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Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebestenywww.talestoterrify.com

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.

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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Episodes

Tales to Terrify 730 Emma Johnson-Rivard & Chris L. Robinson

Welcome to episode 730. We have two tales for you this week, about a boy desperate to protect his newfound friendship, and a harrowing trip down a forbidden road. COMING UP Good Evening: WiHM Submissions: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Chris L. Robinson’s At Last, A Friend as read by the author: 00:04:05 [Trigger] Emma Johnson-Rivard’s The Dog Road as read by Aven Shore: 00:09:15 TRIGGER WARNINGS At Last, A Friend contains racial and body size slurs. The Dog Road contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT L...

Jan 23, 202645 minEp. 730

Tales to Terrify 729 Meagan Regina Thomas & Alfie Court

Welcome to episode 729 We have two tales for you this week. First, we share a handy instructional guide to culinary subterfuge. Then, a group of Roman soldiers descend deep into the earth in search of a lost family. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Meagan Regina Thomas’ Brownie Recipe as read by Jennifer March: 00:02:34 Alfie Court’s The Red Men as read by George Woodruff: 00:12:57 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Jennifer March Jennifer Mar...

Jan 16, 202644 minEp. 729

Tales to Terrify 728 T. R. Steele & Rex Burrows

Welcome to episode 728. We have two tales for you this week, about an unsettling exchange between man and nature, and a widower who struggles not to lose his head. COMING UP Good Evening: WiHM Submissions, Thank-you: 00:01:06 [Trigger] T. R. Steele’s Salamander Season as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:25 [Trigger] Rex Burrows’ The Head in the Pantry as read by Stephen Kilpatrick: 00:12:34 TRIGGER WARNINGS Salamander Season and The Head in the Pantry contain scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS S...

Jan 09, 202636 minEp. 728

Tales to Terrify 727 J. A. W. McCarthy

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. COMING UP 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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch J. A. W. McCarthy J. A. W. McCarthy on X J. A. W. McCarthy on IG Nikolle Doolin Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Neb...

Jan 02, 202645 minEp. 727

Tales to Terrify 726 Amanda Cecelia Lang

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. COMING UP Good Evening: Merry Christmas: 00:01:06 Amanda Cecelia Lang’s The Velveteen Goblin as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:03:49 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Amanda Cecelia Lang S. H. Cooper on X Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Faceb...

Dec 26, 202549 minEp. 726

Tales to Terrify 725 Adam May

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. COMING UP Good Evening: Special Submissions Period, Thank-you: 00:01:06 Adam May’s The Chair as read by Joel Simler: 00:04:22 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Joel Simler Joel Simler on IG Joel Simler on FB Joel Simler on LinkedIn Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook...

Dec 19, 202546 minEp. 725

Tales to Terrify 724 Ann O’Mara Heyward & Sabine Baring-Gould

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. COMING UP 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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Te...

Dec 12, 202559 minEp. 724

Tales to Terrify 723 Derek Alan Jones

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. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ Antiquity as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:02:32 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Derek Alan Jones Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support thi...

Dec 05, 202553 minEp. 723

Tales to Terrify 722 Sam Logan & E. F. Benson

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. COMING UP 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 sce...

Nov 28, 202546 minEp. 722

Tales to Terrify 721 Dafydd McKimm & L. T. Williams

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. COMING UP 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 Messi...

Nov 21, 202543 minEp. 721

Tales to Terrify 720 E. F. Benson

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. COMING UP 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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Georgia Cook Georgia Cook on X Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Neb...

Nov 14, 202543 minEp. 720

Tales to Terrify 719 James Fritz & Keith LaFountaine

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. COMING UP 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. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Sp...

Nov 07, 202550 minEp. 719

Tales to Terrify 718 Halloween Flash Contest + E. F. Benson

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 UP 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...

Oct 31, 20251 hr 4 minEp. 718

Tales to Terrify 717 C. W. Stevenson

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 UP Good Evening: Halloween Flash Contest: 00:01:06 C. W. Stevenson’s Goat-sucker as read by Charles Conover: 00:03:54 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Charles Conover on Facebook Charles Conover on Instagram Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPE...

Oct 24, 202550 minEp. 717

Tales to Terrify 716 Bret Chandler, Nelson Allister & Jonathan Agar

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...

Oct 17, 202540 minEp. 716

Tales to Terrify 715 Erica Waters

Welcome to episode 715. We have one tale for you this week, about a stray dog that causes otherworldly chaos. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Erica Waters’ (Un)canny: A Study in Canine Folklore as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:02:24 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammond on X Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Lestle Baxter Orion D. Hegre Support this sh...

Oct 10, 202545 minEp. 715

Tales to Terrify 714 Laila Amado & Akis Linardos

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 contai...

