It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Draw your tails for dark nights.

Good evening, listeners.

You're listening to chilling tales for dark nights.

On tonight's edition, we invite you to leave behind your safe reality and descend with

us into the frightening depths of the most terrifying imaginations with two auto-adaptations

of frightening fiction about vicious ventures and audacious attacks.

I'm your host, Otis Jari, standing in for my very good friend, Steve Taver, and tonight

I'll be your guide as we traverse the dimly lit corridors of your darkest dreams.

Joining us tonight to help bring to life the frightening fiction of Corpse Child and

there are voice talents Jeff Sturdvin, Michael Klein, and Olivia Steele.

Now, get your ticket ready, take your seat in our theatre of the minds and brace yourself.

It's time to turn off the lights and turn on the dark.

Our first tale this evening is written by Corpse Child and is performed by Jeff Sturdvin.

In it, a young boy ventures out into an abandoned world and search for fabled amusement park,

encountering terror along the way.

Now, without further ado, I present to you the Promised Lion.

He woke up, wiping the sleep from his little eyes.

He squinted, straining his vision back into clarity.

Morning, he wondered.

He shuffled from the bundle of raggedy cushions he'd been sleeping on.

He peeked through the blinds at the world outside.

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