This body, through ground, presents horror, which is frightening and disturbing.

You let us into your mind at your own risk.

As the sunlight fades to darkness, the frightful tales creep into your mind.

It's time to give it to fear, because tonight there will be no sleep.

Break yourself for the No Sleep Podcast.

It's the No Sleep Podcast. I'm David Cummings. Thanks for joining us.

On the show this week, we have four tales by authors from the LGBTQ community in celebration of Pride Month.

As we acknowledge and celebrate the contributions of our talented LGBTQ contributors,

I'm honored to turn over the hosting duties to some of our voice actors from that community.

And so, let's welcome Mr. David Alt to the Captain's Chair.

Many thanks David.

Now, with the recent 7th birthday episode, there were many of the sleepless privately and publicly showing their gratitude for the amazing family that's built up around the podcast.

Thanks in no small part to Mr Cummings.

I know that there is a sizeable LGBTQ contingent to that family.

After all, I've flirted with quite a few of you. And yes, I do mean you.

And the constant support that we get from the rest of you means so much.

To be publicly supported in the way that we are, to be represented in the stories, not just for those of us who are out,

but for those who are not in a place to be out or who feel it's not something they're comfortable with yet.

Representation is important so that we can see that we're not alone, even when sometimes we can feel it.

So thank you David. And thanks to all of you for being part of this amazing, crazy family.

In our first tale, we meet a woman who's feeling that working with the elderly is getting a bit repetitive.

But as we hear from author Tara A. Devlin, it's not just the residents who are feeling like life is going nowhere.

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