Oct 03, 202545 minEp. 714

Tales to Terrify 713 R. S. Nelson & QED

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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread t...

Sep 26, 202532 minEp. 713

Tales to Terrify 712 Mark H. Harris & Avra Margariti

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 Suicid...

Sep 19, 202551 minEp. 712

Tales to Terrify 711 Elizabeth Gaskell

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 UP 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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Halloween Flash Contest S.H. Cooper on Twitter Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Neb...

Sep 12, 20251 hr 2 minEp. 711

Tales to Terrify 710 John Betancourt & T. R. Steele

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. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on...

Sep 05, 202547 minEp. 710

Tales to Terrify 709 Obiwulu Chisom Peace, J. V. Gachs & Blaize M. Kaye

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. COMING UP 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 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Sprea...

Aug 29, 202540 minEp. 709

Tales to Terrify 708 Anne Wilkins

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. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Ta...

Aug 22, 202552 minEp. 708

Tales to Terrify 707 Sabine Baring-Gould

Welcome to episode 707. We have one classic tale for you tonight, about a preserved finger with a personality all its own. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Sabine Baring-Gould’s A Dead Finger as read by Brian Rollins: 00:02:45 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Brian Rollins Brian Rollins on X Brian Rollins on Bluesky Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus on Instagram SPECIAL THANKS TO Amanda Carrillo Lestle Baxte...

Aug 15, 20251 hr 1 minEp. 707

Tales to Terrify 706 Derek Alan Jones & Damir Salkovic

Welcome to episode 706. We have two tales for you this week. First, a passenger learns things work a little different at the airport. Then, a Soviet scientific expedition sent to investigate a meteor impact site discover they may be the subjects rather than the observers. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ Everything That Was All of Me as read by Dan Gurzynski: 00:02:31 Damir Salkovic’s Exit Horizon as read by Douglas Gwilym: 00:09:43 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread...

Aug 08, 202544 minEp. 706

Tales to Terrify 705 Edd Vick & Donovan Douglas Thiesson

Welcome to episode 705. We have two tales for you this week. First, we learn that immortality isn’t everything it’s chalked up to be. Then, she waits in the deep, listening for the voice that will call her home. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 Edd Vick’s Dead by Night as read by Rish Outfield: 00:02:34 Donovan Douglas Thiesson’s Janelle is Still Janelle as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:14:19 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Amy Paonessa Original...

Aug 01, 202551 minEp. 705

Tales to Terrify 704 F. Marion Crawford

Welcome to episode 704. We have a classic tale for you this week, about an ancient tower, a mysterious grave, and the two men who stumble across its nightly inhabitant. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 F. Marion Crawford’s For the Blood is the Life as read by Charles Conover: 00:02:49 PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Charles Conover on Facebook Charles Conover on Instagram Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment Nebulus on Facebook Nebulus o...

Jul 25, 202550 minEp. 704

Tales to Terrify 703 Chris Riley & Rob Gillham

Welcome to episode 703. We have two tales for you. First, we learn that even villains can fall in love. Then, a man clearing out his childhood home uncovers dark truths about a childhood friend. COMING UP Good Evening: Patreon Author Interview Series: 00:01:06 Chris Riley’s Hatchet Man as read by Colin Duncan: 00:03:18 [Trigger] Rob Gillham’s The Horrid Tale of Jeremy Timkins as read by Georgia Cook: 00:16:26 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Horrid Tale of Jeremy Timkins contains scenes of Child Death. PERT...

Jul 18, 202546 minEp. 703

Tales to Terrify 702 F. W. Weatherstone

Welcome to episode 702. This week , we meet a young Scottish woman who inherits the duty of tending to an old stone shelter… and the ancient thing that dwells within. COMING UP Good Evening: 00:01:06 [Trigger] F. W. Weatherstone’s The Bothy in the Field as read by Stephanie Nemeth-Parker: 00:02:48 TRIGGER WARNINGS The Bothy in the Field contains scenes of Animal Death. PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment ...

Jul 11, 202552 minEp. 702

Tales to Terrify 701 Derek Alan Jones, Nick Badot & Victoria Brun

Welcome to episode 701. We have three tales for you this week. First, a boy learns the importance of respecting old traditions. Then, we sample an exclusive menu with the most exotic of flavours. And finally, a woman chosen for ritual sacrifice holds her people’s future in her hands. COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions: 00:01:06 Derek Alan Jones’ A Name in the Winter as read by Jay Reynolds: 00:03:44 Nick Badot’s The Great Goopification as read by Sara Sheckells: 00:14:31 Victoria Brun’s God of ...

Jul 04, 202557 minEp. 701
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