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

If you could never be killed, how would you use your gift? Saving lives? Making a difference to mankind? Or would you join the Callaghan Brothers Space Circus and entertain the masses by being killed over and over again for your adoring fans?

Written by J. Askew

Narrated by Erika Ventura

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

J. Askew enjoys exploring mental health issues, sexual identity, and disability through sci-fi and horror. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association and aims to be a leading female author in her genres. She has been published in Awakenings Literary Magazine and Dead Man's Tome. Her debut novel, Green Again, which explores mental health and neurodiverse people at the end of the world, is currently in editing and will be released in 2020. In the meantime she is enjoying writing short stories that show the strength of those with alternate needs in a sci-fi or horror setting. She is a member of the LGBTQ community and identifies as bisexual. J. Askew tweets at @J_Askew_Author. 

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Even as a ghost, it may be prove hard to escape the clutch of your murderer.

Written and narrated by Jasmine Arch

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson

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

Jasmine Arch is a poet, writer, narrator and artist with chaos for brains. Connect with her on Twitter @jaye_arch.

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"My son, wherefore seek'st thou thy face thus to hide?"

"Look, father, the Erl-King is close by our side!"

Written by Elana Gomel

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Chris Zabriskie and Zapsplat.com

And sound effects provided by Freesoung.org

Elana Gomel is the author of six non-fiction books published by Routledge, Macmillan and others and of numerous articles on subjects ranging from science fiction and fantasy to posthumanism and Victorian literature. Her fantasy and science fiction stories appeared in Apex, Timeless Tales, Mythic, The Fantasist, and other magazines; and in anthologies The Apex Book of World SF, People of the Book, Zion’s Fiction, Ink Stains, Transcendent and others. Her collection of stories Un/home was published by Alban Lake in 2018. She is the author of three fantasy and science fiction novels: A Tale of Three Cities (2013) The Hungry Ones (2018), and The Cryptids (2019). The fairy-tale-based novel Nightwood is scheduled to come out this year.

She can be found at www.citiesoflightanddarkness.com

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Featuring the winning flash fiction story from our Facebook group:

Where The Spiders Dwell by Andy Morris.

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With The Nest all over with, I managed to grab one of the writers, Andy Conduit-Turner, and nail him down for a little Q&A session.

Back to our usual programming next week.

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No school. No parents. No way out.

The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.

ACT 5 - ENTER THE NEST

Tired, and increasingly desperate, the unlikely group of Jamie, Valerie, Isabel and Raheem all arrive at where they suspect The Nest is located. They plan on leaving either WITH their missing families, or not at all!

Written by Andy Conduit-Turner along with the rest of The Nest writing team

Narrated by Persephone Rose, Alexandra Elroy, Josh Curran, Jasmine Arch, and me, Luke Kondor

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux and Chris Zabriskie and Myuu

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

The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House

Purchase the book adaptation of The Nest on Amazon today!

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No school. No parents. No way out.

The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.

ACT 4 - RAHEEM

Raheem hears the thing that stalks his small town — horrible, screeching sounds that his father assures him are just the storm outside. But Raheem knows different: He has seen the creature and tonight, armed with his camera, he’ll prove to his father that the monster is real… or die trying.

Written by John Crinan

Narrated by Josh Curran

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux

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

The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House

Purchase the book adaptation of The Nest on Amazon today!

And if you’re enjoying The Nest, we’d love to hear your thoughts over social media or via a review of the podcast on your favourite podcast app.

Check out more of our podcasting work over at www.HawkandCleaver.com/podcasts

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No school. No parents. No way out.

The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.

ACT 3 - ISABEL

After her new look sparks yet another argument with her mum, Isabel is planning on sneaking out for the evening. When the power suddenly goes out, the fight with her mum quickly becomes the least of her worries.

Written by Andy Conduit-Turner

Narrated by Jasmine Arch

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux

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

The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House

Purchase the book adaptation of The Nest on Amazon today!

And if you’re enjoying The Nest, we’d love to hear your thoughts over social media or via a review of the podcast on your favourite podcast app.

Check out more of our podcasting work over at www.HawkandCleaver.com/podcasts

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No school. No parents. No way out.

The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.

Act 2 - Valerie

Valerie wants nothing more than to celebrate her 16th birthday with her father and friends, but it seems no one has remembered. With the storm picking up pace, her father—the sheriff—picking up reports of missing people, and a school filled with nervous students, things are getting a little strange.

Even stranger still, when Valerie returns home from school to a nasty surprise—and it definitely isn’t a party

Written by Daniel Willcocks

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux and Chris Zabriskie

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

The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House

Purchase the book adaptation of The Nest on Amazon today!

And if you’re enjoying The Nest, we’d love to hear your thoughts over social media or via a review of the podcast on your favourite podcast app.

Check out more of our podcasting work over at www.HawkandCleaver.com/podcasts

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No school. No parents. No way out.

The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.

ACT 1 - JAMIE

There's something not quite right in Creekwood Pines. Jamie, a kid with far too much responsibility for a boy his age, returns home after a successful day playing truant to find his mother missing and his younger brother over the moon with their new found freedom. However, as a storm draws in, they soon realise that something sinister is stalking the houses on their street.

Written by Ben Errington

Narrated by Persephone Rose

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux

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

Featuring sounds from George Romero’s Night of the Living Dead

If you’re enjoying The Nest, we’d love to hear your thoughts over social media or via a review of the podcast on your favourite podcast app.

Check out more of our podcasting work over at www.HawkandCleaver.com/podcasts

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