71.1 The Bacchae
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 851 Ratings
🗓️ 6 December 2021
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
A young woman stumbles upon a strange subterranean nightclub during a night out, where a gruesome party has been raging since the dawn of myth and legend.
Written and narrated by Georgia Cook (https://www.twitter.com/georgiacooked)
Edited by Karl Hughes (https://www.twitter.com/karlhughes)
With music by Karl Hughes (https://www.twitter.com/karlhughes)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She is the winner of the LISP 2020 Flash Fiction Prize, and has been shortlisted for the Bridport Prize, Staunch Book Prize and Reflex Fiction Award, among others. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/
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| 0:00.0 | The 1st of December, a day for putting up your tree, starting present shopping, and putting your door in the drawer. |
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| 0:30.8 | Imagine sweeping through green fields, floating five feet above ground, sun on your face as you slide by, on track to your destination. |
| 0:42.4 | Not a care in the world as you simply lean back. |
| 0:47.2 | And before you know it, you're there. |
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| 1:03.2 | These aren't the stories your mother told you. |
| 1:06.1 | No, these are the other stories. |
| 1:21.8 | Yeah. these are the other stories did you know that you could sponsor an episode of the other stories or even an entire volume |
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| 1:34.5 | Today's episode is The Backy, written and narrated by Georgia Cook. |
| 1:50.7 | It was 12 a.m., which meant it was time for another of Christian Derrick's blazing midnight rouse. |
| 1:58.3 | Claire sat on the wall beside them, letting the argument wash over her, eating a bag of chips she only half-remembered buying. |
| 2:02.6 | Tipsy enough to occupy herself, but not enough to dull the twinge of annoyance. |
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