Tales To Terrify

Welcome to episode 694. This week, we share the winners of our Folklore & Fairytale Flash Fiction contest, about a changeling, the call of the forest, a hunt for the Pied Piper, and an ancient god resurrected.COMING UPGood Evening: Locus Magazine Fundraising: 00:01:06[Trigger] Runner-Up: Mylo Brehm’s The Cuckoo as read by Georgia Cook: 00:04:42Runner-Up: Asher Cookson’s The Forest as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:12:53Runner-Up: Heath Ackley’s Flute as read by Janey Napier: 00:18:16[Trigger] Winner: Maggie Dominiak’s Xiuhtecuhtli's Resurrection as read by Joel Simler: 00:28:57PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchSupport Locus Magazine on IndiegogoSpirits PodcastSpirits Podcast on IGSpirits Podcast on FacebookGeorgia CookGeorgia Cook on XStephen GaginHeath AckleyMaggie Dominiak on IGJoel SimlerJoel Simler on IGJoel Simler on FacebookJoel Simler on LinkedInOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulu

Welcome to episode 694. We have five bite-sized tales of terror for you this week. About avoidant home renovations, a plan for the zombie apocalypse, a siren’s awakening, an evil fingernail, and a family of squatters defending their home. COMING UPGood Evening: Author Interview Series – Rami Ungar: 00:01:06A. V. Greene’s Home Maintenance as read by Griswold Addams: 00:03:52Gordon B. White’s Plan Z as read by Nicole Swanson: 00:09:40Elizabeth Anne Schwartz’s Human Woman as read by Aven Shore: 00:15:34Allison Mulder’s Where the Demon Lives as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:23:39Michael G. O’Connell’s Home Invasion as read by Joel Simler: 00:31:52PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchRami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | AmazonRami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | B&NRami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | KoboRami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | Apple BooksA. V. GreeneA.

Welcome to episode 693. We have one tale for you this week, about a jaded man burdened with a terrible responsibility who seeks solace in a new friend.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06[Trigger] Matt Hollingsworth’s The Sin Eater’s Chrysalis as read by Rish Outfield: 00:03:16TRIGGER WARNINGSThe Sin Eater’s Chrysalis contains scenes of Animal Death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchMatt HollingsworthOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 692. We one tale for you this week, about a man who enlists the help of a broken doll to help find his missing daughter.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06F. Marion Crawford’s The Doll’s Ghost as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:03:24PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 691. We have two tales for you this week. First, a lawyer tries to help a man craft a wish that won’t backfire. Then, a woman decides to help her neighbour… for not entirely selfless reasons.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Sammy Krouse’s Golden Lamp Contracting and Litigation Services as read by Anthony Babington: 00:03:06Dan Rafter’s The Untarget as read by Nikolle Doolin: 00:18:19PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchNikolle DoolinAnthony Babington on X (@AlephBaker)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 690. We have two tales for you this week. First, a very special book requires the talents of a very special book repairman. Then, a man finds himself on the trail of his missing son… or so he thinks.COMING UPGood Evening: This is Horror Awards Nomination: 00:01:06Thony Mintz’s Grim Prognosis as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:35S.W. Pisciotta’s Their Words Like Leaves as read by Charles Conover: 00:11:30PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchThis is Horror AwardsS. W. PisciottaS. W. Pisciotta on InstagramS. W. Pisciotta on BlueskyCharles Conover on FacebookCharles Conover on InstagramOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 689. We have three tales for you this week, about a baby in the womb who realizes she’s not alone, how a warm fire and a cup of tea can make almost anything palatable, and a lost child in need of a helping hand.COMING UPGood Evening: [HOUSEKEEPING]: 00:01:06Warren Benedetto’s Before as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:02:36Derek Alan Jones’ Tick, Tick, Tick, Tick as read by Dan Gurzynski: 00:07:47[Trigger] Samir Sirk Morató’s Oyogaseru as read by Anne Marie Lewis: 00:15:05TRIGGER WARNINGSOyogaseru contains scenes of Child Death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchWarren BenedettoWarren Benedetto on X (@warrenbenedetto)S. H. Cooper on X (@MsPippinacious)Derek Alan JonesDan Gurzynski on LibrivoxSamir Sirk Morató on X (@spicycloaca)Samir Sirk Morató on Instagram (@spicycloaca)Anne Marie LewisAnne Marie Lewis on Instagram (@anne.marie.lewis)Anne Marie Lewis on TikTokAnne Marie Lewis on FacebookAnne Marie Lewis on Bluesk

Welcome to episode 688. We have one tale for you this week, about a company with ancient roots who serves some very thirsty clients.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Jason Sabbagh’s The Last Fare to Essex as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:02:40PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchGraeme Dunlop | PodcastleGraeme Dunlop on Twitter (@kibitzer)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 687 and the final week of Women in Horror Month. We have two tales for you this week, about forgotten dreams that refuse to die and two sisters’ desperate fight to survive in the face of a deadly outbreak. COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06WiHM featuring Mariah Darling: 00:01:23Kathleen Palm’s Rotted Dreams as read by Nancy Bober: 00:05:14Hall Jameson’s Surfacing as read by Barbara Henslee: 00:09:57PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchMariah Darling on InstagramNancy Bober on FacebookBarbara Henslee on InstagramBarbara Henslee on FacebookBarbara Henslee on BlueSkyBarbara Henslee on LinkedInOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 676 and week three of Women in Horror Month. We have three tales this week, about a long haul trucker on a harrowing late night assignment, a ghost searching for her missing family, and an awkward teenage girl with terrifying powers.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06WiHM featuring Keira Reynolds: 00:01:54Darlene Eliot’s How Close Is It? as read by Jim Matusik: 00:05:50L. D. Colter’s I Promise as read by Sara Sheckells: 00:19:19Toshiya Kamei’s Petrified as read by Mel Rose: 00:28:21PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchKeira ReynoldsKeira Reynolds “Martian Blue”Keira Reynolds “If They Get Their Way”Keira Reynolds “The Thirst” (Tales to Terrify episode 676)Darlene Eliot on Instagram (@deliotwriter)Jim MatusikL. D. ColterMel Rose on YouTubeMel Rose on FacebookMel Rose on InstagramOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. H

