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Tales to Terrify

Tales to Terrify 698 Daniel Stride & Rachel Bolton (Stoker)

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

🗓️ 13 June 2025

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Welcome to episode 698 and happy StokerCon! We have two tales for you this week. First, a strange child develops a special bond with the hermit in his garden. Then, a woman goes to extreme lengths to leave her abusive husband.


COMING UP

Good Evening: StokerCon 2025: 00:01:06

Daniel Stride’s The One Who Saw Too Much as read by Jesse Holt: 00:04:09

[Trigger] Rachel Bolton’s Stoker-nominated And She Had Been So Reasonable as read by Krystal Hammond: 00:32:03


TRIGGER WARNINGS

And She Had Been So Reasonable contains scenes of Self Harm and Domestic Abuse.


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Krystal Hammond

Krystal Hammon on X


Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment

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SPECIAL THANKS TO

Amanda Carrillo

Lestle Baxter

Orion D. Hegre


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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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0:44.3

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.

1:23.6

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

1:30.0

At the release of this episode, this year's StokerCon will already be in full swing.

1:37.9

If, like me, you didn't have the chance to attend in person, don't forget you can check out most of the festivities,

1:44.3

including panels, lectures, and readings from your favorite horror authors by getting a virtual ticket.

1:49.4

Head to stokercon 2025.com to secure yours.

1:53.9

And if you do happen to be in Stamford in person,

1:57.4

make sure to give our staff and contributors a hello, or at the very least, a creepishly wide smile with too many teeth.

2:03.0

I know they'll appreciate it.

2:05.6

In honor of Stoker's Weekend, this week will share with you one of this year's nominees

2:11.3

for the Bram Stoker Awards.

2:14.2

In the past, we've typically managed to secure most, if not all, of the nominees in the short fiction category.

2:21.9

This year, however, is a bit of an outlier.

2:26.0

Whether due to pre-existing contracts and publishing agreements, or simply not being able to get in touch with the authors,

2:33.1

we've got just one entry from this

2:35.2

year's ballot to share with you. But it's plenty dark, so I'm sure it'll feed those inner demons

2:41.3

just fine. Our first tale tonight, though, is not on this year's ballot, but packs plenty of

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