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Tales to Terrify

Tales to Terrify 484 Tony Logan Connie Millard Saraliza Anzaldua

Tales to Terrify

Drew Sebesteny

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

4.5678 Ratings

🗓️ 7 May 2021

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to Episode 484. We're getting right to the fiction this week with three short tales: about the beauty (and brevity) of a new life, a cure for writer's block and a family whose efforts to stay together only tear them apart.


COMING UP

Good Evening: Thank-yous, Trigger Warnings: 00:01:06

[Trigger] Tony Logan’s It’s a Boy as read by Seth Williams: 00:04:08

Connie Millard’s Pen or Perish as read by Seth Williams: 00:10:26

Saraliza Anzaldua’s Left Behind as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:16:37


TRIGGER WARNINGS

It’s a Boy contains scenes of child harm and self harm.


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0:00.0

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0:01.7

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0:05.4

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0:09.1

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0:43.3

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

0:50.3

It's time to face your darkest fears.

1:22.4

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

1:27.1

We've got a bit of a shorter episode in store this week.

1:30.8

I've been a little under the weather for the last little while,

1:37.2

which I refuse to believe has anything to do with the fact I had my 40th birthday earlier this week.

1:41.7

As a result, though, we're going to sit tight this evening,

1:45.9

skip the sightseeing, and dive right into our fiction.

1:53.2

First, though, is your weekly reminder about submissions. Let's keep the stories flowing.

1:59.8

We've continued to have a fairly steady stream of horrors flowing into our submission system.

2:03.9

But, call me greedy, we want more.

2:07.9

Tales to terrify.com slash submissions.

2:14.5

Submit your own fiction or spread the word and help us keep the tide of darkness rising.

2:25.6

Speaking of spreading the word, a huge thank you to listeners Q2-356 and Lem 775 for the amazingly kind and thoughtful reviews you shared recently.

2:29.8

Hearing that you not only enjoy what we do, but actually gain some inspiration from it,

2:35.8

really does warm our cold hearts, and make this all so worthwhile.

2:42.0

This week, we have three short tales for you.

2:45.8

But before we dive in, I just want to remind you that if you have any sensitivities to certain themes or topics,

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