The Screaming Black Swarm

Jen tells of a terrifying night when a screaming black swarm descended upon her and some friends while they were searching for an abandoned house. She also relates a story of a possible time-slip, and other strangeness. If you would like to help us continue to make Strange Familiars, get bonus content, t-shirts, stickers, and more rewards, you can become a patron: http://www.patreon.com/StrangeFamiliars If you would prefer a one-time payment to help us out, here is a PayPal.me link - you can change the number 25 in the URL to any amount: https://www.paypal.me/timothyrenner/25 Our Strange Familiars / Lost Grave etsy shop has art, books, patches, t-shirts, and more ... including original art done for Strange Familiars: https://www.etsy.com/shop/lostgrave Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ shirts, now available in glow-in-the-dark! https://www.etsy.com/listing/1300641744/strange-familiars-podcast-glow-in-the Episode 393 notes and links: Episode artwork is by Timothy - here is the full illustration: You can purchase the original art in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1479799531/the-screaming-black-swarm-original Timothy’s new art book, Elzick’s Farewell, the new Stone Breath CD Greys and Orphans, and the Entity Drift CD are available now on etsy: https://www.etsy.com/shop/LostGrave You can also find them on bandcamp: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/greys-and-orphans Strange Familiars Curiosity of the Week #88: MONKEYS! You can purchase these items in our etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/1479797169/monkeys-ceramic-chalkware-strange Maynard’s gofundme: https://www.gofundme.com/f/maynard-walk-again Riverbend Comics: https://www.riverbendcomics.com Department of Truth #15 variant with Timothy’s artwork on sale at Riverbend: https://www.riverbendcomics.com/products/dot15?_pos=3&_sid=220198f8e&_ss=r Riverbend Comics Instagram: @riverbendcomics Timothy’s books: https://www.amazon.com/Timothy-Renner/e/B072X44SD5 Strange Familiars ‘Awoken Tree’ t-shirts are available in our Etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/listing/739690857/strange-familiars-podcast-awoken-tree Chad’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNB7MSJ2F1SRBPcQsEFLnvg (make sure to subscribe to Chad’s channel, Ruck Rabbit Outdoors.) Chad’s etsy shop: https://www.etsy.com/shop/RuckRabbitOutdoors To help with the Capuchin Day Center’s work with the homeless you can donate here: https://www.capuchindaycentre.ie and here: https://www.cskdetroit.org Contact us via email at: [email protected] http://www.facebook.com/strangefamiliars Join the Strange Familiars Gathering group on facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/strangefamiliars/ instagram: @strangefamiliars http://www.strangefamiliars.com Intro and background music by Stone Breath. You can find more at http://stonebreath.bandcamp.com The closing song is Grey Two by Stone Breath from the album Greys and Orphans: https://stonebreath.bandcamp.com/album/greys-and-orphans Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/strange-familiars/donations Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices