86.2 The Forest at the End of the World
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories9 Huhti 2023

86.2 The Forest at the End of the World

The Forest at the End of the World


'Genetically engineered trees that were meant to help fight climate change eventually take over the planet.'


Written by Thomas Kent West (http://www.twitter.com/@thomaskentwest)

Narrated by Manny Realguy

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

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

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

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

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 for helping me to raise an army of the dead to take over the social media blogosphere.


Thomas Kent West is an American writer of speculative fiction. He is the winner of Horrorbabble's 'Artifacts of Horror' contest and the Black Hole Entertainment short fiction prize. Thomas has previously published with the Other Stories as Thomas X. Teller. You can read more of his work by visiting his twitter @ThomasKentWest.


Forged in the centre of a supernova 10,000 years from now, Manny rides the cosmic waves and feasts on dying planets shitting out stars.


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