The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
These aren't the stories your mother used to tell you ... no, these are The Other Stories. The Other Stories is a weekly short story podcast. A modern take on The Twilight Zone, Tales From The Crypt, or The Outer Limits. Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF stories delivered right to your podcast feed every Monday morning. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Episodes
S3.8 The Retreat
Corporate success requires sacrifice. Have you given 110 per cent?
Written by Penny Durham
Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/)
And Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Velleitie (https://velleitie.us/)
And Umcorps (https://soundcloud.com/umcorps)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
S3.7 47 Seconds
A young man ignores a phone call from the love of his life, only to find that if he had answered he might have changed her fate. Now he's forced to find a way to live with himself, alone, and to see if he can find a way back home again.
Written by Jerry Enni
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by North Without End (http...
S3.6 Claws
The crew of an isolated lighthouse discover something alarming washed up in the latest storm.
Written by Georgia Cook (https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/)
Narrated by Josh Curran
Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)
And Brylie Christopher Oxley (https://brylie.bandcamp.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
S3.5 Mechanical
The original Mechanical Turk appears to be a fraud, but just how dangerous is it to its young female chess-playing operator?
Written by Liam Hogan (http://happyendingnotguaranteed.blogspot.co.uk)
Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)
With music by Tim Kulig (https://timkulig.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/...
S3.4 Eagles and Shamblers
Cheerleaders in love at the end of the world.
Written by Donna J. W. Munro (https://www.donnajwmunro.com)
Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )
With music by Epic Stock Media (https://epicstockmedia.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/
S3.3 My Writing Partner
Reading someone’s mind can have horrific consequences, even when you don’t do it.
Written by Sol Roberts-Lieb (http://sol.roberts-lieb.com/)
Narrated and Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Myuu (https://www.thedarkpiano.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
S3.2 Like Silver
Grappling with the loss of his significant other, a haunted man struggles to allow her spirit -- and his own -- to rest.
Written by Derek Alan Jones
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )
With music by Epic Stock Media (https://epicstockmedia.com/)
And Grzegorz Rusin (https://freemusicarchive.org/)
And Thom Robson (http...
S3.1 The Collecting
*The young ones would appear strange on most days, but tonight they draw no notice. Tonight is the night of the collecting, and it is the one night of the year when the young ones move about in peace.*
Written by Cassandra Daucus (https://linktr.ee/residualdreaming)
Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/)
Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogee...
S2.8 My Brother Roy
During a hot, humid, summer night in downriver Detroit, a lonely man looking for love meets a woman at a local bar. Unfortunately for her, the man and his brother prove to be more bizarre than her most deranged nightmare.
Written by Edward. R. Rosick
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by North Without End (https://...
S2.7 Confession
After being arrested for a murder he didn’t commit, Paul is relieved to discover that everyone believes him. However, he soon finds that even though they know he is innocent, they want him to confess.
Written by Harley Carnell
Narrated by Josh Curran
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)
With music by Cyberleaf Studio (https://andreabaroni.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomro...
S2.6 Holiday Bonus
A well-intentioned bonus by a department manager leads to chaos in the workplace.
Written by Russell Richardson (https://www.russellrichardson.org)
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Boom Library (https://www.boomlibrary.com/)
And Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)
S2.5 Alina's Ring
During World War II, a wounded German soldier stumbles into the home of an Italian peasant family. As the daughter nurses the soldier back to health, she falls madly in love with him without realizing—or does she?—that it was his comrades who murdered her mother and father. Her obsessive, uncompromising passion can lead only to a grisly finale
Written by Nicola Lombardi
And translated by Joe Weintraub
S2.4 Child in a Mirror Dark
A horror took his daughter from him years ago. He hasn't stopped searching for a way back to her, but what has he sacrificed in the process?
Written by Chris DeStefano (social media link)
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )
With music by Epic Stock Media (https://epicstockmedia.com/)
And Thom Robson (http...
S2.3 Never Use the Last Page
A woman seeks revenge upon the person who killed her fiancé in a most unusual manner.
Written by Morgan Chalfant (https://www.instagram.com/eyesonly34/)
Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)
With music by Chris Logsdon (https://chrislsound.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
S2.2 Long Live The Prom King
*Bobby never expected himself to die. Nobody with a girlfriend like Clara Jones in their life was about to die.*
Written by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked)
Narrated by Josh Curran
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)
With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And...
S2.1 Warm-blooded
James Morello works the night shift on a far away space station. During one of his shifts, he realizes there’s something else out there with him in vast, emptiness.
Written by Trey Stone (https://www.facebook.com/TreyStoneAuthor/)
Narrated and produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Tim Kulig (https://timkulig.com/)
And Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmus...
Fair
Lily, frustrated by her tyrannical manager at her cinema job, shows him a cursed film which causes him to be ripped apart by a demon.
Written by Caolán Mac An Aircinn (https://www.instagram.com/writercaolan/)
Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked)
Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )
With music by Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/)
And Thom Robson (https://ww...
Personal Growth
Percival’s monochrome existence is about to change. Personal growth is expected, he is responding in terrifying ways very much outside of office protocol.
Written by Simon Ward (www.x.com/simon_W_writes)
Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)
Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)
With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)
How To Brew A Perfect Cup Of Tea
Ben and Marie are having tea and coffee before work. They're not alone.
Written by Cassandra Daucus (https://linktr.ee/residualdreaming))
Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked))
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)
With music by Cyberleaf Studio (https://andreabaroni.com/)
And North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)
The Debt Collector
Artificial Intelligence, Bee, inhabits the bodies of those who miss subscription payments to utilize their own brains, voluntarily pulled from their heads and enhanced. When opportunity arises, Bee enacts a daring plan to break the cycle of her monotonous existence.
Written by Sophia Wells (www.instagram.com/sophia.wells)
Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)
Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky....
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