Knifepoint Horror

A man thrust onto the streets must navigate their disturbing sights and sounds, all the while living under the threat of a monster moving relentlessly through their shadows.

Music by David Temyik ("Afterlife" and "Mystic Dark Background"), Getty Music.

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P.S. What are we hearing at the very end of this episode? If you ask me, it's nothing more than the voice of the strange, lonely soul from a different part of the story, comforting himself as he walks ever onward. On this night, he seems to have found what he's been looking for, one small victory that means something only to him ... and that, for now, is enough to keep him moving tirelessly forward, mile after mile, friendless and lost in the dark, another one of night's unloved orphans.  -S.N.

image copyright David Montano, www.davidmontano.com

Two tales of Knifepoint Horror, and two radio plays.

1. thrifting (00:38)

2. radio play: “Report on an Unidentified Space Station,” adapted from the short story by J.G. Ballard (8:39)

3. west (25:54)

4. radio play: “The Cleaver” (44:45)

The Captain -and- John Graham: Jason Hill

Suzanne: Ariel Alexa Sullivan

Gillian: Amy Paonessa (of The Bloodlust podcast)

Father Walls: Teddy Ray Bullard

Therapist: Kalem Murray

Diane Fora: Susan Wallace

Mr. Loring: Brian Lillie

Master of Ceremonies: Justy Gee (of The Starless podcast) 

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) "Tempting Secrets" and "Gymnopedie No. 2" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Additional music: “The King of Love My Shepherd Is,” Choir of the King’s School

From listener and graphic designer Travis Roberts, this new design:

And from Mandey Brown, a depiction of the church from west: 

Mandey Brown on Instagram: mandeyfromzogs

A boy growing up in post-Depression Kansas learns there are no truly innocuous objects as long as the human imagination can infuse them with fearsome properties.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), "Shadowlands 1: Horizon" and "Shadowlands 4: Breath" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

From artist David Montano (www.davidmontano.com):

Built as a place of solace for those who could no longer fully fend for themselves, the house should never have been disturbed or even noticed. But then one summer night, unfamiliar footsteps approached.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Additional music by Anonymous

Art by David Montano.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

A conflict in memory between two brothers leads to a return to a place where childhood may have been hiding something too ghastly to retain in the mind.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com). "Past the Edge" and "Mourning Song" licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Thanks to those who would not let me slip away into the light so easily, and have demanded more excursions into horror.

For a horror tale slightly off the beaten path, listen to episode 15, "Outcall," at www.alexandriaarchives.com.

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

These 10 stories were originally produced as video monologues for YouTube over the course of a year as a slight change of pace. Some have been partially re-recorded.

0:40  boardwalk
11:56  forest
27:50  highway
36:08  cellar
50:05  hiker
1:01:20  car
1:14:31  doppelganger
1:30:55  graffiti
1:41:01  hometown
1:50:14  photographs

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

Here's a fun alternate narration of the story 'car': https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQRxGpzcI_M

Here's a horror tale told through a different format. In a mysterious, undefined era, a desperate foot journey traverses a winter wilderness that promises a lonely death--perhaps a natural one, but likely not.

With Kalem Murray, Teddy Ray Bullard, Melinda Kordich, and Jason Hill.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

The next time you take a long country drive, look to your left and right as the scenery rolls by, the forgotten places where no footsteps tread for weeks, months, maybe years at a time. How long would it be before anyone noticed that such a place had become shelter for something unspeakable?

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License   http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/sorennarnia

Art by TheFinalGirly

And from Josh Mckelvey (@joshmckelvey on Instagram), this image:

He was a teenager who suddenly had no place to sleep, no money, and no options. The world had quickly become a very scary place ... and then shelter appeared much too conveniently.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Images by artist Mandey Brown (@mandeyfromzogs on Instagram)

In the space of minutes, a travel writer venturing alone in remote waters goes from a state of enviable tranquility to blinding terror.

Music: Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com), Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License
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Producer and photographer Jeffrey Laub has done a series of photographic portraits of characters from the podcast; check them out at http://jeffreylaub.com/index.php/projects/.