The Book Griffin Podcast
A collection of short stories, written by Ann Butler. Each story has a supernatural or quirky bent and they all contain adult themes. The average length of each episode is 10 minutes, making it easy for commuters or people who don’t have the time to listen to long audio dramas. Ann would love to hear what you think about her stories so please leave a comment.
Episodes

Tuesday May 27, 2025
Liar, Liar - a short story
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Simon aspires to a life far removed from his humble beginnings. He'll say whatever he has to, to achieve his goal. How low will he go? How great the lie?
Liar, Liar was written by Ann Butler. Ann also writes women's fiction novels. Her novels After the Hurt and Caught Out are available in e-book and paperback.
Background music is Nesrality's arrangement of Anton Dvorak's 9th symphony.
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Monday Apr 28, 2025
Bounce - a supernatural tale
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
This story was written and narrated by Ann Butler, with sound effects by Freesound and provided by Pixabay.
A little girl is minding her own business, playing with her ball in her grandparents' yard in rural Jamaica. Why would "Crosses" find her? Listen to find out.
Ann Butler also writes women's fiction and has published two novels; After the Hurt and Caught Out. Both are available in e-book or paperback.
#pixabay #freesound #thebookgriffin #annbutler #supernaturaltales #talesofthesupernatural #scarystories #jamaicantales #duppystories #audiobooks #ghoststories #creepystories

Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Foxes
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Tuesday Apr 01, 2025
Foxes can be so cute, especially the cubs. Surely nothing can go wrong with taming them, with feeding them, can it?
This short story was written by Ann Butler, the author of Caught Out and After the Hurt.
Sound effects were provided by Pixabay.
#pixabay #thebookgriffin #audiophile #horrorstories #creepystory #horrorstory #creepytales #shortstories #annbutler #podtok #podstagram #podcastlovers

Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Catch the Sad
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
Tuesday Mar 04, 2025
What do you do - what can you do, when you're feeling unbelievably sad? Maybe a walk with nature is the answer. Maybe.
Another short story from #annbutler. Sound effects were courtesy of Pixabay. The contributors are Serenity Ambience, the Freesound Community, Slice Beats and Karim Nessim
#beathesadness #sadthoughts #dontworrybehappy #happythoughts #walkformentalhealth #goodmentalhealth #walkingforhealth #instayoutube #bookstagram #booktok #instabookstagram #thebookgriffin

Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
De Laurence
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
Tuesday Feb 04, 2025
The story of a good man who goes to a dark place to protect his teenage son from vicious bullies.
The story is a work of fiction and references dark magic. Soundtrack is Suspenseful Moods (Cinematic) and was provided by Pixabay.
#pixabay #thebookgriffin #darktales #revengetales #revengestory #annbutler #afterthehurt #jamaicanfolklore #jamaicanmyths #deLaurencemyth #spriritualism #jamaicantales #jamaicanfolkreligion #darkmagic

Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Not Everyone Stays in the Light - a ghostly story
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Tuesday Jan 07, 2025
Another short story with a ghostly vibe, which answers the question why do we sometimes think we've seen a ghost?
Background music is Samurai Flutes by Onetent and was provided by Pixabay.
#onetent #pixabay #annbutler #thebookgriffin #audiophile #ghoststory #shortstory #ghostlytale #audiotok #shortstories #ghoststories

Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
The Final Navigators - a ghost story
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
Tuesday Dec 10, 2024
The latest short story from Ann Butler, The Book Griffin, is about Sid.
Sid helped to build the canal network in Britain. At least, he would have, had he not been killed by a tunnel collapse on his first day. Now, he's stuck. But he doesn't mind. He gets to watch over his family until he can let them know what happened to him.
Background music and sound effects were created by Ido Berg and Rocket and provided by Pixabay.
Ann Butler is the author of the novel After the Hurt. After the Hurt can be purchased from most e-book stores and can be ordered at most book shops.
#annbutler #afterthehurt #thebookgriffin #navigators #navvies #britishengineers #diggingaccidents #accidentsatwork #1880slabourers #labourers #idoberg #pixabay #shortstories #bibliophile #ghoststories #hauntings

Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
The No-Place - a ghost story
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
Tuesday Nov 12, 2024
That place where the passed on wait until they complete their unfinished business. Kiera is in the No-place. Derek is her unfinished business!
Sound effects are from Pixabay. The artists are Thomas Herudek and Ido Berg.
#thebookgriffinpodcast #ghoststory #revengestory #annbutler #creepystory #creepypodcast #pixabay
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Ann Butler is the author of After the Hurt, which is available from all good book sellers in paperback and e-book formats.

The Book Griffin Podcast
This channel hosts a collection of short stories, written by Ann Butler.
They are usually ghost stories. They are kept short so they're easily consumed by commuters or people who can't find the time to listen to long audio dramas.
Ann would love to hear what you think about her stories so please leave a comment.
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#creepystories #scarystories #hauntings #moodystories #shortstories #thebookgriffin #narratedstories #unsettlingstories #ghoststories #ghostly #hauntedhouse