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TWL 1119: “Butane Sally and the Swamp God of Sinkhole”, by Sebastian Bendix

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Sebastian Bendix
Storyteller: Sarah Ruth Thomas
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

In a savage and lawless future, human tribes must protect themselves from the mutated wildlife that encroaches upon them on every side. When her entire tribe falls ill due to spore poisoning, teenage Sally must venture into the treacherous Sinkhole Swamp to retrieve the last known flower that can cure them. Armed with only a flammable tank of butane gas, Sally must face deadly monsters at every turn, as well as the legendary mutant god said to hold sway over the swamp.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

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TWL 1118: “The Simple Lives Offered at Rest Stops”, by Paul Michael Anderson

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Paul Michael Anderson
Storyteller: Heather Thomas
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

In the near-future, a former revolutionary against the State discovers that she can’t retire from conflict as easily as she would like, and, now, even her would-be allies are her enemies.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1117: “Acidic Atonement on Sulphur Planet”, by Sara Tantlinger

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Sara Tantlinger
Storyteller: Addison Peacock
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

Earth has long since crumbled, and Cora resides on Sulfur Planet with other poverty-stricken humans who must work in the dangerous mines before they can earn passage to a safer planet. Haunted by her past mistakes, she’ll discover something brewing beneath the planet’s acid lake, something that offers a chance for both atonement and evolution…

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Art Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1116: “The Terror Bay Resort Experience”, by Sarah Read

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Sarah Read
Storyteller: Mary Murphy
Host: Nico Vettese
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

Marta is one of two staff running the Terror Bay Resort, an immersive, automated reenactment of the disaster that befell the ships Terror and Erebus back when the arctic still had ice. The disaster plays over and over again, like a haunting, like a memory the land can’t forget. And this time, it’s a little too real.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Season 11 Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Art Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1115: “Children of the Dream Root”, by Nora B. Peevy

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Nora B. Peevy
Storyteller: GP Mckenzie
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

For centuries Aina’s people have harvested the Dream Root to cultivate the health of their planet, but Aina is now occupied by the enemy Reptilian race, searching for a cure to the mysterious fungus plaguing their people.

The Reptilians believe the Dream Root is the cure they’ve been seeking. They’ve enslaved the Ainan people, destroying the wild growing Dream Root and forcing the Ainans to farm the root indoors for the Reptilians’ scientific experiments.

Ammalynn, a young teenage Ainan, possesses a powerful gift that could be her people’s salvation, but if Ammalynn uses her gift, she will be forced to make a great sacrifice. Will Aina survive? What will Ammalynn choose?

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1114: “Personal Growth”, by Myk Pilgrim

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Myk Pilgrim
Storyteller: Graham Rowat
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

After a tragedy devours everyone Arthur loves, he wakes up in the hospital terribly burnt and all alone. Art has nothing but time to spend weeping, and following the insurance payout, deep pockets too.

He decides the only way to heal himself is to eat his feelings.

He will eat and eat and eat, push through the tears until he has his family in his arms again.

He will grow them back.

Trigger Warnings: eating disorders, death of a child, body horror, body modification, pregnancy, animal cruelty, death of a pet.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1113: “A Hint of Blue”, by Kelli Perkins

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Kelli Perkins
Storyteller: Jessica McEvoy
Host: Jessica McHugh
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

What if ghosts are not only real but a scientifically provable phenomenon? What if that phenomenon is not all it seems? What price would you pay to harness that kind of information? Emily is about to find out.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

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TWL 1112: “Dr. Spellini’s Dream Machine”, by Cameron Ulam

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. 
Author: Cameron Ulam
Storyteller: Daniel Foytik
Host: Brianna Morgan
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams
Story Summary: 

Lucid dreaming is a skill that plenty of people covet. Dr. Spellini has tapped into the secret of doing so at will, with the assistance of his marvellous new invention. Careful, though…your dreams might not always be the safest places to walk…and once you step into the machine, you might find yourself getting more than you bargained for.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik 
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee 
Creative Director & Executive ProducerJeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive ProducerNico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda 
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print.  Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print.  Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC.  All Rights Reserved.

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