These aren't the stories your mother told you.

No, these are the other stories.

Hey there, story lovers.

Our story programmer, extraordinary, you may know as Joshua Boucher,

as in the man who holds the nuclear codes. He's been busy this past year, along with our other

Facebook moderators, or the IELUS Ones, Mary Pristrano and Cody Tharsastey. And they've been running

a bunch of flash fiction competitions over on the Facebook group.

And the talent has been off the charts, all the way off the charts, into the place where

monsters dwell.

And we thought, why not put together a little mixtape of the winning entries from last year?

And that's exactly what we've done. So we've selected four spine tingling tales from last year's

competition winners and we're calling it the other stories, Flash Fiction Mix tape.

Hey, if it inspires you to pick up your pen or open a Google Doc or peel back the skin on your forehead and write some ideas on the flap of flesh there.

Yeah, come join us at Facebook.com forward slash grips, forward slash the other stories and get involved with the next round of Flash Fiction Storytelling.

But for now, sit back, six-pack, stick attack.

Turn the lights down low and enjoy the first track in our mixtape of spooky fiction.

This episode contains a depiction of sexual violence, which some listeners may find distressing.

Listener discretion is advised.

The first story of our mixtape is Green Beer, written by Mary Pistrano, inspired by the theme of St. Patti's, and narrated by Erica Ventura.

Thank you. and narrated by Eric Ventura. Bobby felt a pinch on her waist and turned to see Joel Manley grinning mischievously.

He was seated with rowdy friends,

looking every inch the entitled Campus King. You aren't wearing green, he said teasingly.

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