It's the return of NoSleep Nonsense as Allen brings on Mike MacDee and Nick Nocturne for a rousing read of a faulty Alexa and a person with a talent that really sucks. How do these stories fair?
"My Amazon Alexa does more than just laugh" and "Why do all my lollipops moan when I put them in my mouth?" are both credited to iia.
Allen is David, Dead Palette is Abysmii, Eli and Kylie from Cinema Nippon/Animal Fact Files are themselves, and there might be a cameo by Prasakour as raptor noises in yet another ponderous edition of Short and Shivery.
"The Special Ingredient" is credited to sgy0003.
"Purgatory" is credited to Fluteheart.
Dead Palette and Chelsea are back, and so is Short and Shivery in a short timespan. Ity's time for more haunted gaming, in this case Resident Evil 4 and Devil May Cry. Do we even need to ask at this point if these stories will be any good? Because we all know in our hearts how it's probably gonna go down...
"Resident Evil 4: One Chance Only" has no original credit; "Devil May Cry: Dante's Revenge" is credited to Dragonrights72.
Dead Palette is flying solo in this episode, joined only by his mysterious Tulpa, C.F. Comer, as they spelunk into a pair of pastas based on Tomb Raider. What a great way to start 2018, eh?
"Tomb Raider Creepypasta" is credited to Percydercymercy2; "Tomb Raider 3: Game Over!" is credited to SmashBrawlFanfiction.
The gang has decided to give you your present early this year, with a couple of horrible holiday stories that are sure to bring you tidings of comfort and joy (in one way or another). Meanwhile, enjoy the usual stocking stuffer of a lot of banter.
"Christmas" is credited to CafeLegendary; "Christmas in July" is credited to EmyrealInvective.
The gang goes hunting for secondhand stories and grab a pair from that swap meet of scary(?) accounts, NoSleep. Both of them have a garage sale in their title, and both are highly rated, but is NoSleep's treasure the Committee's trash?
"I Never Should've Stopped at That Garage Sale" is credited to TheBigSp00k; "I am so Glad you Stopped at my Garage Sale" is credited to Hayong.
This episode is anything but short as David and Dead Palette hang out with Eli and Kylie, the duo behind Animal Fact Files and Cinema Nippon. Here is another pair of short horror stories: one a Japanese ritual, the other an account of a bug bite gone awry. Do either manage to unsettle, or do they fall into the usual tropes and cliches?
"Bath Game" and "Just a Bug Bite" are both uncredited.
Like a bad horror movie sequel, Short and Shivery has yet another iteration as David and Dead Palette first inspect a story about a monster, and then imbibe Patron's Poison with a user-written story. Sometimes it's nice to keep things simple.
"The Pocket" is author unknown; "Why Walk-In Freezers Can't Be Opened From The Inside" was written by Sir Alvhem/Andreas Lindgren.
If there's one thing David considers a guilty pleasure, it's pulling apart Disney Creepypasta, and this time around he's joined by special guest and fellow theme-park enthusiast Jenny Nicholson for some dark Disney. There's no fastpasses for terror in either of these stories, but perhaps there's a surprise or two in store...
"Disney's Catacombs" is credited to Horrorfan 664; "Club 33: A Dark Secret" is author unknown.
The mysteries of the sea factor heavily into this edition of Short and Shivery as David, Dead Palette, Allen and SoberDwarf break away from the video game stories and take a swan-dive into the unknown depths. Will these oceanic tales yield terror or dread, or do they still flounder in the kiddie pool?
"Oceanic Absurdity: An Account of Nautical Horror" is credited to Bryce Simmons; "The Pill" is credited to A Wanderer.
It's always a good thing when we reach that unlucky number, and in this episode, the gang are gifted a pair of stories by the author himself and asked to critique them. Will said author regret this, or will our readers be pleasantly surprised?
"Amazon Ultra" and "The Journey Home" were both written and submitted by Simon Stechler.
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Once again, it's an exchange of shorter stories with David, Dead Palette, Allen and Slimebeast. There's no real interconnecting theme between these two, other than that they might both be entertaining and bizarre reads.
"Remember, Dogs Are For Life And Not Just For Christmas" is credited to pross40745.
"Fractalvore" is credited to Chiropto Necrolis.
It's a Japan triple-threat on this edition of Short and Shivery as David and Dead Palette team up with the folks behind Cinema Nippon to tackle more short horror from the land of the rising sun, including a ghost story about a mirror and complete and utter weeb trash that Dead Palette managed to find (naturally).
"Japanese Ghost Story: Nana-Chan" is credited to Shishou_TheMaster. "Naruto: Lost Episode" and "Madara Uchiha's Eyes" are both unknown, but were found through Rhea.
Yo listen up, here's the story: David, Dead Palette and Allen read a pair of short stories with the only interconnection being a color. It's Eiffel 65 vs. Blue's Clues Creepypasta, so the stage is set for mediocrity... or is it?
"I'm Blue" is credited to Extramrdo. "Blues Clue's Where's Blue?" is unknown, but found through THE-ONE-WHO-CARED.
There's no connecting theme between these two stories, other than that they might be the most boring things David, Dead Palette and Allen have read in their UCA career thus far...
"Dogtags" and "Circus" are both uncredited.
David and Kaela are joined by Abysmii and Papreeka of the Raygun Readers Podcast to boldly go where they've only kind of been before: sci-fi Creepypastas. What do these two stories illustrate about the crossover between horror and science? And will either of them be any good?
"Button Day" is uncredited. Read along here.
"Lights" is written by Shadowswimmer77. Read along here.
One is a killer clown. One is a scary chef. Both are on the stand as David, Dead Palette and Allen determine whether these two short stories have narrative value, while David and Allen try to curb Dead Palette's unhealthy Overwatch addiction.
Both "Bubby the Clown" and "Mr. Mix" are author unknown.
David and Slimebeast read a pair of stories dealing with a couple of Creepypasta "icon" characters, the sort that inspire fan works across the net: Eyeless Jack and the Seed Eater.
"Eyeless Jack" has an unknown author. "Through the Trees" is apparently credited to Orfy666.
A triple-feature of short fiction arrives as David, Dead Palette and Kaela (strangely quiet Kaela) each throw a story at the wall to see what sticks.
"The Theater" has an unknown author, while "The Couch" is credited to Johnny and "Anna" to Hypodroid.