Stay Up All Night: Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized short stories
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Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of fiction by USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence will keep you up all night. jtlawrence.substack.com ( https://jtlawrence.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast )
Episodes
- Chapter 39: A Barely Breathing Corpse – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Doctor Adrathar confronts Nicky, who is aware that medical professionals in Riverside pose a significant threat. This chapter is from the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers by JT Lawrence.
- Chapter 38: A Constellation of Scars – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 38 details the investigation into Asha's erased past using police documents and photographs. Asha shares files with Armstrong as they uncover evidence of a life someone tried to erase, in this urban fantasy story.
- Chapter 37: Strange Things Happen – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 37 of The Dusk Reapers, Asha frantically photographs her file before her time runs out, uncovering disturbing phrases about herself. This urban fantasy audiobook chapter is from the Stay Up All Night podcast.
- Chapter 36: Glacial – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 36: Glacial, Nicky finds herself alone in an unfamiliar corridor in Riverside after a nurse storms off. The chapter is part of the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers by JT Lawrence.
- Chapter 35: Smack – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 35 of the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers features Nicky's struggles at Riverside. Ingleby's plans involve Nicky, whose exhaustion is used as currency.
- Chapter 34: Cracked Pebble – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode features nurse SR Ingleby and patient Nicky in a setting where cruelty is the norm. It is part of the Urban Fantasy audiobook series "Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers" by JT Lawrence.
- Chapter 33: Rusty R.I.P. – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 33 of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers, Asha reaches the Copperfield Institute, experiencing a strong sense of recognition and déjà vu connected to her past. This urban fantasy audiobook is by USA Today bestselling author J…
- Chapter 32: A Maze of Gloom – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Sister Devka wheels Nicky through Riverside at night, navigating dark corridors. Nicky fears the destination is not medical in nature. This is Chapter 32 of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers, an urban fantasy audiobook.
- Chapter 31: The Copper Cog & Ale – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In this chapter of The Dusk Reapers, Asha encounters a sentient scooter, a supernatural hit list, and a mysterious pub that feels strangely familiar. This episode is part of a daily urban fantasy audiobook series by JT Lawrence.
- Chapter 30: Plectranthil Capiola – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 30: Plectranthil Capiola, Asha experiences a stress-dream involving a doorbell and a plant name. An old entity seeks entry at Tanglewood, with the grimoire aware of its intentions. This is part of JT Lawrence's urban fantasy aud…
- Chapter 29: Neon Nightmares – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 29 of the urban fantasy audiobook 'The Dusk Reapers' by JT Lawrence features Nicky waking up in a sterile, cold room and facing her captors. The story is part of the Cursebreaker series.
- Chapter 28: The Gravitron – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This chapter of the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers features Asha waking up with a hangover and unresolved fears from her past. The morning brings unexpected challenges as she navigates her difficult decisions.
- Chapter 27: Dark Arts 101 – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 27: Dark Arts 101, Asha delves into her past as Savannah recounts stories revealing a stranger with tattoos and buried choices. This episode is part of the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers by JT Lawr…
- Chapter 26: Grin & Frolic – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 26, titled Grin & Frolic, Asha is ready to ask dangerous questions. This episode is part of the Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers urban fantasy audiobook series by JT Lawrence.
- Chapter 25: Drunken Warble – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode features Asha and Gnrok discussing magical secrets and lime milkshakes, set within the urban fantasy narrative of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers.
- Chapter 24: The Ambition of Vampires – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode features Chapter 24 of "The Ambition of Vampires – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers." It introduces Asha, a captain facing a difficult offer from the Scorpions and learning about vampire ambition. The urban fantasy story…
- Chapter 23: Moonlighting – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode features Chapter 23: Moonlighting from the urban fantasy audiobook Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers by JT Lawrence. The story follows Asha, who lives a dual life as a witch and a ghost, finding herself increasingly drawn…
- Chapter 22: Riverside – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode of the urban fantasy series Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers features Nicky planning her escape from a hospital while dealing with pain. The chapter is narrated by a full cast and is part of the Stay Up All Night podcast.
