This episode has been sponsored by the Maniac On The Loose Scary Stories Podcast. Find out more at www.maniacontheloose.comChurch Of The Chronically Ill'A young man is initiated into a cult that worships sickness and disease.'Written by Brendan Vidito (https://brendanvidito.com/)Narrated by Grant Patrizio (https://www.grantpatrizio.com/)Edited by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)With music by Duncan Muggleton (http://soundcloud.com/duncanmuggleton)And Thom Robson (https://www.thomrobsonmusic.com/)The episode illustration was provided by Luke Spooner of Carrion House (https://carrionhouse.com/)A quick thanks to our community managers, Joshua Boucher and Jasmine ArchAnd Carolyn O'Brien for helping with our submission reading.And to Ben Errington for the content pikes, seat drops, and swivel hips, he performs each week on the social media tramampoloineBrendan Vidito is the author of the Wonderland Book Award-winning collection of body horror stories, Nightmares in Ecstasy. He also co-edited the Splatterpunk Award-nominated anthology The New Flesh: A Literary Tribute to David Cronenberg. He lives in Ontario, Canada.Grant Patrizio has lent his skills to a variety of audiobooks, animated works, video games, and audio dramas, one of which got him nominated for an Audioverse Award in 2019! It's been an incredible ride so far, and the best is yet to come!You can help support the show over at Patreon.com/HawkandCleaverYou can join our Bookclub, Movieclub, and writing exercises over at Facebook.com/groups/hawkandcleaverT-shirts, mugs, posters, and comic books are available at www.gumroad.com/hawkandcleaverGet help with your short stories and your podcasts by heading to TheOtherStories.Net/servicesThe Other Stories is a production of the story studio, Hawk & Cleaver, and is brought to you with a Creative Commons – Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license. Don’t change it. Don’t sell it. But by all means… share the hell out of it. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.