Hunter's quest may be at an end, when he overlooks a very haunted-looking castle in Romania. Is he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for his true love? In collaboration with Forest Rose Productions, The Dark Tome Presents "A Journey with Strange Bedfellows," a project which melds together 6 lesser known, immortal short stories (with timeless, relevant themes) originally penned by strange literary masters Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bram Stoker, Jack London, Jerome K. Jerome, Wilkie Collins, & Hec...
Oct 28, 2022•35 min•Season 4Ep. 4
A phantasmagoric forest awaits Hunter Brown. What devils lurk in the woods of Europe? We'll find out soon... In collaboration with Forest Rose Productions, The Dark Tome Presents "A Journey with Strange Bedfellows," a project which melds together 6 lesser known, immortal short stories (with timeless, relevant themes) originally penned by strange literary masters Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bram Stoker, Jack London, Jerome K. Jerome, Wilkie Collins, & Hector H. “Saki” Munro. Brought to life with a full ...
Oct 21, 2022•37 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Confronted with the loss of his one true love, Hunter Brown heads to Paris to enlist support in his journey. But when things go awry at a Parisian drinking establishment, he's in a fight for his very life. In collaboration with Forest Rose Productions, The Dark Tome Presents "A Journey with Strange Bedfellows," a project which melds together 6 lesser known, immortal short stories (with timeless, relevant themes) originally penned by strange literary masters Nathaniel Hawthorne, Bram Stoker, Jack...
Oct 14, 2022•38 min•Season 4Ep. 2
This harrowing, steampunky fantasy-horror series charts one man's journey in search of true love across a kaleidoscopic nightmare landscape of 19th century Europe. It's got devils and werewolves, spooky Bordellos in backstreets of Paris, mechanical robots and oh so much more! In collaboration with Forest Rose Productions, The Dark Tome Presents "A Journey with Strange Bedfellows," a project which melds together 6 lesser known, immortal short stories (with timeless, relevant themes) originally pe...
Oct 07, 2022•36 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Teenager Zelle finds herself introduced to her family’s tradition – and amazing power – to hold audiences with the dead. But do the town elders in this remote part of Idaho have Zelle and her mother's best interests in mind? Marguerite Croft is a writer, podcaster, and mother based in the San Francisco Bay Area whose work whose leans towards the intersection of real people and the fantastic. The production is performed by Maiya Koloski, with Shannon Campbell, Christine Marshall, Chris Price, Joe...
Apr 27, 2022•51 min•Season 3Ep. 14
A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination. This haunting story is penned by Morgan Sylvia -- a metalhead, an Aquarius, a beer snob, coffee addict, and a work in progress. A former obituarist, she is now a full-time freelance writer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Pseudopod, Forgotten Realms, Wicked Witches, Wicked Haunted, Northern Frights, Haunted House Short Stories, Endless Apocalypse, Twice Upon An Apocalypse, and The Final Summons, among...
Sep 08, 2021•45 min•Season 3Ep. 13
A Dark Tome exclusive short story reading of The Ding Ding, written and read by Judith Pancoast. It's the 1970s. A teenager accepts a babysitting job with a strange family because she's dying to scrape up a few bucks to buy records. But this job will prove the strangest she's ever taken when a haunted "Ding Ding" turns up in the middle of the night. Judith Pancoast is a Grammy-nominated musician and writer born and brought up in Waterville, Maine. Her stories have appeared in the new Journal of ...
Aug 04, 2021•40 min•Season 3Ep. 12
This week a reading of the short story JANINE, a haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods. Story by Emma J Gibbon - Emma J. Gibbon is originally from Yorkshire in the U.K. and now lives in Midcoast Maine. She is a Rhysling-nominated speculative poet, horror writer and librarian. Her debut fiction collection, Dark Blood Comes from the Feet, is out now from Trepidatio Publishing and was one of NPR’s best books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in the Toasted Cake podca...
