REBROADCAST - Husk
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
4.4 • 848 Ratings
🗓️ 11 August 2025
⏱️ 20 minutes
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Summary
78.2 Husk
Today’s episode has been sponsored by Territory is the new novella from Dan Howarth.
In a remote Finnish hunting community, darkness and the cold hold the villagers close. As a pack of wolves threaten the village’s future, grief-stricken hunter Jari must unite the population to reclaim their territory.
Old feuds and dark habits rear their heads as Jari tries to lead the villagers through their toughest season, but it soon becomes clear that not everyone will survive the winter.
Territory is available on 10 June.
Husk
There's something strange in the way grandpa's ageing. His skin is flaking. Mum's upset. The nightmares won't stop coming.
Written by Daniel Willcocks (https://danielwillcocks.com/)
Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.jamesbarnettcreative.com)
Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)
With music by Nul Tiel Records (https://nultielrecords.com)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington for spooking the neighbours with the content demons he raises with his copy of the Social Media Necronomicon.
Daniel Willcocks is an international bestselling author and award-winning podcaster of dark fiction. He is an author coach, founder and CEO of Activated Authors; one quarter of digital story studio, Hawk & Cleaver; co-founder of iTunes-busting fiction podcast, ‘The Other Stories‘;’ CEO of horror imprint, Devil’s Rock Publishing; and the host of the ‘Activated Authors‘ podcast.
Dan is furiously passionate about creativity and productivity. He has written 60+ books since 2015 for himself and on behalf of ghostwriting clients. His mission in life is to activate creatives and authors to ensure they keep their creative flames and passions burning in a sustainable, positive, and healthy way.
James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.jamesbarnettcreative.com.
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| 0:00.0 | Do you have stories it's taking a well-earned summer break after nearly a decade of weekly weirdness? |
| 0:05.8 | While we regroup and recharge behind the scenes, we're rebroadcasting some of our favorite episodes. |
| 0:11.6 | And yes, in the words Varney, we'll be back. |
| 0:18.8 | These aren't the stories your mother told you. |
| 0:21.6 | No, these are the other stories. |
| 0:33.8 | Today's episode has been sponsored by Territory, the new novella from Dan Haworth. |
| 0:39.3 | In a remote Finnish hunting community, darkness and the cold hold the villages close. |
| 0:44.3 | As a pack of wolves threaten the village's future, grief-stricken hunter Jari must unite the population to reclaim their territory. |
| 0:52.3 | Old feuds and dark habits rear their heads |
| 0:54.8 | as Jari tries to lead the villages through their toughest season, |
| 0:58.6 | but it soon becomes clear that not everyone will survive the winter. |
| 1:02.7 | Territory by Dan Howiff is available today. |
| 1:06.5 | Today's episode is Husk, written by Daniel Wilcox, |
| 1:10.6 | narrated by James Barnett, aka Jimmy Horrors. |
| 1:24.1 | Grandpa's getting old. Well, I say he's getting old. |
| 1:29.3 | Robert George Stanwell was already old, a long time before I was born. |
| 1:34.6 | Great grandpas are built that way. |
| 1:37.2 | You come into life knowing them as withered, aged and slow, like a prune floating on a frozen sea. |
| 1:44.0 | It's just the way of things. Even at 12 years old, |
| 1:48.3 | I'm old enough to know that. We visit him every Sunday after church. Mum steals a congressional |
| 1:55.7 | wafer and brings it to his bedside. She thinks the pastor doesn't know, but I know he does. There's a |
| 2:04.5 | deliberateness to the way he always turns to talk to Sally Harper when it's mum's turn to take a nibble, |
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