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The Wicked Library: Gifts for the Wicked

Story Title: "Whiteout"
Episode: 9
Teaser: My favorite part of every Christmas movie is its end.
Other Iterations: You can also listen on YouTube!
Highlight for CW: Implied Familial Problems, Erasure from Existence

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Victoria's Lift

Story Title: "Art Therapy"
Episode: S5E01
Teaser: “Art is long, and Time is fleeting.” ~ Longfellow
Note: A list of the featured flowers and their meaning can be found on Twitter.
Other Iterations: N/A, though you can read "Owl's Head, 1980s" here!
Highlight for CW: Mentions of Cancer, Grief, Death

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Thirteen

Story Title: "Three Card Pull"
Episode: 39
Teaser: Destiny is not a matter of belief.
Other Iterations: N/A
Highlight for CW: Discussion of Free Will, Existential Horror, Implied Body Horror, Implied Death

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Connections

Story Title: "Prescience"
Episode: 1
Teaser: Nestled behind cold gravestones, between the churning sound of the sea and the amber glow of the lighthouse, Marwick waits for a question to be asked.
Other Iterations: N/A
Highlight for CW: Discussion of Family Death, Existentialism, Isolation, SFX of Water (including diving) Horror, Existential Horror

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Thirteen

Story Title: "Catacombs"
Episode: 31
Teaser: It is my sister’s good luck that she dies first.
Note: The featured quote from The Epic of Gilgamesh was translated by Danny P Jackson. The full poem can be read on interfaith.org.
Other Iterations: N/A
Highlight for CW: References to Sickness/Death, References to Murder, Body Horror, Existential Horror

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The Wicked Library: Pride Month Horror Special (2021)

Story Title: "Holy Water"
Episode: "TWL PM 2021"
Teaser: In the wastes of a world gone dry, a sea witch ruminates on the creation of water while her partner mulls on its memory. On their memories. And on how many times she has killed her lover.
Other Iterations: N/A
Highlight for CW: Implied Gore, Murder/Death, Drowning

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Shadows at the Door: The Podcast

Story Title: "Gnothi Seauton Audio Tour"
Episode: S2E09
Teaser: Welcome to MoMA. Please enjoy the following audio tour of our special exhibit, "Gnothi Seauton."
Other Iterations: N/A
Highlight for CW: Murder/Death, Loud Noises

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Monsters Out of the Closet

Story Title: "Sparrow"
Episode: 18
Teaser: "Who killed Cock Robin?" asks the nursery rhyme. "I," said the Sparrow, for she had need of a body.
Other Iterations: This story also features in Flame Tree Publishing's "Haunted House Short Stories!"
Highlight for CW: Murder/Death, Stillbirth

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Tales to Terrify

Story Title: "Revelation 2:17"
Episode: 451
Teaser: Revenge is a dish best served cold, and there is little colder than a dead body.
Other Iterations: This story also features in Mantle Lane Press' "Mrs Rochester's Attic: Tales of Madness, Strange Love and Deep, Dark Secrets!"
Highlight for CW: Murder/Death, Consumption of a Human Corpse (by a Non-Human Entity), Implied Sexual Content

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Strange Horizons

Poem: "The Hollow"
Episode: 2 August 2021
Teaser: An apple’s life is not long, she notes, nearly slipping in puddles of pulp.
Other Iterations: This poem also featured in the same week's digital issue!
Highlight for CW: Body Transformation, Death/Dying, Snakes, Spiders/Insects, Suffocation

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