Stay ConnectedThese 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.
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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 Kai Engel
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington for shooting down the legions of rabid boredom baboons with his double barrelled social media shotgun.
C.B. Oliver is a full time engineer and a part time wannabe writer. They are not currently active on twitter but they can be contacted at cboliver93@gmail.com.
Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfife
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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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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 by Nicola Lombardi & Joe Weintraub
Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors
Edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors
With music by Daniel Birch Music (https://danielbirchmusic.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/)
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading
And to Ben Errington for his triple lutz and axel jumps at this year’s Social Media Content Figure Skating competition.
"Desire & Sons" is my translation of Nicola Lombardi's short fiction "I Desideri." The translation has never been published, and Mr. Lombardi has authorized me to translate his fictions and seek publication for them.
Here is a brief bio:
After thirty years of writing--3 novels, six collections, one film adaptation, multiple translations from the English--Lombardi is considered a master of the horror genre in Italy (his website can be found here:at www.nicolalombardi.com). His first collection in English, The Gypsy Spiders and Other Tales of Italian Horror, was published by UK's Tartarus Press in Dec. 2021.
James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com
You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.
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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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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 Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.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/)
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading
And to Ben Errington for building award winning content sandcastles on our big social media beach. Look there he is… playing volleyball. Go on, Ben!
Dan Howarth is a writer from the North of England. His debut collection Dark Missives hit shelves in 2021 and he has several books due for release in 2022. Like all Northerners, Dan enjoys heavy rain, pies and drinking blood from the skulls of his enemies.
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
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.
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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)
One Time
Written by Mary Pastrano
Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
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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 North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)
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, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading
And to Ben Errington for cleaning up the social media streets with his tough no-mercy approach to content law breakers.
Follow M.C. Romero on Twitter at @stratfordonguy and on Instagram at @stratfordonguy
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
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.
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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 Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.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/)
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington for separating the social curds from the media whey and serving up delicious content cheese.
Richard Reynolds is the owner and operator of Ground Zero Comics, a small shop in Mansfield, England, but writes, draws and produces his own comics and strips whenever he gets the chance. You can read these comics for free on the shop’s website, groundzerocomics.co.uk - ‘free comics’ sidebar.
Audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover, follow Justin Fife on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife
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.
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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 (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington the updating our content operating systems with his social media installer package. Cheers, Ben!
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, among others. 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. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter
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
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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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 music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington Lord of the Dance for social media riverdance he performs each week from the social media content stage. Dance, Ben! Dance!
For more of Ian J. MIddleton’s work, head over to www.ianjmiddleton.com
James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com
We’re opening up our digital story studio for something we are calling Studio Sessions. Every Thursday we’re hosting Zoom writing sprints, where a bunch of us creatives jump on a zoom call, say hello, and then get to work. Honestly, I don’t know why it helps so much, but every time we jump on a studio session, I get so many words written.
So if you want to join in, firstly it’s for patrons only so head over to Patreon.com/hawkandcleaver and pledge the Hawk level, and then jump into the Discord Server. Once again, become a patron, and then join us in Discord, and you’ll be able to join us for one of studio sessions.
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
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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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 comics. If that sounds like fun head over to Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver and join today.
Speed Awareness Course
'One of our cameras detected a violation of the speed limit. You can either accept 3 points on your driving license, or take the Speed Awareness Course. What is your choice?'
Written by Joanne Askew (https://jaskewauthor.com/)
Narrated by Alexandra Elroy
Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington for drawing social media cards from his neverending content deck… deck, I said. Deck.
Science Fiction and Horror writer, Joanne Askew, explores mental health, sexual identity and diversity through her fiction. The deepness and darkness of space is her second home. As an LGBTQIA+ activist, she aims to use her fiction to make the world a better place for the next generation to come out in. Her sci-fi horror novella, Sloth, is out now. https://jaskewauthor.com/
Alexandra is a bilingual voice actress and writer who lives in the Netherlands. She loves everything to do with stories, especially creative and playful horror. Her favourite voices to do are witches, goblins and crazy computers. When she is not voicing, writing or mummy-ing (which is all the time, really) she directs plays that she adapted from classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Death on the Nile and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest.
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.
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
Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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