The Wicked Library

The final episode of Season 8 is a festively Wicked collection of seven dark tales by 6 Wicked Library Alum authors. 

Today, we bring you 4 Wicked tales for our Extra Wicked Fall Anthology. The stories shared today are heard first by our supporters but, since the goal of The Wicked Library is always the promotion of our writers, we always share these bonus tales with our entire audience. Please support the authors by finding their other work and adding it to your collection, and help keep the extra stories coming...

When Matt Dawsen visits the very haunted Andersonville, the site of a horrific Civil War prison camp as part of his fraternity pledge, he ends up in a situation her could never have expected.

As part of our Halloween celebration this year, we bring you a special episode of Wicked flash fiction written by 15 authors, and told by Your Librarian and a talented cast of voice actors!

Jacob is a homeless teen living alone on the streets of a dead-end desert town until he meets Burke, a fellow runaway with a fearsome ability. Like Jacob, Burke was born with an unwanted gift - he can see and talk to the dead

When dark creatures start haunting Aisling's dreams, it's up to her best friend to try and get to the bottom of things.

Today we have five Dark Poems by Bram Stoker Award winning author, Stephanie M. Wytovich, and chapter one from her debut novel, The Eighth. 

Today, we bring you 3 fresh tales for our Extra Wicked Summer Anthology. The stories shared today are heard first by our Patreon supporters, but, since the goal of The Wicked Library is always the promotion of our writers,  we wanted to share these bonus tales with our entire audience. Please support the authors by finding their other work and adding it to your collection, and help keep the extra...

When Jay, Derry and their niece May go out hunting, their trip spirals into one of terror after their car breaks down in the middle of the forest, and they come face to face with The Hairy Man.

In this Wicked tale, we meet Paige, who is going to have an...interesting day.

Paige's fascination with true crime and the macabre is shaken to its foundation after she convinces her parents to flip the house that has become her spooky obsession.

Malachi writes a final letter to his wife explaining his strange behavior, what he regrets, and why he did it.  He also warns her away from the place where his last terror occurred.

When Brett is suspected of stealing from his boss, the punishment is archaic and possible other-worldly.

What does a bored, lonely god do with his time?

In today's wicked tale, we take a dark ride into a town where we meet Richie, a child happy to see new visitors. But, like most places we visit here in the Wicked Library, things that seem idyllic on the surface, are most assuredly not.

In today's dark tale, a man who has struggled for years with a trauma from his past reaches a breakthrough with the help of his therapist. But, what if his apparent delusion reveals itself to be much more than the ravings of a disturbed man?

Today, along with the other Wicked tales, we present the premier episode of our new Patreon Exclusive Show, The Private Collector, included here, for free, in its entirety. Future episode of The Private Collector can be heard by those supporting the show on Patreon at the $10 a month level. The stories shared today are heard first by our Patreon supporters with a new tale being released in July an...

A man who has no use for others makes it a point to insult anyone who crosses his path, but his rage comes back to him when he least expects it.

A Victorian solicitor returns from a business trip to find his wife missing. The story she tells in a letter is more weird and terrible than a penny dreadful.

When Maxine Fischer shoots her ex-husband on the day of their divorce, she knows it looks bad. Everyone must think the same thing: that Maxine found a younger man and ditched the emotional baggage of caring for 70-year-old Martin. But appearances can be deceiving. Martin Fischer had secrets. Dark secrets. And a knowledge of the occult.

Anastasia knows she will never measure up to her older sister Calista, who was born with a kind of spark that makes her glow from the inside.

Today we present two tales from The Wicker Saga, a series of standalone yet interconnected stories that, together, serve to tell a larger narrative, "Tunda" and "The Wicker House".

Today we present a very dark tale by Scarlett R. Algee. In "Bleedthrough," we meet Shelly, a woman frustrated at work, and in need of a little cathartic release for her darker emotions. When she decides to let go and walk with the darkness within, it might just lead to a little more bleedthrough than she was expecting.

Today we present a two tales of terror and transformation written by returning author Aaron Vlek: "The Case of the Black Lodge" and "The Summer of the Amazing Mr. Fig"

Today, along with the other Wicked tales, we present the premier episode of our new Patreon Exclusive Show, The Private Collector, included here, for free, in its entirety. Future episode of The Private Collector can be heard by those supporting the show on Patreon at the $10 a month level. The stories shared today are heard first by our Patreon supporters with a new tale being released in July an...