What the hell does this say? He held his wounded hands still glowing up to his mentor.

The old man squinted and replied,

it says, warning, this podcast contains horror fiction. Contents may disturb you.

Soon to pod Episode 766 July 16th 2021

This week's story Knock Knock Wolf by Peter Galilis

Hello everyone, I'm Alistair and you're host and welcome to the show.

This week's story was first published in Flame Tree's Gothic Fantasy Anthology,

Footsteps in the Dark in October 2020.

The author is a writer of speculative fiction and a high school English teacher

who lives near Boston, Massachusetts. His other stories have appeared in diabolical plots,

frozen wavelets and galaxies edge. You can read more at his website, which we'll link to in

the show notes. I'll chat with him on Twitter at PGGALIS.

You're in a rate over this week is the always fantastic Rish Outfield who are always

delighted to see. Welcome back Rish, thanks for doing this for us.

So without further ado, I have a story for you and I promise you it's true.

Knock Knock Wolf by PGG Galilis, narrated by Rish Outfield.

It was time to kill the Sparrows. Every autumn after the last leaves fell

and the bear trees rattled their bone song to an empty sky.

The widow Clara Bell started baking.

Five parts flower, three parts water, a pinch of salt and emptens for leaveening,

plus a handful of the devil's blend, finely ground. She would let the loaf go stale for a day,

then scatter it about the field between her cottage and the forest.

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