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

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!

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 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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When Louise takes her son Luca on a trip to see his heritage in a long-sunken Venice of the future, she already knows the pitfalls of a city reclaimed by the sea. But once they begin to explore, it becomes apparent that more than the marble statues have been left behind.

Written by Kev Harrison

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Velleitie and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com

Kev Harrison is a writer of horror and dark fiction living in Lisbon, Portugal. His latest story 'Snap' is out now in Corpus Press' new anthology, 'In Darkness, Delight: Creatures of the Night,' while his other work has featured in a variety of magazines and anthologies. Find out more about him at www.kevharrisonfiction.com

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When a motorhome appears on his driveway, a man becomes obsessed with it.

Written by Michael David Wilson

Narrated by Grant Patrizio

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Ali Choolaei, Myuu, and Thom Robson

With sound effects provided by Freesound.org

Michael David Wilson is a professional writer, editor, podcaster, and the founder of thisishorror.co.uk. His forthcoming novella, The Girl in the Video, will be published later this year by Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing. Connect with Michael at www.michaeldavidwilson.co.uk or @wilsonthewriter on Twitter.

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On a sunny, summer day, a married couple are on a search for their first house. But just when they think they've found their dream home, they find themselves lost in every sense of the word.

Written by Ryan Harville

Narrated by Persephone Rose

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson

With sound effects provided by Freesound.org

Ryan Harville is a horror and sci-fi author from the United States and lives along Alabama's Gulf Coast. Please visit his website, ryanharvillewriting.com to see a list of his previous and upcoming publications. If you'd like to enjoy some more of Ryan's work, along with stories from horror legends Clive Barker and Ramsey Campbell, please check out the horror anthology Dark Places, Evil Faces Volume II. One hundred percent of the proceeds from sales of the book go to the U.K. based charity Rethink Mental Illness. It's available now from amazon.com.

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