Accompanying a short story about smugglers, this song features one of the protagonists stumbling across an Inn on the cornish coast called 'The Bucket of Blood' where he - and his friends - are forced to shelter for the night.

The Bucket of Blood

Accompanying track to a story, one of our villains awakes to find himself amongst the rubble of a burnt down country hall, after hunting around for clues to the mystery he is trying to solve.

Buried Under Darrow Hall

A sad realisation of the guilt of what he has done. Accompanying song to a story.

Regretful Eyes

The heroes of our story meet the next protagonist, a mysterious man called Marlowe who warns them against believing what they're already been told. Accompanying track to a story about smuggling in cornwall.

Which Way Will This Go?

In a starving, crumbling world, the Fulcher and Bandwagon Gentlemen’s Only Club stands as a fortress of abundance and privilege — a place where food, drink, and power flow freely for those deemed worthy. For one desperate Applicant, admission means survival. But membership demands more than credentials: it requires performance, secrets, and the ability to withstand ridicule from the Club’s eccentric hierarchy of self-styled officials. As the Applicant makes his case before the elders, he discovers that in Fulcher and Bandwagon, rejection is more than humiliation — it’s a death sentence.

From a book of short stories available herehttps://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

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Too Much Trumpeting, Not Enough Jazz

Alternative chugging spooky rock song with electric guitars and walking bass about a ghost train set in a child’s attic. Accompanying track for a short story.

A Night In Frankie’s Attic

Accompanying song for a short story available from this collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

Leela, aka Cath, leads a determined scout troop on a wild and bumpy adventure from Birmingham to South America in search of the legendary Lost City of El Dorado. Battling language barriers, skeptical captains, and unexpected detours, their quest turns into a hilarious, frustrating, and unforgettable journey filled with quirky characters, towering alpacas, and golden disappointments. Will these scouts earn their badges or just return with stories of grit, friendship, and wild ambition?

Proficiency Badge

Song from a short story, available from this collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

When an ordinary job interview takes a turn for the surreal, Scott finds himself tangled in a bizarre conversation with a woman who insists his name is Colin, cares only for hypothetical machines, and smiles with lethal precision. As she presses him to design an absurd “gobbling machine,” reality unravels and the line between interviewer and interviewee blurs. With a cavalcade of strange staff, unexpected outbursts, and mounting chaos, Scott discovers this company isn’t what it seems—and neither are its inhabitants.

Darkly comic, unsettlingly plausible, and brimming with wit, Gobbling Machine is a tale of performance, pretence, and the wild machinery that motors beneath the surface of everyday life.

Gobbling Machine

A 1990s style indie rock/pop track accompanying a short story about that stupid situation we all face from time to time when you’re walking towards someone on a pavement and you both go the same way… dialed up to the ridiculous max!

Step Change (Alternate Version)

A young woman named Penny is locked away in a stone chapel by the sinister reverend, her hope fading with every passing dawn as hunger and isolation gnaw at her spirit. But when Bradley arrives at the vicarage—tractor rumbling, clutching a mysterious artefact in need of translation—possibility stirs anew. As Penny struggles to call out for help with her weakening, rasping voice, a tale of resilience unfolds where sunlight, birdsong, and the courage to hope might mean the difference between captivity and rescue.

Morning At The Chapel

Accompanies a short story from this collection: https://www.amazon.co.uk/Odd-Little-Things-Short-Stories/dp/B095GCZNDQ

In the sweltering summer of 1985, four mischievous friends form the BackStreet Gang, masters of pranks and childhood rivalry in a quiet English town. When Nicola discovers a decomposing dog in an abandoned shoe factory, they hatch a wild and unforgettable plan to terrorize their nemesis, the Clarence Patch Kids, with their fearsome creation: Scarewolf — a rotting hound on wheels with a snarling bark from beyond the grave. From village fetes to secret hideouts, this nostalgic tale captures the chaotic joy, friendship, and inventive pranks of youth, where every scheme is bigger—and dumber—than the last. Will their ultimate prank unite or unravel the gang? Relive the magic, mayhem, and laughter of a summer when childhood ruled the streets.

Pranks (Summer)

Karl is a designer, writer, illustrator - of sorts - who enjoys the end to end process of creative endeavours. The music created relates to writing and team projects, often with tracks to accompany short or collaborative stories (such as the tracks for the Encounter at Penzance playlist) and as a result the style and themes can be wide raning, depending on the stories the tracks are supporting.

Pranks (Summer)

Karl Binder

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