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

If a world is so full that there is simply no room for you, disillusionment is sure to set in. A beautiful new planet seems just out of reach, but you never know how things might unfold.

 

Written by Alexandra Elroy 

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

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

With music by Chris Zabriskie (https://soundcloud.com/chriszabriskie)

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/)

 

 

Alexandra Elroy is a regular narrator and irregular writer for The Other Stories. She lurks by the shallow polders of the Netherlands, waiting for her next bout of inspiration. Find her on Facebook, if you dare.

 

Audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover, follow Justin Fife on Twitter at @justnbifife

 

 

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A pair of planetary marines have been left behind on Triton 3 to survive among lizard-like inhabitants whose psychic powers are as strong as their claws. The men can agree on nothing, though their survival depends on it.

Written by Jesse Krenzel

Narrated by Persephone Rose (https://twitter.com/MPersephoneRose)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (https://twitter.com/DuncanMuggleton)

With music by Myuu (https://www.thedarkpiano.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/)

Persephone Rose plans to live long enough, with the help of cybernetic augmentations, to travel to the stars and make extraterrestrial friends. When she isn't performing Satanic rituals, she scrapes by as a writer and voice actor of things that are not always for the faint of heart.

An earlier version of “The Post” was previously published in the Santa Barbara Literary Journal #3 in 2019. I solely hold all rights to further publication of the piece.

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

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The crew of a long-haul space shuttle begin to splinter after the mysterious disappearance of one of their own.

Written by Georgia Cook (https://www.twitter.com/GeorgiaCooked)

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

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

With music by Chris Zabriskie (https://chriszabriskie.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/)

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/

Justin Fife is an audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/justinbfife.

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

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. 

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/

Justin Fife is an audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover. Follow him on Twitter at https://twitter.com/justinbfife.

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

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

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The Other Stories is a production by 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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Volume 68 is sponsored by the Night's End podcast. Find out more at https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/ 

 

The Death Row inmate's Rehabilitation Day is our Rehabilitation Day. Together, we will re-establish a balanced earth.

 

Written by Amanda Ellis (https://twitter.com/amandae41007922)

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

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (https://twitter.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Umcorps (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps)

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/)

 

Amanda Ellis is a writer of settler and indigenous descent. She has been published in the journals Valiant Scribe, Fiddles & Scribbles and Rabbit. 

Find her at @AmandaE41007922

Audio producer, amateur voice actor, podcaster, and video game lover, follow Justin Fife on Twitter at @justinbfife

 

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

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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Volume 68 is sponsored by the Night's End podcast. Find out more at https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/ 

A struggling delivery driver for company giant Sweetshop begins to keep a diary of his travels, using a slightly unorthodox method. The first day on the job seems simple enough but life is never simple in the year 2048.

Written and edited by Karl Hughes (https://www.twitter.com/karlhughes)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)

With music by and Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Zapsplat.com

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

Karl Hughes has never written any short stories before, but he has certainly heard a lot of short stories. That’s because he is one of lead audio editors at Hawk & Cleaver. Karl Hughes has been editing The Other Stories every week since the beginning of space and time, it wasn’t that hard to steal the job from Luke Kondor….in fact he almost gave it up too easily. If you need help and advice recording your own podcast, or perhaps need a theme tune or some awesome sound effects creating, then you can contact Karl Hughes on twitter @karlhughes.

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, 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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A new connection is made, and you hear yourself telling you – begging you - to step out of your world and into another one. Do you answer the call?

Written and narrated by Alexandra Elroy (https://www.wattpad.com/user/AlexandraElroy)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (https://twitter.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://twitter.com/duncanmuggleton)

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/)

Alexandra Elroy is a regular narrator and irregular writer for The Other Stories. She lurks by the shallow polders of the Netherlands, waiting for her next bout of inspiration. Find her on Facebook, if you dare.

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

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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A young woman moves into an apartment with an unexpectedly transient front door

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

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

With music by Daniel Birch (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Daniel_Birch)

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/)

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 help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaver

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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Volume 66 is sponsored by the Night's End podcast. Find out more at https://www.nightsendpodcast.com/

And be sure to follow James Barnett (A.K.A Jimmy Horrors) over on Twitter and Instagram.

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

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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Hunters of unearthly evil, Swift Bear and Laxon, must use supernatural methods to discover what monstrosity stalks the hills of Sciurus Springs. Get ready for breathtaking action and horror beyond imagining in Swift Bear & Laxon’s third thrilling adventure. Written by Richard Reynolds (http://groundzerocomics.co.uk/)Narrated by Persephone Rose (https://twitter.com/MPersephoneRose)Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.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/)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 whenever he gets the chance. He plans to bring you many more adventures of Swift Bear & Laxon, if, that is, you want them... Probably even if you don't. Persephone Rose plans to live long enough, with the help of cybernetic augmentations, to travel to the stars and make extraterrestrial friends. When she isn't performing Satanic rituals, she scrapes by as a writer and voice actor of things that are not always for the faint of heart.You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaverYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaverT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet 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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