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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Two men battle for escape, knowing they are watched, but not knowing the rules of the game.
Written by Liam Hogan
Narrated by Justin Fife
Edited by Duncan Muggleton
With music by Duncan Muggleton and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Check out Liam Hogan's work at happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.com
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In John Thirty’s community, efficiency is valued above all else. Efficiency is improved by the unique number tasks that strengthen every worker, transcending fatigue, pain, and the forgotten concept of violence.
Written by Sarah Jane Justice
Narrated by Persephone Rose
Edited by Karl Hughes
With music by Kai Engel and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Sarah Jane Justice is a South Australian creative whose work has been commended in a number of fields. She competed as a national finalist in the 2018 Australian Poetry Slam, counts four releases of original music to her name, and has seen her poetry and prose published around the world, including in releases from The Blue Nib, Black Hare Press, and Pure Slush.
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In a future, highly regulated society, the Authorities control all human behaviour, including how life companions are selected, even forbidding the use of the word love. Any societal transgressions are punished with banishment and scarring of the offenders. Before the banishment and scarring, a transgressor is compelled to write a handwritten confession.
Written by J. J. Steinfeld
Narrated by Josh Curran
Edited by Duncan Muggleton
With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Canadian fiction writer, poet, and playwright J. J. Steinfeld lives on Prince Edward Island, where he is patiently waiting for Godot’s arrival and a phone call from Kafka. While waiting, he has published 20 books, including Madhouses in Heaven, Castles in Hell (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2015), An Unauthorized Biography of Being (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2016), Absurdity, Woe Is Me, Glory Be (Poetry, Guernica Editions, 2017), A Visit to the Kafka Café (Poetry, Ekstasis Editions, 2018), and Gregor Samsa Was Never in The Beatles (Stories, Ekstasis Editions, 2019). His short stories and poems have appeared in numerous anthologies and periodicals internationally, and over 50 of his one-act plays and a handful of full-length plays have been performed in Canada and the United States.
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 help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver
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The Other Stories is a production 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 Other Stories is a production 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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In a future reduced to numbers, The Algorithm is God and God's judgement is final.
Written by Matthew C. Butcher
Narrated by Justin Fife
Edited by Karl Hughes
With music by Chris Zabriskie and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Matthew C. Butcher is a novelist, writer for the chart-topping podcast 'The Other Stories' and soon to be breaking into the medium of graphic novels.
He has a keen interest in near future sci-fi and conspiracy and enjoys speculating at what point everything goes awry.
Despite the generally graphic and miserable themes in his writing, he promises he's actually quite a pleasant person. Honest.
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An arsonist, trapped in a blaze of his own creation is taunted by a mysterious figure
Written by Andy Conduit-Turner
Narrated by Josh Curran
Edited by Duncan Muggleton
With music by Duncan Muggleton and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Andy Conduit-Turner, is a UK based writer, editor and producer of fiction as well as an occasional podcast crasher and quiz host with a love of all things strange and spooky.
Pursuing a personal quest to write across all possible mediums, settings and styles, Andy’s stories to date range from the far flung future to hellish dreamscapes and from navigating the perils of werewolves in Victorian London, to overcoming the perils of time looping doomsday devices, and he’s only just getting started!
In addition to several appearances of his short stories in Hawk & Cleaver’s, The Other Stories podcast and taking part in the collaborative blockbuster “The Nest”, Andy also writes in comic format. His debut comic anthology featuring collaborations with other writers and some of the greatest talents in independent comic art can be found published by Horde Comics across both in digital and print format.
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 help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver
You can join our Bookclub and chat about the podcast over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver
T-shirts and mugs are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver
The Other Stories is a production 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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For Carlisle waking up from cryogenic sleep aboard an unknown spaceship with amnesia and a headache is perfectly normal. It’s only as his memories return that things start getting weird!
Written by Karl Poyzer
Narrated by Justin Fife
Edited by Karl Hughes
With music by Chris Zabriskie and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver
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Through the virgin forest the voices come, the fire’s heat felt for miles around. An orange sky leads Toya towards her rite of passage where she finally claims her place among her people.
Written by Daniel Willcocks
Narrated by Alexandra Elroy
Edited by Duncan Muggleton
With music by Duncan Muggleton
And sound effects provided by Freesound.Org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Daniel Willcocks is the bestselling author behind such dark fiction titles as ‘They Rot’, ‘They Remain’, and ‘Lazarus’ – written alongside Luke Kondor – as well as ‘The Caitlin Chronicles’ with top 10 Amazon author Michael Anderle. He is also the producer of the Great Writers Share podcast, interviewing the best and brightest authors around today. To find out more about Dan’s work, visit www.danielwillcocks.com
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Mercy’s deadly obsessions are born from a challenging youth, and will end in flames.
Written by Sarah Crockford
Narrated by Jasmine Arch
Edited by Karl Hughes
With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson
And sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House
Sarah Crockford is a writer and pet behaviourist, who lives in Kent, England. Normally to be found writing romantic comedies and dog training advice, she's recently been delving into the darker side of her mind with short stories featuring elements of psychological thriller and horror. She's worried she's enjoying more than she ought to. More information can be found on her website www.sarahcrockford.com
You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver
You can join our Bookclub and chat about the podcast over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver
T-shirts and mugs are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver
The Other Stories is a production 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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You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver
You can join our Bookclub and chat about the podcast over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaver
T-shirts and mugs are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver
The Other Stories is a production 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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