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Join award-winning fantasy and dreampunk author, Anna Tizard, in a wild journey into the imagination using the surrealist word game of Exquisite Corpse. Listeners’ words are drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts which end up making more sense than they should! In this Halloween special show, Anna brainstorms stories from these game results, finding spooky themes emerging, wherever she turns. The last Exquisite Corpse result inspires a complete short story, perfectly ghoulish and in time for Halloween. Grab a blanket and a hot beverage and be prepared for some shivers.  

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INTRO: Hello imaginative people! I’m Anna Tizard and this is episode 66 of Brainstoryum. It is also the Halloween special. Listeners’ words will be drawn from the legendary Socks of Destiny and mixed into weird writing prompts… which will end up making more sense than they have any right to! But being mindful of the spooky season, will I find ghoulish ideas creeping out from every crevice of the socks? Of course I will. Things seem to work out that way – ideas seem to fulfil a need when you play a surrealist word game. (I didn’t invent it, I just follow the surrealists’ lead and see what happens.) And yes, today, there will be another complete short story, perfectly ghoulish and just in time for Halloween. So grab a blanket – grab a pen! – and be prepared for some shivers.