- Chapter 21: Skunk Smoke and Raw Onion – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 21, Asha escapes her home, Tanglewood Manor, carrying charms and instincts as the night grows more dangerous. This urban fantasy story is part of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers.
- Chapter 20: Bare Hands and a Blank Brain – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 20 of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers, Asha faces an assailant she can almost recognize, her body reacting instinctively with combat skills her mind hasn't recalled. The urban fantasy story unfolds in a full-cast audiobook…
- Chapter 19: Cold Evil Ink – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode features 'Cold Evil Ink,' chapter 19 of JT Lawrence's urban fantasy series 'The Dusk Reapers.' It follows Nicky's experience of being trapped and counting down the days.
- Chapter 18: The Dusk Reapers – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode of Stay Up All Night features Chapter 18 of The Dusk Reapers, an urban fantasy story by JT Lawrence. It follows Asha and the Starfall Coven as they confront an old enemy and the Dusk Reapers, who are hunting on their side of t…
- Chapter 17: The Cursebreaker – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 17 of The Dusk Reapers, Asha is unexpectedly named the Cursebreaker by the high priestess. This urban fantasy story by JT Lawrence explores her unwanted destiny and a mysterious grimoire.
- Chapter 16: The Starfall Coven – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In 'The Starfall Coven,' Asha encounters a mysterious coven and a purple-haired witch in a shadowed studio. She's told she's their cursebreaker, returning home after a long absence.
- Chapter 15: The Names She Can Almost Remember – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode covers Chapter 15 of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers, where Asha begins to remember fragments of her past and her dormant 'Cursebreaker' identity starts to emerge. The story is part of the urban fantasy series by JT Lawr…
- Chapter 14: Small Kitchen Miracles – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 14 of the urban fantasy audiobook 'Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers' focuses on Asha's discovery of subtle, everyday magic. The episode highlights magical occurrences like steam on a window and a quickly boiling kettle, as nar…
- Chapter 13: A Shape Moving at the Window – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 13 of Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers features an urban fantasy story where a mysterious shape appears at a window and something in the hedge remembers the character Asha.
- Chapter 12: The Hum Under Her Skin – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 12, Asha’s body sends signals like a prickle and restlessness, hinting at a power she doesn’t understand. Sparks begin to appear, suggesting her abilities are emerging. This episode is part of the urban fantasy series Cursebreak…
- Chapter 11: The Grimoire Begins to Answer – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 11 of The Cursebreaker series, "The Grimoire Begins to Answer," follows Asha Viridian Rook as a mysterious grimoire starts to reveal information. This urban fantasy audiobook episode includes elements of dark magic and a gritty wit…
- Chapter 10: Double Digits and the First Real Wall – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 10, "Double Digits and the First Real Wall," Asha grapples with the discrepancy between her perceived identity and her evolving self. The sparks intensify, mirroring her own growing boldness. This urban fantasy audiobook feature…
- Chapter 09: A Thread Ending In a Hand That Isn't Hers – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 09 of Cursebreaker Book 1, Asha investigates mysterious instructions and debts by tracing a thread that ends in an unfamiliar hand. This urban fantasy story features a witch protagonist and dark magic.
- Chapter 08: A Face From Before the ICU – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This urban fantasy audiobook chapter features Asha, whose amnesia doesn't protect her from a face from her past reappearing. The story includes dark magic, a witch protagonist, and South African-inspired worldbuilding.
- Chapter 07: Cataloguing What Her Body Can Do – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 7 of the Cursebreaker series features protagonist Asha Viridian Rook cataloguing her body's abilities and encountering the series' first real threat. This urban fantasy audiobook is part of the "Stay Up All Night" podcast.
- Chapter 06: Tests the Edges of Her New Life – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 6 of The Dusk Reapers audiobook follows Asha as she tests the limits of her new life, discovering the world around her and the forces within it. This urban fantasy story features a gritty witch protagonist and dark magic.
