The Collector'Kevin can’t sleep. Neither can the new friend he’s found under his bed.'Written by Chris Lillienthal (www.ChrisLWrites.com)Narrated by Justin Fife (https://www.twitter.com/justinbfife)Edited by Karl Hughes (https://twitter.com/karlhughes)With music and sound effects by Zapsplat.comAnd Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)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 ArchAnd Joshua Boucher Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington, the maestro of imagination, sculpting endearing content friends for us to embrace and cherish as we explore the enchanting social media playground together.Chris Lilienthal is a fiction writer whose work has been published in anthologies from Eerie River Publishing and Unsettling Reads. He lives with his wife, two sons, and a geriatric dog in Central Pennsylvania. Learn more at www.ChrisLWrites.com.Voice actor and podcaster follow Justin Fife on Twitter at www.twitter.com/justinbfifeJoin 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/hawkandcleaverJoin 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/submissionsCheck out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverThe 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.