78.5 Scratch

<p>Scratch</p><br><p><em>'When the rats come to Fatum, Piper offers to banish them—but what she summons will take away more than the rats she promised.'</em></p><br><p>Written by Marisca Pichette (<a href="https://www.mariscapichette.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.mariscapichette.com/</a>)</p><p>Narrated by Erika Ventura (<a href="https://instagram.com/efventu" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://instagram.com/efventu</a>)</p><p>Edited by Karl Hughes (<a href="https://twitter.com/karlhughes" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/karlhughes</a>)</p><p>With music by Enough Records (<a href="https://enoughrecords.scene.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://enoughrecords.scene.org/</a>)</p><p>And Thom Robson (<a href="https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/</a>)</p><p>And sound effects provided by <a href="http://freesound.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Freesound.org</a></p><p>A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine Arch</p><p>And Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.</p><p>And to Father Ben Errington for officiating all those content weddings, of social and media.</p><br><p><strong>Visit Marisca Pichette’s website at </strong><a href="http://www.mariscapichette.com/works" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.mariscapichette.com/works</strong></a><strong> to read and listen to more of her dark prose and poetry, available in <em>PseudoPod, Grimdark Magazine, Curiosities Retropunk Audio Fiction,</em>and <em>Apparition Lit</em>, among others.</strong></p><p><strong>Erika Ventura is an artist, mother, bilingual narrator, and a husbandry technician. How does she manage it all? No idea, but her artwork can be seen on Instagram (@efventu) or you can visit her artist page </strong><a href="http://www.facebook.com/BioArtsy" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>www.facebook.com/BioA