"A Happy Family Goes into the Woods" written by MC Shale (Story starts around 00:03:35)
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Produced by: Claudius Moore
Cast: Narrator - David Cummings, Ted - Dan Zappulla, Clyde - Jesse Cornett, Wife - Erin Lillis, Daughter - Sarah Thomas
"Mickey D's" written by K.G. Lewis (Story starts around 00:12:20)
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Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Narrator - Atticus Jackson, Samantha - Katabelle Ansari, Mickey - Graham Rowat, Brent - Matthew Bradford
"Knot" written by Natalie Fenwick (Story starts around 00:38:50)
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Produced by: Phil Michalski
Cast: Doctor Morrow - Mike DelGaudio, Mrs. Lang - Erin Lillis, April - Sarah Thomas
"Stages of Pre-Bereavement" written by A. P. Howell (Story starts around 01:05:45)
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Produced by: Jeff Clement
Cast: Narrator - Jessica McEvoy, Husband - Jesse Cornett
"Rosebud" written by Amanda Cecelia Lang (Story starts around 01:26:45)
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Produced by: Jesse Cornett
Cast: Norah - Erika Sanderson, Lachlan - Jake Benson, Photographer - Andy Cresswell, Matilda - Ash Millman, Eleanor - Penny Scott-Andrews, Nathaniel - David Ault
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Musical score composed by: Brandon Boone
"Rosebud" illustration courtesy of Thea Arnman
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