Usman Malik | Dead Lovers on Each Blade, Hung [Part 2]

NIGHTMARE MAGAZINE - Horror and Dark Fantasy Story Podcast (Audiobook | Short Stories)

John Joseph Adams

Arts, Books, Society & Culture

4.2 • 704 Ratings

🗓️ 14 November 2018

⏱️ 61 minutes

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This is how Hakim Shafi gave away his life: First, he closed his shop. Next, he sold his house. “What in the name of God are you doing?” I said. Shafi grinned. That grin raised the hackles on my neck, sahib. “Burning bridges,” he said. I looked at him closely. In the four weeks since I’d told him about the qawwals, he had shaved his thick mustache and lost ten kilos. He was always thin, but now he looked like a needler at the end of his days. His temples were wasted, the flesh of his face pulled taut across the blades of his bones. | Copyright 2018 by Usman Malik. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:30.1	The Warning Woods has haunting horror stories that are sure to linger with you long after listening.
0:37.0	I'm Miles Tridal, writer and narrator of the Warning Woods.
0:41.9	Each week, I write an original scary story and share it with you.
0:46.5	If you're into scary stories, you need to check out The Warning Woods.
0:50.3	Listen on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, or wherever you get your podcasts, just search for the
0:56.5	Warning Woods and click play at your own risk.
1:16.2	Welcome to the Nightmare Welcome to the Nightmare magazine Story Podcast.
1:18.2	I'm your host, Jack Kincaid.
1:22.3	Nightmare magazine is edited by John Joseph Adams and Wendy Wagner.
1:25.6	The stories of this podcast are produced by Skyboat Media,
1:31.0	directed by Stefan Rudnicki and Gabrielle DeKure, in association with Jim Freund.
1:46.1	Editor's note, instead of two original horror short stories this month, we have for you a single novelette, presented in two parts, by Usman Malik, which is about twice the length of a regular nightmare story, so although you're getting one original story instead of two this month,
1:48.4	you're still getting about the same amount of fiction.
1:51.9	We hope you enjoy this minor deviation from our usual offerings,
1:57.1	and rest assured that we will return to our regularly scheduled programming next month.
2:02.6	And here comes part two for our second offering for the November issue. The conclusion of Dead Lovers on Each Blade Hung by Usman Malik. The stories read for you by Stefan Rudnicki.
2:09.6	Dead Lovers on Each Blade Hung, part two, is copyright 2018 by Usman Malik. Usman Malik is a Pakistani writer of strange stories, resident in Florida.
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