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THE BLACK CAT by Edgar Allan Poe is often overshadowed by his other iconic animal-inspired tale THE RAVEN but stands on its own as an uneasy story of a murderous confession and revenge from beyond the grave. Reading like a mix between The Raven and The Cast of Amontillado, if you've never experienced it, you've been missing out.  Reading by classically trained actor and theatrical director ERIC R....

Title: SHOCKtober Finale: Guts by Chuck Palahniuk | Dramatic Reading Description: Welcome to the chilling finale of SHOCKtober ! Brace yourself as we delve into Guts by Chuck Palahniuk, a visceral short story that pushes the boundaries of horror and tension. This dramatic reading captures the raw emotion and shock of Palahniuk's dark and unforgettable tale, guaranteed to leave you breathless. Know...

Stephen King's "Nona" | Dramatic Reading | SHOCKtober 2024 Episode 4 | STORIES TELLING STORIES Welcome to episode 4 of SHOCKtober 2024 on STORIES TELLING STORIES ! This Halloween, dive into the haunting world of Stephen King's short story Nona , a twisted tale of obsession, love, and terror. In this dramatic reading, we follow a drifter whose chance meeting with a mysterious woman, Nona, drags him...

🔊 Join us for a haunting reading of Harlan Ellison's iconic short story, "I Have No Mouth, and I Must Scream."  In this chilling tale of despair and survival, a supercomputer named AM has eliminated humanity, leaving only a few survivors to endure its relentless torment. Dive into the psychological depths of fear, isolation, and the struggle for autonomy in a world stripped of hope.  📖 **Story H...

In 1985, a volcano erupted in Columbia. The heat from the volcano melted sheets of ice, resulting in mudslides. More than 23,000 people were killed. The media focused much attention on a 13-year-old girl trapped in the mud. The girl is called Azucena, and her rescuer is named Rolf Carle.    "AND OF CLAY ARE WE CREATED"  by Isabel Allende  Translated by Margaret Sayer Peden   Narration Performed  b...

Every October the studios at STS Media take a turn towards the macabre and grotesque with our annual SPOOKtober series.  For 2024, we’re taking it a step further… pulling back the curtain on five of the most shocking, controversial, and horrifying pieces of literature ever put to paper - each story more shocking than the last.  Do you have what it takes to make it to the end?  Narration by Eric R....

“That Feeling You Can Only Say What It Is In French”  By Stephen King  Audioplay Adapted  by Eric R. Hill  “That Feeling, You Can Only Say What It Is in French” is a horror short story by Stephen King. It was published in The New Yorker magazine on June 22, 1998 and was later included in King's short story collection Everything's Eventual... The story is about a married woman who is on a trip to F...

" Zombies " (Nov 2013 of Playboy ) - High schoolers begin electrocuting themselves by applying a cardiac defibrillator 's electrodes to their temples and turning it on, which results in permanent brain damage. Dubbing it "The Great Leap Backwards" more and more people begin electrocuting themselves in order to willfully return to a state of childlike ignorance. At the airport, the narrator, Trevor...

Alfie Zimmer, a traveling salesman peddling gourmet frozen foods, pulls into a Motel 6 in Nebraska for the night and contemplates ending it all...   "All That You Love Will Be Carried Away" is a short story by Stephen King. It was originally published in the January 29, 2001 issue of The New Yorker magazine. In 2002, it was included in King's collection Everything's Eventual.    Narration by Eric...

HAUNTED is a novel made up of twenty-three horrifying, hilarious, and stomach-churning stories. They're told by people who have answered an ad for a writer's retreat and unwittingly joined a "Survivor" -like scenario where the host withholds heat, power, and food. As the storytellers grow more desperate, their tales become more extreme, and they ruthlessly plot to make themselves the hero of the r...

A "Luckey Quarter" for 2024.  Our best wishes for a wonderful and prosperous New Year, kicked off by a short story by Stephen King that we hope shares a little luck with our listeners STORY:  "Luckey Quarter" AUTHOR:  Stephen King READER:  Eric R. Hill

DJ BLAND returns to wish us all well this holiday season and bring us an olde timey story from the OG king of the christmas story... Charles Dickens.  "What Christmas Is as We Grow Older" was first published way back in 1851.  SOCIALS  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/storiestellingstories/  Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/StoriesTell...

