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We hope you're enjoying the summer, and thank you for your continued support of The Other Stories. We wanted to bring you something special today that we think many of you will enjoy. The Hawk & Cleaver team have been working on recording and editing the first book in The Aelfraver Series, The Rave. We even have TOS narrator Erika Ventura cast as the narrator. Author J.R Traas describes it as an arcanepunk cyberfantasy about teenage rebellion against the ruling elite and their gods. TOS editor Karl Hughes said it reminded him of The Hunger Games, but full of even more Sci-Fi and even more awesomeness. The story begins with Alina, a 17-year-old Aelfraver (a hunter of arcane beasts), who is also a pacifist. When her grandfather disappears in the middle of making dinner, Alina is left with an empty monster hunter school and a crippling pile of debt. Unlicensed and underage, she forges an Aelfraver license and enters the floating capital city, joining the hunt for a mysterious entity that has been slaughtering the wealthy and powerful, leaving no witnesses. If she can somehow deal with this elusive creature and claim the bounty, she believes all her problems will be solved. But she’ll have to beat 200 cutthroat killer Aelfravers to the finish line. We don't do many audiobooks, but even so, this is the biggest project we've ever taken on, and we wanted to share it with you. ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

Hey Patrons! After nearly a decade of bringing you the weirdest, most wonderful tales this side of the apocalypse, The Other Stories is taking a well-earned summer break. We’ve been riding this beast weekly for years — an exhilarating, terrifying motorbike from hell — and while we love every second, it’s left little time to step back, reflect, or breathe. So we’re pulling over for a short pit stop to rest, recharge, and give the engine a little TLC. While we’re away, we’ll be rebroadcasting some of our all-time favourite episodes — stories that remind us why we started this in the first place. Behind the scenes, we’ll be dreaming, scheming, and figuring out how to make the next chapter of The Other Stories stronger than ever. Thanks for riding with us. In the immortal words of everybody's favourite Terminator/second father figure, Arnie: we’ll be back ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

106.4 The Diary Tired of flogging books to the wealthy the find of a lost diary sets in motion a mystery that could harken a new fortune or something more sinister. Written by R.N. Krantz Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked [https://x.com/georgiacooked]) Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr) [https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr)] With music by Epic Stock Media (https://epicstockmedia.com/) [https://epicstockmedia.com/)] And Haunted Me (https://hauntedmeofficial.wordpress.com/) [https://hauntedmeofficial.wordpress.com/)] And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/) [https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)] And sound effects provided by https://getsoundly.com/ [https://getsoundly.com/] The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) [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. **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/** [https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/**] Check out Georgia’s brand new podcast - The Holmwood Foundation Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/ [https://theotherstories.net/plus/] Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver [https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver] Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ [https://theotherstories.net/community/] Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions [https://theotherstories.net/submissions] Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ [https://theotherstories.net/courses/] Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver [https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver] The 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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

106.3 Blind Cast Two space engineers just finished repairing an old satellite in low orbit when they see a very unexpected item floating just outside of their space ships. Written by Alexandra Elroy Narrated by Alexandra Elroy And Tycho Francis And Nick Herman Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social [https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social]) With music by Chris Zabriskie (https://chriszabriskie.com/ [https://chriszabriskie.com/]) And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/ [https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/]) And sound effects provided by Freesound.org [http://Freesound.org] The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/ [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. Alexandra is a bilingual voice actress and writer who lives in the Netherlands. She loves everything to do with stories, especially creative and playful horror. Her favourite voices to do are witches, goblins and crazy computers. When she is not voicing, writing or mummy-ing (which is all the time, really) she directs plays that she adapted from classic novels such as Pride and Prejudice, Death on the Nile and One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest. Francis is an actor, narrator, and storyteller with a background in theatre and voice work. He loves the drama — but even more so, the quiet pull of darker tales. Walk with him: @lonely_midnight_artist Nick is a performer from Portland, Oregon, USA. He trained at the University of Oregon and worked professionally in London, UK for 3 years. His roles include Mr. Tinsworthy in The Confidential Musical Theater Project (The Cauldron), King Sextimus in Once Upon a Mattress (Happily Ever After), and Carrot in Guards! Guards! (English Theater Utrecht). He loves improvisation and is currently training at Boom Chicago in Amsterdam ---------------------------------------- Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.

106.2 Yellow Tape Mourning the loss of their close friend, Elle and Lionel come home to watch a mysterious yellow tape that was bequeathed to them in their friend’s will. But by the end of the tape, the couple wish it had never come to them. Written by Xavier Garcia (twitter.com/xavier_agarcia) [https://twitter.com/xavier_agarcia)] Narrated and produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com [https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com]) With music by North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/) [https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)] And Myuu (https://www.thedarkpiano.com/) [https://www.thedarkpiano.com/)] And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/) [https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)] And sound effects provided by Freesound.org [https://Freesound.org] and Ghosthack.de [https://Ghosthack.de] The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/) [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. Xavier Garcia is a writer/editor from Toronto, Canada. His short fiction has appeared in various magazines and anthologies published by Fugitives & Futurists, Cold Signal, hex, Apocalypse Confidential, Cursed Morsels, Filthy Loot, and others. You can find him walking the nightmare corpse-city of R’lyeh, or at twitter.com/xavier_agarcia. [https://twitter.com/xavier_agarcia.] 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 [https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com] Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/ [https://theotherstories.net/plus/] Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver [https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver] Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ [https://theotherstories.net/community/] Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions [https://theotherstories.net/submissions] Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ [https://theotherstories.net/courses/] Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver [https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver] The 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 [https://acast.com/privacy] for more information.