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

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

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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

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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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A vigilante by trade, Joey finds herself peeking into the dark corners of her psyche to reveal desires she never knew existed.

Written by Vanessa Watson

Narrated by Jasmine Arch

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Calum Paterson, Myuu, 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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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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Tyler always hoped he would be immortalised as one of the bodybuilding greats, but not like this.

Written by Ian J Middleton

Narrated by Justin Fife

Edited by Duncan Muggleton

With music by Mellarn and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided by Freesound.Org and Incompetech

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House

Ian J. Middleton is a horror writer who dabbles in novels, short stories and flash fiction. Check out more of his work at www.ianjmiddleton.com

Check out our new books:

One To Five Million by Luke Kondor

Collaboration for Authors by Daniel Willcocks

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Bill meets Candy while searching for his missing brother-in-law. But Candy is not what she seems, and Bill needs to listen carefully to what she says.

Written by David Rae

Narrated by Persephone Rose

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Umcorps and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided by Freesound.Org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House

David’s first full-length dark fantasy novel CROWMAN is available on Amazon now.

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Charley’s visit to the top of the world takes a dark turn and he finds out an insignificant bauble is a trophy worth his life.

Written by Chris Dean

Narrated by Persephone Rose

Edited by Duncan Muggleton

With music by Mellarn, Umcorps, and Thom Robson

Sound effects were provided by Freesound.Org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House

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Our featured flash fiction story today is:

My Imaginary Friend

Written by Kristopher Bishop

Write for The Other Stories!

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When Sadie goes off hiking in the heart of the wilderness, Gemma seizes the opportunity to unwind with a raft of movies and bubbly. When she doesn’t come back and a storm rolls in though, Gemma begins to fear the worst.

Written by Kev Harrison

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Duncan Muggleton

With music by Chris Zabriskie, Myuu, and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided and Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House

Kev Harrison is a British writer of horror and dark fiction living in Lisbon, Portugal. His debut novella, The Balance, is available now from Lycan Valley Press, while his novelette, Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See, is available now from Demain Publishing. His short fiction has appeared in a variety of magazines and anthologies, including Lost Films, from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing, In Darkness, Delight, from Corpus Press, Aphotic Realm’s ‘Fangs’ issue and on podcasts such as Tales to Terrify and The Other Stories from Hawk and Cleaver. You can find out more about his work at www.kevharrisonfiction.com

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