Hello, my dark darlings. I'm Marquia, and this is the Something Scary podcast. To our veteran listeners and those just voyaging into the dark with us for the first time, welcome. I hope you've been enjoying our special guest readings this month. Today is the last episode before Halloween, and we are thrilled and

honored to have Tanana Reeve Do read a story for us later in the episode. I'm a huge fan of

Ms. Stu. Along with her many accomplishments as an award-winning author, such as The Good

Good House, a novel, and her African Immortal series, beginning with My Soul to Keep,

she's a film historian with amazing discussions online on a variety of horror topics,

including a segment released by the new Candyman movie.

She's an executive producer of Horror Noir, a history of black horror,

and currently teaches black horror at UCLA.

If you're listening, then you're one of those people who love a good scare. And that means

Halloween is your time of year. It's ours too. We get a thrill from losing our breath as our blood pumps extra fast through our veins.

We delight in stories of witchcraft, fairies, and other mythical folklore, knowing, praying deep down

that the tales we hear may be real. But the reality is, when we're faced with these things in real life, that good

scare may scare us to death. First, fairy tale wishes haunt your days, followed by Dante's

hellfire. Then it's the little things that can kill you.

Finally, in our featured story, no matter where you hide, horror will find you.

I receive hundreds of creepy story submissions every single week, and of those, the scariest ones, make it into our podcast, along with the story

that we've chosen to animate and post over at YouTube.com slash snarled. If you have a tale you're dying to

share, send me an email at something scary at snarl.com. If you'd like to support something scary,

then consider joining our Patreon. As a patron, not only can you help the show and see ad-free episodes,

but you can also be a part of the horror and hear your name featured in one of our

podcast or weekly video stories. Visit patreon.com slash snarled. So, want to hear something scary?

Scared to death. Be careful what you wish for. The reality of the situation you want is often disappointing and can go from fantasy to nightmare in an instant.

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