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Rest Stop Stories

20 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 2 years ago -

A monthly collection of strange short stories, all set in Massachusetts.

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S2E9 - Utopia

May 29, 2022 19:43 - 3 minutes - 2.65 MB

Episode Notes Utopia was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Transcript can be read HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favorite retailer! This podcast is powered by Pinecast.

S2E8 - Gerald the Doll

April 29, 2022 19:38 - 7 minutes - 6.04 MB

Episode Notes Gerald the Doll was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. CONTENT WARNING for domestic abuse, blood, and death Read the transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your...

S2E7 - Neighbors

March 29, 2022 19:37 - 6 minutes - 4.75 MB

Episode Notes Neighbors was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Transcript available HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favorite retailer! Support Rest Stop Stories by contribut...

S2E6 - Bread, Eggs, and Milk

February 28, 2022 20:32 - 6 minutes - 3.94 MB

Episode Notes Bread, Eggs, and Milk was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. You can read the transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favorite retailer! Support Rest Stop S...

S2E5 - Hut of Refuge

January 29, 2022 18:09 - 6 minutes - 4.55 MB

Episode Notes A hut of refuge in a storm Hut of Refuge was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favorite retailer! Support ...

S2E4 - Time After Time

December 29, 2021 18:07 - 6 minutes - 4.66 MB

Episode Notes Time after time, we'll find each other. Time After Time was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favo...

S2E3 - An Ugly Business

November 29, 2021 18:06 - 4 minutes - 2.99 MB

Episode Notes This is an ugly, lonely business. An Ugly Business was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from **“Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org.** Get the Transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favorite retail...

S2E2 - Salem Halloween

October 29, 2021 17:05 - 8 minutes - 7.93 MB

Episode Notes Halloween night in Salem isn't what Amber expected. Salem Halloween was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from **“Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org.** Transcript is available HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook fr...

S2E1 - Big Kate's Bar

September 29, 2021 17:04 - 3 minutes - 3.16 MB

Episode Notes If you want to find Big Kate's bar, you have to ask the right questions. Big Kate's Bar was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from **“Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org.** Find the transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! G...

S1E10 - Lunch Break

May 16, 2021 13:35 - 4 minutes - 3.89 MB

Episode Notes Time passes differently in the forest. Lunch Break was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. **Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook from your favori...

S1E9 - Spring Before the Baby

April 18, 2021 13:34 - 4 minutes - 3.38 MB

Episode Notes (Show Note, I’m pretty sure I said Episode 10 in the recording and am just realizing it now. Also this is NOT horror. Content warning for discussion of pregnancy symptoms.) Springtime is a season of renewal. Of rebirth. And birth itself. Spring Before the Baby was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check ...

S1E8 - Agnes

March 21, 2021 13:31 - 9 minutes - 6.59 MB

Episode Notes Agnes is a woman of science, forced to attend a seance during Boston’s age of spiritualism. **(Content Warning for death, grief, and war references) ** Agnes was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. St...

S1E7 - Move-In Day

February 21, 2021 14:30 - 4 minutes - 3.5 MB

Episode Notes College is a time for reinvention. Nora has always been comfortable in her identity, but now she’s only got moments to decide who she wants to be in college. Move-In Day was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Sound effects from Anthousai at Freesound.org. **Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, frie...

S1E6 - Vanished Joyland

January 17, 2021 14:28 - 9 minutes - 7.45 MB

Episode Notes Steel Park is an abandoned amusement park with a tragic past. And it’s too much for some podcasters to pass up. **(CW Warnings for horror themes and death mentions) ** Vanished Joyland was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. **Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequenc...

S1E5 - The Mermaid of the Merrimack

December 20, 2020 14:26 - 6 minutes - 5.57 MB

Episode Notes There’s a mermaid in the Merrimack River. The Mermaid of the Merrimack was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the links below! Read it on Patreon! Get the eBook...

S1E4 - Autumn Leaves

November 15, 2020 14:24 - 5 minutes - 5.25 MB

Episode Notes The world is going to end when the last leaf falls. Content Warning: Discussion of the end of the world Autumn Leaves was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One for free at the ...

S1E3 - Apple Scented

October 18, 2020 13:22 - 6 minutes - 6.15 MB

Episode Notes Henry’s car is dead, but there’s a quiet apple orchard up ahead. They’ll probably have a phone he can use. Content Warning: Horror imagery Apple Scented was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start ...

S1E2 - Legendary Comics

September 21, 2020 01:18 - 6 minutes - 8.41 MB

Episode Notes "I'm not really a fan of superhero comics…I just find them unrealistic." Content Warning: Car accidents and danger Legendary Comics was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading Season One fo...

S1E1 - The Road to Concord

August 16, 2020 13:00 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MB

Episode Notes Peter Rugg vowed he’d get home to Boston tonight or he never would. Turns out Fate was listening. **Content Warnings: Existential horror, harm to a child ** The Road to Concord was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Read the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a sm...

S1E1 - Allston Christmas

August 11, 2020 18:20 - 7 minutes - 10.4 MB

Episode Notes Happy Allston Christmas! What will you find on the street this move-in day? **Content Warnings: horror themes, Boston rents ** Allston Christmas was written and performed by Amanda McCormack with theme music from “Music Box Melody” by DRFX on Freesound.org. Find the episode transcript HERE If you like Rest Stop Stories, you might love my books as well! Check out New Winslow, a series about love, friendship, and facing the consequences in a small cursed town. Start reading S...