Tales to Terrify

Welcome to episode 561 and Happy Halloween! This week we present the winners of our Nautical Flash Fiction Contest! Then, to really get you in the spirit, we have an extra scare about a woman’s obsession with the echoes of past trauma and an innocent family caught in its vortex.COMING UPGood Evening: Happy Halloween, Thank-you: 00:01:06[Runner-up] A. M. Call’s The Gift of the Abyss as read by Jasmine Arch: 00:07:39[Runner-up] Helena O’Connor’s The Curse of the Eldritch Mermaid as read by Bryce Dahle: 00:19:56[Runner-up] Deirdre Cole’s The Merrowmen as read by Georgia Cook: 00:35:31[Winner] Deirdre Cole’s Bells Made of Bones as read by Emily Strand: 00:45:43Maureen O’Leary’s A House is Haunted as read by Andrew Gibson & Krystal Hammond: 00:56:45PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchJasmine ArchJasmine Arch | New MythsBryce Dahle on FiverrGeorgia CookGeorgia Cook on Twitter (@georgiacooked)Emily StrandEmily Strand on Twitter (@ekcstrand)Maureen O’Leary on Twitter (@maureenow)Maureen O’Leary on Instagram (@maureenow)Krystal HammondKrystal Hammon on Twitter (@thekmhammond)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOPaul BelcherAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 560. This week we have one tale, about a death row inmate who decides he might as well embrace the Satan worship he’s been accused of for all these years.COMING UPGood Evening: Submissions, Swag, Human Monsters and Thank-yous: 00:01:06[Trigger] Patrick Barb’s Help, Satan! as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:06:49TRIGGER WARNINGSHelp, Satan! contains scenes of animal abuse/death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchSubmissionsDark Matter Presents: Human MonstersNight WormsPatrick BarbPatrick Barb on Twitter (@pbarb)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 559. We have a classic tale for you this evening about a young woman left, by her husband, to the mercies of madness.COMING UPGood Evening: Merch, Dark Matter Magazine and Thank-yous: 00:01:06Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:05:56PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchDark Matter Magazine: Halloween IssueKrystal HammondKrystal Hammond on Twitter (@thekmhammond)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 558. This week we have two tales, about a garden sown with grief and the perils of sharing your life with strangers.COMING UPGood Evening: Awards, Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06Caleb Stephens’ You Always Wanted a Garden as read by Seth Williams: 00:04:19Santiago Eximeno’s Intellectual Property as read by Anthony Babington: 00:16:25PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchCaleb StephensCaleb Stephens on Twitter (@cstephensauthor)Anthony Babington on Twitter (@alephbaker)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 557. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman in chronic pain finally gets the help she needs. Then, a man seeks shelter in a house that’s not as abandoned as he first thought.COMING UPGood Evening: Swag, Submissions: 00:01:06Virginia Campen’s Mandible Temporalis as read by Alexandra Elroy: 00:05:12H.P. Lovecraft’s The Picture in the House as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:24:17PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchJessup’s General StoreAlexandra Elroy on WattpadAlexandra Elroy | One Cup of Perfect Tea PodcastGraeme Dunlop | PodcastleGraeme Dunlop on Twitter (@kibitzer)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 556. We have one tale for you this week, about a lonely woman who falls for the local butcher. COMING UPGood Evening: Lycan, Submissions and Thank-yous: 00:01:06Timothy G. Huguenin’s Animals as read by Josie Babin: 00:05:59PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchTimothy G. HugueninTimothy G. Huguenin on Twitter (@tghuguenin)Timothy G. Huguenin on FacebookTimothy G. Huguenin on InstagramTimothy G. Huguenin on GoodreadsOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 555. We have one tale for you this week, about a food delivery driver whose very life (and the lives of those he loves) may depend on his ability to follow instructions. COMING UPGood Evening: Submissions, Thank Yous: 00:01:06S. H. Mansouri’s No-Contact Delivery as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:35PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify Merch“Project Lazarus” – Night’s End PodcastS. H. Mansouri on Twitter (@shamanwrites)Jesse HoltJesse Holt on Twitter (@jesseholtvoice)Original Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 554. We have one tale for you this week, about a man forced to confront a forgotten and uncomfortable past.COMING UPGood Evening: Lycan Kickstarter, Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06A. J. Lewis’ The Samovar as read by Dan Rabarts: 00:04:58PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchStory SubmissionsHive Head StudiosLycan: Solomon’s Odyssey on KickstarterDan RabartsOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 553. We have one tale for you this week, about an inmate of Purgatory who manages to evade prison politics – until justice calls.COMING UPGood Evening: Submissions and Thank-yous: 00:01:06[Trigger] Danielle Ackley-McPhail’s Purgatory as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:07:07TRIGGER WARNINGSPurgatory contains scenes of sexual assault/rape.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Story SubmissionsShop Tales to Terrify MerchDanielle Ackley-McPhail | eSpec BooksAmy Paonessa | The Bloodlust PodcastOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 552. We have one longer tale for you this evening, about a squad of conscripted convicts who learn there are worse places to be than behind bars.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06[Trigger] Rich Larson’s Extraction Request as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:03:10TRIGGER WARNINGSExtraction Request contains brief sexual contentPERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchStory SubmissionsRich Larson on PatreonAndrew GibsonAndrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook DiscordAndrew Gibson | The Haven DiscordOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda GottfriedKathy RobinsonSupport this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.