The Wicked Library

Welcome to day three of Gifts for The Wicked, an Audio Advent Calendar of Dark Drabbles.

Today we present a tale by Ricardo Victoria told by Daniel Foytik with music by Nico Vettese. Art by Jesse Hawke.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

Welcome to day two of Gifts for The Wicked, an Audio Advent Calendar of Dark Christmas Drabbles.

Today we present a tale by Angela Campbell told by Daniel Foytik with music by Nico Vettese. Art by Jesse Hawke.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

Welcome to day one of Gifts for The Wicked, an Audio Advent Calendar of Dark Christmas Drabbles.

Today we present a tale by Jesse Hawke told by Daniel Foytik with music by Nico Vettese. Art by Jesse Hawke.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

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Welcome to Our Extra Wicked Halloween Episode for 2022, Extra Wicked is our special collection of bonus tales made possible by our Supporters at the Extra Wicked Level.
Stories are combined into quarterly anthology episodes so that the authors work may be shared with the full audience, but our Supporters hear them first.

“Midianites”, written by Ted Morrisey and told by Addison Peacock, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.
“The Starsick”, written by Samuel M. Moss and told by Graham Rowat, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.
“It’s Your Turn to Wear the Mask”, by Mason Morgan and told by Daniel Foytik, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summaries:

“Midianites”
In the beginning the Johnsons didn’t call on Emma to midwife Peggy’s pregnancy, and she believed it was because of the string of deaths. The silence from the Johnson farm confirmed Emma’s suspicions. The whole county now saw her as the angel of death. A midwife lost a child or a mother from time to time—it was inevitable over the course of twenty years—but this menagerie of deaths, in less than a year, was another matter.

“The Starsick”
Something happened in Paradise, Arizona in the early nineteen-seventies that isn't spoken of today. The children of the town were captivated by an object in the sky which could not be seen by adults. One young man witnessed the event and lived to relate the story.

“It’s Your Turn to Wear the Mask”
A man decides to confront a strange figure who has been watching him and uncovers dark secrets about his past and his future.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Art Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Hosted by: Daniel Foytik
Artwork: Jesse Hawke
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.

Author: Sebastian Bendix

Storyteller: Sarah Ruth Thomas

Host: Daniel Foytik

Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summary:
In a savage and lawless future, human tribes must protect themselves from the mutated wildlife that encroaches upon them on every side. When her entire tribe falls ill due to spore poisoning, teenage Sally must venture into the treacherous Sinkhole Swamp to retrieve the last known flower that can cure them. Armed with only a flammable tank of butane gas, Sally must face deadly monsters at every turn, as well as the legendary mutant god said to hold sway over the swamp.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Creative Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.
Author: Paul Michael Anderson
Storyteller: Heather Thomas
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summary:
In the near-future, a former revolutionary against the State discovers that she can’t retire from conflict as easily as she would like, and, now, even her would-be allies are her enemies.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Creative Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.
Author: Sara Tantlinger
Storyteller: Addison Peacock
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summary:
Earth has long since crumbled, and Cora resides on Sulfur Planet with other poverty-stricken humans who must work in the dangerous mines before they can earn passage to a safer planet. Haunted by her past mistakes, she’ll discover something brewing beneath the planet’s acid lake, something that offers a chance for both atonement and evolution…

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Art Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.

Author: Sarah Read
Storyteller: Mary Murphy
Host: Nico Vettese
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summary:
Marta is one of two staff running the Terror Bay Resort, an immersive, automated reenactment of the disaster that befell the ships Terror and Erebus back when the arctic still had ice. The disaster plays over and over again, like a haunting, like a memory the land can’t forget. And this time, it’s a little too real.

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Season 11 Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Art Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

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Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror.

Author: Nora B. Peevy
Storyteller: GP Mckenzie
Host: Daniel Foytik
Featuring a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.

Story Summary:
For centuries Aina’s people have harvested the Dream Root to cultivate the health of their planet, but Aina is now occupied by the enemy Reptilian race, searching for a cure to the mysterious fungus plaguing their people.

The Reptilians believe the Dream Root is the cure they’ve been seeking. They’ve enslaved the Ainan people, destroying the wild growing Dream Root and forcing the Ainans to farm the root indoors for the Reptilians’ scientific experiments.

Ammalynn, a young teenage Ainan, possesses a powerful gift that could be her people’s salvation, but if Ammalynn uses her gift, she will be forced to make a great sacrifice. Will Aina survive? What will Ammalynn choose?

Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.

If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your participation in them, are under your control.

Producer & Showrunner: Daniel Foytik
Producer: Meg Williams

Lead Editor & Executive Producer: Scarlett R. Algee
Creative Director & Executive Producer: Jeanette Andromeda
Resident Composer & Executive Producer: Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams

Artwork: Jeanette Andromeda
Score & Incidental Music: Nico Vettese
Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLC

Get your copy of The Wicked Library Presents: 13 Wicked Tales on Kindle, or in print. Visit thewickedlibrary.com/read to get your copy today.

Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com
Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik

Join us to celebrate the the first episode of Season 5 of Victoria's Lift, written by TWL Alum, M. Regan.

In the aftermath of their girlfriend’s death, a poet named Robin struggles to accept what was left unsaid, and what was left behind.

Cast (in order of appearance):

Narrator: Daniel Foytik
Rosette Greenaway: Addison Peacock
Victoria: Amber Collins
Robin: GP Mckenzie
Author: M. Regan

Score: Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams

Sound Design: Daniel Foytik, of 9th Story Studios, LLC

Cover Art: Greg Shaffer

Art Director: Jeanette Andromeda of JeanetteCreations.com

A 9th Story Studios, LLC Production, All rights reserved.

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THEMES:
“The Lift Arrives, (Opening Theme Music):
“Victoria’s Music Box, (Victoria’s Theme)”
The Lift Closing Theme Music
Composed and Recorded by Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams
www.wetalkofdreams.com

FX:
Sound FX: freesound.org, audioblocks.com

Producer / Editor: Meg Williams
Producer / Editor / Creator: Daniel Foytik
Executive Producers: Amber Collins, Nico Vettese
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Victoria’s Lift is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Victoria’s Lift and all core characters, places, and situations are property of Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios, LLC and may not be used in any form without explicit written permission.

Audio program ©2022 – 9th Story Studios LLC. All Rights Reserved.

No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC.

The Wicked Library is created by 9th Story Studios LLC: www.9thstory.com

Audio program ©2025 – 9th Story Studios LLC.

All Rights Reserved.No reproduction or use of this content is permitted without the express written consent of 9th Story Studios LLC. The copyrights for stories are held by the respective authors.

Main Theme: “The Library Awakens” Nico Vettese
Final Audio Mix: Daniel Foytik, 9th Story Studios LLCz

FX: freesound.org

Produced by: Daniel Foytik
Hosted by: Daniel Foytik