S1.4 The Tail End

An episode of the The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories podcast, hosted by Hawk & Cleaver | A Digital Story Studio bringing you the best new stories to watch, read, sniff, and absorb., titled "S1.4 The Tail End" was published on April 5, 2026 and runs 15 minutes.

April 5, 2026 ·15m · The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

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Summary

The Tail EndAfter nearly drowning in a shipwreck, a young man mistakes a village girl for his savior, not knowing it was a mermaid from old sea lore who pulled him from the depths. Scorned, she calls upon ancient tides to claim what was promised—his heart, or his life.Written by Mary Pastrano (www.instagram.com/MaryPWriter)Narrated by Josh CurranProduced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )With music by Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/)And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)And sound effects provided by Soundly.orgThe episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.Jasmine Arch manages our community.Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.Mary Pastrano is a writer and educator from Southern California whose work has appeared on The Other Stories Podcast and the Tales From Midnight Anthology by SurrealArts Publishing. You can find out more about her on Instagram at @MaryPWriterJosh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation.Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaverJoin our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissionsCheck out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Episode Description

The Tail End

After nearly drowning in a shipwreck, a young man mistakes a village girl for his savior, not knowing it was a mermaid from old sea lore who pulled him from the depths. Scorned, she calls upon ancient tides to claim what was promised—his heart, or his life.

Written by Mary Pastrano (www.instagram.com/MaryPWriter)

Narrated by Josh Curran

Produced by Georgia Triantafyllopoulou (https://www.instagram.com/audiogeekgr )

With music by Free Music Archive (https://freemusicarchive.org/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Soundly.org

The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes (https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/)

Joshua Boucher is our story programmer.

Jasmine Arch manages our community.

Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos.

And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors.

Mary Pastrano is a writer and educator from Southern California whose work has appeared on The Other Stories Podcast and the Tales From Midnight Anthology by SurrealArts Publishing. You can find out more about her on Instagram at @MaryPWriter

Josh Curran is a narrator and writer. He has narrated many episodes of The Other Stories over the show’s lifetime. He is also the creator of the horror Audio-Drama podcast, Miscreation.

Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/

Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.