It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Chilling tales for dark nights. The

The Good evening and welcome to chilling tales for dark nights.

I'm your host for this evening, Jeff Sturdivant, filling in for Steve Taylor.

Tonight's story peers into a future where catastrophe is not merely feared, but measured,

but measured, tracked, and perhaps even chosen.

What begins as a glimpse behind the curtain of a secret organization tasked with keeping civilization from the brink

soon spirals into a far more disturbing question than whether the world can be saved.

What if the worst thing imaginable is allowed to happen?

Settle in and dim the lights, because we're about to find out, and the show is about to begin.

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Thank you for helping us keep the darkness burning, month after month. Feature tonight courtesy of Vellox books.

Tonight's tale is written by Ryan G. Peacock, and performed by Nick Goroff.

If you'd like more from Ryan G. Peacock after hearing his tale tonight, be sure to check out

his newest release.

The Highwayman Game.

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