The Cliffs

This story was winner of the Vancouver Story Slam July 2021 Edition

The “social distancing”, online version of Canada’s longest-running live storytelling competition.

“It’s pissing down with rain … my childhood friend and I are trudging through a valley. Our packs are heavy and we’re soaked to the skin. Mountains of rugged beauty surround us, but we can’t see them … they’re shrouded in mist.”

• writer & storyteller: Sara Morley
• producer: Salvatore V. Barrera
• story consultants: Jane Pavanel, Sami Antaki
• 6 min

The whole story is quietly frightening without a peak climax – it leaves the listener with a sense of the shudders.

– Susan Cormier, Producer, Vancouver Story Slam