05 – Seeing Things & Aspirational Henchmen

Welcome to the fifth episode of The Short Story Cast. This episode marks us reaching the half-way point in the first series. Well done for making it this far!

There are two stories in this episode:

Seeing Things

Have you ever thought you’ve seen something in the corner of your eye, turned around and nothing was there? Imagine what would happen if instead of nothing, you saw a dancing goblin or the grim reaper. That’s the reality for the star of this story, he’s seeing things and doesn’t know what to do about it.

Written and performed by James Winterbottom

Aspirational Henchmen

Henchmen are some of the hardest working people in the criminal world. They bury the bodies, intimidate the witnesses and clean up the mess but rarely get the credit they deserve. How do they make the leap into becoming criminal masterminds? They sign up for a course! This story is the opening speech of a course aimed at henchmen that want to climb the ladder to criminal success.

Written by James Winterbottom

Performed by Claire Winterbottom

Thanks for this episode

I’d like to thank my wife Claire for reading out Aspirational Henchmen, for editing both stories and generally being an understanding wife.

Thank you for downloading this episode. I hope to be along with another one very shortly. If you’d like your story to feature in an episode then please email contact@theshortstorycast.com.