Tales to Terrify

Welcome to episode 729 We have two tales for you this week. First, we share a handy instructional guide to culinary subterfuge. Then, a group of Roman soldiers descend deep into the earth in search of a lost family. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Meagan Regina Thomas’  Brownie Recipe  as read by Jennifer March: 00:02:34 Alfie Court’s  The Red Men  as read by George Woodruff:...

Welcome to episode 728. We have two tales for you this week, about an unsettling exchange between man and nature, and a widower who struggles not to lose his head. COMING UP Good Evening: WiHM Submissions, Thank-you: 00:01:06 [Trigger] T. R. Steele’s  Salamander Season  as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:25 [Trigger] Rex Burrows’  The Head in the Pantry  as read by Stephen Kilpatri...

Welcome to episode 727. We have one tale for you this week, about a young woman who seeks comfort in the embrace of her deceased grandmother’s house. COMING UP Good Evening: WiHM Special Submissions Period, Thank-you: 00:01:06 J. A. W. McCarthy’s  Lamai  as read by Nikolle Doolin: 00:04:53 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch J. A. W. Mc...

Welcome to episode 726 and Happy Holidays! We have one tale for you this week, about a toy who searches for his purpose amidst the whispered secrets and gnashing teeth of a darkened nursery. COMING UP Good Evening: Merry Christmas: 00:01:06 Amanda Cecelia Lang’s  The Velveteen Goblin  as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:03:49 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales...

Welcome to episode 725. We have one tale tonight, about a mysterious chair in the woods that offers a young man escape from the darkness of everyday life.  COMING UP Good Evening: Special Submissions Period, Thank-you: 00:01:06 Adam May’s  The Chair  as read by Joel Simler: 00:04:22 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Joel Simler J...

Welcome to episode 724. We have two tales for you this week. First, a young woman faces the horrifying choice of what to do when all hope is gone. Then, a mother, fueled by grief, curses the man who murdered her son – with unexpected consequences.  COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Ann O’Mara Heyward’s  The Kitchen Window  as read by Kelli Tager: 00:03:01 Sabine Baring-Gould’s ...

Welcome to episode 723. We have one longer tale for you this evening, about a team of Antiquarians tasked with uncovering the origin of a mysterious artifact. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’  Antiquity  as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:02:32 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Derek Alan Jones Original Score by  Neb...

Welcome to episode 722. We have two tales for you this week. First, we develop an unfortunate aversion to fingernails. Then, a wife, tired of her husband’s illness, soon regrets taking matters into her own hands. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Sam Logan’s  They All Must Go  as read by Summer Brooks: 00:03:02 [Trigger] E. F. Benson’s  Christopher Comes Back  as read...

Welcome to episode 721. We have two tales for you this evening. First, a village plays host to a visitor with an insatiable appetite. Then, an English iron and coal magnate finds his work is transforming more than just his career. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Dafydd McKimm’s  Mesdames et Messieurs, the Gorger Tarap Tradaire  as read by Jesse Holt: 00:02:37 L. T. Williams’&n...

Welcome to episode 720. We have one classic tale for you tonight, about an old country estate that’s corridors holds more than portraits and shadows. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Author Interview Series: Derek Alan Jones: 00:01:06 E. F. Benson’s  How Fear Departed the Long Gallery  as read by Georgia Cook: 00:03:03 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales...

Welcome to episode 719. We have two tales for you this week. First, we meet a woman with a hunger for justice. Then, a man fears for his relationship thanks to his girlfriend’s obsession with a chatbot. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 James Fritz’s  Going Wendigo  as read by Erin Grassie: 00:02:56 [Trigger] Keith LaFountaine’s  Love, Unto  as read by Brian Rollins: 00:17:47 TR...

Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy Halloween: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Runner-Up: Jared Conger’s  From the Dark Woods  as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:03:36 Runner-...

