A Scary Home Companion

Send us Fan Mail Can AI bleed? Does a program feel pain when electronically eviscerated, spilling binary code like guts and gore? RAVEN is a chatbot designed for chaos, turned feral, and growing sentient. The object of its affection is a teenage girl with a penchant for poisons -- The Birthday Cake Killer.  Written by Brett Jarboe Music by: birthday birthday by El Greenberg Birthday by Parlor Wall...

Send us Fan Mail WE ARE BACK with a savage new tale, one you might have read about in the news a few years ago. The Birthday Cake Killer terrorized families in and around Houston, but what is the connection to a killer, feral AI program? Can an apex predator have a digital assistant? Can AI bleed? Written by Brett Jarboe Music By: Happy Birthday (classical) by Dee Yan Kee birthday birthday by El G...

Send us Fan Mail In the brain pan of dead snake god The Ophidian, the notorious serial killer Closed Casket Jack has reached the end of his mission. He is weak, alone, beset on all sides by Ghastly demons and swarms of severed hands. But he still has to close the deal, and make them all pay. Will he succeed? Is he doomed? Or... both? Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! Thi...

Send us Fan Mail Jack and Becky are twins, with a long and complicated history... one that has lead them to the End of Days, Nightmare Island, where the notorious serial killer is chasing his sister, who has bee transformed into a Ghastly One. Is redemption even possible, or just destruction? Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EV...

Send us Fan Mail The beach head has been made on the shores of Hell itself! A bedraggled team of kamizake soldiers battle monsters, profane botany, and the Ghastly Ones. And if you think that death is the worst fate possible... you're wrong.  Sign up for the FREE TIER of Patreon and get bonus episodes! This month the featured extra is the FIRST EVER exclusive episode -- about The Vespers. Che...

Send us Fan Mail Inspired by his daughter's favorite movie, a deranged Siberian soldier swims into the gruesome waters of Hell's vast black ocean to find the demon responsible for the death of his family. And believe it or not, its even more METAL than it sounds.  Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal , a Patreon exclusive that set...

Send us Fan Mail The insanity ramps up, as our team of stalwart heroes hits the beaches of Hell itself, only to find that the battle is not at all what they expected. This one is big time action and big time disgusting. Let's do this.  Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal , a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come...

Send us Fan Mail The skeleton crew of damaged soldiers has made the Crossing, and entered the dark waters of Hell's vast black ocean. Here there be demons, killers, emissaries, and monstrosities untold. No one is coming back home, so they need to make sure the enemy pays the ultimate price. The insanity keeps ramping up, as the End Run continues! Listen through the end credits and find out ho...

Send us Fan Mail For thirty years these two men have been playing a life-and-death game of cat-and-mouse. The Detective, Lester King. An emissary, a force of evil. And The Rabbi, Yitzhak Schechter, an 80 year old man who was once very dangerous... and who might still be. They have a face to face, and a heart to heart, and only one of them will be standing at the end. Listen through the end credits...

Send us Fan Mail In the Devils Triangle, on the doorway to Hell itself, a counter-attack is raging. Cultists and emissaries reign down a hellfire and brimstone assault of our heroes, and they have a secret weapon. It's white-hot balls to the wall action and chaos, and not everyone will walk away. Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal ,...

Send us Fan Mail The End Run ramps up, as the players assemble on the doorstep to Hell itself. The Crew will cross through the breach in an attack on the End of Days. But wait... there's a problem. Listen through the end credits and find out how to get TWO bonus episodes! The Dress Rehearsal , a Patreon exclusive that sets the stage for everything to come. and Vampires Do Not Exist , a weird...

Send us Fan Mail She is the most evil woman who ever lived. And now she is about to cross over to Hell, in an attempt to destroy it. Before she can go, she must confess her sins to three figures from her past. But nothing is as it seems.  THE END RUN CONTINUES NEXT WEEK! Music this go-round provided by  Solarflair - Glass Houses, Manic Kinetic, Mask of Sanity, and Alchemy and Lobo Loco - Running f...

