Drew Sebesteny

Tales to Terrify

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The unseen creature whose ravenous fangs dog your every step as your footfalls echo down the midnight alleyway. — A long, icy shadow looming over you, making the hairs on your neck rise and your breath turn to ragged puffs of mist. — Unearthly howls that pierce the night, pulling you from the comfort of sleep with feverish, heart-pounding dread. — Welcome to Tales to Terrify, a weekly horror fiction podcast that gets under your skin, lays eggs and hatches writhing baby horrors nursed on your darkest fears. We're unique in our simplicity, bringing pure tales of terror to your ears audiobook-s...

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Drew Sebesteny

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Tales to Terrify No 125 Hodgson “House on the Borderland” Part 2 30.05.2014 1:23:43

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Previously on “House on the Borderland” 0:01:20 Fiction: Part 2 of “House on the Borderland” by William Hope Hodgson, narrated by Nicholas Camm 0:05:22 HPL on WHH 1:17:01 Pleasant dreams 1:21:56 Pertinent URLs An excellent blog of things-Hodgsonian: http://williamhopehodgson.wordpress.com HPL on WHH: http://www.thenightland.co.uk/nighthpl.html#HPLletter...

Tales to Terrify No 124 William Hope Hodgson 23.05.2014 1:44:24

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Some words about William Hope Hodgson 0:01:44 Fiction: Part 1 of “House on the Borderland” by William Hope Hodgson, narrated by Nicholas Camm 0:06:28 Pleasant dreams 1:42:44 Show 124, Pertinent URLs William Hope Hodgson: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/William_Hope_Hodgson “House on the Borderland” on Project Guttenberg: http://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/10002 Wi...

Tales to Terrify No 123 Trestle – Tour of the Abattoir 16.05.2014 1:01:17

Good evening 0:00:40 Stoker winners 0:01:44 Book “Enter at Your Own Risk: The End is the Beginning” 0:04:50 “Tour of the Abattoir” with Mike Allen 0:05:51 Fiction: “Having a Drink” by T.T. Trestle, narrated by Stephen Klpatrick 0:25:48 Pleasant dreams 0:59:31 Pertinent URLs: Enter at Your Own Risk: http://www.amazon.com/Enter-Your-Own-Risk-Beginning-ebook/dp/B00K6G5B5M/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=14000...

Tales to Terrify No 122 Stoker 3 Palisano and Gerrold 09.05.2014 1:21:51

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Far-Fetched Fables 0:01:56 “Horror 101: the Way Forward” 0:02:44 Fiction: “The Geminis” by John Palisano, narrated by Robert Neufeld 0:05:41 Fiction: “Night Train to Paris” by David Gerrold, narrated by Brian Esterson 0:42:16 Pleasant dreams 1:20:02 Pertinent URLs for Show No. 122 Far-Fetched Fables: http://farfetchedfables.com/ “Horror 101: The Way Forward”: http:/...

Tales to Terrify Show No 121 Stoker 2 Mannetti, Bailey 02.05.2014 1:27:40

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 “Horror 101: The Way Forward” 0:01:15 Far-Fetched Fables 0:04:17 Fiction: “The Hunger Artist” by Lisa Mannetti, narrated by Antoinette Bergin 0:07:16 Fiction: “Primal Tongue” by Michael Bailey, narrated by Drake Vaughn 0:39:30 Pleasant dreams 1:25:08 Show No. 121, Pertinent URLs: “Horror 101: The Way Forward” on Amazon Kindle: http://www.amazon.com/Horror-101-The-Wa...

Tales to Terrify Show No 120 Bram Stoker Award Show No 1 25.04.2014 1:12:02

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Far Fetched Fables 0:01:16 A new book about the craft of horror, “Horror 101: The Way Forward” 0:02:23 Some words about gauging horror 0:04:34 Fiction: “Snapshot” by Patrick Freivald, narrated by Steven Thomas Howell 0:09:09 Fiction: “Code 666” by Michael Reaves, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:24:10 Mea Culpa 1:07:51 Pleasant dreams: 1:10:0 This Week’s Pertinent U...

Tales to Terrify Show No 119 Ahern and Wright 18.04.2014 1:05:55

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Fiction: “Here Kitty” by Edward Ahern 0:02:29 Fiction: “The Song that Tarabeth Loved” by Jeff Clayton Wright, narrated by Sylvia Shults 0:18:29 A brief look at a cemetery in the evening in Germantown 1:02:34 Pleasant dreams 1:03:51 Pertinent URLs for Show 119 Edward Ahern: http://www.bewilderingstories.com/bios/ahern_bio.html No Sleep Podcast: http://www.thenosleepp...

Tales to Terrify Show No 118 Arthur Davis 11.04.2014 1:00:56

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Some words about the District of Wonders 0:01:10 A few words about genre fiction 0:03:20 Fiction: “A Sly and Knowing Grin” by Arthur Davis, narrated by Josie Babin 0:08:06 Pleasant dreams 0:59:13 Pertinent URLs for tonight’s show: Some background on genre fiction in the 20th Century: http://www.pulpmags.org/history_page.html Arthur Davis: http://talesofourtime.com J...

