🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 7: Chapter 14, Part 3: I Need to Speak to the Manager of Existence—Because Honey, You Don’t Deserve the Headache I’m About to Give Someone

Wed, 04 Mar 2026 13:42:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 7: Chapter 14, Part 3: I Need to Speak to the Manager of Existence—Because Honey, You Don’t Deserve the Headache I’m About to Give Someone

In Part 3, Hannah’s grief stops being a file and becomes a force—because Bob finally refuses to let the system separate her, soften her, or silence her. Heaven’s Upper Administration responds the way institutions always do when someone stops complying: with pursuit, politeness, and paperwork. But the Silver City has moods… and this time, it may have opinions.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

* A universal key that makes the Silver City react like it just saw an executive badge.

* Heaven’s “Main Office” is… aggressively normal (in the most horrifying way).

* Grief is not a compliance issue (and the building itself agrees).

* A rat named Sneaker with the confidence of a creature who has stolen from God’s supply closet.

* A whispered phrase that turns your stomach: “The committee wants it clean.”

* An emergency escape route through crawlspaces, seams, and bureaucracy’s blind spots.

* The Silver City’s customer-service voice goes from helpful to helpful with opinions.

⚠️ Content Advisory: grief and anger around loss, institutional gaslighting / emotional suppression, implied threat/pursuit, panic-response moments, and unsettling cosmic bureaucracy.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to 

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery 

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Credits:

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens vibes (celestial chaos + heart)

divine workplace satire / “bureaucracy, but make it cosmic”

cozy horror that’s more uncanny than gory

found family + sibling banter

magical-realism humor with emotional bite

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✅ New here? Start at the beginning

Season 1, Episode 1 (Chapter 2): Hell is Hell Only to Humanshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-1

🔥 Already into it / want the newest arc? Start Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1 (Chapter 10): Drink Up, The World’s About to Endhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-2

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

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And remember… tip your local rat merchant and distrust anyone saying “growth through suffering.”

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 6: Chapter 14, Part 2

Wed, 25 Feb 2026 13:42:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 6: Chapter 14, Part 2: I Need to Speak to the Manager of Existence—Because Honey, You Don’t Deserve the Headache I’m About to Give Someone

Hannah files the most reasonable request in existence—direct access to the Source—and Upper Administration responds with the politest possible threat: “We can support you into compliance.” As the office smiles tighten and the signage gets creepier, Hannah discovers the real horror isn’t hellfire… it’s customer service language used as a muzzle. Bob’s patience thins. Adil’s charm turns surgical. And Heaven’s immaculate waiting room starts to feel like a trap with excellent lighting.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

Upper Administration smiles like a clinic receptionist—then tries to “stabilize” grief into compliance.

Tone policing… in Heaven. (Yes, really.)

A waiting room full of bureaucratic horror notices, including the one that hits too close to home.

Hannah refuses to let her sorrow become a lesson plan.

Bob stops playing polite guest in a system he maintains.

The system attempts a classic move: split the witnesses.

⚠️ Content Advisory:Themes of grief and bereavement; institutional gaslighting; tone policing; emotional manipulation framed as “support”; references to death/loss; tense confrontation.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to 

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery 

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Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black🎵 Additional Music: Lament (Golden Light) - Devon Church

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens vibes (celestial chaos + heart)

divine workplace satire / “bureaucracy, but make it cosmic”

cozy horror that’s more uncanny than gory

found family + sibling banter

magical-realism humor with emotional bite

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story)

Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

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If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

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✅ New here? Start at the beginning

Season 1, Episode 1 (Chapter 2): Hell is Hell Only to Humanshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-1

🔥 Already into it / want the newest arc? Start Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1 (Chapter 10): Drink Up, The World’s About to Endhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-2

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

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And remember… if they ask you to regulate your tone, you’re getting close to the truth.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 5, Chapter 14, Part 1

Wed, 18 Feb 2026 13:42:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 5: Chapter 14, Part 1: I Need to Speak to the Manager of Existence—Because Honey, You Don’t Deserve the Headache I’m About to Give Someone

Heaven has fluorescent lighting, laminated flowcharts, and the kind of “help desk” smile that makes you want to apologize for having pores. Hannah shows up with grief, receipts, and a fully hydrated willingness to escalate. With Bob trying to keep the peace (and failing), Miss Lavinia serving mints like emotional PPE, and a mid-level clerk named Adil quietly collecting evidence, Chapter 14 becomes a holy customer-service nightmare where the signage has opinions, the system has feelings, and the question “Who’s in charge?” starts sounding a lot like a threat.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

A Heavenly reception desk that treats “seeing God” like a routing request

The most terrifying phrase in existence: “Please select one.”

