The Turning by Hailey Piper

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12/05/22 • 25 min

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Spooky & Strange

"The news calls it a curse, but deep down, it's a mystery."

Meet Aurelien in the skies tonight to talk about THE TURNING by Hailey Piper. Spoilers ahead for this surprisingly optimistic story of transformation and change.

Read more from Hailey Piper: https://haileypiper.com/
Read more stories from OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (2022): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60527041-other-terrors

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Interesting word of the episode: pterosaur

noun any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.

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Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod
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"The news calls it a curse, but deep down, it's a mystery."

Meet Aurelien in the skies tonight to talk about THE TURNING by Hailey Piper. Spoilers ahead for this surprisingly optimistic story of transformation and change.

Read more from Hailey Piper: https://haileypiper.com/
Read more stories from OTHER TERRORS: AN INCLUSIVE ANTHOLOGY (2022): https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/60527041-other-terrors

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Interesting word of the episode: pterosaur

noun any flying reptile of the extinct order Pterosauria, from the Jurassic and Cretaceous periods, having the outside digit of the forelimb greatly elongated and supporting a wing membrane.

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Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod
Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com

Previous Episode

Frightful Flash Fiction, vol 3

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It’s time for another flash fiction roundup! Join Aurelien for a quick tour of the latest strange, spectacular, scary, sweet, surprising short fiction she's loved lately. No spoilers!

"Horror Story" by Carmen Maria Machado: http://www.nightmare-magazine.com/fiction/horror-story/
"Bashee Lullaby" by Chazley Dotson: https://www.flashfictiononline.com/article/banshee-lullaby/
"Gotta See the Candy" by KC Ball: https://everydayfiction.com/gotta-see-the-candy-by-kc-ball/
"The Ransom of Miss Coraline Connelly" by Alix E. Harrow: https://firesidefiction.com/the-ransom-of-miss-coraline-connelly
"The Masque of the Red Death" by Edgar Allan Poe: https://www.gutenberg.org/files/1064/1064-h/1064-h.htm

Interesting word of the episode: habiliment

noun Usually habiliments.

clothes or clothing.
clothes as worn in a particular profession, way of life, etc.

habiliments, accouterments or trappings.

Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod * Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com

Next Episode

The Postmortal by Drew Magary

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"There's only one reality."

Take a stroll down a dark alley in Midtown to hear a modern horror cautionary tale, THE POSTMORTAL by Drew Magary (2011).

Read it at your own risk, this dark dark tale of humanity and vanity, and consider your answer to the question we are still asking today: would you want to live forever? No spoilers in this one!

Read more from Drew Magary: https://twitter.com/drewmagary
Interesting word of the episode: collectivism
- noun
- the political principle of centralized social and economic control, especially of all means of production.

Theme: Magical Transition by Kevin McLeod
Additional music and sound effects from zapsplat.com