122 - Short and Shivery 37

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This segment has entirely been hijacked by shortstory1 at this point. David, Kaela and Matt get AJ and Gwen to return and see how far the weirdness has gone and what tropes continue.

Stories submitted by shortstory1 Read along below:
1. “Something keeps multiplying inside my apartment”
2. “If you are 30 years old and have a car, job and a house then you are a failure”
3. “I'm just trying to bury my father but drivers keep honking their horn”
4. “I want my room to be red”
5. “I was supposed to be maliciously compliant with my neighbours but it failed”

121 - "The Lair of the White Worm" (Part 4) by Bram Stoker

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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?

Read along with us here!

112 - Short and Shivery 35

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We’re back from our holiday hiatus! David and Allen start 2022 with a hot-off-the-griddle batch of short, weird fiction by the mysterious shortstory1.

Stories submitted by shortstory1 Read along below:
1. “Should I still claim that I have mind powers”
2. “How I helped my daughter manage her fear of ghosts and spirits”
3. “My degree in medicine is useless”
4. “I'm just full of useless knowledge”
5. “I am heir to so many great people”

111 - Lost Cryptids Challenge

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This unusual final chapter of our Cryptid Writing Challenge comes to a close as the missing four stories are documented and barely survived by our expert team of Kaela, Kylie, Eli and Ben. Which story will leave the biggest impact on our judges?

“Karen” is by Skill Flea.
”Pale Gorgon” is by HyperThermal.
”South Milwaukee ‘Alley Man’ Still At Large” is by Rika.
”Top 10 Cryptids I Just Created to Potentially Win Third Place in a Writing Challenge” is by Zath.

110 - Cryptid Writing Challenge Runners Up

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A trio of mysterious entities from the Cryptid Writing Challenge are brought to light by Kaela, Eli, Kylie and Background David as we look at some of the runners up.

“The Halifax Howler” is by Beth Morton.
”Ethylene Oxide and The Swamp Clown” is by Daniel Scamell.
”The Drudge” is by Plaggus.

But these aren’t are only elusive creatures… Check out our Lost Cryptids Challenge for more info.

109 - Cryptid Writing Challenge Winners

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We asked, you answered. We have sifted through a number of uncanny accounts of strange creatures and eerie beings unclassified by science, with the three stories herein the judges’ favorites. Join Kaela, Eli, Kylie and sorta-there David as the winners of our Cryptid Writing Challenge are revealed.

3rd place - “The Detroit Harvester” by Dylan Walters
2nd place - “Frosty” by Troy Wullbrandt
1st place - “Thyliidae Africanus” by Schultz

107 - "The Lair of the White Worm" (Part 1) by Bram Stoker

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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.

Read along with us here!

Bonus - Choice Dregs Sampler

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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…

If you want to hear all episodes of Choice Dregs, plus a good amount of other extra content related to Midnight Marinara and UCA, please consider becoming a Patron at any level.