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Thank you. From the blackest corners of your mind, they call, pulling you deep into shadow, twisting your senses, keeping you from sleep.

It's time to face your darkest fears.

This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome.

I don't want to speak too soon, and jinx it, but it seems like spring has finally sprung in this neck of the woods. In the last week, the chest-high snowbank in my front yard has shrunk to knee

height, and the temperatures are finally consistently in the positive. There's nothing quite like the thaw after a particularly depressing and dark winter.

After autumn, spring is probably my second favorite time of year, so full of promise and new beginnings.

But you know what else is so full of promise? What really puts a

spring in my step? Dark, disturbing, and nightmare-inducing fiction. It really warms the cockles of the

heart, you know? And with a new round of submissions, just over the horizon, I can't help but feel that familiar

tingle of anticipation. I mean, assuming it's not those damn brain spiders again.

This submission period, though, is something a little more special than usual.

Because we're fast approaching a pretty substantial milestone

for Tales to Terrify. Episode 500. And as much as I'd like to pretend celebrating,

achieving an arbitrary, yet delightfully round number isn't a big deal, well, it really kind of is.

For those who have been with us for a while, or who have taken the perilous plunge of

diving into the archives, you know we've been through our fair share of changes over the years.

But while each age of the podcast has had its own unique character

and quirks, one thing's remained consistent. The heart of the show. The fiction. Dark Tales of

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