98.2 Ridley's Shower

From dazzling display to deadly descent, Ripley's Shower pierces the Earth's atmosphere, bringing a strange silence and a new, terrifying reality.

Written by Daniel Willcocks (https://danielwillcocks.com)

Narrated by Manny Realguy

Produced by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.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/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

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

Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach, founder and CEO of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories‘;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the host of the ‘Activated Authors‘ podcast. Dan is furiously passionate about creativity and productivity. He has written 60+ books since 2015 for himself and on behalf of ghostwriting clients. His mission in life is to activate creatives and authors to ensure they keep their creative flames and passions burning in a sustainable, positive, and healthy way.

Forged in the centre of a supernova 10,000 years from now, Manny rides the cosmic waves and feasts on dying planets shitting out stars.

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98.1 Worth a Thousand Words

Ainsley Kay has tried her best to survive the loss of her family, but when every piece of art in the world becomes a horrifying gateway to a nameless evil, her grief and solitude becomes too much to bear.

Written by Dexter McLeod (http://www.linktr.ee/dextermcleod)

Narrated by Erika Ventura (https://instagram.com/efventu)

Produced by Chidozie Uzochukwu (www.x.com/studio55audios)

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

And adneonlux (https://adneonlux.bandcamp.com/)

And Enough Records (https://enoughrecords.scene.org/)

And Ghosthack (https://www.ghosthack.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/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Jasmine Arch, Joshua Boucher, and his eyeless ones Mary Pastrano and Cody Czarzasty

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

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

Dexter McLeod resides in western Kentucky, where he writes in the darker shades of Southern Gothic, folk and cosmic horror, science fiction, and the New Weird. His work has been published by Air and Nothingness Press, Dark Moon Books, The Horror Tree, TDotSpec, and the Hugo Award finalist/European SF Award-winning magazine, Sci Phi Journal. His stories have also been performed in a half-dozen volumes of Hawk & Cleaver's The Other Stories and will soon appear in Dissonance Media's Gothic horror podcast series, After the Gloaming. Visit linktr.ee/dextermcleod to connect with him online.

Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page www.facebook.com/BioArtsy

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Vol 98 - Infestation + Interview W/ Paul Tremblay

Editorial by Luke Kondor (https://www.lukekondor.com)

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes))

Special feature

Interview by Daniel Willcocks (https://www.danielwillcocks.com/))

With Paul Tremblay (https://www.moralityinhorror.com/)

Paul Tremblay has won the Bram Stoker, British Fantasy, and Massachusetts Book awards and is the author of Survivor Song, The Cabin at the End of the World, Disappearance at Devil’s Rock, A Head Full of Ghosts, the crime novels The Little Sleep and No Sleep Till Wonderland, and the short story collection, Growing Things and Other Stories.

His essays and short fiction have appeared in the Los Angeles Times, New York Times, Entertainment Weekly online, and numerous year’s-best anthologies. He has a master’s degree in mathematics and lives outside Boston with his family.

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