Miss Lavinia, patron saint of mints, paperwork, and telling the truth nicely

Adil at Window Three: warm, competent, and suspicious in the best way

Bureaucracy so advanced it starts generating acting coverage for the divine

A confrontation with “Oversight” that turns grief into a compliance issue (and Hannah refuses)

Doors, keys, and the moment “being polite” stops being survival

The Silver City itself getting… very helpful

⚠️ Content Advisory: Mentions of grief and loss (including multiple deaths), emotional overwhelm, institutional gaslighting / “spiritual bypassing” (pain framed as a lesson), tone policing, coercive bureaucracy, and a confrontation with authority that includes raised voices and intense emotional tension. (No gore.)

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to 

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery 

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

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Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black🎵 Additional Music: Lament (Golden Light) - Devon Church

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens vibes (celestial chaos + heart)

divine workplace satire / “bureaucracy, but make it cosmic”

cozy horror that’s more uncanny than gory

found family + sibling banter

magical-realism humor with emotional bite

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story)

Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts)

Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

 → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

✅ New here? Start at the beginning

Season 1, Episode 1 (Chapter 2): Hell is Hell Only to Humanshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-1

🔥 Already into it / want the newest arc? Start Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1 (Chapter 10): Drink Up, The World’s About to Endhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-2

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… grief isn’t a compliance issue, no matter how many forms they hand you.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 4 (Chapter 13)

Wed, 04 Feb 2026 13:30:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 4:The Ways & The Means: By Blood and By Policy (Chapter 13)

This family reunion has everything: carnival lights, laminated schedules, and emotional-support water stations. Michael hauls Gabriel into the loving chaos for a refresher on “humans can be good on purpose”—and immediately they get ambushed by the most powerful being alive: a five-year-old CEO with a clipboard and a Party Pony Rescue plan.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

A county-fair reunion run like an accessibility love letter (and yes, the signage has opinions)

Michael’s proud sibling tour of “humans being decent without making it weird”

Gabriel’s complicated relationship with systems… and what it means when a system is kind

Junie, age five, arriving with quarterly-earnings energy and a mission to save retired party ponies

A reminder that logistics can be tenderness — and tenderness can still carry responsibility

⚠️ Content Advisory

Mentions of afterlife bureaucracy and administrative systems

Emotional undercurrent: grief/nostalgia and complicated family distance (handled with humor + warmth)

Kid chaos (balloon swords, mild screaming, general festival mayhem)

No graphic violence, no gore

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ More Audio Stories

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunterhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter

Boarding School Murder Mysteryhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery

Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black🎵 Additional Music: City Lights — Patrick Patrikios

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens vibes (celestial chaos + heart)

divine workplace satire / “bureaucracy, but make it cosmic”

cozy horror that’s more uncanny than gory

found family + sibling banter

magical-realism humor with emotional bite

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story)

Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts)

Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

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💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just cozy enough.

✅ New here? Start at the beginning

Season 1, Episode 1 (Chapter 2): Hell is Hell Only to Humanshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-1

🔥 Already into it / want the newest arc? Start Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1 (Chapter 10): Drink Up, The World’s About to Endhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-2

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

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And remember… Hydrate or die-drate!

