Dark Softly Tales

A blind man taps his cane down a forest path path on a cold, wintry morning. One might have the tendency to feel sorry for him....but don't let looks fool you—what he's looking for and what he wants it for is sure to give you chills and make you want to walk around with goggles that can only be removed with lock and key... This week's story is "Iris."

Music: Baby by Damma Beatz

Did you hear? There's a party at the Bunnyman Bridge on All Hallow’s Eve! An evil spirit inhabits a troubled teen. Together in a bunny suit, they recreate the past.

Bunnyman was originally published in Twisted Legends: Urbanized and Unauthorized by Pill House Press. (Twisted Legends earned an Honorable Mention by Ellen Datlow for Best Horror Anthology of the Year.)

If you'd like to hear the other Bunnyman stories I've written and narrated, you can find them in Episode 23 and Episode 37. (The episode is called Rabid Decisions, but it's one of the three stories in the episode.)

I've written about the origins of the Bunnyman legend in Bunnyman, 3 Tales to Chill Your Bones, which you can find on amazon.

Voice of "Chante": my daughter, Helena

Scream credit: MaderaDelEste Films

Music: Swoon by Sage Oursler

Amy discovers her infant sister is a witch and her mother must be protected. Amy’s new best friend, Jules, knows just what to do with a witch. She even brought a butcher knife from home. Hmm…wonder what that is for?

This story is on the disturbing/violent side. Use your discretion!

You can find Witch and other witchy tales in my book Witches ~ 3 Tales to chill Your Bones.

Music: Dark Times by Etienne Roussel

Left alone in the house for the evening, a teen hears an uncomfortable tap on her bedroom window and footsteps in the kitchen. She uses her wit, urban legends and what she's learned from true crime documentaries to piece together a horrifying situation.

This story was originally published in Nine Days of Madness.

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Riddle me this....

A young man requests to be married to one of the beautiful women of a semi-barbaric kingdom. The king grants his wish, only there is a clause: the young man must be blindfolded during the ceremony so he does not see his bride and hears her voice only once. After the ceremony, the young man’s blindfold is removed. Forty women stand in front of him, only one is his bride. He must choose correctly or he will instantly loose his life. Our story is a follow up to last week’s story by Frank R Stockton—The Discourager of Hesitancy.

Music: Oxygenic by Lucention

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In today’s episode we head back to semi-barbaric times, where a king has come up with an unusual system for determining guilt or innocence. All is well, until the princess’s lover is discovered and doomed to choosing a fate between two doors. Behind one door is a beautiful woman and behind the other a tiger. Which will he choose? 

Today’s story is Lady or the Tiger? by Frank R Stockton.

Music: Oxygenic by Lucention

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Mercury poisoning in the drinking water—it has affected everybody—humans and animals alike. Those with natural immunity are given “options” by the government in the form of a federally funded suicide booth run by AI named Adria. Discover your Options this week with a morbid little sci-fi tale called (surprisingly): Options. 

Longer intro this week: Story starts at 5:37

Music: Hand Off by Damma Beatz

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Larry Thomas gives his wife a gift hoping for a little respect— respect he doesn’t dare give but demands to receive. He learns the hard way from a little cuckoo clock that has been wound one too many times. Today’s story is Beyond the Door by Philip K Dick.

Music: Broken Glass by Eneide (Epidemic Music)

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The year is 2050. Humans wear metal sleeves and depend on mechanical organ replacements...science and logic drives society, but we discover there is still a touch of humanity of left in our tale today called Skin.

Skin was first published in Horror through the Ages anthology.

Music: Plan B by Lalo Brickman (Epidemic Music)

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Leonard Sale determines to stay awake for six days—when the rescue ship arrives. But, six days is a long time, especially when there are hungry beings waiting to take his body over. Join us in Part Two of Asleep in Armageddon by Ray Bradbury.

Asleep in Armageddon was originally published in Planet Stories in 1948. 

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Echoes of Time V2 by Music by Kevin MacLeod

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