Tales to Terrify

Welcome to episode 700. We have two tales for you this week. First, a pastor seeks to avenge his murdered family with the help of an unlikely ally. Then, a young artist learns the deadly cost of heartbreak. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Philip Madden’s The Pastor as read by Curtis Michael Holland: 00:03:01 [TRIGGER] Mary Elizabeth Braddon’s The Cold Embrace as read by Dennis Robinson: 00:13:43 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Cold Embrace contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Curtis Michael Holland Dennis Robinson | Hive Head Studios Dennis Robinson | Lycan Botched Podcast Botched Podcast on Twitch Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 699 We have three tales for you, about a modern-day Frankenstein’s monster, a horny teen who gets more than just a hookup, and a young woman trapped inside her house by a mysterious guest. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions are open: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Tabitha Lord’s Monster as read by Amanda Stribling: 00:03:37 Bryan Carrigan’s One August Night as read by Summer Brooks: 00:13:11 Avra Margariti’s Echthroxenia as read by Kelli Tager: 00:23:36 TRIGGER WARNINGS Monster contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Call for Submissions Tabitha Lord Tabitha Lord on X Tabitha Lord on Facebook Tabitha Lord on Instagram Summer Brooks | Slice of Sci-Fi Avra Margariti on X Kelli Tager on Instagram Kelli Tager on Threads Kelli Tager on Facebook Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 698 and happy StokerCon! We have two tales for you this week. First, a strange child develops a special bond with the hermit in his garden. Then, a woman goes to extreme lengths to leave her abusive husband. COMING UP Good Evening: StokerCon 2025: 00:01:06 Daniel Stride’s The One Who Saw Too Much as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:09 [Trigger] Rachel Bolton’s Stoker-nominated And She Had Been So Reasonable as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:32:03 TRIGGER WARNINGS And She Had Been So Reasonable contains scenes of Self Harm and Domestic Abuse. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch StokerCon 2025 Daniel Stride Jesse Holt Jesse Holt on X Rachel Bolton Rachel Bolton on Bluesky Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammon on X Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 697. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman torn between who she feels she should be and true beast that lurks within her. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] A. A. Nour’s Lonely Skin as read by Erin Grassie: 00:03:09 TRIGGER WARNINGS Lonely Skin contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Erin Grassie Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Welcome to episode 696. We have two tales for you this week: about a man on an empty highway struggling to trust his fading memory, and a woman whose skepticism is tested by her lover’s carnal faith. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ Somewhere on US-50, Sometime in the Night as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:02:36 Akis Linardos’ Baited by Water’s Shadow as read by Michelle Kane: 00:12:07 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Derek Alan Jones Akis Linardos Michelle Kane on IG Michelle Kane on Threads Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: Locus Magazine Fundraising: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Runner-Up: Mylo Brehm’s The Cuckoo as read by Georgia Cook: 00:04:42 Runner-Up: Asher Cookson’s The Forest as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:12:53 Runner-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: 00:28:57 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Support Locus Magazine on Indiegogo Spirits Podcast Spirits Podcast on IG Spirits Podcast on Facebook Georgia Cook Georgia Cook on X Stephen Gagin Heath Ackley Maggie Dominiak on IG Joel Simler Joel Simler on IG Joel Simler on Facebook Joel Simler on LinkedIn Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: Author Interview Series – Rami Ungar: 00:01:06 A. V. Greene’s Home Maintenance as read by Griswold Addams: 00:03:52 Gordon B. White’s Plan Z as read by Nicole Swanson: 00:09:40 Elizabeth Anne Schwartz’s Human Woman as read by Aven Shore: 00:15:34 Allison Mulder’s Where the Demon Lives as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:23:39 Michael G. O’Connell’s Home Invasion as read by Joel Simler: 00:31:52 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Rami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | Amazon Rami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | B&N Rami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | Kobo Rami Ungar’s Symphony for Walpurgis | Apple Books A. V. Greene A. V. Greene on Bluesky A. V. Greene on Instagram Gordon B. White Elizabeth Anne Schwartz on Instagram Allison Mulder Allison Mulder on Bluesky Allison Mulder on X (@AMulderWrites) Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammond on X (@thekmhammond) Joel Simmler Joel Simmler on Instagram Joel Simmler on Facebook Joel Simmler on LinkedIn Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Matt Hollingsworth’s The Sin Eater’s Chrysalis as read by Rish Outfield: 00:03:16 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Sin Eater’s Chrysalis contains scenes of