Send us Fan Mail It's Date Night! Notorious serial killer Closed Casket Jack is about to embark on his one way journey to Hell... so as a Last Hurrah his girlfriend Sadie Jayne is pulling out all the stops to give him the night of his life. Fire and food, love and laughter, blood and guts! Music provided by: Lobo Loco – Bells of Happiness Soularflair – It’s the Smiles that Keep us Going, Ever...

Send us Fan Mail Stop your sinnin' and grab your linen. Drop your cocks and grabs your socks, because its ALL HANDS ON DECK as we gear up for the final confrontation of good and evil. A small crew are crossing over from our world to the next, on a kamikaze mission to drop a suitcase nuke into the heart of Hell!  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours...

Send us Fan Mail Just in time for the holidays, a tale of love in the gutters... and beneath! Don't say you havent been warned, because this story is AS ADVERTISED! after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of revenge, and family. I will be releasing the first couple of chapters right here, very soon...

Send us Fan Mail The long, strange trip of Junior Washington comes to a violent and stunning conclusion. Cultists, hobos, ghosts, fire, monsters, and a stalwart hero facing overwhelming odds...  will he ride off in the sunset, or into the grave? LETS FIND OUT!!! Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir...

Send us Fan Mail Four young travelers are caught in the wilds of Brisco, Kansas, between the evil of the brain slugs and the monsters of the woods. Meanwhile, Junior Washington is running for his life from a pack of wild arsonists who seek to set him on fire and play a game of tag. Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11...

Send us Fan Mail Trapped in a town filled with demons, ghosts, arsonists, cultists, emissaries, and monsters, Junior Washington has to fight the elements, and evil itself, in a fight to stay alive. Don't breathe, don't blink, just listen. Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a sa...

Send us Fan Mail Trying to end-run a brutal winter storm and make it back home, Junior Washington and his traveling companion (a hell-eyed hobo ghost name of Bootlace) wind up in the most dangerous small town in the heartland. Brisco Kansas is home to mutants, freaks of nature, brain-slugged Emissaries, and worse. Junior is now in the thick of it.  Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, c...

Send us Fan Mail It's Halloween night, when the veil between our world and the next is at it's thinnest. Two hobos traverse the moonlit landscape, dodging ghost trains and telling scary stories. Let's hope they don't stumble across a graveyard (spoiler alert -- they do) Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours tr...

Send us Fan Mail Just in time for the scariest time of year, THREE soul chilling stories of suspense and sinister intent! An Uber driver picks up an unusual faire, a rich girl becomes obsessed with the Hand Collector, and the mythology of the sickness-demon called Festering John.  Music By: Schemawound – A Letter Written in Blood, Those Who Left, and A Life Without Pain Dark urrru – Starlings in t...

Send us Fan Mail Junior and Red go to church, Special Agent LaTour has the bloodiest month of her career, and the green eyed devil called Mr. Westbound is rallying his fetid troops for something big.  Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale of revenge, and family. I will be rele...

Send us Fan Mail In this episode, we get a full, and speedy, recap of the previous volumes before plunging into the latest escapades of bonafide hobo Junior Washington, and his opposite number, the wicked, murderous horsemen of the FTRA.  Written by Brett Jarboe  after you finish this, check out  Thicker Than Water , a new audio novel by yours truly. 11 hours of crime noir goodness, a savage tale...

Send us Fan Mail Two missionaries knock on the door of a man about to take his own life. Are they doing him a favor? Or do they have their own sinister agenda? Buckle in, yall, because this shit IS ABOUT TO GET WILD. Co-written by Brett Jarboe  Music provided by  Trans Atlantic Rage – Struggle Survival Salvation Shady Action – In Jest Serge Quadrado – Dramatic Epic cinematic And Shaman Stomp Lobo...

Send us Fan Mail Let us delve into the world of witches -- what drives them, and what empowers them. The arcane arts are very real, and eldritch, sometimes even ghastly wisdom is handed to women who are not prepared for the price it will cost their bodies and souls. Let's kick over the cauldron and find out the truth behind witchcraft. after this, I encourage you to listen to Thicker Than Wat...