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Note: most stories on this page will be narrated for the podcast. If you don’t want to spoil it, avoid reading the ones with “LISTEN” buttons.
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30 July 2022
Sometimes, on my way home, I pass an old lamp post. Every time I touch it, I see a woman.
Mystery
Wholesome
Magic Realism
17 July 2022
It was called CookieScrubber, a new memory-bending technology contained in a pill and an app on your phone. And I tried it.
Horror
17 July 2022
My mum always said “the cats find us”. More and more, I’ve come to the conclusion Mum was right.
Mystery
Horror
Wholesome
2 April 2022
Behind one wall of my flat is a labyrinth of passages and rooms, sealed away from the public.
Mystery
Horror
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28 March 2022
It started with one… and then I saw the holes all over the garden.
Horror
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28 March 2022
A It was my first day on the job… and I’ve got to say: I was unprepared.
Weird Fiction
Mystery
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5 Feb 2022
It was recorded in the early 80s: a transmission on 14.8MHz that shouldn’t exist.
Horror
Sci-Fi
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8 Nov 2021
A compass, drawn on a piece of paper… can’t really point north, right?
Horror
Mystery
Wholesome
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Don’t Tempt Fate
2 Nov 2021
The old Beamish Ambulance Station is a creepy place to spend the night.
Horror
Mystery
Thriller
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Dream Game
10 Oct 2021
We were like a tribe, united by a Discord chat. And then we started having dreams about each other.
Horror
Mystery
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Rising Stars
4 Oct 2021
In a cave chamber deep below ground, there are ancient bones.
Horror
Paleo Fiction
Wholesome
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The Children of Somerton
26 Sept 2021
I found a book that’s led me to think the Somerton Man was involved with something that was going on in Somerton Crippled Children’s Home.
Horror
Mystery
Fictional Reality
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December African Rain
7 Sept 2021
The beauty of the Highveld is unforgettable. What I found there was even more so.
Horror
Mystery
Wholesome
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Rusher Series #3:
Maureen16 August 2021
I’m a food delivery driver. My life has gotten, if possible, even weirder.
Horror
Wholesome
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Rusher Series #2:
Mister Lemmy’s Nan16 August 2021
I’m a food delivery driver. It seems I have a habit of picking up strays.
Horror
Wholesome
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Rusher Series #1:
Little Bud16 August 2021
I’m a food delivery driver. I don’t always follow the delivery instructions.
Horror
Wholesome
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No Expectations
16 August 2021
‘No expectations!’ Glory promised me, repeating it on every video of her dancercise channel. ‘I don’t need to ask you to come back! I know you will!’
Horror
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3 in the Morning
16 August 2021
It happens every morning at 3 a.m. And I’m sure I never liked Pokémon.
Horror Mystery
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Slum Fever
16 August 2021
There’s something killing the IV drug users in my city. And it’s not the drugs.
Horror
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THE WANDERERS OF MILLADURRA
16 August 2021
I found an unpublished manuscript my great-great-plus-grandmother wrote. It’s about a town called Milladurra, and the more you read it, the more it makes sense, yet the harder it is to believe.
Horror Mystery
Drama
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A Suitcase Mystery
16 August 2021
Unpacking a Rich Everyday History
Non-fiction
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The Notorious Male Ward 7
15 August 2021
The Male Ward 7 of Callan Park Mental Hospital was known as “notorious”. Searching for why, I found out next to nothing. At least, not until I started digging into the patient notes of those who’d been inmates there.
Horror
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Folie à Deux
14 August 2021
We were driving. Where to, I had no idea. But I knew what we were running from.
Horror
Short Horror
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Rin. Sed. and Blurred
14 August 2021
Roselands, a promising new development of modern apartments located next to an idyllic river and close to city centre. It’s Gina’s new home, bought off the plan. Usually, it’s cheap fittings and fixtures you need to worry about when buying off the plan.
Horror Mystery
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Be Done By As You Did
14 August 2021
Growing up in the 60s and 70s, Fiona Marshall’s country village had secrets, gossip, and that spooky woman’s voice on the telephone line. To be clear: this is no morality tale.
Horror Mystery
Drama
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