Jul 07, 2021•33 min•Season 3Ep. 11
This week's story is the haunting GARGOYLES, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen. You heard Stephanie's work as Sonia in Dark Tome Undertow. Performing as Stephanie Diaz, she is an accomplished and versatile actress - as, as well as horror aficionado and writer. Stephanie's short story Gargoyles is a treatise on the dark rooms found in every home, and the monsters that lurk within. Content warning: alludes to child sexual abuse. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jun 02, 2021•35 min•Season 3Ep. 10
A strange tale of toys left to fend for themselves after a great disaster occurs to humans. Written by Alex Jennings, read by Kym Dakin, with sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. This episode brought to you by Function of Beauty. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
May 03, 2021•57 min•Season 3Ep. 9
Today, an original short story by Dark Tome creator Fred Greenhalgh, HENRY - a meditation on loss, and a study of the power of love to hold off the forces of darkness. Inspired by the steadfast heart of his late pet, Henry. Content warning: depicts pet mortality. This short story appears in the winter 2021 edition of Northern Frights: The Journal of HORROR WRITERS of MAINE [http://horrorwritersme.com/northernfrights/] Written, read, sound designed by Fred Greenhalgh with sounds/music from Mind's...
Mar 04, 2021•25 min•Season 3Ep. 8
"I gotta give you a warning: there is no truth about the Dark Tome. If you think I can tell you anything certain about it, well, turn your computer off now and knock yourself in the head for the fool you are. What makes you think we can ever understand something so old?" A special episode featuring recovered tape of the author, Wilbur Gussy, reading his controversial 1999 essay, "The Curious History of the Dark Tome," long thought to be an apocryphal part of internet history. Though its authenti...
Jun 08, 2020•23 min•Season 3Ep. 7
Caitlin no longer tracks days by the calendar - instead, it's by the theme covers of the journals she writes while she goes to work at the derelict Java Shack in Augusta, Maine. The themes of these journals, e.g. "The Days of Flaming Motorcycles," are both a useful counter of time and contain the truthful account of her observations of the zombie apocalypse... A mesmerizing story of pandemic and zombies by Catherynne M. Valente, NYT bestselling author of over two dozen works of fiction and poetr...
Apr 10, 2020•35 min•Season 3Ep. 6
"The boys arrive with the changing of the weather, ushered in by winter’s cold. Once a year, at the beginning of December, those silly boys who think coming here means they are brave. All of them so eager to test their worth on the edge of my husband’s axe." For this winter's solstice, we dramatize a sharp (ha, ha) story by Kat Howard ( http://www.kathowardbooks.com/ & @katwithsword) that subverts the Arthurian legend of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight. What happens when the Green Knight's Wife ...
Dec 21, 2019•20 min•Season 3Ep. 5
Today we feature POINT MYSTIC's second (and final) part of their investigation into the tragic death of Dr. Joseph Ricci, the destruction of his research into doors to other worlds, and of the disappearance of one of the most infamous books in occult history - the Dark Tome. Part 2 of 2 Visit Point Mystic at: http://www.pointmystic.org/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 15, 2019•43 min
Liber Tenebris, The Dark Tome, remains an object of great speculation and mystery within occult circles, until now. In a special crossover episode with the podcast Point Mystic, we take a look into the legacy of Prof Joe Ricci and the disappearance of some of the most important research ever conducted into supernatural doorways. Part 1 of 2 Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 31, 2019•34 min
Joanna, her brother Oliver, and her dad are all trapped in the upstairs of their house, with a bear prowling downstairs. However, as her father plows deeper into a bottle of whisky, it becomes clear that sapien beasts may be the most fearsome of all... Meanwhile, the stage is set for the grand conclusion of Season 2! In the hands of the Parabellum agents, Cassie seems helpless to stop the summoning of a great evil. Can the young enchantress use what she's learned about the book to stop it? Learn...
Oct 21, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Cassie finds herself trapped with several other women in a monstrous situation imagined by a twisted doctor in early 1910s America. This is the world of SING ME YOUR SCARS, a chilling treatise on subservience and bodies, told by Victoria, a woman torn between her desire for freedom, and her desire not to rot away. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•39 min•Season 2Ep. 8
Mr. Gussy returns, but what he finds on the other side was not what he expected. We venture to the salt-sprayed shores of New Brunswick, where time has been hard on Sammy. But the promise of three square meals and the hunt for a sea monster makes him believe there might be such a thing as second chances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•40 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Cassie faces a choice, and who better to help her understand the importance - and power - of choices than Sudha, a Vishakanya, or poison maiden, a female assassin whose very touch is deadly? NYT-Bestselling Author Roshani Chokshi retells the death of Alexander the Great - a story that has become legend - through the perspective of a woman who has never had a Choice, a most precious thing thought only to be the domain of kings. Special thanks to Stories of Mahabharata for support casting this epi...
