it begs you to come closer... You Can No Longer Turn Back... just hold your breath...count to ten... And Open Your Eyes. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share your thoughts in a review. It means a lot. Thank you. Happy 2024. Show some love and support to the Author: Nick Lay Website: https://nick-lays-darker-stories.square.site/ YouTube: https://youtube.com/channel/UCMmkMU7xTAzu4D8Tniv6tzQ Spotify: http...

Martin Riley leads as much a normal life as any other person, he marries, starts a family, divorces and of course like everyone else, he grows old. Now on his death bed, unable to eat, drink or talk, the decision of his end-of-life care is left to a software version of himself. A futuristic form of a living which he signed years before. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share your thoughts in a review. It means a lot. Thank you...

Roger Ley is a novel and short story author born in London and educated in the U.K and Saudi Arabia. He worked as an engineer in the oilfields of North Africa and the North Sea, before pursuing a career in higher education. Teaching Mechanical Engineering and building navel engines. Now retired, he pursues his passion of writing stories, writing over 8 books to date that have been published and broadcast internationally. We talk about all of that, his story "Lone Orbit" that was featured on C...

In this H.P Lovecraft classic, we listen to a story told by a nameless figure. A story about a certain strange man called Arthur Jermyn. As the title suggests, we listen to the life of this Arthur Jermyn and the peculiarities of both himself and his family. We hear about the family members and their strange unique obsessions with Gods and amazing mystical artefacts located far within the jungles of Africa. We are also told of what this ancient artefact did to the Jermyns, and how they all met...

The conclusion to Jakob Chapman's "Observation". Mik attends his second Observation experiment and is sent to another world, his mind his own, but in a foreign body. His interactions with the planet organisms soon prove hostile, and things only get more horrific when Mik suddenly wakes up outside his girlfriend Kessy's apartment carrying an itch inside him that is hidden from the world, until it is too late. While Mik's life and mind continues to spiral out of control, the doctors in charge o...

"Observation" tells the story of a man called Mik, who volunteers to take part for the second time, in an incredible experiment which takes a persons consciousness and sends it across the solar system to different worlds. To observe the universe and prove humanity is not alone. But with some unpleasant side effects. Although Mik is drawn by a sense of duty to serve for the betterment of science and the exploration of space, his relationship with his girlfriend Kessy is falling apart as she tr...

Debs is a voiceover artist and comedy writer who although has only been in the VO industry for a little over 3 years, as Debs put it herself, she believes to have found her calling the moment she first stood in front of a microphone. As well as talking about Debs' humble beginnings as a VO, we also talk about a whole load of other subjects. Such as the usual tips and lessons she’s learned along her journey so far, our fascination and admiration towards famous audio drama director Dirk Mags, h...

Today I sit and chat with David Holmes. A voiceover artist who featured as the special guest narrator for Episode 23's "The Terrible Old Man" by H.P Lovecraft. We talk about a lot of things me and David. From his previous career as a theatre lighting designer, to his humble voiceover beginnings as a virtual Glaswegian Toad. From talking about his valuable 3 P's lesson for novice VO's, to his appreciation with vintage pencil sharpeners. There are even some pigeons in there somewhere. It even g...

In this Conversation Episode, I sit and chat with fellow voiceover artist and my friend, Brad Shaw. Brad has been in the creative industries all his life and has had experience as a theatre actor, a show reel producer, a murder mystery facilitator and of course, a voiceover artist. As well as delving into Brad's colourful career, we hear the story of how he created his VO training platform, Wonderland VO. Which started out as an audiobook project of Alice in Wonderland, in support of the NHS ...

"Hole" is a short story written in the over-the-shoulder perceptive with the story telling you what is happening, as if you, the reader, is the one experiencing what is happening in the story. In this story, a perfectly black, circular hole has appeared on the floor of your Livingroom. Your immense curiosity needs to know. Why is it there? How did it get there? And most importantly, where does it leads to? But what you may find at the end of the tunnel, might make you wish you never did. If ...

