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The Yule Fire

'Someone has to hold vigil by the ritual midwinter bonfire. The survival of Gwyn's tithing depends on it. But why must it always be her? This year, Gwyn will have a little celebration of her own.'

Written and narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)

Wraparound segments written by Andy Conduit-Turner (https://twitter.com/andyctwrites)

Wraparound extra narration performed by Luke Kondor (https://www.instagram.com/lukeofkondor) and Daniel Willcocks (https://danielwillcocks.com)

Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)

And Beat Mekanik (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/beat-mekanik/)

And Tim Kulig (https://timkulig.com/)

And Kirk Osamayo (http://www.kirkosamayo.com/)

And Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org and Boom Library 

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch.

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington, the Rudolph of Content Creation, guiding us through the dark and foggy pathways of the digital world with his bright ideas and illuminating content.

Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains. Find out more about her or her work at JasmineArch.com.

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