"Primordium" + "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds"
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"Primordium" + "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds"

C1AdvancedNovember 14, 202543 min

This episode features "Primordium" by Erica Ruppert (©2025 by Erica Ruppert) read by Stefan Rudnicki, and "Make of Your Chest a Place for Birds" by James L. Sutter (©2025 by James L. Sutter) read by Scott Peterson. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Welcome to the Nightmare Magazine Story podcast. Enter freely and of your own free will. I am your humble host, Terence Taylor, one very much at home with the children of the night.

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Stay close as my muse, the medieval demon Goblin, guides us down into beautiful darkness. In this episode, before our full-length story, we have a short shot. Primordium, written by Erika Rupert and narrated by Stefan Rudnicki. But first, a word from our sponsors.

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And now, Stefan Rudnicki. Primordium by Erika Rupert I have a long-standing fascination with fungi, their interconnectedness, their otherness, their ability to emerge from seemingly nothing. I also have a long-standing fascination with

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