Hello, gentle listener, and welcome to Nocturnal Transmissions, the fortnightly podcast that brings you dark tales, both old and new, performed by your humble

narrator, Kristen Holland.

Before we get to our featured story penned by our old friend Rory Say,

I just want to send a quick message out to our beloved Patreon subscribers.

In response to our question as to whether you would like us to continue our presentation of Bram Stoker's Dracula in our Patreon exclusive episodes.

The response has been, well, overwhelming.

So, yes, we will be continuing the misadventures of poor old Jonathan Harker, just a little longer, as per your quite undeniable wishes.

You know, we're ever so excited that so many of you share our passion for this tale,

but I guess it should come as no surprise.

After all, if you're an official Patreon subscriber to nocturnal transmissions,

then surely it stands to reason that your tastes would incline towards

the classic and macar.

Anyway, enough talking shop, let's get to this episode's terrible tale.

As I mentioned, this one comes from previously featured author Rory Say.

You may recall his creepy story of cosmic horror,

dug from a humble backyard, heaven unearthed,

from episode 63, or his chilling tale of warm snow and cold hard reality.

Winter from episode 1003.

The nightmare he offers us this time is the different face,

which appeared earlier this year in Weird Fiction Magazine, The Vanishing Point, Issue 3, to be precise.

So, without further ado, Nocturnal transmissions is proud to present the different face by Rory Say. They were two days in the woods when Meklisch woke to find Luchin gone.

Blinking sight back into his eyes, he stared at the imprint of his partner in the grass,

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