Tales to Terrify Show No 117 Doolin and Nash 04.04.2014 59:21

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Soon We Will Be Five 0:01:19 Art for April, “Screamer” by Mia Mäkilä 0:03:32 Poetry: “The Wendigo” by Ogden Nash 0:06:35 Fiction: “The Reunion” by Nikolle Doolin, narrated by the author 0:08:56 Pleasant dreams 0:57:42 Pertinent URLs for Show No. 117 Mia Mäkilä: http://miamakila.com Mia on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Mia-Makila/302290730669 Ogden Nash: h...

Tales To Terrify No 116 Blackwood The Wendigo part 2 28.03.2014 1:21:18

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Some words about Lucius Shepard 0:01:58 Tour of the Abattoir with Mike Allen 0:07:55 Previously on “The Wendigo” 0:25:13 Fiction: Part 2 of “The Wendigo” by Algernon Blackwood, narrated by Mike Boris 0:28:54 Pleasant dreams 1:19:54 Pertinent URLs for Show 115: Lucius Shepard: http://www.amazon.com/Lucius-Shepard/e/B000AP7LNY/ref=sr_tc_2_0?qid=1395841472&sr=...

Tales to Terrify No 115 Algernon Blackwood 21.03.2014 1:08:31

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 A few words about wendigos 0:01:35 Fiction, “The Wendigo,” part 1, narrated by Mike Boris 0:04:31 Pleasant dreams 1:07:14 Pertinent URLs for Show 115: Algernon Blackwood: http://algernonblackwood.org Mike Boris: mikeborisaudio.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify . Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify . Hosted...

Tales to Terrify No 114 Grau, Drummond 14.03.2014 1:08:27

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Introducing our new Co-Editor, Stephen Kilpatrick 0:01:58 Fiction: “In the Cave, She Sang” by T.E. Grau, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:06:00 N.B.: “In the Cave, She Sang” contains explicit sexual imagery. Fiction: “The Reaver” by India Drummond, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:34:50 Pleasant dreams 1:06:37 Pertinent URLs for Show No. 114 Stephen Kilpatric...

Tales to Terrify No 113 Tim Waggoner 07.03.2014 55:20

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 March Art, “Medusa” by Duncan Long 0:01:12 Short excerpt from “Lesser Gods” by Duncan Long: 0:04:16 Fiction: “No More Shadows” by Tim Waggoner, narrated by Jonathan Danz 0:08:44 Pleasant dreams 0:53:16 Pertinent URL’s for this week’s show: Duncan Long: http://duncanlong.com “Lesser Gods” on Amazon: http://www.amazon.com/Lesser-Gods-Duncan-Long-ebook/dp/B00A...

Tales to Terrify No 112 Barnett, Lights Out 28.02.2014 1:14:30

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Harold Ramis 0:01:43 Stoker Short Fiction Nominees 0:04:01 ”Lights Out” with Sylvia Shults 0:06:45 Fiction: “The Holy Spear” by Barbara A. Barnett, narrated by Jedidiah Kalanu Shepler 0:26:22 Pleasant dreams 1:12:09 This week’s URLs: Harold Ramis: http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000601/ Sylvia Shults: http://www.sylviashults.com/sylvia/ Barbara A. Barnett: ht...

Tales to Terrify No 111 Felicity Dowker, Kaaron Warren 21.02.2014 55:50

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Fiction: “Working for the God of the Love of Money” by Kaaron Warren, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:04:03 Fiction: “Jesse’s Gift” by Felicity Dowker, narrated by Antoinette Bergin 0:22:16 Pleasant dreams: 0:54:19 Pertinent URLs: Kaaron Warren: kaaronwarren.wordpress.com Kaaron tweets at @KaaronWarren Stephen Kilpatrick: http://www.stevenski.com Felic...

Tales To Terrify No 110 Diane Awerbuck, Csernica, This Is Horror 2013 Awards 13.02.2014 1:02:56

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:41 Women in Horror Month, an apology 0:01:14 This is Horror 2013 Awards 0:01:44 Fiction: “Mami Wata” by Diane Awerbuck, narrated by Graeme Dunlop 0:09:04 A few words about IMPAC 0:18:18 Fiction: “Fallen Idol” by Lillian Csernica, narrated by Pete Fallico 0:21:18 Pleasant dreams 1:01:05 This Is Horror 2013 Awards: http://www.thisishorror.co.uk/horror-awards-2...

Tales to Terrify No 107 (108 and 109) Scott Nicholson 07.02.2014 1:01:06

Tales to Terrify, Show 107 (108 and 109), Nicholson, Tour of the Abattoir, New Art and Ten Terrifying Minutes Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 New Art, “Cold Comfort” by Jason Wren 0:02:07 A Tour of the Abattoir with Mike Allen 0:03:58 …and a something of a rebuttal 0:20:44 Fiction: “You’ll Never Walk Alone” by Scott Nicholson, narrated by Antoinette Bergin 0:23:47 Ten Terrifying Minutes 0:4...

