The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

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The Pleasure of Pain

'When a user is introduced to a drug that makes pain pleasurable and then hooks up with a dominatrix, it was always likely to end up in A&E. The question is, what was done on the operating table?'

Written by Liam Hogan (http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk)

Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://twitter.com/jimmyhorrors)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

And Chris Zabriskie (https://soundcloud.com/chriszabriskie)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

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 serving up fresh scoops of content from his social media Ice Cream Van.

Liam Hogan is an award winning short story writer, with stories in Best of British Science Fiction and in Best of British Fantasy (NewCon Press). More details at http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. You can also catch other works of his at http://www.jamesbarnettauthor.com

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The Audsley Chimera

Nick dreams of engineering the creatures of his childhood story books. But perhaps some things should remain as dreams.

Written by Die Booth (https://diebooth.wordpress.com/)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

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/)

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, or shall I say, Houston, for the atmosphere-bursting content rockets he launches from his social media space station. ‘Houston, we have a facebook post.’

Head over to https://diebooth.wordpress.com/ for more of his work.

Audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover, follow Justin Fife on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife

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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

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This episode has been sponsored by the Getting Started Writing Short Horror Stories MiniCourse. Find out more at https://theotherstories.net/minicourse.

Skin Deep

A celebrity cosmetic surgeon finds himself employed to assess the strange new growths on the neck of a former Hollywood star.

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

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by JCM [Canada] (https://soundcloud.com/j_c_m)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

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 whistling out content melodies from the end of his social media pan pipes.

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/

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This episode has been sponsored by the Maniac On The Loose Scary Stories Podcast. Find out more at www.maniacontheloose.com

The Right One

'How far would you go to serve the one?'

Written by Mark Towse (https://www.instagram.com/towseywrites/)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by JCM [Canada] (https://soundcloud.com/j_c_m)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

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 the hot lava eruptions of content he spurts from the end of his social media volcano.

Check out more of Mark Towse’s work at https://marktowsedarkfiction.wordpress.com/

**Audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover, follow Justin Fife on Twitter at https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife**

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This episode has been sponsored by the Maniac On The Loose Scary Stories Podcast. Find out more at www.maniacontheloose.com

Church Of The Chronically Ill

'A young man is initiated into a cult that worships sickness and disease.'

Written by Brendan Vidito (https://brendanvidito.com/)

Narrated by Grant Patrizio (https://www.grantpatrizio.com/)

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/)

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 the content pikes, seat drops, and swivel hips, he performs each week on the social media tramampoloine

Brendan Vidito is the author of the Wonderland Book Award-winning collection of body horror stories, Nightmares in Ecstasy. He also co-edited the Splatterpunk Award-nominated anthology The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg. He lives in Ontario, Canada.

Grant Patrizio has lent his skills to a variety of audiobooks, animated works, video games, and audio dramas, one of which got him nominated for an Audioverse Award in 2019! It's been an incredible ride so far, and the best is yet to come!

You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver

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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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This episode has been sponsored by the Maniac On The Loose Scary Stories Podcast. Check it out at http://www.maniacontheloose.com

The Nuns In The Woods

'Devin has been going into the woods at night to investigate a local legend about an order of dead nuns who live there. Things get a little out of hand when he decides one night to bring some friends along.'

Written by Chris Lillienthal (www.ChrisLWrites.com)

Narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)

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/)

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 the catchy content showtunes he bellows out from the social media Broadway production.

Chris Lilienthal is a fiction writer whose work has been published in anthologies from Dragon Soul Press, Eerie River Publishing, and Unsettling Reads. He lives with his wife, two sons, and two dogs. Learn more at www.ChrisLWrites.com.

Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains Jasmine Arch lives in a nook of Belgian countryside with two horses, four dogs, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Other Stories, NewMyths.com and Hybrid Fiction, among others. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.com.

You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver

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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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This episode has been sponsored by the Maniac On The Loose Scary Stories Podcast. Check it out at http://www.maniacontheloose.com

Cult Classic

'A classic horror film has sinister consequences.'

Written by Thomas Teller

Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors

Edited by Duncan Muggleton

With music by Duncan Muggleton

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

With 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 Captain Ben Errington for piloting us to new unexplored content universes aboard his big social media starship. Thanks Captain, it’s been a pleasure.

Thomas Teller is a writer and author in Minnesota who is seeking representation. You can read more of his work by following him on Twitter @ThomasXTeller1

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.jamesbarnettauthor.com

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Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)

Winnie The Pooh & The Step To Far

Written by Kyle J Sheperd (https://www.kylejshepherd.com/)

And narrated by Erika Ventura (https://www.instagram.com/efventu/)

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The Wrong Impression

'Do you believe everything you hear, read, and see in the media? This is a story about one boy who did cross the line between reality and fantasy.'

Written by Carolyn O’Brien

Narrated by Manny Realguy

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Spheriá (https://soundcloud.com/spheriamusic)

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 his daily content pirouettes and plié’s he performs every day at the social media ballet.

Forged in the centre of a supernova 10,000 years from now, Manny Realguy rides the cosmic waves and feasts on dying planets shitting out stars.

You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver

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