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 3

Wed, 28 Jan 2026 13:38:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 3:

Two Tickets to the End of the World (Light Snacks Will Be Served During Judgment Day) (Chapter 12)

A quiet movie theater should be an easy place to disappear. Dim lights. Buttered popcorn. A story big enough to hold your nervous system for a while. But in our Universe, even “escape” has policies—and Bob doesn’t bring Hannah here for fun. He brings her because someone powerful prefers to talk while humans are distracted… and because the sky has been acting like it has something to say.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

A movie theater that feels less like entertainment and more like a shrine

Rimona: a weather goddess with immaculate composure and storm-level opinions

The funniest/creepiest human curse: in an empty room, they still block the view

“Storms aren’t punishment.” A strangely tender conversation about grief and scale

Cosmic bureaucracy details that feel… off (and Bob notices)

A lingering sense that the system is smiling while something underneath shifts

Hannah’s anger sharpening into something usable: direction

⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode includes grief themes and death aftermath, along with existential dread (including discussion of apocalypse/extinction as a concept). It also touches on institutional horror and authoritarian undertones (organized dissent, fear-based systems), plus uncanny social behavior and a kind of invisibility-like erasure (humans not noticing someone’s presence). There’s thunderstorm/storm imagery used as mood (no injury depicted), and mild profanity with dark-comedy framing around end-of-the-world language.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to 

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery 

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black

🎵 Additional Music: Glitter and Gold - Patrick Patrikios

🎵 Additional Music: Cinematic Symphony of Steel - Jimena Contreras

✨ Listen If You Love:

afterlife bureaucracy / divine workplace comedy

celestial chaos with heart (Good Omens-adjacent vibes)

cozy-horror atmosphere without gore

liminal spaces (movie theaters, empty halls, strange rituals)

stories where grief is treated as real—and survivable

surreal humor threaded through genuine tenderness

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts):Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

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💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just cozy enough.

✅ New here? Start at the beginning

Season 1, Episode 1 (Chapter 2): Hell is Hell Only to Humanshttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-1

🔥 Already into it / want the newest arc? Start Season 2

Season 2, Episode 1 (Chapter 10): Drink Up, The World’s About to Endhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/p/the-trouble-with-angels-season-2

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… if the room is empty and someone still sits directly in front of you, it’s not personal. You might be a tad divine. Bring snacks anyway.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 2: Chapter 11

Wed, 21 Jan 2026 13:24:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 2

The Trouble with Angels: Chapter 11 — Business Casual Armageddon

A Holiday Inn Express is the last place you expect to witness divine crisis management. But when the universe is glitching, it turns out apocalypse paperwork can travel anywhere—right alongside bulk cinnamon rolls and conference-room pastries.

Hannah gets this story secondhand: a reconstruction from Bob’s network, rat intel, and the kind of family debrief you only get when Heaven is quietly panicking. Michael and Gabriel arrive together in a way that isn’t casual, and Azazel is mid-seminar—teaching humans how to reduce harm inside messy systems—when something wrong slips into the room like a draft you can’t explain.

Then the real problem lands: a too-clean order, an absence of love, and the terrifying suspicion that someone is trying to weaponize faith into procedure.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

A painfully normal hotel becomes the stage for cosmic emergency logistics

Michael and Gabriel move like siblings who refuse to be alone right now

Azazel’s “ethical” seminar reveals what kind of work he actually does on Earth

A forged apocalypse order surfaces—clean routing, wrong essence, zero love

The Family makes a decision: this can’t be solved solo

A brief, uncanny interruption hints reality is editing itself mid-scene

⚠️ Content Advisory:This episode includes themes of death and the afterlife (satirical/cozy-horror tone), grief themes (referenced), institutional/corporate control, power dynamics, and end-of-the-world implications handled with care.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to:Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunterhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunterBoarding School Murder Mysteryhttps://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Angelic Forest — Doug Maxwell / Media Right Productions🎵 Additional Music:

First Dream — Brian Bolger

Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black

In The Morning — The Grey Room / Clark Sims

💥 Listen If You Love:😇 Good Omens (celestial chaos + snark)🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + dark humor)🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal)🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous)😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)🎙️ “corporate training, but make it apocalypse” vibes

Thanks for tagging along with Hannah, Bob, and the whole cosmic HR crisis in Chapter 11.

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

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📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

📚 Stay tuned for The Trouble with Angels at Gloryous Magazine: 👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com

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🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 1

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 13:43:00 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 2, Episode 1

Drink Up, The World’s About to End (Chapter 10)

By Glory Fink

Paradise is supposed to be soothing. But grief doesn’t believe in palm trees.

Hannah and Bob step into Maui — a place so perfect it feels manufactured. A stranger bumps Hannah… apologizes… and then vanishes like she was never there. And at a juice bar with a menu that reads like a spiritual threat, Bob asks the barista one calm question:

“How’s the pressure today?”

