48.3 The Paperweight
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 27 January 2020
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
The dark and brooding Howie is changed forever after a failed suicide attempt causes him brain damage. His father believes that something wicked remains in the boy’s mind, and those suspicions are confirmed after the boy gifts him a strange, painted rock—a paperweight.
Written by A.L. King
Narrated by Persephone Rose
Edited by Karl Hughes
With music by Umcorps and Thom Robson
With sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com
The artwork for today’s theme is by Luke Spooner at Carrion House
It is important to note that the character of Howie in my tale was on a sinister path well before he suffered cognitive impairments. Please do not take this spooky little story as a reason to see or treat those who have suffered brain damage any differently. No matter who we are and what struggles we face, we should try to show each other patience, kindness, and respect.
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| 0:00.0 | Discover the new Laugh Out Loud Memoir from Daisy May Cooper, hexy bitch. |
| 0:05.6 | It's like Scooby-Doo meets Mystic Meg via a portal to the afterlife in the back room of an Oxfordshire pub. |
| 0:13.6 | Containing stories that will make your hair stand on end and some that will make you do a bit of a wee with laughter, it's time to embrace the eerie. |
| 0:21.7 | Welcome in the weird and celebrate the spiritual. |
| 0:25.4 | The audiobook of Hexie Bich, read by me, Daisy May Cooper, is out now. |
| 0:29.9 | For people living with dementia, Christmas can be confusing, overwhelming, stressful, heartbreaking. Christmas can be the darkest time of the year. |
| 0:42.5 | You can bring a little light into their lives. By donating to Alzheimer's Society, you can |
| 0:47.9 | help us provide practical support, expert advice and crucial companionship this Christmas. |
| 1:00.3 | Donate today, search Alzheimer's Society and bring a little light to people living with dementia. |
| 1:06.0 | These aren't the stories your mother told you. |
| 1:09.9 | No, these are the other stories. |
| 1:26.4 | I'm delighted to say that whilst out wandering around my local graveyard, the other day I was attacked. |
| 1:29.1 | Five little beings came through the graveyard gul gate, not ghouls or ghosts but patrons. Christina Hargis, Jennifer McPherson, Jane |
| 1:36.1 | Brown, Eldrich Noam and Tammy Weston. These five wonderfully evil beings punched me in the face, |
| 1:42.2 | repeatedly with wonderful fists of encouragement. Thank you so much. |
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| 1:55.4 | If you two want to become a patron and come out of a goulgate and punch me in the face with wonderful |
| 1:59.5 | fists of encouragement, |
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| 2:13.3 | Today's episode is The Paperweight, written by A.L. King and narrated by Persephone Rose. |
| 2:23.0 | My son Howard is 28 years old, but on a good day he has the mind of a first grader. |
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