Loved and Lost or Never At All
'What if you are the imaginary friend? What if they decide they don’t need you anymore?'
Written by Thomas Joyce (https://twitter.com/ThomasWJoyce1)
Narrated by Josh Curran (https://twitter.com/jcurranwriter)
Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)
With music by Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)
And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)
And sound effects provided by Zapsplat.com
The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)
A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch
And Joshua Boucher Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.
And to Ben Errington, the guardian of joy…
Thomas is a podcast junkie who lives in his hometown near Glasgow, Scotland, with his wife and daughter. His fiction has been published in the anthologies Lost Films (from Perpetual Motion Machine Publishing) and Daughter of Sarpedon (from Brigids Gate Press), and his short story, “Something in the Water”, will soon be appearing online at roosterrepublicpress.com.
Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation.
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