The Light Beyond

Scott Savino's Series of Grave Mistakes

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In the premiere episode of Scott Savino’s Series of Grave Mistakes, Season 1, Episode 1, a boy wakes in a dark sewer. He's disoriented, alone, and shin-deep in a black, viscous current beneath a city he doesn’t remember.

â–º Notice: Everything by Scott Savino contains disturbing or unsettling content. It is the opinion of the Voidspire Audio Archivists he does this knowingly and on purpose. Discretion is always advised. âš  S01E01 -- ContentWarnings

Ahead of him, a distant figure—a kid with a flashlight—moves through the tunnels with impossible speed, always just out of reach. As the boy follows, he begins to understand the sewers for what they truly are: the pulsing veins of something ancient that lives beneath the city... and he is not alone down there.

What begins as a desperate search for light becomes a recursive descent through identity, unreality, and something far worse than being lost.

This original short horror story blends cosmic horror, psychological dread, urban paranoia, and body horror into a narrative where every choice bleeds in only one direction.

â–º Transcript: https://scottsavino.com/the-light-beyond/

â–º Written by Scott Savino, writer of queer horror and weird fiction

----ðŸ”--- Visit scottsavino.com for archives, audio downloads, and suspicious whispers about his unsettling past. Follow Scott on: Facebook / Instagram / X / Reddit / YouTube / Tumblr / BlueSky / Amazon / Myspace / Discord / Snapchat / TikTok / Wattpad / Quora / ... you can find him everywhere and nowhere in particular. See his latest updates by visiting links.scottsavino.com

â–º Expertly narrated by ElevenLab's AI Engine

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