TWL 901: "The Barren", by Meg Hafdahl

The Wicked Library

9th Story Studios LLC

Drama, Fiction, Arts, Books

4.7 • 680 Ratings

🗓️ 28 February 2019

⏱️ 53 minutes

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Summary

Savannah is desperate to have a baby. When a haughty woman from her past flaunts her own fertility, Savannah starts down a dark path. Can an encounter with a young girl who is much more than she seems keep Savannah from making a choice she'll regret?

This story features Victoria from our sister show, The Lift.

Today's story was adapted from "The Barren" as published in The Lift: Nine Stories of Transformation, Volume One. Available now on Amazon.com in print and Kindle.

Storytellers: Jessica McEvoy and Amber Collins

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0:00.0	9th Story Studios, giving story a voice.
0:12.6	This podcast is part of the Darkness Collective.
0:17.2	Visit Darkniths.org to discover more shows like this one.
0:22.4	The darkness awaits.
0:29.1	You're listening to The Wicked Library.
0:36.6	Ha ha ha ha ha ha ha ha. Listening to the Wicked Library.
0:48.5	Hello.
0:52.5	This is Daniel Foytech, and this is the Wicked Library.
0:54.8	Welcome to Season 9, Episode 1.
1:00.4	So, before we get started with today's story, I have a few changes I want to let you know about.
1:06.3	This is our first episode of the new season, so I beg your indulgence while I share a little bit of detail with you.
1:10.2	This will be my fourth season hosting the show and producing it.
1:10.8	And one of the things that I like about breaking the show into seasons is I kind of get to try new things, which keeps the show fresh for me and for you.
1:20.9	So this season, I'm going to be taking the show back to its roots with a single dedicated storyteller for each story.
1:31.5	Now, while I will occasionally bring in larger cast for certain stories, and more on that in a moment,
1:39.0	I kind of want to allow our voice actors to really show you what they can do by giving them the freedom to tell
1:47.1	each story in their own way, in the way that makes the most sense to them. It's really what the
1:52.9	show was founded on when Nelson started the show. And then when I continued the show for season
1:58.4	six, we kind of were the single voice that you heard
2:02.1	for each story. And now we have this huge team of amazing voice actors. And because of that,
2:10.1	I'm really excited to kind of give you that intimate experience that you really only get
2:16.6	with one storyteller, one voice telling you the story.
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