Episode 196 - Campfire Tales #11: Shadow Man
Lunatics Radio Hour: The History of Horror

Episode 196 - Campfire Tales #11: Shadow Man

B2Upper-intermediateJune 23, 202617 min

This week Abby and Alex present two original works of horror fiction. Shadows was written by by Jon Adcock. Find more of Jon's work at https://linktr.ee/jonadcock. Family, Like Branches was written by Marisca Pichette. You can find Marisca at www.mariscapichette.com, on Instagram @marisca_write, on Bluesky @marisca.bsky.social, and on Twitter/X @MariscaPichette. Turn down the lights and enjoy two unsettling tales from two talented writers. Get Lunatics Merch here. Join the discussion on Discord. Check out Abby's book Horror Stories. Available in eBook and...

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I'm just going to plant that seed before we read these two stories so that we can see how we feel about it after nice

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Hello everybody and welcome back to another episode of the Lunatics Radio Hour podcast. We are sitting here with my friend Alex Coleman. Hello hello. And today we have another installment of Campfire Tales for You, which means we are presenting

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two spooky stories for your enjoyment today. Ooh, can't wait to sink my teeth into this batch. I feel like one thing that sort of bonds these two stories in different ways is this child-father relationship.

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Different versions, obviously, in totally different plots and storylines. I'm just going to plant that seed before we read these two stories so that we can see how we feel about it after nice Yeah, I'm just thinking about other father horror type things. I guess the thing that comes to mind Oh the six sense. I was gonna say the shining. Oh and the shining. Yeah, but different. Oh, yeah

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