58.4 A Skeleton Reads Shakespeare
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories23 Marras 2020

58.4 A Skeleton Reads Shakespeare

An invisible skeleton finds comfort in immortality while living with a happy couple and their young daughter. Yet the inevitable tide of time deals a multitude of existential blows, and immortality is revealed as it truly is -- a curse!


Written by Tylor James (https://tylorjames.com/)

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

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Alex Mason(https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Alex_Mason)

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

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org (https://freesound.org/) and Zapsplat.com (https://www.zapsplat.com/)

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


Tylor James is a dark fiction writer living in the American Midwest, as well as a proud member of the Horror Writers Association. His debut short stories collection, "Daydreams of the Damned: Tales of Horror & Oddity" is available for purchase in paperback/kindle on Amazon. You may connect with Tylor through Facebook or by visiting his website: https://tylorjames.com/


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