Welcome to Episode 534. This week we have two tales for you: about why forcing your shy child to get photos with Santa may be crueler than you think, and a clandestine hunting party that may get more than they bargained for.
COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest & Thank-yous: 00:01:06 Deirdre Coles’ The Problem with Mall Santas as read by Emily Strand: 00:04:21 Lee Clark Zumpe’s Dark Timber as read by Dennis Robinson: 00:15:21
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Tales to Terrify 534 Deirdre Coles & Lee Clark Zumpe

The unseen creature whose ravenous fangs dog your every step as your footfalls echo down the midnight alleyway. &nbsp;— 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. &nbsp;—
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. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/talestoterrify. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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Welcome to episode 644. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman finally catches the object of her desire… and won’t ever let go. Then, a young couple plagued by the supernatural enlists the help of a medium. But how deep does their trouble go?
COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest Update: 00:01:06 A. M. Symes’ Chipping Away as read by Summer Brooks: 00:03:02 Mike Thorn’s The Shape of Our Damnation as read by Austin Stern: 00:10:34
PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Summer Brooks | Slice of SciFi Mike Thorn Mike Thorn on X (@MikeThornWrites) Austin Stern on YouTube Austin Stern | Eerie Podcast on YouTube Austin Stern on SoundCloud
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Tales to Terrify 644 A. M. Symes & Mike Thorn

Welcome to episode 643. We have one tale for you this week, about the dark secret behind a woman’s perfect marriage… and her plot to take back control.   COMING UP Good Evening: Flash Contest Update: 00:01:06 Sean J. K. Heasman’s A Domestic as read by Josie Babin: 00:03:24
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Tales to Terrify 643 Sean J. K. Heasman

Welcome to episode 642. We have one tale for you this week, featuring a ghastly banshee, a cadaver that won't stay put, and an infectious and sinister smile.
COMING UP Good Evening: Submissions: 00:01:06 F. Marion Crawford’s The Dead Smile as read by Dan Gurzynski: 00:03:51
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Tales to Terrify 642 F. Marion Crawford

Welcome to episode 641. This week we share the rest of this year’s Bram Stoker Award nominees in short fiction.
COMING UP Good Evening: Bram Stoker Awards: 00:01:06 [Trigger] Rachael K. Jones’ The Sound of Children Screaming as read by Curtis Michael Holland: 00:02:58 [Trigger] L. E. Daniels’ Silk as read by Nikolle Doolin: 00:37:29
TRIGGER WARNINGS The Sound of Children Screaming contains scenes of school violence and child harm. Silk contains racial/ethnic slurs and scenes of suicide/suicidal ideation, animal death and child death.
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Tales to Terrify 641 STOKERS Rachel K. Jones & L. E. Daniels

Welcome to episode 640­. This week, we have three special tales for you – the first set of nominees for this year’s Bram Stoker Awards.
COMING UP Good Evening: Bram Stoker Awards: 00:01:06 Cindy O’Quinn Quondam as read by Nicole Swanson: 00:05:17 Nadine Aurora Tabing’s An Inherited Taste as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:23:22 Sam J. Miller’s If Someone You Love Has Become a Vurdalak as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:47:38
PERTINENT LINKS Support us on Patreon! Spread the darkness. Shop Tales to Terrify Merch Bram Stoker Awards StokerCon 2024 Horror Writer’s Association Nicole Swanson Nadine Aurora Tabing Krystal Hammond Krystal Hammond on X (@thekmhammond) Sam J. Miller Andrew Gibson Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord
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Tales to Terrify 534 Deirdre Coles & Lee Clark Zumpe

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