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Sparks


14 episodes


Solo Horror Serial Audio Book


Synopsis:

WARNING: Sparks includes themes that some may find disturbing. Listener discretion is advised. Sparks is a lo-fi confessional style horror; a continuing story of a man’s bizarre experiences, which he tries to make sense of as he recounts them. “These are the files sent to me by client 347. After asking him to write what triggered his desire to seek help in therapy, he emailed me these recordings…” Season 1: episodes 1-5 Season 2: episodes 6-13 Season 3: coming soon


Format: Audio Book

Continuity: Serial

Writing: Scripted

Voices: Solo

Narrator: First Person

Genres: Horror

Soundscape: Music

Completion status: Partial

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Episodes:

Q&A part 1

Sun, 30 Mar 2025 17:32:45 GMT

There are spoilers, so best don't listen if you haven't already listened to the first 13 episodes of Sparks.


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Also, I don’t think I said thanks at the end to you for listening and recommending the show to other people. It means a lot to me.

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13. The Thing I Feared the Most

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:24:00 GMT

The narrator says goodbye. For now.


The last episode of season two. It you haven’t listened to Sparks from the start, this won’t make sense.


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12. Beyond the Waterfall

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:22:00 GMT

The narrator reads the letter he found.


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11. The Door is Wide Open

Sun, 23 Mar 2025 19:03:00 GMT

The narrator returns to Tom’s farm.


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10. A Particularly Gullible Person

Sat, 22 Mar 2025 09:37:00 GMT

The narrator, having put the pieces together, moves to escape his fate once and for all.


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9. The Death Radio: A Bedtime Story

Wed, 19 Mar 2025 03:00:00 GMT

WARNING: This episode contains themes, including suicide, that some may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.


A bedtime story that you probably shouldn’t tell your children.


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8. It's What a Good Girl Would Do

Sat, 15 Mar 2025 14:45:00 GMT

WARNING: This episode contains strong themes including suggested sexual abuse. Listener discretion is advised.


An overview of the narrator's father and his secret life.


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7. Uncle Tom Has a Visitor

Fri, 07 Mar 2025 12:27:16 GMT

The day of the accident, on the other side of the field, Uncle Tom is getting paranoid.


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6. Nothing but Silence

Mon, 03 Mar 2025 08:40:01 GMT

WARNING: The following recording contains graphic scenes and images that some people may find distressing. Listener discretion is advised.


This is the first episode of Part Two.


"A year has passed and my client has once again commenced sending me audio files. Starting this next part of his story is something more about his mother, Jenny. "


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5. The Bandaged Man

Mon, 17 Feb 2025 12:34:33 GMT

Returning to the day of the accident in the square that the narrator described in episode one. This time from a different perspective with quite different consequences.


This is the final episode of Part One.


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4. The Laughing Tree

Fri, 31 Jan 2025 09:15:34 GMT

Everything seems lost for the narrator and his wife. Terrible things happen around the Laughing Tree.


(Please excuse the sound quality. I’m working on a new version to upload)


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3. A Body to Dispose of

Sun, 26 Jan 2025 05:00:00 GMT

After waiting at Tom’s farm, The Narrator is tasked with the unthinkable.


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2. The Shadow of Sparag

Thu, 23 Jan 2025 06:16:16 GMT

With his wife away, the narrator is alone in their house. He has to go to the attic and is still disturbed by a bedtime story from his childhood..


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1. Night Terror

Tue, 21 Jan 2025 13:48:27 GMT

After moving back into his childhood home, patient 347 begins to experience unsettling events.


This is the first episode of a continuing story that really needs to be listened to in order. When the pace is slow, it needs to be. Details are important here.


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