Nightshade Diary

There are cautionary tales about certain places, that without rhyme or reason should not be disturbed, but greed is known to make a person deaf to the whisper that warns you that danger is close.  Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. Nightsh...

The ways of nature is sometimes a mystery, but never as dangerous as when it turns against mankind.  This is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, set in her home county of Cornwall shortly after the end of the WWII. A farmhand, his family and community come under lethal attack from flocks of birds. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name, relea...

"Something Had to Be Done" is a short story by David Drake. The tale is recognized for its gritty realism and its exploration of the psychological impact of violence. "The Cookie Lady" is a horror short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is a story of terror, chilling and memorable. It tells of a chubby teenager boy called “Bubber” who visits the kindly old neighborhood lady who bakes him...

An alternate history where vampires have taken over, in Europe at least, and are the aristocracy. The emergence of science and technology, in the guise of a microscope, has given these vampires a reason to fear the humans they have come to dominate. Like any form of tyranny there will be those who accept it, and there will also be those who rebel. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT V...

The Bat is My Brother is a short story by Robert Bloch, first published in the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales. The story, Graham Keene, who awakens to find himself buried alive in a pauper's grave and discovers he has become a vampire due to a recent attack. The story is recognized as one of Bloch's significant contributions to the horror genre, which also includes his famous novel Psycho. Hos...

The Repairer of Reputations is the first story in Chambers' collection The King in Yellow and which contains the motif of the Yellow Sign. It is about a man, Hildred, and takes place in New York City in the 1920's. He keeps company with a deformed man known as Mr. Wilde, which it's inferred he is the author of King in Yellow, and is known as the Repairer of Reputations. This means that people tell...

This is a horror short story by Robert Bloch that was first published in Weird Tales in 1947. The story is about a lawyer who investigates his brother's treatment of his niece. A little, blonde girl appears to be the victim of a savage parent, but in truth who is the victim? Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami...

A death curse is like a landmine you've stepped on, there's just no way to escape unscathed. Carl Jacobi's work "The Kite" is mentioned in several sources. It was first published in 1937 and is also known under the variant title "Satan's Kite".  Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiG...

Childhood memories are often the sweetest, but even in childhood there are evil things that find their way to you. "Moonlight, Starlight" is a ghost story written by Virginia Layefsky, which was included in an anthology called "Ladies Of Horror, Two Centuries Of Horror By The Gentle Sex". Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://www.buymeacoffee.com/M...

What if an extraterrestrial could take over your mind? Is it real, or your descent into madness? PRNDLL by Robert F. Young Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhstChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www. StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Supern...

"It sat alone, might and shaggy on the hilltop, and the warm breeze swayed it. For four billion years, step by step, it had been aborning. Now it was finished, complete." It is into this world that a colony of humans escaping a nuclear-blasted Earth land, and realize this idyllic setting is in reality hell. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeac...

The Ghost of Two Forks by Elmer Kelton: "A railroad was often a blessing to early Texas towns, but it could as easily be a curse. But other towns, once prosperous, withered and died because the Eastern money counters and the surveyors favored a route that bypassed them. Such a town was Two Forks, for years a county seat." What happens to a town when all the living leave? The Defense of Sentinel by...

"The realization he’d been in this canyon before hit him like being kicked by a mule. If he remembered right, it was about twenty years before." There are some memories you can never forget or outrun. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhstChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDi...

What predator could claim as prey a fully-grown, great white shark? There is only one that comes to mind, but you see it's supposed to be extinct. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhstChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www. Storiesofthe...

Two Texan saddle tramps come upon a ghost town, that at first glance seems deserted, but turns out it's not. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhstChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www. StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Supernatural Storyti...

STORIES: "The House of the Nightmare" is a short story by Edward Lucas White, originally published in 1906. The narrative follows a man who, after crashing his car, seeks shelter in a peculiar house for the night. The story is known for its eerie atmosphere. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was an American writer and poet, best remembered for his fantasy horror stories inspired by his nightmares. He...

Three stories from Elliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts. True stories from the files of one of the world's greatest ghost hunters. Stories: From the Cellar It Came, The Hindu Child, The Red Fingers Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhstChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDia...

Two exotic strangers capture the admiration and curiosity of New York elites, each for their own reason. One is a brilliant conductor with a tail, and the other a beautiful member of a foreign royal family. But jealousy is not called the green-eyed monster for no reason. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chron...

First published in 1934, the story tells the tale of a scientist who conducts an experiment that brings dragons back to the modern world, leading to the destruction of humanity. Written by Guy Endore, who is best known for his novel "The Werewolf of Paris" (1933). Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles:...

STORIES: A Most Unusual Murder by Robert Bloch This is a short story by Robert Bloch written in 1961. The story combines elements of Jack the Ripper with time travel, featuring a mysterious antique shop that serves as a gateway to different periods where the Ripper's presence can be felt. The Haunted Chair by Stephen F. Wilcox What could keep a ghost tied to its favorite chair, familiarity or some...

In order to lay a ghost, sometimes it comes down to asking the right questions. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - www.buymeacoffee.com/Marlene11 Miami Ghost Chronicles: www. MiamiGhostChronicles.com Nightshade Diary: www. NightshadeDiary.com Stories of the Supernatural: www. StoriesoftheSupernatural.info Supernatural Storytime: www. SupernaturalStoryti...

STORIES: Needle in the Heart by Richard Matheson  Therese and Millicent have a difficult relationship, and one of them finds only one solution for the dilemma. The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone by Ray Bradbury The story revolves around the eventual fate of a successful author named Dudley Stone, and the reason he stopped writing at the height of his fame. A long time fan sets out to find the tru...

STORIES: The Chadwick Pit by Carl Jacobi The Return of Andrew Bailey by August W. Derleth and Mark Schorer (a short story included in their collection Colonel Markesan and Less Pleasant People. Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of...

STORIES: The Rider on the Pale Horse by Helen Eustis Slaughter House by Richard Matheson Host - M.P. Pellicer www. MPPellicer.com SUPPORT VIA DONATION Buy Me A Coffee - https://bit.ly/3SZFf6c Miami Ghost Chronicles: http://bit.ly/MiaGhostChron Nightshade Diary: https://bit.ly/3WuER2z Stories of the Supernatural: https://bit.ly/3td5sDX MY BOOKS: Amazon: https://amzn.to/3UljpLr Goodreads: https://bi...

They Bite and Mr. Lipescu , both written by Anthony Boucher, a prolific writer of mystery novels, short stories, science fiction and radio dramas. His story Nine Times Nine was voted the best locked room master of all time. Boucher founded the Magazine of Fantasy and Science Fiction and edited it from 1949 to 1958. He was a friend and mentor of Philip K. Dick. His first story was published in 1927...