"Useless Heart/ Stopped Cold" by A. Artemis Chen + "The Red Veil" by Daniel Roop
Summary
Host Terence Taylor presents a short story, "Useless Heart Stopped Cold" by A. Artemis Chen, followed by the full-length tale "The Red Veil" by Daniel Ruop. The latter follows a traumatized soldier who joins a secret family in Wyoming dedicated to sealing entities from other dimensions. As he undergoes painful initiation rituals, the narrative intercuts with the perspective of an insurance salesman in Tennessee who unknowingly encounters a horrifying taxidermy artist. The episode explores themes of trauma, supernatural horror, and the cost of protecting reality from eldritch threats.
Topics discussed
Intro and sponsor reads
Story: Useless Heart Stopped Cold
Author bio: Artemis Chen
Sponsor reads and transition to main story
Sorrel meets Luke and learns of the Red Veil
Family dinner and the decision to join
Tabitha's voice memos: Insurance sales struggles
Sorrel's training and the Veil's history
Kingsbury Holt's taxidermy and the encounter plan
Tabitha's success and the team's arrival
The encounter: Thomas and Tabitha at the house
The breach and the creature's emergence
Aftermath and reflection
Credits and author/narrator bios
Outro and final sponsor reads
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