93.7 Chimera 5.1

The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories

Chimera 5.1

'An author discovers an AI with a knack for storytelling, but as the line between human and machine creativity blurs, will the writer realise the true cost of his "art"?'

Written by JT Shields ([www.jtshields.com](http://www.jtshields.com/))

Narrated and produced by James Barnett (https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com)

With music by Duncan Muggleton ([https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com](https://temporalrecordings.wordpress.com/))

And Boom Library

And Dark Fantasy Studio (http://darkfantasystudio.com/)

And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)

And sound effects provided by Freesound.org

The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)

A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch

And Joshua Boucher for helping with our submission reading.

And to Ben Errington, the cybernetic sommelier, serving up perfect pairings of ones and zeros.

**J T Shields is a writer from the UK who enjoys all things horror. You can follow his work on [www.jtshields.com](http://www.jtshields.com/).**

**James Barnett is the producer of the Night’s End podcast and After The Gloaming. Search for them wherever you get your podcasts. You can also catch other works of his at www.JamesBarnettCreative.com**

Join TOS+ to access over 75 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/

Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver

Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/

Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions

Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/

Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver

**The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it.**

---

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.