Tales to Terrify

Welcome to episode 629. We have two tales for you this week. First, a father hangs between hope and insanity as the bodies of the missing surface around the world. Then, a shipwrecked sailor finds refuge on a mysterious ship, but the vessel may not be as abandoned as he first believed.   COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Fiction Contest: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Christian Riley’s  From the Labor o...

Welcome to episode 628. We have one longer tale for you, about a bounty hunting witch who seeks retribution for generations of evil.  COMING UP Good Evening:  Broth House , Flash Contest: 00:01:06 AD Ross’  Grandfather Rot  as read by L. Marie Wood: 00:04:42 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Broth House  on Audible (rea...

Welcome to episode 627. We have two tales for you this week. First, we meet a long-dead witch whose surprise resurrection leaves her crawling with questions. And an apartment with high hopes for its new tenants. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest Open: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Amanda Cecelia Lang’s  Snake and Sinew, Flame and Bone  as read by Janey Napier: 00:04:10 [Trigger] TF Ahmad’s...

Welcome to episode 626. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman and her girlfriend navigate a new existence beyond the fringes of life and death. Then, a woman steels herself for the final showdown with her demon. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Tiffany Morris’  We Have Made a Home Beyond Death  as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:03:09 [TRIGGER] Dana Vickerson’s&nbsp...

Welcome to episode 625. We have one tale tonight, about a sham medium whose success (and sanity) are put in jeopardy when she develops real talent. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Dan Micklethwaite’s  No Use Crying  as read by Georgia Cook: 00:04:09 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Dan Micklethwaite on X (@Dan_M_write...

Welcome to episode 624. We have one tale for you this week, about a pioneer family grappling with an evil of nature infecting their wilderness home. COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 JR Blanes’  Heart Rot  as read by Curtis Michael Holland: 00:03:36 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Curtis Michael Holland Original S...

Welcome to episode 623. We have two tales for you this week. First, a lonely widow finds solace in a song. Then, a doll maker struggles to silence the lies of his masterpiece. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy New Year, New Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Katherine Traylor’s  Come Away Sweetly  as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:03:28 [Trigger] Ville Meriläinen’s  A Doll Full of Nails  as read by...

Welcome to episode 622. We have one tale for you this evening, about a woman whose run-in with a particularly difficult client threatens her whole world. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Chris Kuriata’s  Our Gentleman of Blue Bay Massage  as read by Nicole Swanson: 00:03:18 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Chris Kuriata Nicole Swanso...

Happy holidays and welcome to episode 621. We have one classic tale for you about a miserly man whose life is forever changed by a visit from three spirits. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy Holidays: 00:01:06 Charles Dickens’  A Christmas Carol  as read by Drew Sebesteny, Seth Williams, Andrew Gibson & Krystal Hammond: 00:03:18 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness....

Welcome to episode 620. This week, we meet a man whose visit to tropical Queensland takes a frighteningly frigid turn. COMING UP Good Evening: Thank-you: 00:01:06 Rick Kennett’s  The Seas of Castle Hill Road  as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:03:57 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Rick Kennett Graeme Dunlop on X (@Kibitzer) Graeme Du...

Welcome to episode 619. We have two tales for you this week. First, two sisters living in perpetual darkness crave the light. Then, the strange growth on a man’s arm becomes something surprisingly dear to him. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Z. J. Garcia’s  The Shuttered House  as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:03:44 [Trigger] Samuel Feldstein’s  The Man Who Was a Boy Made of Memories...

Welcome to episode 618. We have two tales for you this week. First, a boy and his uncle learn new things about each other during a family barbecue. Then, an elderly woman whose family was ravaged by war learns it’s never too late to get revenge. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Sasha Brown’s  I’m Gonna Show You Something Awful  as read by Jesse Holt: 00:02:36 J. V. Gachs’  Ay, Carme...

Welcome to episode 617. We have two tales for you this week. First, a clown afraid of his inner darkness seeks the help of a therapist. Then, a woman hopes to conquer her fear of death by communing with the other side. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy American Thanksgiving: 00:01:06 Kathleen Palm’s  Freckles  as read by Spencer DiSparti: 00:04:41 Derek Alan Jones’  The Amber Jar  ...

