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

The Nest Act 2 - Valerie

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

Luke Kondor

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

4.4 • 851 Ratings

🗓️ 28 October 2019

⏱️ 26 minutes

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Summary

No school. No parents. No way out.


The disappearance of four single parents leads to an investigation by the children they leave behind. The youngsters are convinced that a sinister supernatural force is responsible.


Act 2 - Valerie


Valerie wants nothing more than to celebrate her 16th birthday with her father and friends, but it seems no one has remembered. With the storm picking up pace, her father—the sheriff—picking up reports of missing people, and a school filled with nervous students, things are getting a little strange.


Even stranger still, when Valerie returns home from school to a nasty surprise—and it definitely isn’t a party


Written by Daniel Willcocks

Narrated by Alexandra Elroy

Edited by Karl Hughes

Theme music by Timo Henderson

Featuring music by Adneonlux and Chris Zabriskie

And music and sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com and Freesound.org

The Nest artwork was created by Luke Spooner at Carrion House


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0:00.0

Up!

0:02.0

Oh!

0:03.0

Oh!

0:04.0

Oh!

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Oh!

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Oh!

0:09.0

Oh! The Nest

0:30.6

Acts 2. Valerie Valerie Valerie

0:39.3

Hernd had been prepared for a night of sleepless rest, but it hadn't exactly gone as planned. Her birthday was tomorrow. The big one six.

1:00.9

One of the oldest in her year, she felt a slight discomfort at reaching yet another aging milestone.

1:08.0

She was already the butt of so many jokes from her friends about how creepy it was that she hung out with the younger kids.

1:14.9

But the truth was far from that.

1:17.8

Her mom had famously babysat half the neighbourhood's kids, meaning that with her father busy keeping peace in the sleepy lumber town, Valerie often had to accompany her.

1:28.1

A byproduct of which meant she made friend with some of the kids in the lower grades.

1:32.9

So what?

1:35.1

It wasn't even like she had fun doing it.

1:39.0

For several uneasy years, she had actually acted as the surrogate mum of the houses,

1:45.9

changing diapers, mopping drool and fixing cheap, broken toys, while her own mother sat downstairs watching crappy

1:53.0

reruns with the Price is Right, switching between gossiping on the phone with the gal pals and snoozing

1:58.5

on the sofa.

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