Gifts for The Wicked: “Naughty", by Barbara Jean Savoie
The Wicked Library
9th Story Studios LLC
4.6 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 8 December 2022
⏱️ 2 minutes
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Summary
Today we present a tale by Barbara Jean Savoie told by Daniel Foytik with music by Nico Vettese. Art by Jesse Hawke
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The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.
All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz
FX: freesound.org
Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | Ninth Story Studios, Giving Story a Voice. |
| 0:08.1 | Noddy by Barbara Jean Savoy. |
| 0:25.8 | My eyes fly open. |
| 0:27.8 | My feet hit the ground. |
| 0:29.5 | I heard it. |
| 0:30.3 | I know I did. |
| 0:31.9 | The clatter of a sleigh on the roof. |
| 0:34.1 | Reindeer hooves. |
| 0:35.5 | Muffled by snow. |
| 0:37.6 | I run, skidding to a stop, |
| 0:39.6 | just as Santa places the first gift under the tree. |
| 0:43.6 | Except... |
| 0:45.3 | Something is wrong. |
| 0:48.5 | Santa's coat is brown, |
| 0:51.7 | not red. |
| 0:53.8 | Worn. ragged. |
| 0:57.6 | He turns. |
| 0:59.8 | His face no longer jolly, rotted, skin sloughing like candle wax, beard, wispy, sparse. Lumbering toward me, he catches my arm, dragging me close. |
| 1:15.0 | The stench of penny scorches my nose. |
| 1:18.6 | Decayed lips and blackened teeth gnash around one word. |
| 1:24.5 | Nauty! |
| 1:26.1 | I scream. |
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