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'Yes Gerald, I suppose I’d better tell you why I’ve asked you here with such urgency and a level of secrecy I most resented myself when this whole saga began.'

This week on Wee Tall Tales, a vicar seeks aid to face an unusual supernatural force after helping out an unsavoury parishioner in need.

Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.

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'Slippery buggers, he chuckles. Takes one to know one. And take one I shall.'

This week on Wee Tall Tales, have your sacrificial knife at the ready for the old gods of the land and rivers have come to reap their just rewards.

Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.

Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack.

It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it.

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'I eye the pattern while I speak. Its symmetry gives the impression of doubling, tripling, enveloping, scrolls of glaucous foliage and bruises of blooms unfolding from skirting to cornicing.'

This week on Wee Tall Tales, moving back in with your parents isn't always easy - especially when you feel like the walls are watching.

Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.

Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack.

It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it.

Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan.

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'I untangle the hairballs, straighten them out, twist them into uneven lengths of yarn... It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just, done. It’s for protection, to ward it well away.'

This week on Wee Tall Tales, you better do as your mother tells you in this tale of hairy family traditions and even hairier consequences.

Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.

Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack.

It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it.

Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan.

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'Says I ‘til them: man doesn’t care about anything that lies beneath his kebs, so long as it can be bought and sold. Or ate. Or burnt.'

This week on Wee Tall Tales, slide into the cool, claggy embrace of the bog and discover what forces lie beneath the peat.

Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.

Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack.

It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it.

Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan.