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The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

47.1 The Solstice

The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

Luke Kondor

Drama, Horror Fiction, Science Fiction, Scary Stories, Horror Audio Drama, Nosleep, Fiction

4.4851 Ratings

🗓️ 9 December 2019

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

As the winter solstice approaches, the masked boys of the northern villages prepare to ward off the siege of the dark spirits. In one village though, there is only one boy. Will it be enough or will the darkness ravage the land?


Written by Kev Harrison

Narrated by Justin Fife

Edited by Karl Hughes

With music by Andrew KN and Thom Robson

And sound effects provided by Freesound.Org


Kev Harrison is a writer of dark fiction, living in Lisbon, Portugal. His latest release, Cinders of a Blind Man Who Could See, is available now and his website, www.kevharrisonfiction.com is the place for all the latest news on his writing.


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0:00.0

The London Philharmonic Orchestra have launched a brand new podcast hosted by me, Yolanda Brown.

0:06.2

I asked the players from the LPO some of the most asked questions from the world of classical

0:11.1

music, so you don't have to. From the classical music traditions that we're not sure should still exist,

0:16.4

to what makes classical music still relevant in the 21st century.

0:25.1

We'll get to the bottom of some of classical music's most contentious conundrums with plenty of chit-chat along the way.

0:27.6

Tune in now wherever you get your podcasts.

0:34.3

These aren't the stories your mother told you.

0:37.0

No, these are the other your mother told you. No. These are the other stories.

0:40.3

Like the naked homeless prophet wearing nothing but a sandwich board that reads,

0:56.5

The end is nigh, I am warning you, everyone, that Santa is coming.

1:02.2

Seriously, would you let a giant man with a bag full of God knows what crawl into your house

1:06.2

whilst you're sleeping on any of the day of the year?

1:09.1

No, and yet this guy comes sneaking in, spreading his good

1:12.4

cheer like snowy ectoplasm, leaving presents like a giant basement rat and stealing the affection

1:17.4

of our world's children. He steals the affection. This monster must be stopped. And so we've got

1:22.4

three new soldiers for the fight who've joined in with the Hawking Cleaver officers. Owen Bailey Byrne, this guy can roast a man like no other.

1:30.3

We're cutting jokes, but also with flame throwers.

1:33.3

I think he got one from Elon Musk.

1:35.3

Toby Miller.

1:36.3

Toby Miller came to us in a dream and then kicked down the door of our minds

1:40.3

and into our reality. He is the dream warrior.

1:43.3

And legend has it he can give a person a

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