The unseen creature whose ravenous fangs dog your every step as your footfalls echo down the midnight alleyway.
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A long, icy shadow looming over you, making the hairs on your neck rise and your breath turn to ragged puffs of mist.
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Unearthly howls that pierce the night, pulling you from the comfort of sleep with feverish, heart-pounding dread.
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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-style – unadulterated and unadorned.
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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-style – unadulterated and unadorned.
Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify.
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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.
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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
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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.
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Good Evening: Merry Christmas: 00:01:06
Amanda Cecelia Lang’s The Velveteen Goblin as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:03:49
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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.
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Good Evening: Special Submissions Period, Thank-you: 00:01:06
Adam May’s The Chair as read by Joel Simler: 00:04:22
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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.
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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 The White Flag as read by Nancy Bober: 00:17:25
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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.
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Good Evening: 00:01:06
Derek Alan Jones’ Antiquity as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:02:32
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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.
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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 by Nancy Bober: 00:10:09
TRIGGER WARNINGS
They All Must Go contains scenes of Self-Harm.
Christopher Comes Back contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation.
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Summer Brooks | Slice of Sci-Fi
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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.
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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’ What's Mine is Yours, What's Yours is Mined as read by Rish Outfield: 00:16:27
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Mesdames et Messieurs, the Gorger Tarap Tradaire contains scenes of Animal Death.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Love, Unto contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation, Self Harm.
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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.
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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-Up: Andrew Lindsay’s Hollow as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:07:09
Runner-Up: D. L. Stille’s Jack as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:11:11
Runner-Up: Jillian Bost’s The Guide as read by Summer Brooks: 00:14:46
Winner: Erica Ruppert’s Lights Out as read by Erin Grasse: 00:19:50
E. F. Benson’s And No Bird Sings as read by Griswold Addams: 00:24:08
TRIGGER WARNINGS
From the Dark Woods contains scenes of Child Death.
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Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord
Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord
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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.
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Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06
C. W. Stevenson’s Goat-sucker as read by Charles Conover: 00:03:54
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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 Night With the Lindworm as read by Sara Sheckells: 00:14:29
[Trigger] Jonathan Agar’s Delirium as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:28:14
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Delirium contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation.
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Frank Oreto’s It’s Dark In Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem About Squirrels
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Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos.
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Good Evening: 00:01:06
Erica Waters’ (Un)canny: A Study in Canine Folklore as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:02:24
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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 by Maxwell Zenner: 00:09:58
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Heaven is Experiencing Staffing Shortages and Somehow This is My Problem contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation.
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James Barnett | The Night’s End Podcast
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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: 00:04:15
Q.E.D.’s A Fight With a Ghost as read by Jed Vesper: 00:07:54
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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
Avra Margariti’s Dawn to Dust as read by Mel Rose: 00:14:22
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Dawn to Dust contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation/Self Harm.
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Mark H. Harris | Black Horror Movies
Jennifer March | Not Your Mother’s Storytime
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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.
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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
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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 Drew Sebesteny: 00:12:36
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Julian of the Eels contains scenes of Animal Death.
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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.
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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 Sarah Mehra: 00:15:47
Blaize M. Kaye’s Sulky as read by AJ Fitzwater: 00:26:54
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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 contains scenes of Animal Death and Child Death.
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