105.3 Pilgrimage

A week of hitchhiking across the country to catch a Brütal Füture gig has left Selina broke, alone, exhausted – and just a few hours too late. Chance provides a unique opportunity to meet her favourite frontman, but this encounter takes an unexpected turn into horror… and hope.

Written by Matthew R. Davis (matthewrdavisfiction.wordpress.com)

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked)

Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )

With music by Cryptic Scenery (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/cryptic-scenery/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.

Matthew R. Davis is a Shirley Jackson Award-nominated author and musician from Adelaide, South Australia, with almost one hundred short stories and five books published thus far. 2025 will see the release of Songs of Shadow, Words of Woe (JournalStone), On Track... The Cure: Every Album, Every Song (Sonicbond Publishing), and Ribspreader: The Novelisation and the Screenplay (Paroxysm Press). He shares his life with the award-winning artist Meg Wright, aka Red Wallflower. Find out more at matthewrdavisfiction.wordpress.com.

**Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She has written for publications such as Baffling, Vastarien Lit, and Flame Tree press, as well as the Doctor Who range with Big Finish. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/**

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105.2 To Black

When Alexander Rothschild receives a mysterious invitation emblazoned in black, he inadvertently sets off to discover the true meaning of wealth, anger, and —above all — metal music.

Written by Slade Stone (www.sladestone.com)

Narrated and produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)

And Tim Kulig (https://timkulig.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community.

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 and After The Gloaming. Search for them wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

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105.1 One More Time

Four musicians reach the peak, playing for massive crowds every night of the week. You know what they about being on top though right? There’s only one place to go.

Written and produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)

Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife)

With music by Daniel Birch (https://danielbirchmusic.com)

And Sascha Ende (https://www.sascha-ende.de/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer, and along with Jasmine Arch and the eyeless ones, Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty, he helps manage our community.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.

**Karl Hughes is the lead audio producer here at The Other Stories. You can talk to him about mastering your audiobooks or podcasts over @karlhughes.bsky.social on BlueSky. That's karl with a K, or better yet just visit TheOtherStories.net to learn more.

Check out his new album full of UK Dance Classics on Spotify. Just search for the artist Piregg. It's a bit like the word pirate and egg smashed together!

Spotify Link: https://sptfy.com/Piregg

Twitter Link: https://twitter.com/karlhughes BlueSky: https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social**

Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife

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