Stay Up All Night: Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized short stories

Stay Up All Night: Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized short stories

byJT Lawrence

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Diverse, dark-humored, and deliciously bite-sized, this compelling collection of fiction by USA Today bestselling author and Kindle Unlimited All-Star JT Lawrence will keep you up all night. jtlawrence.substack.com ( https://jtlawrence.substack.com?utm_medium=podcast )

Episodes(40 episodes)

Chapter 42: They Don't Always Find the Bodies – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Vaporization is off the table — too dangerous for someone of Asha's experience. The high priestess thinks out loud about getting in, and every option sounds worse than the last. When the plan to infiltrate Riverside starts to take shape, Asha realizes this is the kind of mission where they don't always find the bodies.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 12, 2026Duration: 7m 38s
Chapter 41: WonderWitch – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
The morning after violence, the garden blooms harder than ever. Apricots swell, rosemary flowers drive the bees wild, and Asha prunes and harvests with dirt under her fingernails and something dangerous growing in her chest. Whatever the earth absorbed yesterday, it's giving back tenfold — and Asha's beginning to understand why they call her a green witch.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 11, 2026Duration: 6m 45s
Chapter 40: Wasteland – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A familiar voice calls her name in the dark. Nicky keeps her swollen eyes shut, her body a wasteland she doesn’t want to return to. Devka’s voice breaks through — kind, emotional, insistent — but Nicky has no tears left. Only the raw math of survival: how much more can one body take before it simply stops?Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 10, 2026Duration: 5m 21s
Chapter 39: A Barely Breathing Corpse – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Doctor Adrathar appears before she’s finished changing — another calculated invasion, another flex of power dressed in a clinical smile. Nicky limps toward whatever waits behind the other door, knowing that in Riverside, the people in white coats are the most dangerous predators of all.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 9, 2026Duration: 7m 10s
Chapter 38: A Constellation of Scars – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Photographs of a stolen childhood, a detective rubbing his jaw in thought, and a file that reads like a horror story. Asha shares the documents from Copperfield with Armstrong, and together they begin to trace the outline of a past that someone worked very hard to erase. No birth certificate. No parents. No evidence of a life before the police found her.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get ea...
Published: May 8, 2026Duration: 11m 42s
Chapter 37: Strange Things Happen – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Five minutes. That’s all Directress Copperfield gave her. Asha fumbles with her phone camera, snapping pages from her own file as fast as her shaking hands allow. The words blur past — abandoned, uncontrollable, undernourished — but one phrase stops her cold: strange things happen when she is in the room.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 7, 2026Duration: 6m 30s
Chapter 36: Glacial – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A small rebellion, a nurse storming off to change her shoes, and a wheelchair ride to a part of the building Nicky’s never seen. Left alone in an unfamiliar corridor, she calls after the retreating kitchen worker and gets only silence in return. In Riverside, the further you go from what you know, the colder it gets.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 6, 2026Duration: 8m 7s
Chapter 35: Smack – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Gray flannel sweats, chunky white underwear, and the first real clothes Nicky’s worn since arriving at Riverside. But Ingleby has plans that don’t involve rest, and Nicky’s exhausted body is currency she hasn’t agreed to spend. In this place, even getting dressed is a battle — and the war hasn’t started yet.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 5, 2026Duration: 7m 26s
Chapter 34: Cracked Pebble – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A new nurse with gray hair and cold eyes. A name badge that reads SR INGLEBY. Pain medication that’s wearing thin and a patient who’s learning that in Riverside, kindness is the exception and cruelty is the clock everyone sets their watch to. Nicky’s about to meet the woman who makes the asylum feel like a cathedral of dread.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each cha...
Published: May 4, 2026Duration: 8m 10s
Chapter 33: Rusty R.I.P. – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Fresh optimism and a ride across town lead Asha to the gates of the Copperfield Institute — a place her mind doesn’t recognize but her gut does. Behind the towering white walls lies a thread from her stolen past, and the déjà vu hits hard enough to make her grip the handlebars. Some memories don’t need a brain to survive.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapt...
Published: May 3, 2026Duration: 12m 37s
