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S02E17 – Tales of Despair: Track 01_STILLNESS – The Story Monster Podcast

Take a moment to breathe. In this unique entry from The Story Archive, the Cinematic Witness presents a guided meditation designed for those carrying a weight they can no longer support. Find a comfortable position, let your jaw unclench, and follow the voice into a sun-drenched clearing where the moss is soft and the water knows your name. But as the frequency shifts and the stillness deepens, you may discover that "letting go" is not a solitary act. Experience a meditation that transitions from deep relaxation into a profound, atmospheric encounter with something ancient.Support the podcast via Cash App $TheStoryMonster FOLLOW ME:⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠facebook.com/TheCinematicWitness⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠instagram.com/the_storymonster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠twitter.com/thestorymonster⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Sounds & images are property of TheStoryMonster.com, ALLRIGHTS RESERVED.
  1. S02E17 – Tales of Despair: Track 01_STILLNESS
  2. S02E16 – Tales of Despair: Part III The Heir of Iron & Ash
  3. S02E15 – Tales of Despair: Part II The Heir of Iron & Ash
  4. S02E14 – Tales of Despair: The Heir of Iron & Ash
  5. S02E13 – Tales of Despair: The Second-Hand Son
  6. S02E12 – The Cinematic Witness
  7. S02E11 – Tales of Despair: The Block Never Sleeps
  8. S02E10 – Tales of Despair: Log Set A-17 — The Shifting Weight
  9. S02E09 – Tales of Despair: What The Concrete Keeps
  10. S02E08 – Tales of Despair: The Block Speaks in Weight

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Part III The Heir of Iron & Ash

When Iron Fails The first horseshoe didn’t fall. It melted. Not all at once. Not dramatic. Just sagged from its nail above the front door like it had gotten tired of pretending to be iron. By morning it was warped and soft-edged,…

Part II The Heir of Iron & Ash

The Thing Beneath the Threshold The first nosebleed happened at breakfast. Not a dramatic one. Not horror-movie red flooding the table. Just a slow, steady drip from Glen’s brother’s face into a bowl of Frosted Flakes while the milk turned pink and…

The Heir of Iron & Ash

The Freak Accident It started the week after Granddaddy died. They called it a freak accident. That’s what grown folks say when something ugly refuses to fit inside a clean sentence. They said a junkie got too heated over a street dice…

The Second-Hand Son

The coffee in Park Trails tastes like battery acid and broken dreams. It’s the kind of suburb where the silence doesn’t feel peaceful; it feels like a collective holding of breath. Usually, the biggest scandal around here is a dispute over a…

When God Ignored His Children

“Our seed did not grow, we prayed Our God did not see, we cried Our love did not last, we hurt And then The Butcher came…” Terry heard this story every night as a child. His mother, Linda, told him it was…

What The Concrete Keeps

Everyone remembers the night the sidewalk cracked, but nobody agrees on when it really happened. Officially, it was after the fire trucks left. After the hoses lay coiled on the curb like shed skins. After the building on the corner stopped screaming…

The Block Speaks In Weight

I don’t remember being built. People always think that’s where things start. Blueprints. Hard hats. A ribbon getting cut while somebody smiles for a camera. Nah. I don’t remember any of that. What I remember is being used. Pressed into service before…

The Block Never Sleeps

I used to think blocks were just stretches of concrete stitched together by bad decisions and city planning. Just addresses. Just places you passed through on your way to somewhere else. But this one—this block—had a pulse. You could feel it if…