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Tales to Terrify 601 STOKERS Anna Taborska, JAW McCarthy, Aaron Dries & Mercedes M. Yardley
Ep. 601
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Welcome to episode 601. We have a behemoth of an episode for you – the final tales of this year’s Bram Stoker Awards. A lonely man discovers friendship in the most unlikely place. Armed with an unusual heirloom, a woman fights a plague of angels. A girl visits grandma in the nursing home of the future for a special performance. And finally, a woman finds love and heartbreak when she falls for a man of glass.
COMING UP
Good Evening: Contest, Stoker Awards: 00:01:06
Anna Taborska’s A Song for Barnaby Jones as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:03:38
J.A.W. McCarthy’s The Only Thing Different Will Be the Body as read by Danielle Hewitt: 00:19:17
Aaron Dries’ Nona Doesn’t Dance as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:53:24
Mercedes M. Yardley’s Fracture as read by Nicole Swanson: 01:22:51
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Graeme Dunlop on Twitter (@kibitzer)
J.A.W. McCarthy on Twitter (@JAWMcCarthy)
J.A.W. McCarthy on Instagram (@JAWMcCarthy)
Aaron Dries on Twitter (@AaronDries)
Aaron Dries on TikTok (@aarondries_writer)
Krystal Hammond on Twitter (@thekmhammond)
Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Amanda Carrillo
Lestle Baxter
Orion D. Hegre
Paul Belcher
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