Vol 1 - Alien Invasion

Photoshop Wizard - Re-Animated'A Photoshop user finds life is about to change after her shortcut commands begin to affect the world outside of her computer screen.'Today’s episode is a bonus remaster of an episode we first published all the way back in 2016. We’ve re-seasoned the meat, plucked out a couple of maggots here and there, and are serving it up on a shiny and steamy platter, with a brand new narration. Written by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com)Narrated by Shara Jahnke (https://www.instagram.com/zellezra/)Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)With music by JCM [Canada] (https://soundcloud.com/j_c_m)And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Freesound.orgThe episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd again to Joshua Boucher and to Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for wrestling social media alligators down in the content swamplands.Luke Kondor makes stuff, including Keith, which went on to win the best low-budget short film at the London Short Film Festival; The Other Stories – a weekly short story podcast with over five million downloads and a Film/TV option; and El Marvo – a crowdfunded comic book about a Luchador wrestler in a post-apocalyptic future. You can follow more of Luke’s work at www.lukekondor.comShara Jahnke is a quirky, enigmatic laloceziac who lives in beautiful Eugene, Oregon. When she’s not fashioning medical products to rescue your squishy brains, she’s using her own to plot new story ideas, hone her archery skills, play video games, and occasionally lose herself in paralytic fits of existential dread.You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

26 Mars 202316min

Desert Bloom'One cowboy shares his stories with another.'Written by J. T. SeateNarrated by Justin Fife Edited by Karl HughesWith music by Golden Hits And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Zapsplat.comThe episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for rounding up them content cows with his social media cowboying business.Jay stands on the side of the literary highway and thumbs down whatever genre that comes roaring by. His storytelling runs the gamut from Horror Novel Review’s Best Short Fiction to the Chicken Soup for the Soul series. His fiction incorporates fantasy, horror, or humor featuring the quirkiest of characters.Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfifeYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Mars 202315min

Warm Inside'Jez has a nice evening planned for Claire and himself. After picking her up from her latest workshop, it seems something has come in Claire's place.'Written by Daisy Lythe (http://www.instagram.com/crowsandprose)Narrated and edited by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)With music by Velleitie (https://velleitie.us/)And Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Sounds-mp3.com.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 ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for graffitiing up the streets in the name of social media. Fight the power!Daisy is an avid horror watcher, reader and writer. You can find her on Instagram @crowsandproseJames 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.comYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Mars 202315min

Waifs'Marie is the catwalk’s dream model: she can truly bring a dress to life.'Written by Die Booth (https://diebooth.wordpress.com/)Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)Edited 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.orgThe episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for serving up content platter after content platter at his social media eatery. Compliments to the Ben!You can find more of Die’s work, including his cursed new novella ‘Cool S’ at https://diebooth.wordpress.com/Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

6 Mars 202314min

Repossession'A lawyer finds himself entangled in a strange case of repossession and false eviction.'Written by Georgia Cook (https://twitter.com/georgiacooked)Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)With music by AndrewKN (https://freesound.org/people/Andrewkn/)And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Freesound.orgThe episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for doodling all over the internet in the name of SOCIAL MEDIA.Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/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, @jcurranwriterYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

27 Feb 202317min

Have, Hold'A woman and her husband retreat to an isolated cabin to face a possible case of demonic possession.'Written by Thomas Kent West (http://www.twitter.com/@thomaskentwest)Narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)With music by Umcorps (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps)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.orgA quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for leaping from the social media plane for content parachutery.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."Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains Jasmine Arch lives in a nook of Belgian countryside with two horses, four dogs, and a husband who knows better than to distract her when she's writing. Her work has appeared or is forthcoming in The Other Stories, NewMyths.com and Hybrid Fiction, among others. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.com.You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesBecome a Patron for early access to the episodes, bonus content, and heaps of free stuff over at Patreon.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Feb 202317min

Intro by Luke Kondor (https://www.twitter.com/lukeofkondor)You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaverT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/services Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

20 Feb 202321min

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.orgThe episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd 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.comYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories.T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

13 Feb 202315min