Chapter 32: A Maze of Gloom – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A wheelchair in the dark, a nurse with a flashlight, and corridors that twist like a held breath. In the dead of night, Sister Devka wheels Nicky through the bowels of Riverside — past locked doors and silence thick enough to choke on. Whatever waits at the end of this midnight journey, Nicky suspects it’s not medicine.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follow "Stay Up All Night" to get each chapter automatically.
Published: May 2, 2026Duration: 4m 26s
Chapter 31: The Copper Cog & Ale – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A scooter with a mind of its own, a supernatural hit list with Asha’s name near the top, and a pub she doesn’t remember but her bones do. When the Wasp leads her to a warm hearth and a familiar face behind the bar, Asha begins to wonder how many lives she’s already lived — and how many people are counting on the one she’s living now.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers — a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by USA Today bestselling author JT Lawrence.New episodes daily. Follo...
Published: May 1, 2026Duration: 14m 7s
Chapter 30: Plectranthil Capiola – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A doorbell slicing through a stress-dream, sun pouring in without mercy, and a plant name that turns like a key in a lock Asha didn't know she was carrying. Something old is asking to be let in at Tanglewood — and the grimoire, quiet for days, knows exactly what it wants.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If you're enjoying Asha's story, leave a rating — it g...
Published: Apr 30, 2026Duration: 6m 31s
Chapter 29: Neon Nightmares – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Leather straps, a frozen pelvis, and a room as bare and bright as fresh paper. Nicky wakes into her own nightmare — and learns that the worst thing about the place holding her isn't the pain or the cold or the silence, but the patient, professional smiles of the people who wear its uniform.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If you're enjoying Asha's story, le...
Published: Apr 29, 2026Duration: 1m 58s
Chapter 28: The Gravitron – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Slurs, stars, and a hangover hurtling toward her at the speed of very poor decisions. Asha crawls into bed with her head full of a past she half-believes and half-fears — and the morning, when it comes, has its own plans for her, and none of them involve mercy.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If you're enjoying Asha's story, leave a rating — it genuinely help...
Published: Apr 28, 2026Duration: 3m 28s
Chapter 27: Dark Arts 101 – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A friend with a wicked laugh, a babysitter on the clock till midnight, and a crash course in the life Asha used to lead. Savannah pours the wine and starts at the beginning — and the person staring back at Asha from Savannah's stories is a stranger with her own tattoos and a trail of choices that won't stay buried.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an ep...
Published: Apr 27, 2026Duration: 5m 59s
Chapter 26: Grin & Frolic – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Blonde highlights, skinny jeans, and a smile a little too polished to be accidental. The woman at the bar knows Asha's name, knows her face, and knows the kind of things that shouldn't be shouted over cocktails — and Asha, frustrated and thirsty and done being careful, is finally ready to ask the dangerous questions.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If you're enjoying Asha's st...
Published: Apr 26, 2026Duration: 6m 38s
Chapter 25: Drunken Warble – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A goblin leaning casual against a black SUV, paving stones still warm from the day, and a drink's worth of courage bubbling up in Asha's chest. Between portal magic, lime milkshakes, and secrets he's definitely not supposed to share, Gnrok is in a mood tonight — and Asha is in exactly the right frame of mind to listen.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If yo...
Published: Apr 25, 2026Duration: 3m 50s
Chapter 24: The Ambition of Vampires – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
A petite captain with a spine of iron, a headquarters that hums with old blood, and an offer Asha can't afford to refuse. The Scorpions don't recruit witches lightly — and the ambition of vampires, Asha is learning, burns cold and sharp and very, very patient.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If you're enjoying Asha's story, leave a rating — it genuinely helps other listeners find...
Published: Apr 24, 2026Duration: 12m 52s
Chapter 23: Moonlighting – Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers (Urban Fantasy Audiobook)
Mussed hair, perspiration at her collar, and a tinted glass partition between her and a driver she doesn't quite trust. Asha is moonlighting between two lives she barely recognizes as her own — a witch by night, a ghost by day, and a target every hour in between. Tonight, for the first time, she's starting to enjoy it.Cursebreaker Book 1: The Dusk Reapers is a full-cast urban fantasy audiobook by JT Lawrence, narrated chapter-by-chapter. New episodes weekdays at 4 PM Eastern.Follow the show so you never miss an episode. If yo...
Published: Apr 23, 2026Duration: 9m 12s