Kaela and Allen take a stab at a NoSleep-style story written in a 3-hour burst of creativity. The title is certainly evocative of NoSleep, but how does the story flow?
Story submitted by Tainted Dove.
NoSleep Nonsense
104 - "A Tiller of the Ground" by William Dalphin
Slight disclaimer. There’s some potentially tricky stuff in this one that’s definitely NSFW. Notes at the beginning. Just be forewarned. Anyway, David and Allen are a couple of dingbats.
Story submitted by William Dalphin. Read along here.
103 - Short and Shivery 34
The noble tradition of getting Random Encounters to read stories with us continues! Having just wrapped shooting of Your Happy Ending the night before, we awake at the crack of 2pm to read a collection of five very short stories with varying themes of quirky horror and a bit of NoSleep energy.
Stories submitted by shortstory1 Read along below:
1. “Hello I would like to order a pizza”
2. “I regret turning an Instagram tiktok influencer into a vampire”
3. “I am going to allow my son to be weird for 12 hours instead of just 1 hour”
4. “Donate to my charity guys”
5. “My mother is still scared of the dark”
89 - Short and Shivery 33
David, Allen and Benjamin aren’t done yet! With the holidays here, the trio read a pair of skewed stories - one very short, and one in very familiar territory.
“Listing Miss Riding Hood” was submitted by Rue; “I think I discovered a theme park’s horrible secret” was submitted by Ben Fuller. Read along here.
84 - "The Abandoned Island Near My Hometown" by Atticus Garrison
Location-based chills await as David, Kaela, Allen and Seid read this NoSleep submission about a fateful discovery on a deserted river island, which also seems to be near a lot of other abandoned things.
Story submitted by Atticus Garrision. Read along here.
It’s not to late to jump in on our Creepy Cooking Staff Writing Challenge!
83 - "The Game" by PostMortemCreamPie
Losses aside, David and Kaela set up to play this unusual game with Matt Holley, and Eli and Kylie from Cinema Nippon/Animal Fact Files. Then they decide against it once they find out what the rules are, that the prize is definitely not worth it, and that it might be more worthwhile to do an ASMR episode of this podcast someday instead.
Story submitted by PostMortemCreamPie. Read along here.
Details about the Boolympics Writing Challenge are right here.
75 - Short and Shivery 31
An old segment with a new twist, David brings around special guest and new voice Vevina Swanson to compare and contrast a pair of differing NoSleep stories by the same author, drawing attention to the inherent weirdness that is the site’s conceit: treat every story like its real.
Both stories written by Atticus Garrison. “My Brother Used to Race Sprint Cars” can be read here; “I Don’t Watch YouTube Videos Anymore” can be read here.
53 - "Stay Out of the Disney Vault"
The DisneyPasta Writing Challenge is still in effect, and Kaela and David have called on the ever-typecast Slimebeast for help in this area, as they read a Disney-themed Nosleep narrative and ponder the pros, cons and tropes of stories based around the Mouse.
“Whatever you do.. stay out of the Disney vault” is credited to Jgoodspeed. Read along here.
43 - "Ed's Three Balls" Story
This episode is nuts.
“My buddy Ed had himself three balls. He got one removed, but I think it was maybe the wrong one” is credited to nslewis.
41 - "The Forest of a Thousand Legs"
David and Prasokour don their protective gear and trudge into a Nosleep story without a NoSleep title, which is already a good sign. Will this anomalous arachnid account manage to snare the hosts in its narrative web, or will it be a the prose equivilant of a can of bug spray?
“The Forest of A Thousand Legs” is credited to Lovezinski. Read along here.
32 - "Search and Rescue Woods" Finale
Plenty of searching, not a lot of rescuing. Allen and David shotgun the last three parts of this story in one sitting, and are surprised when something genuinely unexpected happens.
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
30 - "Search and Rescue Woods" Part 5
More than halfway through the whole thing now, yet David and Allen struggle to muster any sort of enthusiasm as their dismal meandering through the endless expanse of this story continues. Will this part have any sort of unexpected surprises?
(Skip ahead to 3:18 if you want to avoid the sound of the hosts chomping food directly into microphones - their level of caring has hit an all-time low.)
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
24 - "Search and Rescue Woods" Part 4
It's been awhile, but David and Allen are practically tripping over dead kids as they search for more odd staircases in MurderSatan National Forest, and they're none too thrilled about it.
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
20 - "Working at Disney"
David and Kaela are back from a recent trip to Walt Disney World, and with Disney on the brain pull up yet another macabre Magic Kingdom story. What are the odds that this NoSleep account of a construction worker's weird experience will turn out good when most Disney Creepypasta fall into cheap cliches?
"Working at Disney" is credited to BLEETCH1994. Read along here.
19 - "Search and Rescue Woods" (Part 3)
David and Allen keep climbing up this story, but will it be for naught as they're let down by news of possible plagiarism and the sheer tonal weirdness of some sections of the story? Maybe they are better off reading that other pasta...
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
16 - Short and Shivery | "Patient One/Radio Silence"
It's back to a classic segment as David, Abysmii and Papreeka study a duo of short, unrelated stories submitted by Patrons. One is the beginning of a potential collection, while the other is a well-established piece of NoSleep fiction.
"Patient One" is by Colin, aka Iroko Alien. "Radio Silence" is credited to bencbartlett.
15 - "Search and Rescue Woods" (Part 2)
Sickness has claimed both David and Allen... except they're not dead. Mainly it's claimed their energy, but they strive to climb the next set of mysterious stairs as they keep working their way through the weird stories of a search and rescue officer.
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
14 - Trapped in the Bathroom Story
David and Matt are stuck in NoSleep this week, but are sent a Patron's Poison to ease things along. With a promising premise right from the outset and storytelling style that seems to work with the NoSleep mold, will this story come out of the bathroom smelling fresh as a daisy, or is it better to flush it away?
"'I've been trying to leave my bathroom for the past 30 minutes" is credited to v0ids. Read along here
11 - "Search and Rescue Woods" (Part 1)
Sometimes you just have to start a saga and you don't have a ton of time to do it. In this shorter episode, David and Allen start their next multipart analysis of these NoSleep stories, accounts of a SAR officer's weird experiences in an undisclosed woodland.
"Search and Rescue Woods" is credited to searchandrescuewoods. Read along here.
03 - "A Scarecrow For God"
If you stare into the stars long enough, do the stars stare back? David, Allen and Abysmii are going to find out in this odd sci-fi account of a cosmic discovery that could shake humanity's understanding of life to its core. Does the story succeed in this profound attempt, or is it trying to shout into a void?
"A Scarecrow For God" is credited to survivalprocedure. Read along here.