This is a bit terrifying, but sure, let’s do it. this is the first episode of a new podcast experiment I’m trying. I am pushing myself to write, record, and publish a short story a month. I have already missed my first deadline, but live and learn, right? Below are a bunch of details, but I want to take a moment thank you. If you decide to take a chance on this story at all — even if you end up hating it — thank you for the chance.

At the moment, I have this on its own feed, and I’m using the free version of Podbean, so I have roughly 4 more stories I can upload before I run out of space. If there’s interest, I’ll decide if I want to put this on the same feed as Eerie Earfuls, or if I think it’s worth it to pay for a second podcast feed.

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Content Warnings available below.

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Each podcast episode and its corresponding e-print version is released under a Creative Commons: Attribution, Non–Commercial, No Derivatives 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). You can share it, but don’t change it, don’t sell it, and please credit me.

Content Warnings:

This story features the following:

• Emotional abuse
• Implied homophobia
• Teens kissing
• Mentions of menstruation
• Arguments
• Bad language

Music Credits:

Countryboydreams by Lilo Sound
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5546-countryboydreams
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Soundbed#2 by Lilo Sound
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/6357-soundbed-2
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Horizon Flare by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4837-horizon-flare
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Dramatic Interlude by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4868-dramatic-interlude
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Hush by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4986-hush
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Waitingroom by Lilo Sound
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5580-waitingroom
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Sounds by Alexander Nakarada
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5877-sounds
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Cinematic Suspense Series Episode 002 by Sascha Ende
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5789-cinematic-suspense-series-episode-002
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

The Land Of The Dead by Rafael Krux
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/5385-the-land-of-the-dead-
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

Nightmare Machine by Kevin MacLeod
Link: https://filmmusic.io/song/4133-nightmare-machine
License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/