Welcome to the neutral zone. Reality is softer here. Which means it’s thinner.

✅ In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

Maui as a “too perfect” stopover — gorgeous, suspicious, and off

A brief encounter that glitches out of existence

A serene juice bar with drink names that feel like emotional paperwork

Bob quietly monitoring the “vibe” like it’s weather

Hannah pushing for answers — and getting rules instead

A calm scene that can’t quite hold what Hannah is carrying

⚠️ Content Advisory (Chapter 10)

Themes include: death/afterlife, grief and anger, dissociation/“unreality” sensations, institutional control, and emotionally intense moments (handled with care). No graphic gore.

If you’re in the U.S. or Canada, you can call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). U.K. & ROI: Samaritans 116 123. Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14. If you’re in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark)

The Good Place (afterlife systems + comedy with teeth)

Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal unease)

The Magnus Archives (when cozy turns ominous)

Severance / The White Lotus (beautiful environments with a creeping wrongness)

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to 

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter 

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery 

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black🎵 Additional Music:

Pangelic - The Mini Vandals

✨ Listen If You Love:😇 Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark)🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor)🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal)🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous)😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts):Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

 → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… when the air feels too perfect, check the edges — reality might be peeling.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 9

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:31:31 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 9: “Angels Don’t Knock. They Follow Up.” (Chapter 1)

By Glory Fink

Hannah thinks she’s just having a catastrophic run of bad luck… until an exhausted, chain-smoking heavenly functionary named Bob shows up with the kind of message that feels less like divine comfort and more like cosmic paperwork with teeth. 😳🚬✨Angels don’t arrive with good news—they arrive with assignments. And Bob? Bob does not accept “no” as a complete sentence.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

A grief-struck woman hits the point where “normal life” is no longer a category that applies

A strange, too-casual stranger appears in an ordinary place… and says something wildly not-ordinary

Hannah’s voice is sharp, funny, furious—and painfully human

A boundary is drawn. Immediately. Loudly. Publicly.

The universe responds with the most unsettling kind of persistence: a follow-up visit

The tone: noir-leaning, dryly comedic, and quietly ominous—with heart underneath the teeth

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode includes themes of grief, death, and suicide/self-harm ideation, including discussion of accidents, serious injury, and death (including a child’s death), plus emotionally intense material.

If this isn’t a safe listen for you today, please take care of yourself first. This episode will be here when you’re ready.

Support note (U.S.): If you’re struggling or feeling unsafe, you can call or text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline). If you’re outside the U.S., your local emergency number or local crisis line can help—searching “suicide crisis hotline” + your country will get you there quickly.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

📚 Read / Binge the Story on Substack

Start at Chapter 1: https://open.substack.com/pub/gloryfink/p/the-trouble-with-angels

Season 1 Hub + Chapters: https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

✨ Listen If You Love

Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark)

The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor)

Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal)

The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous)

Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

🧾 Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on SubstackTheme Music: “Heaven and Earth” — Jeremy BlackAdditional Music:“Angelic Forest” — Doug Maxwell / Media Right Productions“First Dream” — Brian Bolger“Kate’s Waltz” — Bad Snacks

✨ Listen If You Love:😇 Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark)🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor)🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal)🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous)😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts):Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome):  → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashAppYour support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… Angels don’t knock. They follow up.

🎧 THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS — Season 1, Episode 8

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 07:04:47 GMT

🎧 THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS — Season 1, Episode 8

“The Holy Wedding Crashers” (Chapter 9)

By Glory Fink

Two archangels walk into a wedding reception in Memphis, Tennessee—with zero invitation, a folded hundred-dollar “love offering,” and the kind of confidence that can only come from being technically ageless.

Michael is determined to do what he does best: turn human joy into holy fuel, bless the room, and make sure everyone—guests, staff, and the deeply stressed venue manager—gets exactly what they need (whether they asked or not). Gabriel, meanwhile, is doing their best to look normal… which mostly means quietly panicking in divine elegance and trying to keep the chaos pointed in a kind direction.

Expect: party music, unexpected tenderness, a suspiciously perfect playlist, and a night that becomes legend—right up until the story drops a final, soft-spoken gut-punch.

