Don't Fall Asleep

My town has a dark secret...and only I can see it   Full Story: https://tinyurl.com/bad-intentions --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Chapter 2 of Kristopher Triana's Ex-Boogeyman!  Print, Kindle & Audio editions out now: https://amzn.to/3S0uCQ3  Audiobook  --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

A sneak peek of Kristopher Triana's Ex-Boogeyman! Featuring an introduction from the voice of Nicky Hector as heard on the call in horror line (Call now: (971) 236-1759)    Print, Kindle, & Audiobook editions out now: https://amzn.to/3S0uCQ3 --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/blood-bound-books2/support

Listen on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Mo1aRa Spotify, Apple, and more: https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/don... I never pretended to understand the workings of the inner heart,” I said. “I only wanted to bring love to the world.” “And for ten years you did, Mr. Gishman,” the attorney said. “Then I murdered it.” "The Broken Hearted" by T. Fox Dunham was published in D.O.A. III, featuring stori...

FIRST CHAPTER FRIDAY continues with Robert Essig's creature feature novel Mojave Mud Caves! Need to know what happens next? Check out Mojave Mud Caves on Amazon: https://amzn.to/3Bpi9Po Publisher - Encyclopocalypse Publications Listen to a full story from Robert Essig: https://youtu.be/yBf5ijmlbqc Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/ Check out More from Robert Essig on...

There were hundreds of bones, human and animal, all joined together to create a huge figure on a throne made of more bones. Skulls of small animals decorated the structure. A goat’s skull was fixed on top as a horrible head with dark hollow eyeholes. I peered in and saw Sean kneeling down at the firepit that was dug before it. A flame caroused inside the pit. The black candles were laid out and bu...

Urban rot and small towns of shattered dreams are cornerstones in the world. Benson Rhoades, an aging serial killer, has tried to kill the rot, but needs to shake the anonymity of city life and find new challenges. After a kill, Ben stumbles on a faded business card, inspiring him to export his talent to a small town north of the City. Stolen Seed is a journey down the dysfunctional roads and trai...

“Child and Guardian” by Michael B. Tager first appeared in the anthology Night Terrors II from Blood Bound Books Night Terrors II – featuring Maria Alexander, Brad C. Hodson, Gregory Bastianelli, and more: https://amzn.to/3s7SIgP Publisher - Blood Bound Books: https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/store Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/ Author- Michael B. Tager Website: htt...

PART FOUR: First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays a...

Part Three: First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays...

PART TWO: First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays ar...

PART ONE: First things first, ‘Tartarus’ ain’t actually the mall’s name. That’s just what I call the place on account of the store I have to guard. I won’t tell you the mall’s proper name for security reasons. But yeah, so one of the stores in the mall is called ‘Tartarus’, and this store is perpetually closed. I’ve never seen it open. A metal sheet lives across its door and its window displays ar...

"Death opened her up and laid her out, naked and raw. Death granted her immortality and notoriety, sealed her secrets forever between the two halves of her body, abandoned on a vacant lot in L.A. In death she found her new identity, cribbed together from the color of her clothing and the flower she usually wore tucked behind an ear: The Black Dahlia." - “Beth Short and the Carnivals of the...

“Nobody’s broke out of here since before your daddy was born,” said the Wish Doctor. “How long you been in? Six months?” He laughed like he was just visiting. “Your body is here for the duration, but you can leave any time you like. If you want to touch the world beyond these walls, it takes discipline. Sacrifice. What’s the one thing you can’t live without?” Find out the price Gilbert Newcomb mus...

"Carnival of Lust" by Mike Duke   Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/  Produced by Blood Bound Books: https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/new-releases   Author- Mike Duke  Amazon: https://amzn.to/3vH3pc2 Godless: https://godless.com/collections/mike-duke Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/6024825.Mike_Duke  Artist for Don't Fall Asleep logo   Andre...

I rip back the comforter and there, on his left arm, I see it. His skin. His human skin is melting. It’s literally dripping, puddling, soaking the sheets. Beneath the liquefying skin is a horror I’d never imagined. It’s clear, like freshly-made ice cubes, and I can see the ghosts of his muscles twitching, his veins pulsing and the blood inside them quickening. A patch of skin near his elbow shrink...

Today marks one of the most significant days of my life. It's my twenty-year anniversary of working for Mr. Soto-Gomez, my employer. It is also the day I discovered Mr. Soto-Gomez's body, slouched deeply into his office chair, viscous smears of grey matter dry against the leather headrest. And, unfortunately, today is the day that I, too, shall die. "Today I Found my Employer's Bod...

“You’re going to be ok,” I told the boy. It’s what I tell all the patients, whether it’s true or not. The kid had no reaction. I wasn’t expecting one -- he hadn’t answered my questions about his name or who the president was, either. He just stared at the ceiling with wide, dark eyes. The Kid in the Ambulance by Suki Litchfield was published in Horror Library, Volume 7: https://amzn.to/3Nu7nMT Lis...

Claire is an ambitious Uber driver obsessed with self-help techniques, submerging herself in a positivity mindset and hustle culture. Johnny Troutman is a smooth-talking guru in need of a serious chakra alignment. Nikki Noir and S.C. Mendes blend humor, horror, and sex together in the short story "The Sack Cutter" -- from the anthology Welcome to the Club Vol. II: https://amzn.to/3t8hGha W...

"Scream and I'll Come to You" by Raymond Little first appeared in the anthology DOA II: https://amzn.to/3yQEV3f Check out Raymond's debut novel EYES OF DOOM: https://amzn.to/39OqbHp You can find more of his work here: https://amzn.to/3wGZIUg and on his publisher's website: www.bloodgutsandstory.com Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/ Artist for Don&#39...

As I breathe raggedly from the steady flow of oxygen at St. Ret-Constance Hospital, typing feebly with my one good arm… my one last arm, I am plagued more by fear than anger as I realize… it is not easy to write this. Nothing will ever be easy again. Thinking back, it was a mistake I couldn't have possibly made any easier to make. An error in judgment that will haunt my every conscious moment...

Violet had insisted that a game of truth or dare could show people whether they would be compatible or not on a first date, as long as the game was straightforward. So we’d started with a few truths. She’d asked me intense questions: what my most painful memory was, who was the most prominent person in my masturbation fantasies, if I was to murder someone which weapon would I use? I had answered a...

Phil opened his mouth, stopped, and then wiped a hand over his face. “I don’t think I can finish the tasting.” Reynolds cocked his head to the side, brightly alert as a bird of prey. “Feeling ill?” “Yes.” The final glass was a richer amber than the others, so vibrant it could have held the place of honor in a pagan queen’s crown. “There’s only one left, and once poured, the liquor cannot be return...

It’s the 80’s, and Barry Richards has a lead on a story for his high school newspaper that’s guaranteed to shock the readers. Satan Worshippers in their little backwoods county are performing animal sacrifices in the woods. Barry, along with his best friend and crush Christy Beasley, intends to break this story wide open. But when all hell breaks loose they’ll have to fight for their lives to esca...

Whispers of the Earth by Eric J. Guignard first appeared in the anthology Night Terrors III – featuring Jack Ketchum, Paul Trembly, and more: https://amzn.to/383H5RL Publisher - Blood Bound Books: https://www.bloodgutsandstory.com/store Narrator - Spencer Dillehay: https://www.spencerdillehay.com/ Author- Eric J. Guignard: www.ericjguignard.com Goodreads: https://www.goodreads.com/author/show/3410...