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OMINOUS THRILL

EXTRACTION

OMINOUS THRILL

Jeff Schmidt

Fiction, Thriller, Feminist Horror, Science Fiction, Dark Fiction, Supernatural Horror, Horror Anthology, Audio Drama, Drama, Psycholofical Horror, Prestige Horror, Good For Her

4.949 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2024

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Summary

Doomed to spend Christmas Eve with her judgmental mother as a monstrous zit invades her face, makeup artist Val must decide how far she’ll go for clear skin and maternal validation.


“Extraction” written by Tiffany Michelle Brown


Created, Produced, Directed & Sound Designed by Jeff Schmidt

ominousthrill@gmail.com



FEATURING:

RACHEL GRIFFIN AS VAL

SHEREE WICHARD AS MOM

LEXA CHILDRESS AS MAKE-OVER CUSTOMER

SYDNEY AMANUEL AS SAMMY

OWEN MCCUEN AS THE DEALER

MEREDITH NUDO AS IN-STORE ANNOUNCER / PERFUME SALESPERSON

The original version of the short story “Extraction” can be found in Tiffany Michelle Brown’s book “How Lovely To Be a Woman: Stories and Poems” https://tmbwrites.com/books/hltbaw/

The voice of Ominous Thrill is DONNA FRANK MOORE.

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Transcript

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0:00.0

Listen up, thrillers.

0:01.4

A quick note.

0:02.5

Tonight's devious audio delight contains adult content and language, including graphic violence.

0:12.0

I'm in this thrill.

0:19.9

Thank you. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas.

0:24.4

I have 50 minutes left in my shift, and I'm twitchy and pissed. Not because I've endured a loop

0:30.9

of tired Christmas songs all day, not because the perfume being peddled near my station is on the

0:36.6

verge of giving me a migraine.

0:38.3

What a spirits of divinity?

0:40.3

Not even because this swarm of last-minute shoppers are only here for cheap, forgettable gifts

0:45.3

instead of the high-end cosmetics I'm selling.

0:48.3

No, I'm twitchy and pissed because my skin has decided to stage a coup. I can feel the filth pooling beneath my flesh,

0:58.0

building a nest in my pores,

1:00.0

a sick infestation of grime that's taken up resonance in my face.

1:05.0

It's a familiar invasion I've suffered since puberty,

1:08.0

and yet it always feels like a betrayal.

1:11.6

I follow a tediously consistent, and, quite frankly, expensive skin care regimen.

1:17.6

I execute it with military-like precision.

1:20.6

My skin?

1:21.6

Completely ungrateful.

1:23.6

I tongue the burgeoning pimple from inside my mouth, pushing it forward.

1:28.3

Shit. It's going to be big.

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