This week, as part of our fourth Rusty Fears writing competition, we present "The Budding" written by Thekla Kenneison, directed by Hannah Preisinger and performed by Fay Roberts.

Note: this is a piece of stand-alone fiction and not a part of the Magnus canon.

Content warnings:

• Anxiety & imposter syndrome
• Body horror
• Teeth
• Graphic self-injury
• Self-recriminations & self-doubt
• Occasional second-person POV
• Paranoia
• Discussions of: injuries & pain, medical issues, self-hatred, blood
• Mentions of: nightmares
• SFX: continuous low-pitched & high-pitched drone, throbbing

Transcripts:

PDF - https://bit.ly/3v6GPan

DOC - https://bit.ly/3v9tXAh

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