Tales to Terrify

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.COMING UPGood Evening: Happy Halloween: 00:01:06[Trigger] Runner-Up: Jared Conger’s From the Dark Woods as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:03:36Runner-Up: Andrew Lindsay’s Hollow as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:07:09Runner-Up: D. L. Stille’s Jack as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:11:11Runner-Up: Jillian Bost’s The Guide as read by Summer Brooks: 00:14:46Winner: Erica Ruppert’s Lights Out as read by Erin Grasse: 00:19:50E. F. Benson’s And No Bird Sings as read by Griswold Addams: 00:24:08TRIGGER WARNINGSFrom the Dark Woods contains scenes of Child Death.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchJared CongerJared GaginD. L. StilleAndrew GibsonAndrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook DiscordAndrew Gibson | The Haven DiscordErin GrasseOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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.COMING UPGood Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06C. W. Stevenson’s Goat-sucker as read by Charles Conover: 00:03:54PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchCharles Conover on FacebookCharles Conover on InstagramOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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 UPGood Evening: new release from Frank Oreto: 00:01:06Bret Chandler’s The Voice Past the Tall Jack Pines as read by Michelle Kane: 00:03:39Allister 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: 00:28:14TRIGGER WARNINGSDelirium contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchFrank Oreto’s It’s Dark In Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem About SquirrelsBuy Frank Oreto’s It’s Dark In Here: Twenty-One Weird Tales and One Poem About Squirrels on KindleMichelle Kane on InstagramMichelle Kane on ThreadsStephen GaginOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos.COMING UPGood Evening: 00:01:06Erica Waters’ (Un)canny: A Study in Canine Folklore as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:02:24PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchKrystal HammondKrystal Hammond on XOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

Welcome to episode 714. We have two tales for you this week, about guardian eldritch horrors and the risks of messing with time.COMING UPGood 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: 00:04:00Akis Linardos’ Rerolling the Dice as read by Maxwell Zenner: 00:09:58TRIGGER WARNINGSHeaven is Experiencing Staffing Shortages and Somehow This is My Problem contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchJames BarnettJames Barnett | The Night’s End PodcastAkis LinardosMaxwell Zenner on FacebookOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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 UPGood Evening: Halloween Flash Contest & Patreon Author Interview Series feat. JV Gachs: 00:01:06R. S. Nelson’s Supplies Needed to Clean the Bloodbath in My Bathroom as read by Mel Rose: 00:04:15Q.E.D.’s A Fight With a Ghost as read by Jed Vesper: 00:07:54PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchMel RoseMel Rose on YouTubeMel Rose on FacebookMel Rose on InstagramJed Vesper on TwitterOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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 UPGood Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06Mark H. Harris’ Don’t Look as read by Jennifer March: 00:03:48Avra Margariti’s Dawn to Dust as read by Mel Rose: 00:14:22TRIGGER WARNINGSDawn to Dust contains scenes of Suicide/Suicidal Ideation/Self Harm.PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchHalloween Flash ContestMark H. Harris | Black Horror MoviesJennifer MarchJennifer March | Not Your Mother’s StorytimeAvra Margariti on TwitterMel RoseMel Rose on YouTubeMel Rose on FacebookMel Rose on InstagramOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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.COMING UPGood Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06Elizabeth Gaskell’s The Old Nurse's Story as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:04:58PERTINENT LINKSSupport us on Patreon! Spread the darkness.Shop Tales to Terrify MerchHalloween Flash ContestS.H. Cooper on TwitterOriginal Score by Nebulus EntertainmentNebulus on FacebookNebulus on InstagramSPECIAL THANKS TOAmanda CarrilloLestle BaxterOrion D. Hegre

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 UPGood Evening: Patreon Bonus: 00:01:06John 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: 00:12:36TRIGGER WARNINGSJulian of the Eels contains scenes of Animal Death.PERTINENT 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. Hegre