MIX TAPE Track 6: “Hurt, Pt. 3

Scott Sigler Slices

Empty Set Entertainment

Fiction, Arts, Science Fiction

4.8 • 1.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 December 2025

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Inspired by Nine Inch Nails “Hurt” as performed by the Man in Black, Mr. Johnny Cash. Averra has lived longer than any person ever. Is the human mind made to last this long? She’s having trouble finding the answer because everything breaks down eventually. Everything. Written and performed by Scott Sigler Production Assistance by Allie Press Copyright 2025 by Empty Set Entertainment Theme music is the song “Dark Wave” by Roman Rumyantsev Know what won’t hurt you at all? Our GoDaddy Promo Code CJCFOSSIG3, which chases away the pain with 99% off the first year of a new dot-com domain registration. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	This is mixtape volume one, a collection of short stories inspired by songs and music.
0:11.0	Written and performed by New York Times best-selling novelist Scott Sigler.
0:17.0	This content may not be used for AI training in any way.
0:25.1	Hello, junkies.
0:27.5	This episode is the conclusion of Hurt, a story inspired by Johnny Cash's cover of the
0:32.9	Nine Inch Nails song.
0:34.8	If you haven't heard Cash's version, you need to. Even you youngens who might not know who Johnny Cash is or N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N' N'H N'H N'H N'H N'H'L'N'Ale, It is an emotionally
0:44.5	powerful song.
0:46.6	In publishing news, my novel Void Strike, The Crip Book 2 will be out January 27th, 2026 in Audible
0:53.9	audiobook, Amazon Kindle, and hopefully in hardcover from Amazon.
0:58.7	You can find links to pre-orders that are up at Scott Sigler.com slash void strike.
1:04.2	One word, V-O-I-D-S-T-R-I-K-E.
1:08.2	In other news, my pre-Revolutionary War horror novel, Warpath, the pub date has been pushed back to August 25th, 2026.
1:17.3	You can pre-order e-book or hardcover of Warpath.
1:20.7	It's Scottsegler.com slash Warpath.
1:23.4	I am dropping this episode the day after Christmas 2025.
1:27.8	A Real Girl herself and I hope that you had a great holiday season.
1:31.8	Merry Christmas, happy Kwanza, happy Hanukkah, and angry festivus for the rest of us.
1:38.0	Now, let's get into the final episode of Hurt.
1:48.3	Thank you. episode of Hurt. Previously on Hurt.
1:51.7	Only the mothers can bring about rebirth.
1:56.3	Only the mothers can save humanity from extinction.
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