<description>&lt;p&gt;In the strongest communities, each of us pitch in and do what's best for one another. Sometimes that requires a little sacrifice. Sometimes the sacrifice isn't so little. Open Market was written by guest author Brett R. Scott, who workshops their stories on Reddit, under the name Miss Mnemosyne.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then it's time for Tim to take us down a dark, chill set of basement stairs and lock us away in a piece he calls The Box.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Cover art adapted from an original image by Michael Kauer from Pixabay&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

The best ways of living a long and satisfying life sometimes require a whole community to donate.

In the strongest communities, each of us pitch in and do what's best for one another. Sometimes that requires a little sacrifice. Sometimes the sacrifice isn't so little. Open Market was written by guest author Brett R. Scott, who workshops their stories on Reddit, under the name Miss Mnemosyne. Then it's time for Tim to take us down a dark, chill set of basement stairs and lock us away in a piece he calls The Box. Cover art adapted from an original image by Michael Kauer from Pixabay<hr> 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.

Open Market - The Box

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Where things are headed in Episode 20. It's NOT okay.

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S2 Ep 20 Promo

<description>&lt;p&gt;Guest author Harvey Carnell provides a tale of a modern family called "The Mother." How DO we get into that attic? And just how reliable is our narrator?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;After that, Tim provides some dark chill with a piece called Midnight Ripples.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Harley Carnell lives and writes in London. His Pushcart-nominated fiction appears in Penumbra, the NoSleep Podcast, Bards &amp;amp; Sages, and Riptide Journal, among others. His non-fiction appears in Gamut, Aurealis and the Lovecraft Annual. Find him at &lt;a href="https://www.harleycarnell.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;https://www.harleycarnell.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Image by &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com/users/hollywut-11900326/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;amp;utm_content=5690580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Kathrin&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;amp;utm_content=5690580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"&gt;Pixabay&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Where did Mother go, anyway? Why is Father so sick? And why is the house shifting around?

Guest author Harvey Carnell provides a tale of a modern family called "The Mother." How DO we get into that attic? And just how reliable is our narrator? After that, Tim provides some dark chill with a piece called Midnight Ripples. Harley Carnell lives and writes in London. His Pushcart-nominated fiction appears in Penumbra, the NoSleep Podcast, Bards &amp; Sages, and Riptide Journal, among others. His non-fiction appears in Gamut, Aurealis and the Lovecraft Annual. Find him at <a href="https://www.harleycarnell.com" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.harleycarnell.com</a> Image by <a href="https://pixabay.com/users/hollywut-11900326/?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5690580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Kathrin</a> from <a href="https://pixabay.com//?utm_source=link-attribution&amp;utm_medium=referral&amp;utm_campaign=image&amp;utm_content=5690580" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Pixabay</a><hr> 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.

The Mother - Midnight Ripples

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Where things are headed in Episode 19. It's NOT okay.

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S2 Ep 19 Promo

<description>&lt;p&gt;A guy who decides to make a deal with a demon...as part of his plan to increase the traffic on his channel. Chapter 1 of Marked.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;br&gt;&lt;p&gt;Then, a musical interlude from Mr. Parker, with a seven fugue piece called Cortege.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;hr&gt;&lt;p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'&gt; Hosted on Acast. See &lt;a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'&gt;acast.com/privacy&lt;/a&gt; for more information.&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Let's make a deal with a demon...and broadcast it to the world

A guy who decides to make a deal with a demon...as part of his plan to increase the traffic on his channel. Chapter 1 of Marked. Then, a musical interlude from Mr. Parker, with a seven fugue piece called Cortege.<hr> 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.

Marked Ch 1 - Cortege

An amalgamation of dark fiction and disturbing music in podcast form. Horrific, fantastic, dystopian, but always tinged with a bit of sinister darkness. Got a minute or two? We have a way- to make it NOT okay. Sinister Minutes features the dark narratives of writer and storyteller Kurt Hohmann, combined with the macabre musical musings of Tim Parker.<hr> 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.

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