These aren't the stories your mother told you. No, these are the other stories.

We don't like to hog the mic here at the other stories so if you've got a voicemail you'd like

us to play on the show you can email it in to kestheeditor at gmail.com and we will play it on the show

for example we got a message the other day from a fantastic chap from chicago gord Rouge, and he said the following.

Hi, I'm Kesee editor. My name is Ruch. I'm from Chicago, Illinois, and I just happen to

find your podcast on Apple iTunes. I'm not really sure why I like it. I just like it because

I feel the story's a little bit different,

and I've never heard them before.

And I do a lot of overtime, and it helps pass the time.

It gives my office building kind of a spooky vibe, which I like.

Thanks again, Rouge.

You are seriously a fantastic chap.

We look forward to hearing from more of you lovely listeners in the future.

Today's episode is One for Sorrow, written and narrated by Alexandra Elroy.

On his morning walk, Robert Blythe spots a single magpie perched on the branch of a cherry tree.

Robert touches his fingers to his temple and explodes the bird with his mind.

That's right.

Though he may seem like the most mediocre middle-aged white man you could meet,

Robert Blythe has a superpower,

the superpower, to explode birds with his mind.

When Robert first discovered his power over a club sandwich, he was elated.

He'd always longed to be a superhero, ever since he was four years old and saw a man in latex and a cape

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