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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 to October.

I'd like to apologize in advance. I've been a little under the weather for a few days now,

so this week we're going to keep things pretty short on the front end. We've got a lot brewing for October, but I think I'll save that to share with you another night. I do, however,

still want to give a shout out to the amazing patrons who've been so supportive and generous as to heed the call and keep this beast well-fed.

This week we shine the spotlight on K. Peacock, Jed Swaggard, and Matthew Nicol.

Thank you so much for your support and encouragement.

I couldn't be more proud or thankful to count you among us.

We have one longer story for you this evening, which comes to us from Haley Piper.

Haley Piper is the author of The Worm and His Kings, Queen of Teeth,

Unfortunate Elements of My Anatomy, and Other Books of Horror. A member of the

Horror Writers' Association, her short fiction appears in the Arcanist, Dark Matter

magazine, Years Best Hardcore Horror, and elsewhere.

Once hailing from the haunted woods of New York,

she now lives with her wife in Maryland,

where their research into the unknown is classified.

Find Haley at Haleypiper.com,

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