✨ In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

A wedding reception becomes the most accidental holy site in Tennessee

Michael “blesses” the dance floor like it’s a sacred obligation

Gabriel gets pulled into the human warmth of the room (against their will)

A venue manager receives unsolicited mentorship… and a tip

A joyful spectacle builds—then the episode ends on a sudden shift

⚠️ Content Advisory: Religious/spiritual themes (angels, blessings, scripture references), alcohol/drinking at a wedding reception, and an emotionally intense moment near the end.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple Podcasts • YouTube • and beyond

🎙️ Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: The Trouble with Angels — Gloryous Magazine (Substack)

🎵 Music

Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy BlackAdditional Music:

Cued For Liftoff — Dan

Glitter and Gold — Patrick Patrikios

In The Morning — The Grey Room / Clark Sims

City Lights — Patrick Patrikios

✨ Listen If You Love…

Good Omens (celestial chaos + snark + heart)

The Good Place (afterlife systems + comedy)

Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal energy)

The Magnus Archives (when “cozy” gets ominous)

Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy vibes)

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story)

Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters

👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Harold will accept it as a “love offering,” whether policy allows it or not🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts)

Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

 → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Harold will accept it as a “love offering,” whether policy allows it or not

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

🕯️ And remember… always welcome strangers—some have unknowingly entertained angels.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 7

Wed, 14 Jan 2026 06:34:05 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 7

The Custodian of Creation: Fixing the Universe One Tear at a Time (Chapter 8)

By Glory Fink

Hannah thinks she’s hiding—pressed under an angel’s battered duster like a kid clinging to a motorcycle. But when she peeks out… she’s standing on the edge of a supernova.

In Chapter 8, Bob takes Hannah to a repair job in deep space—where reality has microtears, the stars are held together by routine maintenance, and the most holy tool in Heaven might just be… duct tape.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Light)

* A surreal “field trip” to the edge of a slowly exploding star

* A breathable bubble in a place no human should be able to stand

* Cosmic repairs: splints, seals, and extremely practical problem-solving

* Heaven’s bureaucracy vs. Bob’s “get it done” supply chain

* The reveal of Bob’s nano golems—and why they sound like bees

* A quiet pivot: purpose, burnout, and where angels go when they’re struggling

✨ Vibe Check

Cosmic workplace comedy • awe & wonder • tender grief • “maintenance is holy” energy • Good Omens-style celestial chaos with a soft, haunted heart.

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode includes themes of death/afterlife (satirical/cozy-horror tone), grief, emotional intensity, and institutional/bureaucratic frustration. No gore.

If you’re feeling overwhelmed or unsafe, please don’t white-knuckle it alone—reach out for support:

* U.S. & Canada: call/text 988 (Suicide & Crisis Lifeline)

* U.K. & ROI: Samaritans 116 123

* Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14

* If you’re in immediate danger, call your local emergency number.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black

✨ Listen If You Love:😇 Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark)🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor)🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal)🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous)😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts):Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

→ Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People:❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will try to file it properly, but the nanos are already buzzing about laminating it

🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror vibes, or divine workplace comedy

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

Read / Binge the Series

* Season 1 Hub + Chapters: https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

* Start at Chapter 1:

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @ Threads

And remember… mind the cosmic paperwork, drink some water, and if reality springs a leak—don’t panic. Bob’s got duct tape.

🎧 THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS — Season 1, Episode 6

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 10:25:31 GMT

🎧 THE TROUBLE WITH ANGELS — Season 1, Episode 6 The Apocryphal Adventures of Gabriel and Michael (Chapter 7) By Glory Fink

Two archangels. One missing God. One apocalypse memo… conveniently lacking a timeframe. Michael shows up in Heaven like he owns the place, Gabriel is having a disco-mice day, and somehow “end all life on Earth” becomes a sibling road trip in a borrowed holy convertible.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

An urgent divine order arrives… with suspiciously missing details

Michael and Gabriel weaponize loopholes and affection like professionals

A New Orleans detour includes incense, poboys, and a tattoo parlor with Fern

Heaven’s “Perfection Rule” makes things… complicated

A moment of real tenderness breaks through the chaos

A very specific vehicle is acquired for the road trip (with upgrades)

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode includes: apocalyptic stakes, existential distress, grief/longing themes, references to ending life / oblivion (non-graphic), and emotionally intense conversation handled with care (with comedy throughout).

