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Harker’s Variations

Harker’s Variations

By: Timothy Merlin
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A serialized fiction podcast of uncanny tales.

In a modern Britain haunted by its own history, Harker’s Variations follows two reluctant guardians navigating strange encounters with miskept relics, supernatural hungers, and faith that refuses to stay buried. Haunted bookshops, submerged archives, and dangerous rituals surface in ordinary streets, cafés, and cathedrals, revealing how old faiths continue to shape the present in ways both subtle and volatile.

These stories explore what happens when sacred things are handled without care—and what it costs to keep them without letting them consume the people who love them.

New episodes release on Tuesdays (with occasional interludes on Saturdays).

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Episodes
  • Sketches in the Margin: An Interlude

    Sketches in the Margin: An Interlude
    Feb 15 2026

    What follows isn’t a story in the usual sense. It’s closer, quieter, and more personal — a moment that slipped between chapters and didn’t ask to be kept.

    This interlude includes intimate and sensual material, treated with care rather than spectacle. If that isn’t what you’re in the mood for just now, you may wish to return to it another time.

    Otherwise, it may be worth stopping for a moment. Some things ask for your full attention.
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    13 mins
  • The Longing at St Bride's Kirk

    The Longing at St Bride's Kirk
    Feb 11 2026

    This episode takes place on an island, where certain feelings have been politely endured for far longer than is healthy.

    Before we begin.

    This episode carries an explicit label due to a single moment of strong language, brief and unadorned. It appears once, near the end, and is not otherwise repeated.
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    41 mins
  • The Keys of Canterbury

    The Keys of Canterbury
    Feb 4 2026

    This story concerns authority, access, and the long British habit of mistaking stewardship for ownership.
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    29 mins
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