Tales to Terrify

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Welcome to 769. We have tales about innocence in the face of death (read by @boojums.bsky.social), an eldritch contagion (by @nymeriarush.bsky.social) and bittersweet new beginnings (read by @alephbaker.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/769-rick-kennett-peter-terry-nicholas-starr-kellogg

Please listen to my short story. It's based on Filipino folklore! Also, it's been over a year since I wrote it and I don't hate this one, which is a miracle in itself.

Welcome to episode 768. We have one tale for you, about a killer who discovers that sanctuary and salvation don’t always go hand-in-hand (by @adamporkolab.com, read by Maxwell Zener). talestoterrify.com/episodes/768-adam-porkolab

Just got an early Halloween treat! 🎃 My short story “The Lullaby” will be featured on the @talestoterrify.bsky.social podcast! It follows an investigator sent to a hydroelectric complex in the Brazilian Amazon to investigate a series of unexplained deaths. Noir investigation meets cosmic horror. 🦑

My story GREETINGS FROM LAKE FENWICK airs this Friday on @talestoterrify.bsky.social, episode 768.

Welcome to episode 767. We have one tale this week, about tattoo pain that runs more than skin deep (by @godcompost.bsky.social, read by Summer Brooks of @sliceofscifi.com). talestoterrify.com/episodes/767-b-garden

Welcome to episode 766. We have one tale for you tonight, about a trucker and a vicious killer caught in an endless cycle of murder (by @jduckwriter.bsky.social, read by Dan Gurzynski). talestoterrify.com/episodes/766-jonathan-louis-duckworth

Welcome to episode 765. We have one tales for you this week, about an English naturalist utterly consumed by their work. talestoterrify.com/episodes/765-dane-fichter

We're not going to name names, but *someone* here at the TtT dungeons watched "Stop! That! Train!" last night, and now Meredith wants to go to Train Hostess Academy.

contract signed! my short story “Harvest”—cloistered religious sect (amish-adjacent x shyamalan’s “the village”) + angels with… are those matter-suspending light-beams?—will appear in @talestoterrify.bsky.social at (according to TtT) “an unspecified time when humanity expects it the least”.

I've been travelling, so I'm a bit late with the announcement, but my space-horror story "Song of Marzanna" is out now in Tales to Terrify. A xenoarcheologist studying an orbital temple left by an extinct alien race discovers something terrible about the inscriptions covering its walls. #horror

SUBMISSION CALL: The publishing MA program at Western Colorado University is taking submissions through October 15 for their annual anthology. This year's theme is "Superheroes, Super Problems." 5000 words max, .08/word. wordfirewestern.moksha.io/publication/...

Meet Shelly from Out of the Nothing, book 3 of The Nowhere Series! Middle grade horror from Undertaker Books. Being alone is hard. Having to face a monster is harder.

There’s still time to sign up for my virtual SD Writers Ink workshop, “From Haunts to Screams,” to learn how to write a scary story! DATE: Sunday, October 11, 2026 TIME: 10am-12pm VENUE: Zoom Sign up: writeyourstorynow.org/classes-work...

📼 UPCOMING CALL: Horror Gallery VHS 🔪 VHS-era horror 📅 Nov. 1–30 📖 30k–80k words 💰 $50 CAD and royalties 📚 Seeking 5–8 novellas ⚠️ Subscriber-only call. May temporarily close early. Details: horrortree.com/dark-anchor-...

We just received a very nice sub in our inbox. Why haven’t you sent us anything yet? Do you hate us? What did we ever do?😭

How would you describe your social media reach?

Welcome to episode 764 We have one tale for you this week, about an ancient alien temple that hides a devastating secret. talestoterrify.com/episodes/764-arthur-h-manners

Welcome to another Free Fiction Friday! Today we have a story about what goes on in the labyrinth we call our minds. Things are definitely not as they seem in "The Bell Jar Frequency," by Gretchen Tessmer. magazine.trollbreath.com/the-bell-jar...

