{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/d4896840-a58c-4ecb-9369-db572d2a4d4d/63304d1e86cc7d0011572f49?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"80.5 The Ritual","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/611e8cda06c05e6884f409f0/1664109635036-8859f9b40a454e8410da3a4ed837d31d.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>The Ritual</p><p><br></p><p><em>'A theology student named Anjou finds herself under investigation by the police when her fellow students inexplicably disappear during class.'</em></p><p><br></p><p>Written by M.C. Romero (<a href=\"http://www.twitter.com/stratfordonguy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.twitter.com/stratfordonguy</a>)</p><p>Narrated by Erika Ventura (<a href=\"https://instagram.com/efventu\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://instagram.com/efventu</a>)</p><p>Edited by Karl Hughes (<a href=\"https://twitter.com/karlhughes\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://twitter.com/karlhughes</a>)</p><p>With music by North Without End (<a href=\"https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://freemusicarchive.org/music/north-without-end/</a>)</p><p>And Thom Robson (<a href=\"https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/</a>)</p><p>And sound effects provided by <a href=\"http://Freesound.org\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Freesound.org</a></p><p>The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (<a href=\"https://carrionhouse.com/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">https://carrionhouse.com/</a>)</p><p>A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch</p><p>And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading</p><p>And to Ben Errington for cleaning up the social media streets with his tough no-mercy approach to content law breakers.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Follow M.C. Romero on Twitter at @stratfordonguy and on Instagram at @stratfordonguy</strong></p><p><br></p><p><strong>Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page </strong><a href=\"http://www.facebook.com/BioArtsy\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>www.facebook.com/BioArtsy</strong></a></p><p><br></p><p>You can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at <a href=\"https://www.facebook.com/groups/theotherstories\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Facebook.com/groups/theotherstories</a>.</p><p>T-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at <a href=\"http://www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver</a></p><p>Get help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to <a href=\"http://theotherstories.net/services\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">TheOtherStories.Net/services</a></p><p><br></p><p><strong>The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk &amp; Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.</strong></p>","author_name":"Hawk & Cleaver | A Digital Story Studio bringing you the best new stories to watch, read, sniff, and absorb."}