Tales to Terrify

Welcome to episode 561 and Happy Halloween! This week we present the winners of our Nautical Flash Fiction Contest! Then, to really get you in the spirit, we have an extra scare about a woman’s obsession with the echoes of past trauma and an innocent family caught in its vortex.

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Good Evening: Happy Halloween, Thank-you: 00:01:06

[Runner-up] A. M. Call’s The Gift of the Abyss as read by Jasmine Arch: 00:07:39

[Runner-up] Helena O’Connor’s The Curse of the Eldritch Mermaid as read by Bryce Dahle: 00:19:56

[Runner-up] Deirdre Cole’s The Merrowmen as read by Georgia Cook: 00:35:31

[Winner] Deirdre Cole’s Bells Made of Bones as read by Emily Strand: 00:45:43

Maureen O’Leary’s A House is Haunted as read by Andrew Gibson & Krystal Hammond: 00:56:45

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Jasmine Arch

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Georgia Cook

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Emily Strand

Emily Strand on Twitter (@ekcstrand)

Maureen O’Leary on Twitter (@maureenow)

Maureen O’Leary on Instagram (@maureenow)

Krystal Hammond

Krystal Hammon on Twitter (@thekmhammond)

Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Paul Belcher

Amanda Gottfried

Kathy Robinson

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Welcome to episode 560. This week we have one tale, about a death row inmate who decides he might as well embrace the Satan worship he’s been accused of for all these years.

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Good Evening: Submissions, Swag, Human Monsters and Thank-yous: 00:01:06

[Trigger] Patrick Barb’s Help, Satan! as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:06:49

TRIGGER WARNINGS

Help, Satan! contains scenes of animal abuse/death.

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Submissions

Dark Matter Presents: Human Monsters

Night Worms

Patrick Barb

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Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Amanda Gottfried

Kathy Robinson

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Welcome to episode 559. We have a classic tale for you this evening about a young woman left, by her husband, to the mercies of madness.

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Good Evening: Merch, Dark Matter Magazine and Thank-yous: 00:01:06

Charlotte Perkins Gilman’s The Yellow Wallpaper as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:05:56

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Krystal Hammond

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Amanda Gottfried

Kathy Robinson

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Welcome to episode 558. This week we have two tales, about a garden sown with grief and the perils of sharing your life with strangers.

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Good Evening: Awards, Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06

Caleb Stephens’ You Always Wanted a Garden as read by Seth Williams: 00:04:19

Santiago Eximeno’s Intellectual Property as read by Anthony Babington: 00:16:25

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Caleb Stephens

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Anthony Babington on Twitter (@alephbaker)

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Amanda Gottfried

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Welcome to episode 557. We have two tales for you this week. First, a woman in chronic pain finally gets the help she needs. Then, a man seeks shelter in a house that’s not as abandoned as he first thought.

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Good Evening: Swag, Submissions: 00:01:06

Virginia Campen’s Mandible Temporalis as read by Alexandra Elroy: 00:05:12

H.P. Lovecraft’s The Picture in the House as read by Graeme Dunlop: 00:24:17

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Graeme Dunlop | Podcastle

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Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Amanda Gottfried

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Welcome to episode 556. We have one tale for you this week, about a lonely woman who falls for the local butcher. 

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Good Evening: Lycan, Submissions and Thank-yous: 00:01:06

Timothy G. Huguenin’s Animals as read by Josie Babin: 00:05:59

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Timothy G. Huguenin on Goodreads

Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Amanda Gottfried

Kathy Robinson

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Welcome to episode 555. We have one tale for you this week, about a food delivery driver whose very life (and the lives of those he loves) may depend on his ability to follow instructions.

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Good Evening: Submissions, Thank Yous: 00:01:06

S. H. Mansouri’s No-Contact Delivery as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:35

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Jesse Holt

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Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Welcome to episode 554. We have one tale for you this week, about a man forced to confront a forgotten and uncomfortable past.

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Good Evening: Lycan Kickstarter, Submissions, Thank-yous: 00:01:06

A. J. Lewis’ The Samovar as read by Dan Rabarts: 00:04:58

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Dan Rabarts

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Amanda Gottfried

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Welcome to episode 553. We have one tale for you this week, about an inmate of Purgatory who manages to evade prison politics – until justice calls.

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Good Evening: Submissions and Thank-yous: 00:01:06

[Trigger] Danielle Ackley-McPhail’s Purgatory as read by Amy Paonessa: 00:07:07

TRIGGER WARNINGS

Purgatory contains scenes of sexual assault/rape.

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Amy Paonessa | The Bloodlust Podcast

Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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Amanda Gottfried

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Welcome to episode 552. We have one longer tale for you this evening, about a squad of conscripted convicts who learn there are worse places to be than behind bars.

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Good Evening: 00:01:06

[Trigger] Rich Larson’s Extraction Request as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:03:10

TRIGGER WARNINGS

Extraction Request contains brief sexual content

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Andrew Gibson

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Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord

Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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