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Tales to Terrify

Tales to Terrify 355 Jeff Dosser Elia W. Peattie

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

Horror Fiction, Flash Fiction, Suspense, Creepy, Drama, Dark Tales, Horror Stories, Arts, Fiction, Horror, Creepy Pasta, Books, Scary Stories, Short Fiction, Short Stories, Creepy Stories, Terror

4.5 β€’ 703 Ratings

πŸ—“οΈ 16 November 2018

⏱️ 47 minutes

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Summary

Coming Up

Good Evening: 00:00:42

Jeff Dosser's A Cure For Loneliness (Tales to Terrify original) as read by Josie Babin: 00:04:54

Elia W. Peattie's The Room of the Evil Thought as read by Anna Simmons: 00:31:10

Pleasant Dreams: 00:43:56


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0:00.0

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0:09.1

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0:11.6

Thank you, Your Honor. Welcome to Tales to Terrify, part of the District of Wonders Network.

0:38.9

Featuring Starship, Sofer, and Far-Fetched Fables,

0:42.2

everyone has a story in the District of Wonders.

0:45.1

Come and find yours.

0:59.8

Good evening, children of the night. I have some good news. I found time to finish Rosemary's baby, and I have to say I enjoyed it quite a bit. The pacing feels a bit slower

1:05.5

than many more modern pieces of horror, but that ending, I loved it.

1:14.8

There are some deliberate creative choices in the book that I really enjoyed,

1:18.8

such as marking dates in the book with historically accurate events.

1:25.1

I also enjoyed Ira Levin's having a character be mistaken for Anna Maria Al Rigetti, which gives the reader an immediate point of reference for what that

1:28.4

character looks like.

1:30.2

It's a terrific read by itself, and because of its place as almost like a Princess of

1:35.5

Mars for horror, the novel's influence when so many following works is undeniable.

1:41.8

I've linked to a list from Noel Ransom, writing for Vice titled The 50 Scariest Moments and Horror.

1:50.4

It's a wonderful list that is, for me, not only a trip down memory lane, but also has

1:56.3

highlighted a few films that should be on my to-watch list.

2:00.3

There were some real favorites in there.

2:02.2

Top of my list would be Kathy Bates' hobbling scene for misery.

2:07.1

Jody Foster's trip through Buffalo Bill's dark basement and Silence of the Lambs,

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