In the quiet town of Bleakwood, Rue finds solace and self-discovery in their garden sanctuary, a lush and vibrant oasis that soon transforms into a supernatural paradise. But as a strange fog encircles their home and the garden takes on a life of its own, Rue discovers that paradise can quickly turn to prison—and that some Edens are meant to be escaped from, not embraced.

The Blooming Veil was written by James Barnett and read by Paul Stephenson. James Barnett (aka Jimmy Horrors) is the creator/producer of the Night’s End podcast and After the Gloaming. He is also a narrator and audio producer on The Other Stories. Search for them wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com

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Don’t forget, Darkness Come Alive, Paul's new vampire novel set in York, is out now. Paramedic Lucy Barker thinks she's seen it all, after years of responding to violent accidents and medical emergencies on the streets of York. But when she arrives on the scene of a brutal attack, Lucy finds herself drawn into a nightmare world beyond her comprehension.

Inside a blood-drenched room lay two bodies; one dying from a neck wound, the other with a stake through the heart. Standing over both, a creature torn from the pages of myth: Adam, a vampire with two and a half centuries of terror in his past.

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Three new tales from Bleakwood, all from a strange new section of the book, called...

The End

The Waning of the Light was written and performed by Paul Stephenson, and is a Hollow Stone Press Production. Tell your friends if you’re enjoying Bleakwood, or leave us a five-star rating wherever you listen.

If you’re enjoying Bleakwood, why not check out any of Paul's books available through Hollow Stone Press? There’s the post-apocalyptic Blood on the Motorway trilogy, the space horror serial the Sunset Chronicles, now in its third season, or the first book in the vampire epic, Darkness Rises. All are available in Kindle Unlimited or in print from your local library or independent bookstore. You can find all the links at paulstephensonbooks.com.

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Dr. Ross Rayburn does his best to ignore the pleas of the patient’s heart monitor. He cuts deeper, his scalpel searching for the source of the bleed. But Dr Rayburn will soon find out what happens when one cuts too deep into Bleakwood's past.

A Darkened Lodge of Uncertain Address was written by Dexter McLeod and read by Paul Stephenson.

Dexter McLeod resides in western Kentucky, where he writes in the darker shades of Southern Gothic, folk and cosmic horror, science fiction, and the New Weird. His work has been published by or forthcoming from Air and Nothingness Press, Dark Moon Books, The Horror Tree, KJK Publishing, TDotSpec, and the Hugo Award finalist/European SF Award-winning magazine, Sci Phi Journal. His stories have also been performed in a half-dozen volumes of Hawk & Cleaver's award-winning horror and science fiction podcast series, The Other Stories and is forthcoming from Dissonance Media's Gothic horror podcast series, After the Gloaming. Visit linktr.ee/dextermcleod to connect with him online.

Paul Stephenson writes pulp fiction for the digital age. His first novel series – the indie-published apocalyptic Blood on the Motorway trilogy – has been an Amazon bestseller on both sides of the Atlantic. A former journalist, he holds a diploma in Creative Writing at Oxford University. His stories have been featured on the chart-topping horror podcasts, The Other Stories and The Night’s End. His ebook serial The Sunset Chronicles, is a dystopian sci-fi thriller that will delight and terrify fans of science fiction and horror alike. His latest novel is Darkness Come Alive, book one of the vampire epic Darkness Rises, and is available now from all good bookshops.

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