This episode features "A Guide for Your Journey to the Green Hills" by R. K. Duncan (©2024 by R. K. Duncan) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Moon Rabbit Song" by Caroline Hung (©2024 by Caroline Hung) read by Susan Hanfield and Justine Eyre.

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This episode features "Sumbisori" by Jess Cho (© 2024 by Jess Cho) and "She Sheds Her Skin" by Raven Jakubowski (© 2024 by Raven Jakubowski), both narrated by Susan Hanfield.

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Something tells you this two-pump station isn’t a contactless kind of place. Google Maps gave up the ghost several miles ago. You go inside and pay in cash. Diolch, you add, your one word of Welsh; the cashier replies with something you don’t follow. | © 2024 by Simon Gilbert. Narrated by Stefan Rudnicki.

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This month's Nightmare Short Shots episode features "Possession" by Martins Deep (© 2024 by Martins Deep), narrated by Stefan Rudnicki and "NotRob" by Isabel Cañas (© 2024 by Isabel Cañas), narrated by Janina Edwards.

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This whole business, it all started right about when I burned my church down. | © 2024 by Gemma Files. Narrated by Janina Edwards.

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My mother sits at the kitchen table in the moonlight, gazing at her folded hands. “Has your father returned with Lilah?” | © 2024 by Sam W. Pisciotta. Narrated by John Rubinstein.

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This month's Nightmare Short Shots episode features "I Am One of Bluebeard's Dead Wives" by Bella D. Bonne (© 2024 by Bella D. Bonne), narrated by Roxanne Hernandez and "A Long Time Afterward" by Sonya Taaffe (© 2024 by Sonya Taaffe), narrated by John Rubinstein.

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On an unmarked road somewhere in the Appalachians, a midnight blue Cadillac rolled to a stop, gravel popping under tires, headlights peering out into the discord of dusk. | © 2024 by Russell Nichols. Narrated by Mirron Willis.

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We hear you laughing as you speed by on the interstate. In spite of what you might think of us, we are a proud town. We don’t need your understanding. We don’t explain. You couldn’t handle the answers. | © 2024 by Cody Goodfellow. Narrated by Nan McNamara.

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This month's Nightmare Short Shots episode features "Painted Surfaces" by Guan Un (© 2024 by Guan Un), narrated by Arthur Morey and "Witches Sabbath" by Lisa M. Bradley (© 2024 by Lisa M. Bradley), narrated by Nan McNamara.

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Nine years, fifty-two days, seven hours until hyadeic convergence. Kayla watched the hot, empty cake pan smoke on the kitchen counter. It was her husband Henry’s birthday, and she’d planned a little surprise for him. | © 2024 by Erin Brown. Narrated by Nan McNamara.

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