Tales to Terrify, Show No. 106, Tim Waggoner, Horror 101 17.01.2014 1:09:18

Coming up: Good evening and Mahler’s recuperation 0:00:40 A Working Vacation 0:02:03 Horror 101 with Kevin Lucia, Amityville Horrors 0:02:46 Fiction: “Portrait of a Horror Writer” by Tim Waggoner, narrated by Jonathan Danz 0:34:05 What to do for the next few weeks: 1:02:51 Pleasant dreams/Wonderful World: 1:05:23 Show 106 Pertinent URLs: For Horror 101: The Amityville Horror, by Jay Anson: http://...

Tales to Terrify No 105 John Shirley 10.01.2014 1:21:09

Coming up: Good evening: 0:00:40 Ten Terrifying Minuets: 0:02:43 Co-Editor Job: 0:04:45 Fiction: “Paper Angels on Fire” by John Shirley, narrated by Peter Cavell: 0:07:22 Fiction: “Just a Suggestion” by John Shirley, narrated by Joe Sammarco: 0:39:10 Last Chance to Vote in the Podcast of the Year Award from “This Is Horror”: 1:18:25 Pleasant dreams: 1:19:24 To apply for the Co-Editor Posi...

Tales to Terrify Show No 104 – Lights Out, Peter Crowther 03.01.2014 1:39:58

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Thank you for contributing to David Bradshaw’s Kickstarter: 0:02:02 A new Cher is needed: 0:02:48 Thank you, Erik Gustafson: 0:05:48 “Lights Out” with Sylvia Shults, this week with David Youngquist 0:08:14 Fiction: “Songs of Leaving” by Peter Crowther, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:53:32 (end music, Earl King, “Let the Good Times Roll”) Please vote Tales t...

Tales to Terrify No 103 Richard Chwedyk 27.12.2013 54:42

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Thank You Cher… 0:01:49 ….and How Would YOU Like to Co-Edit Tales to Terrify?: 0:03:06 Fiction: “The Ambiguities” by Richard Chwedyk, narrated by Antoinette Bergin 0:05:05 David Bradshaw’s Kickstarter 0:49:47 Song: “House Cleaning Blues” by David Bradshaw 0:50:55 Pleasant dreams: 0:53:49 This week’s pertinent URLs: Richard Chwedyk: http://www.sfwa.org/...

Tales to Terrify No 102, Cabeen, Santoro, James 20.12.2013 1:10:02

Coming up: Good evening: 0:00:40 David Bradshaw’s Kickstarer: 0:01:07 Poem: “Krampus Comes to Town” by Robert Payne Cabeen, narrated by Robert Neufeld 0:04:42 Recollection: “What Santa Saw, Departing” by Lawrence Santoro 0:10:16 Fiction: “A View from a Hill” by M.R. James, narrated by John Dodds 0:27:35 Pleasant dreams 1:07:51 Pertinent URLs for Show 102 “Songs from the Former County” K...

Tales to Terrify No 101 Lights Out, William Hope Hodgson 13.12.2013 1:09:51

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Get better, Cher 0:01:13 “Songs from the Former County” Kickstarter 0:02:15 “Lights Out,” with Sylvia Shults 0:05:40 Fiction: “A Tropical Horror,” by William Hope Hodgson, narrated by Matt Cowens 0:38:58 Pleasant dreams: 1:07:40 This Week’s Pertinent URLs: Cher Eaves: https://www.facebook.com/ch.eaves.5?fref=ts&ref=br_tf “Songs from the Former County” Kickst...

Tales to Terrify No 100 Joe Mckinney and Thomas Hardy 05.12.2013 47:24

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 The Christmas Room and the Mummers 0:01:18 Poem, “The Oxen” by Thomas Hardy 0:05:27 A few words about Joel Lane 0:06:52 Fiction, “Resurrecting Mindy” by Joe McKinney, narrated by Stephen Kilpatrick 0:09:59 Pleasant dreams 0:45:28 Pertinent URLs for Show 100: The Mummers Parade: http://www.phillymummers.com Thomas Hardy: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_H...

Tales To Terrify No 99 Abattoir, Cabeen, Ahern 29.11.2013 55:39

Coming up: Good evening 0:00:40 Mea culpa 0:01:13 A Tour of the Abattoir with Mike Allen 0:03:02 Poetry: “Whitestone Grove Hotel” by Robert Payne Cabeen, narrated by Robert Neufeld 0:17:05 Fiction: “Lorscapedia” by Edward Ahern, narrated by Wilson Fowlie 0:25:34 Pleasant dreams 0:54:11 Pertinent URLs for Show 99: “Things Slip Through,” by Kevin Lucia: http://www.amazon.com/Things-Slip-Throu...