TWL 1301: “Almost Finished Business” by Lindsey Goddard
The Wicked Library
9th Story Studios LLC
4.6 • 684 Ratings
🗓️ 1 April 2025
⏱️ 19 minutes
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Summary
Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it. If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.
Credits:
- Author: Lindsey Goddard
- Narration: Addison Peacock
- Custom Score: Nico Vettese of The Inky Pawprint
- Artwork: Jessica Green
- Main Theme: "The Library Awakens" by Nico Vettese
- Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC
FX: freesound.org
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The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.
All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz
FX: freesound.org
Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | 9th Story Studios, giving story a voice. |
| 0:12.3 | My name is Erica Sanderson, and this is The Wicked Library. |
| 0:31.6 | Warning. The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. |
| 0:38.8 | Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, |
| 0:45.8 | and inhumanity. |
| 0:47.7 | Monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. |
| 0:52.6 | There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. |
| 0:58.0 | Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it. If at any time a story takes you to a place |
| 1:04.4 | too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember that unlike in the real world, |
| 1:14.8 | these nightmares and your participation in them are under your control. |
| 1:19.6 | Thank you. Welcome back to the Wicked Library. |
| 1:34.4 | I'm Daniel Foytek, and as always, thank you for listening. |
| 1:37.8 | A sincere thank you as well to our supporters on Patreon. |
| 1:41.0 | Without your continued support and generosity, this show would not be possible. |
| 1:46.1 | We're thrilled to kickoff season 13 with a tale from returning author Lindsay Goddard, |
| 1:50.6 | a story of unfinished business, haunting grudges, and one very unlucky poodle, |
| 1:56.6 | told with wit and charm by Addison Peacock, featuring a custom score by Nikoveteze of the Inky Pop print. |
| 2:03.6 | The I'm . ... Shhh! Sh! Sh! |
| 2:35.0 | Sh! Almost Finished Business by Lindsay Goddard. |
| 3:07.1 | Yes, it's true. I am the loser ghost who haunts Alma Gentry's poodle, causing it to poop in her living room. |
| 3:17.4 | I'm the pathetic specter who buries treats in her garden so that the empty-headed little fur ball named |
| 3:23.2 | marshmallow will dig holes in her |
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