Welcome to episode 616. We have two animal tales for you this week. A recently retired prison warden finds herself relaxing on her grandmother's front porch with an old friend. Then, a peculiar young man with a checkered past and a dark fascination for baby animals is finally forced to face his darkest fears. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Ryan C. Bradley’s  Jailbreak  as read by Josie...

Welcome to episode 615. We have two tales for you this week. First, a cautionary tale about why you should never leave your curtains open at night. Then, we witness the enduring bond between mother and son as they await their final dawn. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions Closing: 00:01:06 Luc Diamant’s  A Bedtime Story  as read by James Barnett: 00:03:29 A. C. Bauer’s  Nothing but...

Welcome to episode 614. We have one tale for you tonight, about a girl plagued by mysterious dreams, a dark shape in the sky, and two friends who skip school to get to the bottom of a mystery. COMING UP Good Evening: Encyclopocalypse: 00:01:06 Carson Winter’s  We Can Only Grow in the Dark  as read by Jasmine Arch: 00:04:24 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop...

Welcome to episode 613 and Happy Halloween! First, a morose Wile E. Coyote ponders life after finally catching and devouring his nemesis. Then, a young man has a recurring nightmare of a visit to a friend’s home… and the unsettling room he’s assigned in the tower. COMING UP Good Evening: Happy Halloween: 00:01:06 Keith Buzzard’s  The Roadrunner, by Wile Edgar Coyote  as read by Seth Will...

Welcome to episode 612. We have two tales for you this week. First, a tomb robber is forced to choose between two horrors. Then, a drug dealer gets a call from a long-lost customer looking to throw one hell of a party. COMING UP Good Evening: Wrong Station Pledge Drive, Thank-you: 00:01:06 Francesco Levato’s  Still Life with Saw Blade and Gnawed Bones  as read by Dan Rabarts: 00:04:25 Er...

Welcome to episode 611. We have one longer tale for you this week, about an exhausted new mother whose dark thoughts are more than they first seem. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] R. A. Busby’s  Shut Your Eyes While Mother Sings  as read by Summer Brooks: 00:03:01 TRIGGER WARNINGS Shut Your Eyes While Mother Sings  contains scenes of suicide/suicidal ideation and severe p...

Welcome to episode 610. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman whose kindly neighbour isn’t quite the man she expected him to be. COMING UP Good Evening: The Wrong Station pledge drive: 00:01:06 Frank Oreto’s  The Worms Turn  as read by Aven Shore: 00:03:15 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch The Wrong Station Podcast Origina...

Welcome to episode 609. We have two tales for you this week. First, a man’s upstairs neighbour becomes a little too absorbed in his work. Then, a young costume designer moves to LA and falls in love, only to have her reality shattered. COMING UP Good Evening: The Wrong Station Pledge Drive: 00:01:06 Akis Linardos’  Ink  as read by Anthony Babington: 00:04:15 Jan Stinchcomb’s  The Pr...

Welcome to episode 608. We have two tales for you this week, about something even more crippling than student debt, and a scientist trapped in the depths of space with a most unsettling companion as his only company. COMING UP Good Evening:  Wrong Station  Pledge Drive, Thank-you: 00:01:06 Laila Amado’s  The Rougarou Doesn’t Care About Your Student Loan  as read by Dennis Robin...

Welcome to episode 607. We have two tales for you this week. First, a man searches for his missing farmhand. Then, a young girl enlists the help of a gruesome specter to contact her dead father. COMING UP Good Evening: Stephen King’s  Holly  contest, Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Scott Pedersen’s  Handsome Dan  as read by Seth Williams: 00:04:22 J. V. Gachs’  The Bleeding Ghost &nb...

Welcome to episode 606. We have two tales for you this week. First, a couple searches for a cure to their son’s illness, but may lose their minds in the process. Then, a man struggles to survive in a starving neighbourhood that’s turned to desperate measures. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Corey Farrenkopf’s  Children of the Swamp  as read by L. Marie Wood: 00:02:52 Carrie Lee South’s&...

Welcome to episode 605. We have one longer tale for you this evening. Against the backdrop of an approaching war, an art restorationist must balance her loyalty to her husband with her affection for his first wife. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Brendan Williams-Childs’  The Angel House  as read by Jasmine Arch: 00:03:19 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop...