Cast Macabre

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesNathaniel's work has appeared recently in PodCastle episode 132, where his story, "Fetch", won first prize in their Flash Fiction Contest Extravaganza, and he has had featured no less than six 100-word drabbles at the Drabblecast, making him their most-drabbled author!For help or advice about dealing with cancer, or to donate to a much more worthy cause than this podcast, visit Cancer Research UK.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyAll background music this week is by 1000psi, tracks Death, Decay, and Background.

Read by Graeme DunlopClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesDuring World War II, 1939 to 1945, following a programme of systematic state-sponsored extermination by Nazi Germany, two-thirds of the population of nine million Jews who had resided in Europe before the Holocaust were killed.I know of no greater horror.Music this week by Laeto, from their album, Laeto III, free to download from their website, laeto.co.uk/.The first album track, Dead Planets, plays behind the story, and we play out with the last, Mount Black Prince.

Read by Barry J. NorthernClick to play or download the MP3.Show NotesWarning: This week's story is especially explicit.Stephen lives and works as a sign maker in the UK. His interest in writing stories began in the late nineties when he started writing for the school nursery his children attended. When teachers advised him to think seriously about taking it further, he took a crash course inevening classes to find out what he really wanted to write about. He hasn't written a child's story since. Previous works have been published in Thirteen, Dark of Night, Albedo One, Doorways, Demon Minds, the Wicked Stories website, Pseudopod, Necrography, Nossa Morte and Necrotic Tissue.Music provided by Mevio at Music AlleyEmpty Box by Al Phlipp and The Woo TeamCalculated Emptyness by compl33t