If you’re feeling heavy after listening: in the U.S./Canada call or text 988. U.K. & ROI: Samaritans 116 123 • Australia: Lifeline 13 11 14 • If in immediate danger, call local emergency services.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts:Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ Additional listening opportunities have been approved by the Celestial Committee:

Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/sadie-cohen-bounty-hunter

Boarding School Murder Mystery https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/boarding-school-murder-mystery

Credits

Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black 🎵 Additional Music:

Kate’s Waltz — Bad Snacks

Wasp Kill — Rachel K Collier

✨ Listen If You Love:

😇 Good Omens (celestial chaos + sibling energy) 🗂️ The Good Place (systems, rules, existential comedy) 🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (surreal deadpan) 🎭 Miracle Workers / Lucifer (divine workplace nonsense) 🕯️ Cozy horror vibes… with heart

🎧 …and fiction podcasts like: ☕ Midnight Burger (a dimension-hopping diner; funny, heartfelt, cosmic weirdness) 🕵️‍♂️ Death by Dying (whimsical horror-comedy mysteries in a strange little town) ☕🗂️ The Amelia Project (dark, absurd comedy with secrets, twists, and cocoa)

📬 Subscribe for the paperwork (and the story):Chapters, audio updates, and assorted cosmic memos arrive via inbox. Compliance is optional, but encouraged.👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

Subscribe now

💛 Become a Financial Booster (Bob keeps receipts):Paid subs and tips directly fund writing time, audio production, and whatever fresh nonsense the afterlife approves next.

Get 80% off for 1 year

If you’d like to contribute to the divine operational budget:

→ Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic) 💬 Leave a comment — Fern will squint, nod solemnly, and declare she needs a lie down 🔁 Share this episode with a friend who loves celestial chaos, cozy-horror satire, or divine loophole comedy

Share

☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome): → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashAppYour support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉

Coffee Bunny Café Community Newsletter

Coffee Bunny Community news and promoting each other!

By Kat Leo

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @ Threads

And remember… Watch your step—reality has loose paperwork.

The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 5

Mon, 12 Jan 2026 04:37:05 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 5 (Chapter 6)

“In Paris, Even The Rats See Hell’s Madness”

By Glory Fink

Hell was only the warm-up.

Hannah and Bob tumble out of “Your Afterlife™” and land somewhere wet, stone-lined, and very European—where the traffic is aggressive, the alleys are ancient, and the locals include a highly organized rat society with impeccable hospitality and an alarming amount of cosmic insight.

If you’ve ever wanted Good Omens-style celestial bureaucracy, Paris as a liminal accident, and tiny rats delivering metaphysical truth like brunch gossip… welcome home.

🧳 In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

A sudden, rainy arrival in a grubby Paris alley (and yes, the street sign says Rue)

Hannah asks the most important question imaginable: “If I get hit by a car, do I die again?”

A surreal collision that feels like fate… and looks like stars and lens flares on an overcast day

A rat guide named Emile appears with zero explanation and maximum confidence

Dumpster croissants and “free with our compliments” cheese restore faith in humanity (and rodents)

Hannah meets Pierre and Clotilde, the rat-family power couple, featuring:

a pink RC convertible

formal wear

treasure trading

and extremely serious vibes about snacks

The madness of Hell is discussed the way it should be: like a scandalous workplace secret

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode includes: themes of death and the afterlife (satirical/cozy-horror tone), brief disorientation after a “transition,” cigarette smoking, traffic/collision moment (non-graphic), and big existential ideas delivered gently (and comedically) over pastry and chèvre.

📚 Read the Series (Links)

Season 1 Hub + Chapters: https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

Start at Chapter 1: https://open.substack.com/pub/gloryfink/p/the-trouble-with-angels

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ And if you want more audio stories while you’re here:Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter + Boarding School Murder Mystery are also available wherever you’re listening now.

