# S1.7 Personal Growth

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Podcast: [The Other Stories | Sci-Fi, Horror, Thriller, WTF Stories](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-other-stories-sci-fi-horror-thriller-wtf-stories-743122)
Published: 2026-04-27T07:05:00+00:00
Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/theotherstories/episodes/s17-personal-growth
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## Resource

Personal Growth Percival’s monochrome existence is about to change. Personal growth is expected, he is responding in terrifying ways very much outside of office protocol. Written by Simon Ward (www.x.com/simon_W_writes) Narrated by Justin Fife ( https://www.threads.net/@justin.fife ) Produced by James Barnett AKA Jimmy Horrors ( https://www.JamesBarnettCreative.com ) With music by Daniel Birch ( https://danielbirchmusic.com ) And Thom Robson ( https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/ ) And sound effects provided by Freesound.org The episode illustration was provided by Matt Seff Barnes ( https://www.mattseffbarnes.com/ ) Joshua Boucher is our story programmer. Jasmine Arch manages our community. Mary Pastrano helps orchestrate the chaos. And the show would collapse into static and screams without the ongoing work of Karl Hughes, Georgia Triantafyllopoulou, and James Barnett — AKA Jimmy Horrors. For more of Simon Ward, you can follow him on X at www.x.com/simon_W_writes Justin Fife is an audiobook narrator and voice actor, and he can be found on Threads @Justin.fife Join TOS+ to access over 90 exclusive episodes, get regular stories in higher quality audio, a week early, and ad-free, at https://theotherstories.net/plus/ Support the show, get audiobooks, and more at https://www.patreon.com/hawkandcleaver Join our communities for book clubs, movie clubs, writing exercises, and more at https://theotherstories.net/community/ Leave a voicemail or get in touch at https://theotherstories.net/submissions Check out our writing courses at https://theotherstories.net/courses/ Grab some merch at https://gumroad.com/hawkandcleaver The Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives…

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