97.1 Mine

CONTENT WARNING:

Please be advised, today’s episode is particularly gruesome. It borders on extreme horror and includes the death of a child. If that isn’t for you, no worries, feel free to skip out on this episode, and join us for a new dark tale next week.

97.1 Mine

A woman in the aftermath of betrayal focuses her intense pain on a young couple and, seeking to embody the very thing she was denied, finds a horrific way to covet them.

Written by Eleanor Keisman (www.instagram.com/e_keisman)

Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)

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

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

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, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

In the carnival of digital fame, Ben Errington is the ringmaster and we… simply cannot… get enough…

Eleanor is an American expat living in Vienna. She holds a bachelor’s in liberal arts, an MBA, and is currently an MFA candidate. Primarily a short story writer, she’s working on her first novel. Her work has appeared in Litro Magazine, 21-MAGAZINE, a publication of works in translation, The Bangalore Review, and a blog for The Sunday Writer’s Club, a writing group in Vienna. She speaks German, enjoys hiking, and making friends with stray cats. Instagram e_keisman

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page www.facebook.com/BioArtsy

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