Papreeka
The gang try their hands at another weird little TTRPG, this time about a wayward cab ride through the cosmos. Join driver Albert the Grey (Papreeka) and passengers Gretchicus Secundus (Abysmii), Lars (Kaela) and T3K3 (David) as they attempt to achieve their own conflicting goals while navigating through shifting interstellar hazards (and learning the rules), from gooey egg clouds to space cats.
Game by gothHoblin. Get it for yourself here.
Can we not go even three episodes before returning to the existential exercise that is reading a Rorshack Rorshan story? Apparently not, because David, Kaela, Abysmii and Papreeka are all together in person to read one featuring the dreaded Reality Man.
Story submitted by Rorshack Rorshan.
The wrapping paper is coming off of this holiday gift for David, Kaela, Allen, Abysmii and Papreeka, and it turns out it’s a rotten apple of a fanfic - a return of sorts to the nonsensical narrative universe of Happy Appy. How does the story handle when written by someone other than Dronian? Well…
“Happy Appy III: the sequel-prequel happy happy-appening” was submitted by Gamma Numeric.
In this experimental episode, the gang record outdoors on a patio after helping David and Kaela move to a new home. Abysmii, Papreeka and Matt join them as they are reminded how this section has been well and thoroughly supplanted by the great enigma of shortstory1.
“I accidentally married everyone in my village” can be read here.
”How to uncook something” can be read here.
Sickness, madness and dumb jokes beset our crew as David, Kaela, Allen, Abysmii and Papreeka read an epistolary story about a doomed village and eldritch horror.
Story by Ryan Oleynik, submitted by Cthuhlu Ftagn with permission. Read along here.
The whole gang (plus Matt) get together, get drunk, and get properly fed up with this story. They can only handle so much verbose, empty dialogue and passing references to way more interesting details that should have been shown, not told through the narrative. But is this truly the end?
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What dry horrors await our readers in this installment? Be prepared for more gripping details of petty gossip among rich old people, long-winded discussions about etymology, and our protagonist apparently manifesting future vision out of nowhere. Also, mongoose.
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Themed drinks and sleep deprivation arrive for this second installment, where the Creative Horror gang have to contend with geology, snakes and a sudden, cringe-inducing reminder that racist caricatures existed in novels like this.
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A new spooky saga begins! Kaela has enlisted the Creative Horror crew to read an infamously maligned horror novel by none other than the writer of Dracula, just to prove that even the most well-known authors can produce duds. The gang is about to find out why, and start plotting how they might drink their way through it in a creative way.
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Since the Creative Horror Crew were on vacation recently, they’ve arranged a platter of bite-sized items from the menu of Choice Dregs, lost chunks of UCA recordings usually given only to Patreon supporters. However, something totally new and unexpected awaits at the end…
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Opening with some theocratic discussion (sacrilege may vary), David, Kaela, Seid and Papreeka find their cold open was more on theme then they anticipated, as they read a story about an old tree and a struggle with identity.
Story submitted by Oxygen-Thief.
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It's the 100th episode since UCA moved to Creative Horror, and the gang's all here to take another look at everyone's favorite ominous unknown killer - this time with the story run through Google Translate a few times. Will it be a marked improvement?
Originally recorded with VISUALS! If you want see what happened during this episode, check it out on YouTube.
It’s time for David to get some of what he dishes out. Kaela, Seid and Papreeka take a story written for a writing challenge and put it to their own form of scrutiny, while also providing some helpful PSAs along the way.
Story submitted by David King.
This could easily be a very dark story based on the subject matter, and yet David, Kaela, Allen and Papreeka seem to be rolling in a fair bit of levity to keep them going. Will they be able to push through, or will they keep making reference to next week’s Choice Dregs (available only on Patreon!)?
Content Warning: story depicts violence against an infant,
Story submitted by Cainmak.
At long last, Prasokour’s two-into-three-part saga concludes with a Faustian bargain, and we conclude with talk of aurochs for some strange reason…
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Pras has sent us the second part of his swampy saga, and David, Kaela, Abysmii and Papreeka creep back into the bog to see if one desperate woman’s plan to save her dying husband will prevail, even in the face of mounting terror… and some of our terrible jokes and tangents.
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David, Kaela and Papreeka have a hankering for some seafood this episode, but do they plan on going out to eat? Where’ the fun in that? Fortunately they have a handy guide submitted during the RitualPasta Challenge to aid them in this difficult task.
Story by RabidRadioactiveRaccoons.
Changing tack this time, the entire Creative Horror group find they have nothing better to do while stranded on a bleak rock in the sea but talk about a surreal chiller of a film that came out in 2019. David, Kaela, Allen, Seid, Abysmii and Papreeka finally, finally get to go over their thoughts on The Lighthouse and everyone is glad. Especially you. Especially you.
Old friend-of-the-show Prasokour has handed David, Kaela, Abysmii and Papreeka a mysterious letter, somberly written to a sick husband by a determined wife. What does it entail, and why does the concept of foreclosure suddenly have Kaela in an absolute fit of giggles? Listen, and shake your head slowly at these weirdos.
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Christmas Eve delivers an unexpected meeting as David and Kaela hang with Abysmii and Papreeka face-to-face. They choose to unwrap a story about a weird little learning aid in the shape of a finger puppet. Is there any holiday flair to be had? Does the story hold up? And do David and Kaela seem a little… off somehow?
Story by Slimebeast. Read along here.
Details on the Uncanny Garbage Writing Challenge.