✍️ Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Music

Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy BlackAdditional Music: First Dream — Brian Bolger

✨ Listen If You Love…

Good Omens (celestial chaos + snark with heart)

The Good Place (afterlife systems + comedy)

Welcome to Night Vale (surreal small truths delivered calmly)

The Magnus Archives (when cozy turns ominous)

Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Pierre will read it with his tiny rat hands like sacred literature☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome):

  → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp (links in show notes)Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… Keep your halo handy… and your work orders filed in triplicate.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 4

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 08:09:12 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 5 (Chapter 5)

“A Cul de Sac of Possibilities” (by Glory Fink)

Sometimes the safest neighborhood has the strangest seams. Agnes notices a cul de sac that doesn’t feel like it belongs… and then she sees the rats.

In a quiet, uncanny pocket of suburbia, something is being moved. Something is being hidden. And something — very politely — is being opened.

✅ In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

A “normal” town with an off feeling Agnes can’t name

A shaded cul de sac that looks unfinished… or forgotten

Rats behaving like a coordinated little workforce (with loot)

A too-casual dinner conversation that raises more questions than answers

Tea in the backyard with Uncle Yancy: warmth, wisdom, and the pull of the wider world

Agnes makes a decision that changes her path

⚠️ Content Advisory

Cozy-surreal / lightly ominous tone. Includes: uncanny/liminal environments, unease, nausea/dizziness during strange phenomena, and themes of stagnation vs. change. (No gore.)

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and Boarding School Murder Mystery wherever you’re listening now.

🧾 Credits

Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black

✨ Listen If You Love

😇 Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark) 🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor) 🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal) 🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous) 😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic) 💬 Leave a comment — Agnes is collecting proof she’s not imagining things. ☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome):  → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp (links in show notes)

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just haunted enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS):👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink as @Glory Writes The Blues, on social media: 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch

📘 Facebook 🎵 TikTok @  Threads

And remember… Take care of yourself—this universe is under construction

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 3

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 05:09:44 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 3: The Lost Child’s Path Home (Chapter 4)

Sometimes salvation isn’t a choir of angels. Sometimes it’s a rat named Pierre… offering a child a way out.

In Chapter 4, we leave the polished nightmare of bureaucratic eternity and slip into the tunnels under old Paris—where language travels strangely, wormholes behave like open doors, and a small, battered soul finds the first real kindness she’s had in far too long.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

* We meet Pierre, a multilingual, mildly telepathic rat with a job, a reputation, and a soft spot he doesn’t understand yet

* A hidden wormhole opens into a stark historical world where a lonely child tends cabbages in silence

* A friendship forms fast—because sometimes safety can’t wait for permission

* The story shifts from eerie wonder to tender found-family warmth

* A new home is offered… and accepted

⚠️ Content Advisory

This episode includes references to child neglect/abuse in a historical setting, emotional distress, and themes of abandonment and rescue. It’s handled with care, but please take care of you.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ And if you want more of my audio stories, you can also listen to Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter and Boarding School Murder Mystery wherever you’re listening now.

✍️ Credits

Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black 🎵 Additional Music: First Sleep — Sir Cubworth

✨ Listen If You Love

* 😇 Good Omens (celestial systems + heart)

* 🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife rules + comedy)

* 🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (surreal tenderness)

* 🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy turns ominous)

* 🧸 Found-family stories with strange guides and soft hope

📚 Read Along + Support the Story (Gloryous Magazine)

If you’re enjoying The Trouble with Angels, you’ll love the written chapters (and the behind-the-scenes chaos) in Gloryous Magazine.

Subscribe (free) to get new chapters, extras, and updates.

And if you want to actively help keep this series alive and growing, consider becoming a paid booster—your support helps fund:

* editing + formatting time

* audio production + music licensing

* cover art / banners / promos

* and more chapters arriving on schedule (without me turning into a haunted office printer)

Paid boosters are basically patrons of celestial nonsense, and I adore you for it. 💛

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic) 💬 Leave a comment — Pierre will read it with his little rat hands like it’s sacred literature ☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome): → Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

Your support keeps indie storytelling caffeinated, chaotic, and just angelic enough.

