Stygian Sagas

Sias Kruger recounts his visit to a mysterious holy site known as the Maw of the Earth to his employer, wishing to dissuade further probing into the region. This is a simple story, very Weird Tales. A good change of pace after working on the last one for so long. Sias Kruger may be used again as a character- I enjoy the idea of a sort of underhanded nineteenth century relic hunter as a window to t...

A man moves onto a remote Eastern Kentucky plot and fast finds himself faced with a series of happenings he can't explain. This is the final in a trio of tales, with The Quirk Road being the first and The Horror of the Quirk Wood being the second, so you might want to give those a listen beforehand if you haven't heard them yet. Several of my other stories, including The Dreamer in the Gorge, are...

An outdoorsman hired to protect a group of prospective American silver miners during their journey into inland Borneo finds something stranger than tigers amidst the trees. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music

A group of prior Orphan Brigade servicemen, attempting to return home unseen in the wake of the American Civil War, walk into a lowland pass through the mountains of eastern Kentucky- and encounter the thing which sleeps beneath them. A further exploration of the same force described in "The Dreamer in the Gorge."   Music: CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/video...

A series of strangely consistent lucid dreams drives a student to record his explorations of the twisted dreamscape. Music: CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos   White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/videos

An exploration of the tragic, twisted events surrounding the storied Quirk Wood. A soft sequel to 'The Quirk Road,' though it's a standalone story. I hope to wrap this thread of narrative up with a longer story in the future.   Music by- Co. Ag Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g

K'hangha, bound to the fulfilment of his father's horizon song, is brought face to face with the crushing past of his stalwart people. This is the second fantasy story I've done for the podcast, in the same setting. This takes place roughly a month before the events of First Hunt, though the stories are not directly related.   All of the phenomenal music and a good chunk of the ambience was done b...

A tale with some Fortean overtones about a young man tasked with patrolling the shady family pasturage.   Music by CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/featured and White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/c/WhiteBatAudio/featured

A strange little outpost of life called Quirk falls silent, prompting a lone visitor to uncover the culmination of its sordid past. Music by: -White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g -CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA/videos

A linguist, invited along on an expedition spurred on by a puzzling obelisk, stumbles upon a mythic city which proves to be anything but mythical- Xolotlan. This is the final story in the delve cycle- at least for now. I'll likely expand it down the line with a novel, though I'm anxious to explore other themes for the time being. I hope they've been enjoyable. Hopefully, I'll have another story up...

A civil inspector, following up on the worries of several city officials, encounters something strange in Cincinnati's abandoned subway system. This is yet another 'Delve' story, loosely interconnected with Lawton, Dog Sitting, Many-Legged God, and Pine Hill Cave. This is likely the penultimate one. Sometime later this year, expect a long, At the Mountains of Madness-esque novella/story series cap...

A one-time resident of Morehead returns to help a friend, only to find that his hometown is not as he remembers it. Fairly congested due to seasonal allergies, hopefully the reading will be more consistent in recordings as the autumn rolls in. Music by White Bat Audio: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC_6hQy4elsyHhCOskZo0U5g and CO.AG Music: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcavSftXHgxLBWwLDm_bNvA...

A rumor-haunted ruin in Chattanooga menaces a community of homeless squatters in a long-forgotten industrial park.   Music by White Bat Audio

A travel writer and photographer, arriving in Kamchatka for an off-the-beaten-path experience, finds more than beautiful landscapes lying in wait for him. Music by White Bat Audio and CO.AG Music.

An anthropologist, having stumbled across a reference to a myth he'd abandoned, goes looking for an uncontacted people who prove to be unlike anything he's ever encountered.   Music in this episode is from the excellent White Bat Audio, whose music can be found here: https://whitebataudio.com/

Two friends taking a short cut find their hike has become something entirely unexpected. This is the first story I've attempted that could be tentatively placed within the Cthulhu Mythos. Hopefully it isn't a total disappointment. End music is 'Unknown Planet' by dl-sounds.com  

A student returned home from college for the summer experiences a long-forgotten nightmare.

An old logbook found in a small, benign cave system raises doubts about whether the cave is actually small... or benign. Though this story is linked with 'Dog Sitting' and 'Lawton,' it isn't necessary to have read them to draw the full effect out of it.

A deathbed retelling of a small Appalachian hamlet's harrowing final days is recorded for posterity via a library-moldering manuscript. Disregarded as dementia-addled fabrication or imaginative mythology by most historians and folklorists who stumble across it, the account of the dying days of Cold Hollow is presented here in full.

A friend's cabin provides more challenges than expected to a dog sitter from the remote town of Olive Hill.

Brothers Tekolotl and Azotl, in search of a trophy fit for a warrior, stumble across a threat which proves far more deadly than the prey they came so far to stalk. First Fantasy story to be released here, in a setting of my own devising. End Music: "Ancient Winds" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 4.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

A tale about a harrowing night spent near a derelict Appalachian mining operation.

A note left behind by a potentially unstable relic hunter relates his haunting story in the aftermath of a haunting night spent camped in a long-forgotten Myanmar ruin.

A tale about a Sulawesi myth which proves more tangible than anticipated.

A tale about an isolated copywriter living on a tight budget in Cambodia's Phnom Penh.  The image, writing, and narration were all done by me.