In a surprise early episode, your usual hosts do their usual thing.
Story by Rorshack Rorshan.
141 - "The Harvestman" by ClericofMadness
David and long-suffering inter-dimensional traveler Ben Paddon (Jump Leads) will bug bomb their way through this Cleric story that has way too many legs and even more tangents. Arachnophobes beware: this episode contains a lot of daddy longlegs!
Story by ClericofMadness. Read along here.
140 - "Full Moon, or a Description of Fish I Have Seen" by Kite Line
David, Kaela and Abysmii go fishing, and catch one whopper of an eldritch story with a nice dash of yearning.
Story by Kite Line, submitted by Cthuhlu Ftagn with permission. Read along here.
139 - Creepy Cooking Staff Go Analog
Allen and David have shelled out prompts, and now meet clandestinely in the desert to create something with the vibe of analog horror based on your suggestions! Could it be they’ve locked onto the next big Creative Horror project?
Creepy Cooking Staff’s theme music by Abysmii.
138 - "Does Anyone Remember a Dream with a Red Door?" by Leon H.
David comes in too hot on the mic in this recording while Allen is busy rolling at the bar. What brings them together is a story about lucid dreaming and a recurring image…
Story submitted by Leon H.
137 - Shortstory1 Challenge Stories by Troy Wullbrandt
2023 kicks off with something not quite Short and Shivery. David shares one last bit of SS1 emulation with Allen, and bonds will be tested.
Stories submitted by Troy Wullbrandt:
”We Won’t Leave Orbit Until My Son Learns His Lesson”
"Whole Foods Is Milking Something It Shouldn’t”
”My Daughter Loves The Snow Too Much”
”The Voices In My Walls Say Fight On”
136 - "Happy Appy III" by Gamma Numeric
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.
135 - Short and Shivery 40
Little did Allen and David know that when they started this venture into five more shortstory1 stories, they would come to some concrete revelations and legit information about the author. This episode is an unexpected culmination, and not one to be missed!
Read along with us:
1 “I failed to understand the cat”
2 “Something keeps scaring all of the supernatural creatures in my area”
3 “I hate doing parents evenings with kids whose parents are dead”
4 “Why do I always have to be the bad guy,”
5 August Community Spotlight - ShortStory1
6 “I tried reading every short story written by ShortStory1”
134 - "Heard" by Daniel Scamell
David, Kaela and Benjamin are going to have to put their waders on as they read this flash fiction story with grotesque banality at its heart. And a lot of meat.
Story submitted by Daniel Scamell. Read along at The Molotov Cocktail.
133 - "Who Built the House?" by Brendan Cleary
David, Kaela and Abysmii celebrate Guy Fawkes’ Day with another story plumbed from the dreams of the Great Old One. This time, it’s a VHS that has footage of the creation of humanity and how it was done. What existential conundrums will this cause for all and sundry?
Story by Brendan Cleary, submitted by Cthuhlu Ftagn with permission.
132 - "Fancy Being a Ouija Board Planchette?" by Rorshack Rorshan
As Halloween approaches, David, Kaela and Seid gather to study a ritual, and possibly a new career path (both willing and unwilling) in spiritual medium practices. What will the board tell them?
Story submitted by Rorshack Rorshan.
131 - "My Friend and I Found Ourselves on thispersondoesnotexist.com" by Tainted Dove
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.
130 - "Bobwire" by Urkelbot666
Allen’s enlightens David about the world of deathmatch wrestling, the device on which this story’s horror centers. They also talk about Mass Effect a lot, which has nothing to do with the story or wrestling. It wouldn’t be a UCA episode without some nonsensical tangents, after all.
Story submitted by Urkelbot666.
129 - "Procyonine" by Falstaff
It’s a Darkly Lit episode? David, Kaela and Seid are here to read and discuss a very different kind of literature, this time involving a dumpster-based mystery.
Story submitted by Falstaff.
128 - Short and Shivery 39
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.
127 - "Upon the Mountain" by Ryan Oleynik
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.
126 - "I Love Being Confused" by shortstory1
As they venture toward an infamous haunted abode, David and Allen get galaxy brained with shortstory1’s longest tale to date.
Story submitted by shortstory1.
125 - "Baby Blue Jay" by Cainmak
David and Kaela, a little more inebriated than usual, join Allen as they muddle through a critter-themed ghost story.
Story submitted by Cainmak. Read along here.
124 - Short and Shivery 38
Longtime listener Bringeroflighters has asked us to choose our poison, and David, Kaela and Allen have two very, very short pieces of food-themed fiction to imbibe.
“I went to wholefoods at 11am and now i wish i hadnt” and “Local ad” were written by Bringeroflighters.
123 - "Why I Don't Do Midnight Walks Through Wine Country Anymore (I'm Fat And There's A Wendigo)" by Troy Wullbrandt
David, Kaela, Allen and Seid read a story penned in one hour with no proofreading or editing to see if the Shortstory1 effect applies; instead we get a new addition to the Wendigo Cinematic Universe.
Story submitted by Troy Wullbrandt.