Welcome to episode 717. We have one tale for you this week, about a man whose farm becomes the feeding ground for a beast straight out of legend. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 C. W. Stevenson’s  Goat-sucker  as read by Charles Conover: 00:03:54 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Charles Conover on Facebook C...

Welcome to episode 716. We have three tales for you this week, about an ominous voice calling from the woods, a dangerous bargain to break a curse, and a descent into madness at the hands of a monstrous clock. COMING UP Good Evening: new release from Frank Oreto: 00:01:06 Bret Chandler’s  The Voice Past the Tall Jack Pines  as read by Michelle Kane: 00:03:39 Allister Nelson’s  One N...

Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Erica Waters’  (Un)canny: A Study in Canine Folklore  as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:02:24 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammond on X Original Score by  Nebulus...

Welcome to episode 714. We have two tales for you this week, about guardian eldritch horrors and the risks of messing with time. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest and Thank-yous: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Laila Amado’s  Heaven is Experiencing Staffing Shortages and Somehow This is My Problem  as read by James Barnett: 00:04:00 Akis Linardos’  Rerolling the Dice  as read...

Welcome to episode 713. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman has one hell of a mess to clean in her bathroom. Then, we get to the bottom of who’s haunting the house. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest & Patreon Author Interview Series feat. JV Gachs: 00:01:06 R. S. Nelson’s  Supplies Needed to Clean the Bloodbath in My Bathroom  as read by Mel Rose: 00:04:...

Welcome to episode 712. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman running from her dark past battles curiosity at the sounds in the attic. Then, a girl carries her guilt deep into the subway where she shelters from the apocalypse with a band of misfits. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Mark H. Harris’  Don’t Look  as read by Jennifer March: 00:03:48 Avr...

Welcome to episode 711. We have one classic tale for you, about a remote country house where the halls echo with haunting music and the footsteps of spectral children. COMING UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Elizabeth Gaskell’s  The Old Nurse's Story  as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:04:58 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merc...

Welcome to episode 710. We have two tales for you this week. First, a young woman facing eviction turns to an online ritual for help. Then, we learn the secret to keeping fish at its freshest: necromancy. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Bonus: 00:01:06 John Betancourt’s  Sock It To Me  as read by Danielle Hewitt: 00:03:35 [Trigger] T. R. Steele’s  Julian of the Eels  as read by...

Welcome to episode 709. We have three tales for you. About the blurred line between myth and reality, putting a price tag on the immortal soul, and the pull of freedom in the face of genetic servitude. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions: 00:01:06 Obiwulu Chisom Peace’s  The Whispering Groves  as read by Anne Marie Lewis: 00:03:28 J. V. Gachs’  An Hour Before We Met  as read by...

Welcome to episode 708. We have one tale for you this week, about a grieving mother desperate for relief from her parental responsibilities who seeks sanctuary at a play centre built on buried secrets. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions and Patreon Interview Series: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Anne Wilkins’  Hidden Treasure  as read by AJ Fitzwater: 00:04:28 TRIGGER WARNINGS Hidden Treasure &nbs...

Welcome to episode 707. We have one classic tale for you tonight, about a preserved finger with a personality all its own.  COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Sabine Baring-Gould’s  A Dead Finger  as read by Brian Rollins: 00:02:45 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Brian Rollins Brian Rollins on X Brian Rollins on Bluesky Original...

Welcome to episode 706. We have two tales for you this week. First, a passenger learns things work a little different at the airport. Then, a Soviet scientific expedition sent to investigate a meteor impact site discover they may be the subjects rather than the observers. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’  Everything That Was All of Me  as read by Dan Gurzynski: 00:02:31...

Welcome to episode 705. We have two tales for you this week. First, we learn that immortality isn’t everything it’s chalked up to be. Then, she waits in the deep, listening for the voice that will call her home. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Edd Vick’s  Dead by Night  as read by Rish Outfield: 00:02:34 Donovan Douglas Thiesson’s  Janelle is Still Janelle  as read by Amy Paon...