Welcome to episode 685 and week two of Women in Horror Month. We have one tale for you this week, about a priest who befriends a woman with a devilishly good voice.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06WiHM featuring Sapphire Lazuli: 00:01:44Jessica Lévai’s The Blessing of St. Blaise as read by Brian Rollins: 00:05:47PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchSapphire LazuliSapphire Lazuli on YouTubeSapphire Lazuli on Instagram (@sapphicsapphire_lazuli)Brian RollinsBrian Rollins on X (@VoicesOfBrian)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 684 and our first episode of Women in Horror Month, with special guest, Fiction Editor Meredith Morgenstern. We have two tales for you this week: about a woman’s love for her new parasite, and an encounter with a black cat that leads to thrilling (and frightening) changes. COMING UPGood Evening: Women in Horror Month: 00:01:06WiHM featuring Luana Saitta: 00:01:47Addison Smith’s For You, I Return as read by Maurine McLean: 00:07:06[Trigger] Lisa Papademetriou’s A House Made of Gingerbread as read by Jennifer March: 00:25:37TRIGGER WARNINGSA House Made of Gingerbread contains scenes of Animal Death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchLuana Saitta | “Love’s Red Blossom”Luana Siatta | Wyngraf Romance Special 2025Luana Saitta | “The Auger”Luana Saitta on Backerkit | New Edge Sword & Sorcery MagazineAddison Smith on Bluesky (@addisoncs.bsky.social)Lisa PapademetriouJennifer MarchJennifer March | Not Your Mother’s S

Welcome to episode 683. We have one tales for you this week, about a man who reunites with his high school girlfriend… but rekindles more than just romance.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06[Trigger] Samuel Marzioli’s Sleeping Cupid Awakes as read by Spencer DiSparti: 00:03:23TRIGGER WARNINGSSleeping Cupid Awakes contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal IdeationPERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchFlash Contest: Folk Myth & FairytalesSpencer DiSparti on SoundCloudOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 682. We have one tale for you this week, about an attempted train robbery that brings a man face to face with his own personal ghosts.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06Dannye Chase’s The Train Ticket as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:03:19PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchFlash Contest: Folk Myth & FairytalesDannye ChaseDannye Chase on Facebook (@DannyeChase)Dannye Chase on Twitter/X (@DannyeChase)Andrew GibsonAndrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook DiscordAndrew Gibson | The Haven DiscordOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 681. We have two tales for you this week, about an artist whose work has universal impact, and the caretaker of a very unique hotel who has trouble leaving her work at work.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Fiction Contest: 00:01:06[Trigger] Frank Oreto’s The Perceptual Inconstancy of Enid Wozniak as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:48Kathleen Schaefer’s The Ossification of the Space Between Us as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:22:47TRIGGER WARNINGSThe Perceptual Inconstancy of Enid Wozniak contains scenes of Animal Death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchFlash Fiction ContestKathleen SchaeferKrystal HammondKrystal Hammon on X (@thekmhammond)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 680. We have two tales for you this week: about a young couple struggling to escape the city they once called home, and a final girl willing to do whatever it takes to retain her status.COMING UPGood Evening: Flash Fiction Content is Open: 00:01:06Stetson Ray’s For Whom the (Taco) Bell Tolls as read by Curtis Michael Holland: 00:04:52Patrick Barb’s Lakeside Ceremonials as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:17:59PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchCurtis Michael HollandPatrick BarbPatrick Barb on X (@pbarb)Amy Paonessa | The BloodlustOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 679. We have one tale for you tonight, about a farmer in rural England who finds himself entangled in a supernatural web of desire, obsession, guilt and jealousy.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Edith Wharton’s Bewitched as read by Aven Shore: 00:03:15PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 678. We have one tale for you this week, about the navigator of a pirate ship, struggling to stay afloat against a tide of madness.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06L. T. Williams’ The Navigator’s Journal as read by Alex Weinle: 00:03:22 PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchL. T. WilliamsOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 677. We have two tales for you tonight. First, a teacher makes a chilling discover in a student’s notebook. Then, a woman struggles with family trauma that refuses to stay buried.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Matthew Tyrer’s The Sketchbook as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:03:21Christi Nogle’s Bitter Makes the Sweet So Sweet as read by Josie Babin: 00:12:00TRIGGER WARNINGSBitter Makes the Sweet So Sweet contains sexist slurs.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchMatthew TyrerKrystal HammondKrystal Hammond on X (@thekmhammond)Christi NogleChristi Nogle on Bluesky (@christinogle)Christi Nogle on Instagram (@christinogle)Christi Nogle on X (@christinogle)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 676. We have one tale for you tonight, about a vampire feud in the shadows of ancient Rome.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Keira Reynolds’ The Thirst as read by Georgia Cook: 00:03:28PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchKeira ReynoldsGeorgia CookGeorgia Cook on X (@georgiacooked)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. HegreSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.