Journey and A Memoir Blue are candidates for video games as an art form for their unique approach to the silent narrative.  Much like our earlier installment highlighting GRIS, a visual story can be just as compelling as one reliant on narration and text.  A Memoir Blue shows us an interactive poem, written without words, that taps into the wonder of childhood and the challenges of being a parent....

This is the second half of “Everything’s Eventual” and the season finale of our “Hell to the King” series for STS SPOOKTOBER 2023.   Narration by Eric R. Hill STS SPOOKTOBER  2023 was produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… writing you a personal letter at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermont… Casting around the globe to your frontal lobe wherever podcasts are f...

This is the first half of “Everything’s Eventual” episode 4 of our 5 part “Hell to the King” series for STS SPOOKTOBER 2023.  Be sure to tune in episode 5 to hear the second half of the story!  STS SPOOKTOBER is produced in collaboration with Stories Telling Stories and STS Media Group… writing you a personal letter at Mitlhouse Studios in Milton, Vermont… Casting around the globe to your frontal...

SPOOKTOBER 2023 “Hell to the King” is our tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror, and a true living legend… Stephen King. We will be highlighting 5 lesser-known short stories this year so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss the next one.  Performed by Eric R. Hill *** SOCIALS  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/StoriesTellingStories/  Instag...

Episode 2 of SPOOKTOBER 2023 is "Graveyard Shift" “Hell to the King” is our SPOOKTOBER tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror, and a true living legend… Stephen King.  We will be highlighting 5 lesser-known short stories this month, so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss the next one.  STS SPOOKTOBER was produced in collaboration with Storie...

Welcome to SPOOKTOBER 2023… “Hell to the King” - our tribute to one of the most prolific, iconic, and important contemporary authors of horror in America today, and a true living legend… Stephen King.  Episode 1 is "The Man Who Loved Flowers." Narration by Eric R. Hill

The New York Times called “Gone Home” the greatest video game love story ever told.  It’s beautiful in its desolation… It's haunting in its endless hallways, and the seemingly simple story doesn’t exaggerate and it doesn’t pander.  It wholly represents itself in a time and place that as time goes on fewer and fewer of us will be able or willing to remember.  The awkward teenage years.  When love h...

SEASON SIX PREMIERE "GRIS: A Story Without Words."  "GRIS" stands as a remarkable piece of interactive art that showcases the power of visual storytelling through emotional depth and crossing multiple artistic and philosophical ideals to create a one of a kind experience for those curious enough to explore a world without words.  The first in our season-long series arguing the merits of video game...

Even the tallest of tales are rooted in some sort of truth...  Originally told by Allen Morse from the small town of Calais, Vermont, "A Strange Tale" speaks of a first-hand account of a handful of residents freezing their elderly and infirm in order to save resources enough to survive the brutal winters - only to turn around in the spring and return their frozen kin to perfect health in time to p...

... There was no colour upon her cheek, not even upon her lip; yet there was a stillness about her face that seemed almost as attaching as the life that once dwelt there:—upon her neck and breast was blood, and upon her throat were the marks of teeth having opened the vein:—to this the men pointed, crying, simultaneously struck with horror, "A Vampyre! a Vampyre!"  "The Vampyre" by John William Po...

Episode 4, Young Goodman Brown, comes to us from 1835 and continues our trek backwards in time to find some of the earliest forms of short story horror in the modern age. Nathaniel Hawthorn weaves a tale rich in religious imagery, doublethink, and madness set within the time of the Witch Trials in Salem, Massachusetts. It is a fantastic example of the Puritanical mindset and how even amongst likem...

"A Story of a Weir-Wolf" which was first published in 1845 is arguably the first published werewolf story written by a woman; author Catharine Crowe.  But this is by no means your typical werewolf story... as the suspense and fear come not from the visceral and supernatural power of a creature that exists between animal and man, but from the callousness, cruelty, and jealousy of our own emotions a...

"The Yellow Wall-Paper" is a short story by American writer Charlotte Perkins Gilman, first published in January 1892 in The New England Magazine.  It is regarded as an important early work of American feminist literature for its illustration of the attitudes towards mental and physical health of women in the 19th century. Read by Eric R. Hill