TOS x McSweeney’s - Here and Now and Then and Forever : Part 1
The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories
Luke Kondor
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🗓️ 29 January 2024
⏱️ 27 minutes
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Summary
Today is part one of a very special collaboration with an independent nonprofit publishing company based in San Francisco - McSweeney’s, and the 71st issue of their Quarterly Concern - McSWEENEY’S 71: THE MONSTROUS AND THE TERRIBLE.
Here and Now and Then and Forever - Part 1
'Janka is ready to commit… no matter the cost.'
Written by Attila Veres (https://www.valancourtbooks.com/attilaveres.html)
Translated to English by Luca Karafiáth **
Narrated by Jasmine Arch (https://jasminearch.com/)
Produced by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)
With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by Freesound.org
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content being fired out of his Social Media canon.
Attila Veres (b. 1985) is a Hungarian writer of horror and weird fiction.
Jasmine Arch is a writer, poet, narrator, podcaster and all round chaos-for-brains.
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| 1:25.0 | Okay. these are the other stories today are the other stories today is part one of a very special collaboration with an independent non-profit publishing company based in San |
| 1:27.7 | Francisco, McSweeney's, and the 71st issue of their quarterly concern. This was a special |
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