Tales to Terrify 718 Halloween Flash Contest + E. F. Benson
Tales to Terrify
Drew Sebesteny
4.5 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 31 October 2025
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Happy Halloween and welcome to episode 718. First, we meet the four runners-up and one winner of our first ever Halloween Flash Fiction Contest. Then, a classic tale about a man who inherits a house and the dark history that comes with it.
COMING UP
Good Evening: Happy Halloween: 00:01:06
[Trigger] Runner-Up: Jared Conger’s From the Dark Woods as read by Stephen Gagin: 00:03:36
Runner-Up: Andrew Lindsay’s Hollow as read by Drew Sebesteny: 00:07:09
Runner-Up: D. L. Stille’s Jack as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:11:11
Runner-Up: Jillian Bost’s The Guide as read by Summer Brooks: 00:14:46
Winner: Erica Ruppert’s Lights Out as read by Erin Grassie: 00:19:50
E. F. Benson’s And No Bird Sings as read by Griswold Addams: 00:24:08
TRIGGER WARNINGS
From the Dark Woods contains scenes of Child Death.
PERTINENT LINKS
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Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord
Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord
Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment
SPECIAL THANKS TO
Lestle Baxter
Orion D. Hegre
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| 0:00.0 | Love this podcast? |
| 0:01.7 | Support this show through the ACAST supporter feature. |
| 0:05.4 | It's up to you how much you give, and there's no regular commitment. |
| 0:09.1 | Just click the link in the show description to support now. |
| 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. |
| 1:23.1 | This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and happy Halloween. |
| 1:26.6 | Well, isn't this a nice little treat? |
| 1:31.8 | Not only does release day for this episode fall on All Hollow's Eve, |
| 1:37.7 | but we've also got an extra handful of ghoulish goodies to dump into your pillowcase. |
| 1:45.2 | Yes, we start tonight by sharing the winners of our first ever Halloween flash fiction contest. |
| 1:52.8 | The turnout for the contest was fantastic, and whittling it down to just five frightening morsels was no small task. Thank you to everyone who submitted, and also to everyone who helped us |
| 1:59.7 | sort through the submissions. |
| 2:02.0 | Maybe we'll have to make this an annual tradition. |
| 2:05.0 | What do you think? |
| 2:06.7 | I suppose you may want to sample the wares first, though. |
| 2:11.2 | We have four runners-up to share with you, in no particular order, as well as our big winner. I hope you're hungry, |
| 2:20.3 | because it's time to dig in. Our first runner-up for the Halloween flash-fiction contest comes |
| 2:28.0 | from Jared Conger. Jared Raymond Conger writes horror that lingers in the lungs and salt burns the skin. |
| 2:37.5 | His work explores memory, monstrosity, and what survives after the hunger. |
| 2:44.1 | He lives in Sugar House, where he walks often, reads deeply, and dreams loudly. |
| 2:50.9 | His debut collection of dark fiction is forthcoming. |
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