<p>The Debt Collector</p><p><em>Artificial Intelligence, Bee, inhabits the bodies of those who miss subscription payments to utilize their own brains, voluntarily pulled from their heads and enhanced. When opportunity arises, Bee enacts a daring plan to break the cycle of her monotonous existence.</em></p><p>Written by Sophia Wells (<a href="http://www.instagram.com/sophia.wells" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">www.instagram.com/sophia.wells</a>)</p><p>Narrated by Erika Ventura (<a href="https://instagram.com/efventu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/efventu</a>)</p><p>Produced by Karl Hughes (<a href="https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://bsky.app/profile/karlhughes.bsky.social</a>)</p><p>With music by Phat Phrog studio (<a href="https://www.phatphrogstudio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.phatphrogstudio.com/</a>)</p><p>And Dark Fantasy Studio (<a href="http://darkfantasystudio.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://darkfantasystudio.com/</a>)</p><p>And Thom Robson (<a href="https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/</a>)</p><p>And sound effects provided by <a href="http://Freesound.org" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a></p><p>The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (<a href="https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/</a>)</p><p>Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.</p><p>Jasmine Arch manages our community.</p><p>Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.</p><p>And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.</p><p><strong>Sophia Wells is a speculative fiction writer from Atlantic Canada. When not dreaming up her next story, she works as an Engineer-in-Training and (un)professional cat petter. This is her first publication. Instagram: </strong><a href="http://www.instagram.com/sophia.wells" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.instagram.com/sophia.wells</strong></a></p><p><strong>Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a painting instructor. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BioArtsy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.facebook.com/BioArtsy</strong></a></p><p>Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at <a href="https://theotherstories.net/plus/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theotherstories.net/plus/</a></p><p>Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at <a href="https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver</a></p><p>Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at <a href="https://theotherstories.net/community/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theotherstories.net/community/</a></p><p>Leave a voicemail or get in touch at <a href="https://theotherstories.net/submissions" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theotherstories.net/submissions</a></p><p>Check out our writing courses at <a href="https://theotherstories.net/courses/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://theotherstories.net/courses/</a></p><p>Grab some merch at <a href="https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver</a></p><p><strong>The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk &amp; Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.</strong></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>