Child Death and Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Matt Hollingsworth Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 F. Marion Crawford’s The Doll’s Ghost as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:03:24 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Sammy Krouse’s Golden Lamp Contracting and Litigation Services as read by Anthony Babington: 00:03:06 Dan Rafter’s The Untarget as read by Nikolle Doolin: 00:18:19 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Nikolle Doolin Anthony Babington on X (@AlephBaker) Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: This is Horror Awards Nomination: 00:01:06 Thony Mintz’s Grim Prognosis as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:35 S.W. Pisciotta’s Their Words Like Leaves as read by Charles Conover: 00:11:30 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch This is Horror Awards S. W. Pisciotta S. W. Pisciotta on Instagram S. W. Pisciotta on Bluesky Charles Conover on Facebook Charles Conover on Instagram Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: [HOUSEKEEPING]: 00:01:06 Warren Benedetto’s Before as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:02:36 Derek 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: 00:15:05 TRIGGER WARNINGS Oyogaseru contains scenes of Child Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Warren Benedetto Warren Benedetto on X (@warrenbenedetto) S. H. Cooper on X (@MsPippinacious) Derek Alan Jones Dan Gurzynski on Librivox Samir Sirk Morató on X (@spicycloaca) Samir Sirk Morató on Instagram (@spicycloaca) Anne Marie Lewis Anne Marie Lewis on Instagram (@anne.marie.lewis) Anne Marie Lewis on TikTok Anne Marie Lewis on Facebook Anne Marie Lewis on Bluesky Anne Marie Lewis on X (@LewisAnneMarie) Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Jason Sabbagh’s The Last Fare to Essex as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:02:40 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Graeme Dunlop | Podcastle Graeme Dunlop on Twitter (@kibitzer) Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 WiHM featuring Mariah Darling: 00:01:23 Kathleen Palm’s Rotted Dreams as read by Nancy Bober: 00:05:14 Hall Jameson’s Surfacing as read by Barbara Henslee: 00:09:57 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Mariah Darling on Instagram Nancy Bober on Facebook Barbara Henslee on Instagram Barbara Henslee on Facebook Barbara Henslee on BlueSky Barbara Henslee on LinkedIn Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 WiHM featuring Keira Reynolds: 00:01:54 Darlene Eliot’s How Close Is It? as read by Jim Matusik: 00:05:50 L. D. Colter’s I Promise as read by Sara Sheckells: 00:19:19 Toshiya Kamei’s Petrified as read by Mel Rose: 00:28:21 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Keira Reynolds Keira 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 Matusik L. D. Colter Mel Rose on YouTube Mel Rose on Facebook Mel Rose on Instagram Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 WiHM featuring Sapphire Lazuli: 00:01:44 Jessica Lévai’s The Blessing of St. Blaise as read by Brian Rollins: 00:05:47 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Sapphire Lazuli Sapphire Lazuli on YouTube Sapphire Lazuli on Instagram (@sapphicsapphire_lazuli) Brian Rollins Brian Rollins on X (@VoicesOfBrian) Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: Women in Horror Month: 00:01:06 WiHM featuring Luana Saitta: 00:01:47 Addison 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: 00:25:37 TRIGGER WARNINGS A House Made of Gingerbread contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Luana Saitta | “Love’s Red Blossom” Luana Siatta | Wyngraf Romance Special 2025 Luana Saitta | “The Auger” Luana Saitta on Backerkit | New Edge Sword & Sorcery Magazine Addison Smith on Bluesky (@addisoncs.bsky.social) Lisa Papademetriou Jennifer March Jennifer March | Not Your Mother’s Storytime Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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 UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Samuel Marzioli’s Sleeping Cupid Awakes as read by Spencer DiSparti: 00:03:23 TRIGGER WARNINGS Sleeping Cupid Awakes contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Flash Contest: Folk Myth & Fairytales Spencer DiSparti on SoundCloud Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: Flash Contest: 00:01:06 Dannye Chase’s The Train Ticket as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:03:19 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Flash Contest: Folk Myth & Fairytales Dannye Chase Dannye Chase on Facebook (@DannyeChase) Dannye Chase on Twitter/X (@DannyeChase) Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support 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 UP Good Evening: Flash Fiction Contest: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Frank Oreto’s The Perceptual Inconstancy of Enid Wozniak as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:48 Kathleen Schaefer’s The Ossification of the Space Between Us as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:22:47 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Perceptual Inconstancy of Enid Wozniak contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Flash Fiction Contest Kathleen Schaefer Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammon on X (@thekmhammond) Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.