84.4 For Life
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84.4 For Life

84.4 For Life


'When a mysterious drug called fairy dust hits the streets of southern Boston, Danny watches as his friend Alex’s life descends into chaos after they try it together.'


Written by Slade Stone (https://www.sladestone.com)

Narrated and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Velleitie (https://velleitie.us/)

And Komiku (https://loyaltyfreakmusic.com/music/little-cat-in-the-big-wide-space/)

And Andrew kn (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)

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/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.


Slade Stone is a senior copywriter living in Chicago. Her work is featured at sladestone.com, and her abstract musings @thesladeparade.

James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com


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