Rusty Fears 7 - Roses by Abi Kinsella
The Magnus Archives
Rusty Quill
4.9 • 12K Ratings
🗓️ 28 May 2026
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
This week’s short horror story, Roses, inspired by the prompt "Theatre", is written by Abi Kinsella and read by Anusia Battersby
Content Notes:
- ghosts
- death
Directed and Produced by April Sumner
Written by Abi Kinsella
Executive Producers Alexander J Newall & April Sumner
Featuring
Anusia Battersby as Narrator
Edited by Nico Vettese
Music by Nico Vettese and Sam Jones
Mastering by Catherine Rinella
Art by April Sumner
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| 0:00.0 | Hi there, Billy Hindle here, the voice of Alice in the Magnus Protocol. |
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| 1:42.7 | or click the link in the show notes of this episode. Roses by Abbey Kinsella Violet Steel, 11 years old, bright under Fresnel, and cradled in a thousand strong gaze, holds hands with a ghost. |
| 2:14.9 | She had landed in Chicago 17 hours previously, and slept six since then, curled under |
| 2:21.0 | Othello's cloak like a sparrow in a nest. Othello had not been performed since the previous |
| 2:27.2 | November, and the cloak smelt stale, but the man who had swaddled her in it had sad, kind eyes that shone like a hazy moon and had glinted |
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