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71.4 Dancer In The Rain

A down-on-his luck driver encounters an unusual woman in the rain, unaware of her deadly attraction.


Written by J.L. Royce (https://www.facebook.com/AuthorJLRoyce)

Narrated by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors (https://www.instagram.com/jimmyhorrors/)

Edited by Duncan Muggleton (https://www.twitter.com/duncanmuggleton)

With music by Duncan Muggleton (https://www.twitter.com/duncanmuggleton)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington the ongoing explosion of content he fires out of his Social Media canon.


J. L. Royce is a published author of science fiction, the macabre, and whatever else strikes him. He lives in the northern reaches of the American Midwest. His work appears in Allegory, Ghostlight, Little Demon, Love Letters to Poe, Mysterion, parABnormal, Sci Phi, Utopia, Wyldblood, etc. He is a member of HWA and GLAHW and was a Finalist in the Q3 2020 Writers of the Future competition. Some of his anthologized stories may be found at: amazon.com/author/jlroyce.


James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast. A short story fiction podcast with tales of horror and the paranormal. Search for it wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.jamesbarnettauthor.com


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