Tales to Terrify 726 Amanda Cecelia Lang
Tales to Terrify
Drew Sebesteny
4.5 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 26 December 2025
⏱️ 49 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to episode 726 and Happy Holidays! We have one tale for you this week, about a toy who searches for his purpose amidst the whispered secrets and gnashing teeth of a darkened nursery.
COMING UP
Good Evening: Merry Christmas: 00:01:06
Amanda Cecelia Lang’s The Velveteen Goblin as read by S. H. Cooper: 00:03:49
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Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment
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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. |
| 0:44.3 | 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. |
| 1:23.3 | This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and Merry Christmas. |
| 1:30.9 | Is there anything more festive than a tale of terror told around a crackling fire? |
| 1:36.3 | Ask your old buddy, M.R. James, and you'd get a resounding ghostly, no. |
| 1:42.4 | So, in the spirit of the season, we have a deliciously fun tale for you this evening that's sure to satisfy your craving. |
| 1:46.3 | And if you're still feeling peckish afterward, head over to our Patreon feed for another |
| 1:52.0 | classic Tale of Terror to round out your holiday listening. You can find it at patreon.com |
| 1:58.8 | slash Tales to terrify. |
| 2:08.1 | For this festive evening, though, we have a dark tale about a toy who searches for his true purpose as something with too many teeth stirs in the shadows. |
| 2:13.9 | Our story tonight comes to us from Amanda Cecilia Lang. |
| 2:19.5 | Amanda Cecilia Lang is a horror author and aspiring monster slayer. |
| 2:25.1 | As a die-hard scary movie nerd, her favorite things are meta-slashers, 80s nostalgia, |
| 2:31.6 | and the rise of a fierce final girl. |
| 2:35.1 | Her scary stories haunt many dark corners, including The Deadlands, |
| 2:40.3 | ghoulish tales, uncharted, cast of wonders, and flame trees, This Way Lies Madness. |
| 2:48.1 | Her short story collection, Saturday Fright at the Movies, 13 Tales from |
| 2:52.9 | the Multiplex, is now playing. You can stalk her work at Amanda Cecilia-Lang.com. Just don't |
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