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📍USA.
✍️ Today's tale is by Author Douglas J. Moore teaches us about the history of Witchcraft in this tale; he calls Kay and the Black Cat. The performance is an adaptation of a larger story. Douglas J. Moore is an author from New England who writes horror, speculative fiction, and alternative history. His work is often inspired by lost and legendary New England and the classic writers who hail from the region.
His collection of mid-2000s science fiction stories, “This World is Not Conclusion,” can be found here:
Amazon.com: This World Is Not Conclusion eBook : Moore, Douglas J.: Kindle Store
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📍UK.
✍️ Today's tale is by Author Michael Byrne, who shares this dark folklore with us this week. An age-old lesson to always be wary of crossing faery kind. This husband and wife learn what it means to get what you wish for.  
Michael Byrne is originally from Rochdale, Lancashire, and is now based in London; he writes folklore and horror-infused fiction. His work has been featured in Scribble Magazine, Pseudopod Podcast, and Strange Days Zine, and he regularly contributes to the folklore-themed zine Myth & Lore. His latest short story, written in the Lancashire dialect, earned the Best Fiction award from the Edwin Waugh Society. He was also recently shortlisted for the V.S Pritchett Short Story Award, gaining praise from authors Juliet Jacques and Julia Armfield.https://www.writers-online.co.uk/writing-competitions/showcase/dark-tales-competition/winner/   
Outside of writing, he explores the UK and beyond, delving into obscure folk customs and esoteric museums. Find him online at @King._of._terrors https://www.instagram.com/king._of._terrors/ 
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📍USA.
✍️ Today's tale is by Asher Ellis, teaching us that karma has a way of settling the score. Carlos would never have guessed how this job was going to end. Not in a million years. It was supposed to be easy. Hijack the yacht of some playboy the world wouldn't miss and make out like bandits. But things don't exactly go to plan. 
Other works by Asher Ellis:THE REMEDY published by Full Fathom Five, which two-time Bram Stoker award winner, Brian Keene, described as "The cure for the trite, too-familiar trappings infecting the horror genre." It was re-released by Deadite Press in 2023, along with its never-before-published sequel, THE THERAPY.
CURSE OF THE PIGMAN - Crossroad PressPET - Crossroad PressCRACKER JACK re-released by Crystal Lake Publishing."EXPERTISE", a short-story which appeared in the Bram Stoker-nominated anthology, Worst Laid Plans from Grindhouse Press. Other audio work:HUMOR THEORY on the Tales to Terrify podcast.
Award-winning short films: EXIT 7A, The Portal and Conjure X (available on the Tubi streaming app).https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6tR5O7jOUc MY NAME IS ART was featured in Amazon's first annual "All Voices Film Festival," celebrating underrepresented communities. https://thinkspeak.org/my-name-is-art/ 
 
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📍UK/USA.
✍️ Andrew Hodges, an English writer living in the United States, shares his story, where in the southern United States is a house where a little old lady lives, a little old lady who was old when Dad was a boy. A little old lady whose garden isn't just right, where the little old lady... isn't just right. And I have the poor luck to live next door. You can find more of Andrew's writing at the https://rustyquill.com/show/the-nights-end-podcast/
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📍USA.
✍️ Today's tale is by writer Kaci Skiles Laws, who steps away from her poetry to entertain us with her tale, POTSY. There's something in the house... something in the dark recesses of its rooms... something calling itself... POTSY. To find Kaci's writing on Amazon, CLICK HERE.or visit Kaci's website!
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📍USA.✍️ Today's Tale is written by C. Jane Swick C a resident of Northwest Pennsylvania, where she shares a cozy life with her husband and close-knit family. With a degree in Journalism, her passion for writing has been lifelong. When she’s not crafting compelling stories, you’ll likely find her soaking up the beauty of nature, her ultimate muse. 
Her story this episode tells the tale of how unfinished business can keep us from getting the rest... we so desperately need.
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📍Pakistan.
✍️ Today's Tale is by Arisha Wassim, a psychology graduate and university instructor from Islamabad. Her academic fascination with the human mind naturally bleeds into her writing, where she explores themes like mental illness, guilt, and isolation. Her work is heavily inspired by the classic atmospheric dread of Poe and Shelley, seeking to find the horror not in monsters, but in the quiet unraveling of the self.
Today's tale explores the idea that hauntings are not exclusive to objects and buildings, but our minds can also be playgrounds for the supernatural. 
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Author Zea Mindwerl shares this story she wrote for a prompt at Blog.Reedsy.com. It's a dark tale about the unknown things out in the dark of night. And hammers home the idea that there's no place like the safety of home in a tale she calls FEAR.The story was originally posted in 2023 but has since gone missing from my podcast... I have no idea why. But in the time that's past from when I originally posted this and now I've learned so much about audio recording and mastering. So I've applied that to the original performance and updated the effects with new ones from my subscription with Epidemic Sounds.

Imagine being followed around by death itself... for seemingly no reason at all. Jim Cort dives into this idea in this original story.

A nostalgic look back at horror alumni Nelson Bond. Who's aged old writing paved the way for todays contemporary authors. His tale The Bookshop, explores the secrets often found in seemingly innocuous places.

Today’s episode… is written by Glenn Dungan, currently based in Brooklyn, NYC. He exists within a Venn diagram of urban design, sociology, and good stories. When not obsessing about one of those three, he can be found at a park drinking black coffee and listening to podcasts about murder. For more of his work, please visit his website, whereisglennnow.com. You can also find him on substack, "WhereisGlennnow?" and also on Instagram at...you guessed it, @whereisglennnow. 

Today’s episode… is written by Dustin Ridout, the dad of two lovely but sometimes scary kids, a Colorado area physician and a lover of horror stories on cold rainy nights.  Here's his tale he calls Tiny.

Today’s episode… is written by Rob Morton… Rob hasn’t shared much about himself other than that he claims the story he’s about to share is 100% true.

Today’s episode… is written by A.G.R., a graduate of Florida International University and a writer and author. He majored in interdisciplinary studies and had minors in philosophy and sociology, which provided him with knowledge in various areas and research skills. His interests in writing are Horror and Mysteries. A.G.R.’s other interests are video games, paranormal research, and reading. When he is not writing, he gives ghost tours and tells ghost stories. A.G.R.’s work has been featured in the literary magazine, Gods Cruel Joke. Link to previous work: https://www.godscrueljokelit.com/agrcurtains  

Today’s episode… is written by STEPHEN MCQUIGGAN, self-proclaiming he’s the original author of the bible; he vowed never to write again after the publishers removed the dinosaurs and the spectacular alien abduction ending from the final edit.His other, lesser-known, novels are A Pig’s View of Heaven and Trip a Dwarf. For more dark tales visit me at frighteningtales.com