Are you sitting comfortably?

Are your earphones securely fastened to your head?

Well then, sit tight, buckle up and prepare yourself.

Once a month the guides at the Hawken Cleaver head office meet up and hold a secret storytelling ritual.

They pray to Vishnan, tickle a pig, eat the cake and sacrifice a neighbor's trifle.

Messy stuff.

Through the squeals of the pig, the moistened of the cake and the jammy stains on the neighbor's kitchen floor, a theme emerges.

This month's fiend.

Alien invasion.

So prepare yourself.

These aren't the stories your mother told you.

No, these are the other stories.

Hello and welcome to the first season of The Other Stories.

My name is Luke Condor and I'm one of the office bods here at the H&C head office.

Hawke and Cleaver being the digital story studio bringing you the best new stories to watch, read, sniff and absorb.

This is the very first episode of The Other Stories.

It's a weekly short story show to live right into your podcast feed.

Hopefully we don't make too much mess.

This month's theme will be Alien Invasion.

And we have stories from myself, Ben Errington, Matthew Butcher and Daniel Wilcox.

So all of the H&C regulars.

If you enjoy any of the stories, please pop over to www.hawk and cleaver.com, where we'll

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