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EARWORMS - Audio Tales From The Quick And The Dread

Welcome to The Quick And The Dread - now in audio form...Journey into the weird and wild tall tales of Dan Long's horror-comedy anthology via an array of amazing vocal talent.From spooky seances to doomed dates, haunted tech to reanimated birds, it's time to plug in, suspend…

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  1. Issue · Sep 26, 2026

    CHARACTER BUILDING - EARWORMS VERSION (opens the original)

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    CHARACTER BUILDING by Dan LongNarrated by EleanorA viral trend sweeps the world before everyone realises it has deadly consequences…This short story is an audio Earworm from The Quick And The Dread - an online anthology of weird tales written by Dan Long.You can find the original written version of this story right here.And if you enjoyed it, you can read or listen to more stories FOR FREE at danlong.substack.com, or by searching for EARWORMS - Audio Tales From The Quick And Th

  2. Issue · Sep 19, 2026

    Consigned (opens the original)

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    “I know what you did.”The writing was small and neat, a clipped island of words in the middle of the sticky note.Alister stared at the words as they clung like a limpet to the front cover of his latest crime novel.The Circuit BreakA Newman St Francis Thrillerby best-selling authorAlister BalfourThe cover was various shades of black, with a stylised circuit board outlandishly outlining the distinct silhouette of Alister’s popular creation.But instead of his electric sleuth, the square of luminous

  3. Issue · Sep 12, 2026

    Canon (opens the original)

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    Adam’s eyes rolled white and he screamed as the first flames licked up his shin. The fire whipped up again and the skin crackled, the hairs melting into the crazed patchwork of bubbling flesh. His wrists pulled tight against the restraints keeping his wrists bound behind his back, but there was no escape. This was it. The end.He certainly didn’t think it would finish up this way a few weeks ago, back in the Patronix lab. He had signed up to their relic regression programme straight out of colleg

  4. Episode · Sep 6, 2026

    DELUGE - EARWORMS VERSION (opens the original)

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    Deluge by Dan Long Narrated by Ian Higton In the dark depths of the night there’s water, water everywhere and not one wink of sleep… This short story is an audio Earworm from The Quick And The Dread - an online anthology of weird tales written by Dan Long. You can find the original written version of this story right here . And if you enjoyed it, you can read or listen to more stories FOR FREE at danlong.substack.com , or by searching for EARWORMS - Audio Tales From The Quick And The Dread where

  5. Episode · Aug 15, 2026

    YOUR CARRIAGE AWAITS - EARWORMS VERSION (opens the original)

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    YOUR CARRIAGE AWAITS by Dan Long Narrated by Ben Kearns The occupants of an tube train are trapped - but is the real danger inside or outside the carriage? This short story is an audio Earworm from The Quick And The Dread - an online anthology of weird tales written by Dan Long. You can find the original written version of this story right here . And if you enjoyed it, you can read or listen to more stories FOR FREE at danlong.substack.com , or by searching for EARWORMS - Audio Tales From The Qu

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