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters

👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS)

🌐 Find me on social media

Glory Fink — @Glory Writes The Blues 🌤️ BlueSky 📸 Instagram 📹 YouTube 🎮 Twitch📘 Facebook

🎵 TikTok @ Threads

Remember: policies are temporary. Kindness is eternal.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 2

Sun, 11 Jan 2026 04:08:46 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 2: Angelis Interruptus (Chapter 3)

God is missing, the paperwork is piling up, and the insect department is improvising without final approval.Middle-management angel Luther is doing their best… but creation is getting a little cursed.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free)

• An angel tries to do their job in a universe missing its top supervisor• “Innovation” in creation goes extremely off-model• A quiet act of kindness lands like a lifeline• A heavenly mixer turns tense: rules vs. adaptation• A demon makes a painfully practical argument about modern humans• Workplace comedy slides into existential dread (with jokes intact)

⚠️ Content Advisory

Themes of death & the afterlife (satirical/cozy-horror tone), workplace overwhelm/emotional distress, grief-adjacent themes (referenced), and institutional/corporate control vibes—handled with care.

🎧 Listen Wherever You Get Your Podcasts

Spotify • Apple • YouTube • and beyond

✨ More audio stories: Sadie Cohen: Bounty Hunter + Boarding School Murder Mystery (listen wherever you’re listening now)

Credits

Written & Read by: Glory FinkSound Engineering: Tom FinkOriginal Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

Music

Theme: “Heaven and Earth” — Jeremy BlackAdditional: “Stark Goes Dark” — The Whole Other

✨ Listen If You Love

😇 Good Omens🗂️ The Good Place🌙 Welcome to Night Vale🕯️ The Magnus Archives😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers

💛 Help This Story Keep Finding Its People

❤️ Tap the heart button (engagement is magic)💬 Leave a comment — Bob will pretend he doesn’t care, but he absolutely keeps stats☕ Toss a coin in the coffee fund (divine contributions welcome):→ Ko-fi | Venmo | CashApp

✨ Limited-time: 80% off for one year on Gloryous Magazine through January 31st, 2026 (details in show notes)

📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters

👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

☕ Coffee Bunny Crafter’s Café (cozy chaos + BTS)

👉 https://coffeebunny.substack.com?utm_source=substack&utm_campaign=publication_embed&utm_medium=web

Find me, Glory Fink, as @Glory Writes The Blues:🌤️ BlueSky • 📸 Instagram • 📹 YouTube • 🎮 Twitch • 📘 Facebook • 🎵 TikTok   • 🧵 Threads

And remember… Stay cozy. Stay curious. Stay out of the HR office.

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 1

Fri, 09 Jan 2026 00:00:01 GMT

🎧 The Trouble with Angels — Season 1, Episode 1: “Hell is Hell Only to Humans” (Chapter 2) 😈✨

Hell isn’t flames and pitchforks—it’s soft lighting, corporate calm, and a welcome voice that sounds a little too pleased with itself. Hannah arrives in Your Afterlife™ and quickly learns one thing: this place has policies.

New listener note (important): For pacing + emotional safety, Chapter 1 will appear later as Season 1, Episode 9. Everything else runs in chapter order after this.

In This Episode (Spoiler-Free):

A surreal orientation begins in a sterile, “nothing is wrong here” environment

Hannah meets the being assigned to guide her through the rules

“Training” in the afterlife looks suspiciously like workplace onboarding

A request comes in that hints Hannah’s situation may be… unusual

The vibe shifts from weirdly comforting to quietly ominous

A new path opens—and Hannah is not doing this alone

⚠️ Content Advisory: This episode includes themes of death and the afterlife (satirical/cozy-horror tone), grief themes (referenced), institutional/corporate control, and emotionally intense material handled with care.

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Written & Read by: Glory Fink Sound Engineering: Tom Fink Original Story Series: Gloryous Magazine on Substack

🎵 Theme Music: Heaven and Earth — Jeremy Black 🎵 Additional Music:

Stark Goes Dark — The Whole Other

✨ Listen If You Love: 😇 Good Omens (celestial bureaucracy + snark) 🗂️ The Good Place (afterlife systems + humor) 🌙 Welcome to Night Vale (deadpan surreal) 🕯️ The Magnus Archives (when cozy gets ominous) 😈 Lucifer / Miracle Workers (divine workplace comedy energy)

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📚 Season 1 Hub + Chapters:

👉 https://gloryfink.substack.com/s/the-trouble-with-angels

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And remember… angels don’t knock. 😇🚪