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The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

S1.6 How To Brew A Perfect Cup Of Tea

The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

Luke Kondor

Nosleep, Fiction, Horror Fiction, Science Fiction, Drama, Scary Stories, Horror Audio Drama

4.4851 Ratings

🗓️ 19 April 2026

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

How To Brew A Perfect Cup Of Tea

Ben and Marie are having tea and coffee before work. They're not alone.

Written by Cassandra Daucus (https://linktr.ee/residualdreaming))

Narrated by Georgia Cook (https://x.com/georgiacooked))

Produced by Karl Hughes (https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social)

With music by Cyberleaf Studio (https://andreabaroni.com/)

And North Without End (https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Cassandra Daucus has asked for people to donate to The Trevor Project (https://www.thetrevorproject.org/) to support LGBTQ+ young people.

**Georgia Cook is an illustrator and writer from London. She has written for publications such as Baffling, Vastarien Lit, and Flame Tree press, as well as the Doctor Who range with Big Finish. She can be found on twitter at @georgiacooked and on her website at https://www.georgiacookwriter.com/**

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0:00.0

These aren't the stories your mother told you.

0:03.0

No, these are the other stories.

0:07.0

Today's episode of The Other Stories is How to Brew a Perfect Cup of Tea,

0:20.0

written by Cassandra Darkus and narrated by Georgia Cook.

0:27.6

Marie glanced over her shoulder at her co-worker.

0:32.6

Boss. He was her boss now. As he shuffled into the shared kitchen and dropped his shoulder

0:39.9

bag onto the plastic chair. Dark hair fell across his brow in a perfect wave as he reached

0:46.7

into the bag. Morning, Ben. Hey, Marie. How was your weekend?' "'Fine.'

0:55.2

She tapped a well-tued finger on the rim of her chipped crockery mug,

0:59.7

considering how much to share.

1:02.3

"'My son visited for the weekend. That was nice.'

1:06.4

Ben hummed, still digging through his bag.

1:10.2

"'That sounds nice.

1:12.7

Kids, you know.

1:14.1

I mean, I wouldn't, but I can imagine.

1:17.8

He lobbed a charming smile in her direction.

1:21.5

I took a bike ride down the coast.

1:23.8

Aha!

1:24.8

There you are.

1:26.7

He pulled out his insulated travel mug.

1:29.3

"'A bike ride. That sounds tiring.'

1:33.3

"'Not really. How was your commute?'

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