Oct 21, 2019•35 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Cassie returns to her high school guidance teacher's office, looking for answers. Mr. Carter tells his story, about how he first encountered the Dark Tome, and the terrible effects it had on his life. Now, Cassie faces a choice of grace consequence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•24 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Cassie's transported to a Caribbean island in the near-future, where a devastating 'duppy tide' caused utter devastation… And has led to a new, perverse form of tourism. But the tourists are in for more than they bargained for when they learned of the mutated fauna in this home that gave birth to zombis. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•34 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Kim and Cassie hide away at a rich family's home in a neighborhood on the outskirts of town. But, Kim isn't letting Cassie go without learning some of her secrets… And what Cassie reveals, may be as much as Kim can handle. In the world of BIRDS OF AZALEA STREET, a monster lurks behind closed doors... A monster tolerated by the sweet neighbors, who will turn a blind eye to monstrosity if it'll help keep property values in check. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•32 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Cassie's saved by a friend, but learns that her world has changed more than she could have imagined while she's been gone. Worlds gone wrong turns out to be a theme, when she goes on her next trip, to the world of THE BACCHAE. In a world where environmental destruction has poisoned life to a breaking point, what consequence will fall on those who were implicit in its demise? See episode link for full cast and crew credits. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 21, 2019•36 min•Season 2Ep. 2
"I'm not a ghost!" -- "All ghosts say that." In the return of the acclaimed dimension-jumping anthology fiction podcast, we find Cassie flung to a world where body modifications are routine and one daughter of a Chinese immigrant is prepared to make an unbelievable sacrifice to save her own skin. This is the world of Alyssa Wong's NATURAL SKIN, a harrowing tale of distorted ideas of beauty in a near-future dystopian Toronto, Canada. Full cast and crew credits, and transcript available: Episode p...
Oct 21, 2019•25 min•Season 2Ep. 1
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Oct 20, 2019•2 min
Mr. Gussy and Cassie learned they've "Gone sideways" - the Dark Tome has returned them to the world, but not *their* world. As Cassie struggles to understand the predicament the book has put her in, Gussy recounts the heartbreaking tale of how he got his hands on the Dark Tome, and the cost the book has caused him. The Dark Tome is produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Theme 'Febryar' by Peter Van Riet https://soundcloud.com/petervanriet | Show credits at http://thedarktome.com/ Learn mor...
Oct 19, 2019•1 hr 8 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Young Lettie can see things through her magic eye - things that might be better if she not see. Grownup's secrets. Grownup's true intentions. But when she learns of her brother's unjust arrest and sham trial, it's her seeing eye - and some conjure magic from her Mama - that may help change the fate of her big brother. The Dark Tome is produced by Fred Greenhalgh and Bill Dufris. Theme 'Febryar' by Peter Van Riet https://soundcloud.com/petervanriet | Show credits at http://thedarktome.com/ Learn ...
Oct 19, 2019•55 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Cassie returns from her traumatic trip to a haunted - and haunting - family reunion. As she attempts to re-align her world, Gussy stumbles out of his and into the world of Jonathan Maberry's INK. GERALD ‘MONK’ ADDISON is a skip-tracer and P.I. on Boundary Street, down the hill from where the good people go. He’s on the side of the angels, but he’s not very nice. Most of Monk’s clients are bail bondsmen and bad lawyers, but every now and then he takes a special case. He’s hired by the ghost of a ...
Oct 19, 2019•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Cassie returns home after the wondrous night at the prom (Episode 4) and finds her dreams shattered when she gets home. Forced to flee her home, she seeks refuge in Mr. Gussy's bookshop, and the Dark Tome. This time, the book calls out for her. She finds herself with an estranged son at his homecoming to the old family farmhouse... And the demons that his father sought to hide will make themselves known. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 19, 2019•52 min•Season 1Ep. 6
