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Bag O Bones

'You wouldn't look at Ole Jimper twice, as he totes his black sack around the city, but he'll look at you. Once.'

Written by Paul Currion (www.currion.net)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

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… for taking his social media clippers and scissors and giving our content cats and dogs a full wash… brush… and dry. Lovely jubbly.

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/

You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.

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Replication

'You find the tape in an antique shop; the one your friend Mikey works at on Saturdays. You find me. Hello.'

Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)

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, the conqueror of worlds… and by worlds I mean social media platforms… and by conquer… I mean… he posts…

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/

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 [email protected].

Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at 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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.