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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'm going to keep things pretty brief both this week and next.

To cap off my summer, I'll be spending some time away exploring the beautiful,

otherworldly terrain and immersing myself in the culture and folklore of Iceland.

With any luck, maybe we'll find a haunted stop or two along our travels, and at the very least get a good view of the erupting volcano. Scandinavian legends and lore have always been

some of my favorite, so I'm excited to see what tales I can collect while I'm there.

Speaking of collecting tales, we're a few weeks into our haunted house submissions,

and we've had some excellent entries so far.

We'll be switching up to regular submissions in just a couple weeks,

so keep those tales of terrifying abodes coming.

The more creaky floorboards and murder basements, the better.

Tales to terrify.com slash submissions.

Now, without further ado, let's dive right into our fiction.

We have one story for you this evening, which comes from Ashley Lehman.

Ashley Layman's work has previously appeared in Seven by Seven and Cotton Xenamorph, and is forthcoming in Grist.

She currently lives in Virginia with her Cajun husband and two cats.

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