plays the role of Master Chancy (www.twitter.com/justinbfife) Josh Curran and Manny Realguy play the roles of the Thacker brothers. Follow Josh at www.twitter.com/joshcurran The audio was stitched, massaged, digitally distorted, and manipulated by the audio wizard Karl Hughes (www.twitter.com/karlhughes) The listener's background music was created by Birds of Paradise (www.facebook.com/Birdsofparadisemtl Some of the factory music was created by klankbeeld (www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/) Other various effects such as tape noise, distortion, and many more were provided by the great community over at ww.freesound.org. We’d also like to thank the Hawk & Cleaver community members who forced… I mean… kindly asked their children to record voices for the toys. Graphics were handled by Ben Errington, the true master of social media playtime (www.twitter.com/ben_errington) The cover art was created by Matt Sef Barnes created the artwork (www.mattsefbarnes.com) For more Halloween horrors, check out more of our work at www.theotherstories.net. You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories 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 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. For more, head to www.theotherstories.net

    26 min
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There’s a factory, long since abandoned, sealed up and left to rot for over twenty years. And yet when young podcaster, May, arrives looking for answers about two missing urban explorers, she only finds more questions. Why can she hear laughter echoing through the empty halls? Why can she hear toy commercials playing on TV’s that nobody is watching? And why are there still toys here, as if waiting for somebody, anybody, to play with them? Mostly, though, why is there a brutally murdered body on the floor? Forced to venture deeper inside, she will have to uncover the mysteries of the toy factory, the magic and ancient horror at its core, and come face-to-face with the toymaker himself. For more, head to www.theotherstories.net

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