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The Story Is AFTERWORDby Getting BetterMara Voss's husband has been dead eleven weeks when the phone rings and it's him. Seven minutes a day. He knows about the loose stair and the drawer where the screwdrivers live and the thing she said in the car that nobody else heard. He knows what he was working on the night he went off the catwalk at Pier 9. And he is very clear that she should stop looking into it. It isn't a ghost. It's worse than that, and it's a business. There are rooms in this county with a bed, a kettle and a bulb that wants changing, and there are people sitting in them who said yes to a very kind man on a telephone and have not been outside since. Some of them have been in there nine years. Every one of them was chosen because nobody would notice. Mara Voss is going to find them. What frightens her is how ordinary the people doing it turn out to be.5.0 out of 5 · 24 plays · Thriller · 26 episodes · 3 hr 34 min
CLOSE ENOUGH TO TOUCHby Getting BetterA twelve-year-old girl hides under her bed with her little brother while someone climbs the stairs. Then her lost phone calls her, and it’s her own voice: “Don’t move. He knows you’re under the bed.” Close Enough to Touch is a collection of horror stories told by the people who survived them. Each one is a full story, told late at night by the fire, with a full cast and sound that puts you in the room. Different people tell each story, and each happened in a different place, but they all share one truth: the monster was never a stranger. It was the neighbor who waved every morning. The friend who held your hand. Someone close enough to touch. Pull up a blanket. Turn off the lights. And listen carefully for the breathing beside you.4.5 out of 5 · 34 plays · Horror · 18 episodes · 2 hr 7 min
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Beautifully Disturbedby Kharma Sky**Some stories haunt you. Others change you.** What happens when love becomes obsession, guilt demands a price, and the things you fear most know exactly how to find you? Welcome to **Beautifully Disturbed**, a chilling anthology where ordinary lives unravel into extraordinary nightmares. Behind every familiar face lies a secret. Every choice carries a consequence. And sometimes, the most terrifying monsters are the ones who look, speak, and love just like us. From twisted psychological thrillers to supernatural encounters and deeply unsettling tales of human depravity, each standalone story draws you into a different nightmare, where nothing is quite what it seems and no one is guaranteed to make it out. There are no promises of happy endings. No rules about who survives. And absolutely no telling what waits around the next corner. Because the most disturbing stories aren't always the ones that frighten you. **They're the ones that make you wonder what you would have done differently.** *Beautifully Disturbed — A Carry On Audio Exclusive.* **Recommended for mature audiences.**Thriller · 4 episodes · 53 min
Everybody Dies Hereby Kharma SkyTwenty-eight years after thirteen-year-old Nia Bell vanished during Bellweather’s Founder’s Weekend, the past starts killing its way into the present. When respected pediatrician Marcus Reed receives a photograph of himself sleeping, an old secret he thought was buried begins to surface. Then Marcus is murdered, and the message left behind makes one thing clear: someone remembers what happened in 1998. As Detective Simone Mercer digs into the case, she discovers that the people tied to Nia’s disappearance have spent decades lying, hiding, and protecting something dangerous. Now someone is hunting them one by one. In Bellweather, everybody has secrets. And nobody is safe.1 play · Horror · 3 episodes · 51 min
The Billionaire's Witnessby Zara BlackwoodThe first time Adrian Vale asked Mara Ellis to lie for him, he was standing beside a dead man. Mara was only supposed to audit the accounts of a powerful Boston businessman. Instead, she witnessed a suspicious death, received threats from an unknown number, and discovered that the woman claiming to be Adrian's sister might be an impostor. Then a photograph from her childhood revealed a connection to the Vale family that her mother had spent years hiding. Now Mara must uncover the truth about a dead woman, a dangerous billionaire, and the secrets buried in her own past. But in a world where everyone has something to hide, trusting the wrong person could cost her everything. One lie started it all. The truth could destroy them both.6 plays · Mystery · 11 episodes · 1 hr 37 min
The Unrankedby Kharma SkyIn a city where your worth is etched onto your skin, Sky Novaire navigates the glittering, stratified world of Veyra as an Unranked, a ghost in a system built to exclude her. Her daily struggle for survival takes a dangerous turn when a chance encounter with the arrogant, S-Ranked heir Mykaiel Rook exposes the brutal chasm between their worlds. But as Sky fights to protect her brother and secure a future beyond the city's rigid class lines, a mysterious, unknown energy stirs deep beneath Veyra, an anomaly even her brother's unique abilities can't decipher. What ancient power has just awakened, and will it shatter the very foundations of a society that deems some lives worthless?3 plays · Superpowers · 12 episodes · 2 hr 49 min
ASH AND RAINby Getting BetterSixteen-year-old Adrian and his sister Samara hunt monsters in the rain to pay for their sick mother's medicine. His bloodline corrodes. Hers heals. Their blind teacher, Sparks, can cut a monster in half without turning his head. Then the System delivers a message from a father who's been dead for seven years, and something that was hunting him starts hunting them.7 plays · Superpowers · 11 episodes · 1 hr 12 min
Where the Wild Moon Breaksby Getting BetterLena Vale came to Blackridge Mountain to record the sounds of the wild. She never expected the wild to answer back. When a midnight encounter leaves her face-to-face with Callum Rook, a dangerous stranger hiding an impossible secret, Lena is pulled into a world of bloodlines, pack laws, and ancient instincts. Callum has spent his life controlling the wolf inside him. Lena is the first human who makes that control feel fragile. Their attraction is forbidden. Their trust is dangerous. And something in the mountains has already noticed the bond growing between them. As enemies close in and old lies begin to unravel, Lena and Callum must decide whether love can survive between two worlds that were never meant to touch. A dark, atmospheric paranormal romance of forbidden desire, loyalty, danger, and the untamed pull of the wild.3 plays · Romantasy · 4 episodes · 36 min
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