76.4 Cleaning Up For A Hero

76.4 Cleaning Up For A Hero

This episode has been sponsored by Getting Started Writing Short Horror Stories MiniCourse. Find out more at https://theotherstories.net/courses.


Cleaning Up For A Hero


'Terry's good at his job, cleaning up the mess left in the wake of a new breed of superheroes. But when something shines at him from the rubble, he might find more than he bargained for.'


Written by Paul Stephenson (paulstephensonbooks.com)

Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)

Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)

With music by Andrew KN (https://soundcloud.com/andrew-kn)

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 the sick content kickflips and radical social media he grinds all day and night from the top of his social media skateboard. Gnarly!


Paul Stephenson writes pulp fiction for the digital age. His new serial, The Sunset Chronicles, is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that will delight and terrify fans of science fiction and horror alike. Visit paulstephensonbooks.com to find out more.


Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation. You can follow him on twitter, @jcurranwriter


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