From Beyond tells the story of Crawford Tillinghast. A man who believes he has made the monumental discovery of a world and beings that are invisible to everyone. Everyone except Tillinghast however, who has built a vast machine that will allow him and his concerned friend to see these invisible worlds and their inhabitants once and for all. But this obsession to find the hidden, has become a dangerous one. One that will have ill consequences, when the machine is switched on for the final tim...

One of the all time H.P Lovecraft favourites. Dagon tells the story about a mans retelling of his experiences as a WW1 naval prisoner of war who escaped alone, only to find the ocean vanished, along with himself marooned on a mysterious island that has a sinister quality to it. And as he explores his new surroundings, he finds a giant stone Monolith where the ancient symbols carved into it tells a story of some kind of ancient man, that something else finds him, that brings him to madness. I...

Angelo Ricci, Joe Czanek and Manuel Silva are in the water town of Kingsport, waiting for an opportunity to exercise their profession on an unknowing resident with plenty of coin to miss. And when they hear rumours that the resident, mysterious old man who lives on the old house on the hill, holds a fortune of gold and silver, they think they've hit the jackpot and eagerly make a plan to pay the old man a visit. But, they have no idea that this feeble old man with no name, bears no comparison...

In this Bonus episode, I sit down and chat with Raz T. Slasher who is a man of many talents including haunted attraction performer, actor, voice actor, producer, trained vocalist, film director and of course, an incredibly skilled and educated writer. So as you can imagine, there is a lot of stuff we talk about in this conversation, which ends up being a filled to the brim, vastly entertaining and intriguing listening experience. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a w...

Mary is an astronaut conducting a mission on the International Space Station with only two months left till she finishes her mission and SpaceX sends new astronauts so she can return to Earth. Until then, Mary drifts alone. Watching the Earth below her, until she sees something happening on Earth and when she tries to contact Houston, she realises the dreadful reality of the situation. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share yo...

A giant sleeping being, hidden under the earth for thousands of years, wakes up to a modern world and makes her way to the sea to answer an ancient call long forgotten by humans. All she wants is to reach the sea, but the humans don't know that. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate the show and share your thoughts. It means a lot. Thank you. Show some love to the Author: HP. Newquist Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/hpnewquistbooks Website...

In this Bonus tape, I chat with Writer and Instructor Jakob Chapman. Jakob works as a college instructor at Olympic University in Washington state USA, and has been an indie writer since he was 14 years old, and has published several novels during that time. Jakob and I talk about many things such as his writing style and how he disciplines himself to write even if he reaches a writers block, but one of the most interesting is when we talk about his first and only Sci-fi horror story to date ...

I sit and chat with Indie Writer and Host of the horror YouTube channel, Darker Stories, Nick Lay. Author of Episode 8's "The Garden of Meat". We talk about a huge range of subjects, from Nick's humble beginnings as a writer, his story inspirations and discuss our personal fears. We also talk about our own personal goals as creatives and realise we might a lot more in common than we expected. I'm sure you'll find the conversation intriguing and enlightening. If you enjoyed listening to this ...

Another short but tantalising story from the collection of HP. Lovecraft. Two intellectual friends discuss the theory and psychology of the idea of The Unnameable, in a graveyard of all places. They argue if it is even possible for a thing to be so horrendous, so terrifying, so beyond comprehension, that it is truly, Unnameable. They may have discovered their answer, but they may have wished they hadn't. If you enjoyed listening to this episode or the podcast as a whole, feel free to rate th...

In this bonus episode, I sit down and chat with VA, Justine Ghosty who narrated for Episode 15's The Extraordinary Lineage of Ethan McKay. In this conversation episode, we talk about Justine's life as a voiceover artist, where she shares how her journey as VA started out for her, the revelations she has experienced that have played a vital role in finding out herself both in regards to her voice, as well as herself as VA. We also talk about our most inspirational mentors as well as tips, tric...