Kaleidotrope re-opens to fiction and poetry submissions for the last time this year in about a month (October 18-24). Will you be ready? Will any of us? kaleidotrope.net/guidelines/

It's FOLK HORROR season!! May I rec "Harvest the Night: An Anthology of Folk Horror" (pub on 10/2025)?? Awesome horror in here including one by me! 💖 Stories by: @f-shep.bsky.social @hvpatterson.bsky.social @horrorsong.blog @dextermcleod.bsky.social & more! www.amazon.com/dp/B0FXPG791...

Writing Prompt Wednesdays: Gift Her from @corinnepwriter.bsky.social horrortree.com/writing-prom... #WritingPrompt #AmWriting #WritingCommunity

There's just TWO WEEKS LEFT to submit to our collaborative flash fiction contest with @flashfictiononline.bsky.social! 💧🚰 The Apex theme for September is DRIP/DRIPPING. You have until the end of the month to submit! www.patreon.com/apexbookcomp...

🌊 A lighthouse. Dark water. Something waiting beyond the beam. @blackbeaconbooks.bsky.social seeks mystery, suspense & horror for Lighthouses 2. 💰 $30 + print copy 📝 3–9k preferred 📅 Oct. 1–Nov. 30 horrortree.com/taking-submi...

Welcome to episode 763. We have one classic tale for you, about a derelict mansion that may not be so deserted after all (read by @thevoicesinmyhead.com). talestoterrify.com/episodes/763-william-hope-hodgson

Get to know Ember! The horror-loving girl who will fight black fog and frustration and anger for her family. From INTO THE GRAY, book 1 of The Nowhere Series www.amazon.com/Into-Gray-Ka...

Welcome to episode 762. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman who takes in a foundling with a strange appetite (by @darcylwood.bsky.social, read by @scrunchi2003.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/762-darcy-l-wood

I'm happy to announce my short story, "My Grandfather's Bow," will be podcast on Tales to Terrify (@talestoterrify.bsky.social)! It may take a year for the episode to be released, but I look forward to hearing my story narrated. 😊 #horror #sff #supernatural #speculativefiction #specfic #writesky

Welcome to episode 762. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman who takes in a foundling with a strange appetite (by @darcylwood.bsky.social, read by @scrunchi2003.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/762-darcy-l-wood

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Super excited to have my #flashfiction , "A Thin Whistle Instead of a Scream" on Tales to Terrify! The voice acting is amazing, and I highly recommend checking the podcast out.

Welcome to 761. We have three tales, about a living miracle (by @viviofthevoid.bsky.social), a family on the edge (by @levato.bsky.social) and a proposal for a unique exhibition (by @fictionaut.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/761-vivi-estaris-francesco-levato-michael-harris-cohen

Welcome to episode 760. We have one tale tonight, about the power of family spirit (read by @krystalhammond.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/760-a-sleeper

Thanks Gree! #HorrorWritersChat, if you're now intrigued by this story of mine I keep mentioning, you can find "The Dedication of the High Priestess" on the @talestoterrify.bsky.social podcast. Give it a listen, because it is awesome! talestoterrify.com/episodes/565...

Welcome to episode 759. We have one tale for you this week, about a woman's fight against a cure for mortality (by @annaclark.bsky.social, read by @annemarielewis.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/759-anna-clark

Story sale! My Bluebeard "body+folk horror" tale "A Closet of the Finest Lady Skins" (which originally appeared in my no longer available...unless you ask me for a copy mini-collecton FAIRY TALES TO TELL...IN THE DARK) will get the audio treatment from my dear pals at @talestoterrify.bsky.social

Welcome to episode 758. We have one tale for you this evening, about a desolate wasteland, a lonely boy and an uninvited visitor with a familiar face. talestoterrify.com/episodes/758-inigo-hare

Our Fiction Editor, Meredith, is a big fan of this story.

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Welcome to episode 757. First, we seek vengeance in the old West (read by @barhenslee.bsky.social). Then, the bill comes due for a man’s ruthless nature (by @frankoreto.bsky.social, read by @douglasgwilym.bsky.social). talestoterrify.com/episodes/757-adam-newnham-frank-j-oreto

In exactly one week, the Tales to Terrify staff goes back into our well and will no longer accept stories for this submissions period. We'll let you know the next time someone watches the VHS tape so we can reopen.

My dark fantasy story “Into Her Loving Arms” is out today on Tales to Terrify!