This is a horror story telling podcast. Our tails are dark and disturbing, intended to shake you up.

Listen at your own risk.

We are all around you. And tonight there will be no sleep.

Brace yourself for the No Sleep Podcast.

It's the No Sleep Podcast. I am David Cummings. Thanks for joining us on this week's

show. We have four tales about cursed creatures, sinister sleepovers and abysmal appetites.

You may recall the name Olivia White. She's an author and the person who told us about the final party.

A writer telling us about the final party. Writer. Fiction. Writer. Anyway, Olivia has just released a short story collection entitled

Bright Lights and Glass Houses, Therapy Edition. It's a collection of horror, mystery and thriller stories about serial killers, short-order cooks, child prodigies, and a particularly persistent psychiatrist.

It's available on Amazon in physical and e-book form. Check the show notes for links to where you can find it and pick up a copy of Olivia's twisted tales.

And speaking of real podcasts, I want to make sure you're all aware of a great podcast currently in its second season.

Sirenicide is a serialized horror drama sat in a loan star state of Texas. It's the ongoing story of Matthew Phinis as he investigates mysterious and paranormal occurrences around him.

And no sleep listeners will recognize plenty of familiar voices on Sirenicide, with many of us making guest appearances.

You can binge listen to all the episodes and make sure to check out the episode coming out this week, Season 2 Episode 7, as it features their largest cast ever, and our very own Nicole Goodnight in the lead role.

Check the show notes for a link and treat yourself to some Texas-sized terror with Sirenicide.

Writer's books, podcasts, voice actors, sounds like some things we're familiar with, so let's get started and kick off this week's show.

In our first tale, we meet a woman who lives alone. Well, author VR Greg might remind us that she's not actually alone.

She shares her house with a collection of dolls, but the way she acquires the dolls is nightmarish indeed.

Performing this tale are Addison Peacock, Nicole Goodnight, Erica Sanderson, and featuring Victoria Klein.

So before you blow out the candles, be careful what you wish for, because this woman got my birthday dolls.

The dolls never let me sleep, not the night before. It's frustrating. That's the time when I need my rest the most, and yet they fill my room with their chatter as if I'm not there.

They speculate and cajole well into the early morning.

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