- Chapter 05: The First Time the Magic Isn't Accident – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This episode of Stay Up All Night features "The First Time the Magic Isn't Accident," part of the Cursebreaker series. It explores a protagonist whose magic becomes less accidental and more intentional, with external forces impacting her s…
- Chapter 04: Paperwork and Pretenses – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
In Chapter 04: Paperwork and Pretenses, Asha navigates deceit and confronts forgotten elements within herself. This urban fantasy audiobook features a gritty witch protagonist and dark magic.
- Chapter 03: Strangers Wearing Old Intimacy – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 03 of Cursebreaker Book 1 features Asha, a witch protagonist in a South African-inspired urban fantasy setting. She grapples with her new life, emerging powers, and dark magic as a new chapter in the series unfolds.
- Chapter 02: Waking Into a World That Knows Her Name – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Chapter 2 of The Dusk Reapers, Book 1 of the Cursebreaker series, follows Asha's first steps beyond the ICU. She awakens to a world that expects her to remember, with sparks under her skin refusing to settle.
- Chapter 01: Asha Comes Back From the Dead – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
This is the prologue of the Cursebreaker series, featuring Asha Viridian Rook, who returns from the dead with unexplained powers and fragmented memories. The chapter introduces urban fantasy elements like a gritty witch protagonist and dar…
- You're doing that Bird Box challenge, aren't you?
This episode discusses the Sticky Fingers Complete Collection, referencing the "Bird Box challenge." More information is available on Amazon and jtlawrence.substack.com.
- “Bad things happen. If you stay over.”
This episode, titled "Bad things happen. If you stay over.", is a public episode of the podcast "Stay Up All Night". It features short stories and promotes the "Sticky Fingers Complete Collection" available on Amazon.
- A man makes a horrific discovery in the crim colony silo he's imprisoned in.
This episode of Stay Up All Night features a story about a man imprisoned in a colony silo who makes a horrific discovery. The episode is based on the 'Sticky Fingers Complete Collection'.
- A mother is drowning, but no one sees her.
This episode features the short story "Not Waving" from the Sticky Fingers 4 collection. The story is described as diverse, dark-humored, and bite-sized, appealing to fans of authors like Roald Dahl and Gillian Flynn.
- Tell Me About the Blood Spatter
The episode features a short story titled 'Tell Me About the Blood Spatter,' where characters Susman and De Villiers walk through a city and discuss blood spatter. The narrative includes sensory details of the urban environment.
- A queen seeks to be cursed in this dystopian fairytale.
This episode features a dystopian fairytale about a queen seeking a curse, written by the author as an early experiment with AI-like writing.
- A man knows he deserves to be haunted for what he has done; he just didn't expect it to happen this way.
This episode features a short story where a man anticipates a deserved haunting, only to find it manifests in an unexpected manner. It is part of the Sticky Fingers Complete Collection.
- Is the director of this post-apocalyptic orphanage really a wizard? And where is he taking the children?
This episode features a standalone story from "The Chronicles of Akeratu" series, questioning if the director of a post-apocalyptic orphanage is a wizard and revealing his intentions with the children.
- Perky Pilgrim
Perky Pilgrim is an episode of the podcast Stay Up All Night, which features diverse, dark-humored short stories. The episode is also included in the collections Sticky Fingers 3 and a complete collection of 72 short stories.
- Witch panic spreads like wildfire in this poignant tale of a midwife accused of saving a baby.
This episode features a short story excerpt from 'Grey Magic,' where a midwife faces accusations amidst a spreading witch panic. The tale explores an eccentric witch's need to connect with her past lives to regain magic.
- What is it like inside the mind of a person with Multiple Personality Disorder?
The short story "Memory, Mirrors, and the World Inside My Head" explores the internal experience of an individual with Multiple Personality Disorder. It is part of the Sticky Fingers 3 collection.