Tales to Terrify 732 J.S. Apsley, Frank Oreto, Elle Zi Dong & Derek Alan Jones
Tales to Terrify
Drew Sebesteny
4.5 • 703 Ratings
🗓️ 6 February 2026
⏱️ 47 minutes
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Summary
Welcome to episode 732. We four tales for you this week, about a deadly fairy tale, a father who thinks he knows best, a woman who doesn’t quite feel herself, and a repairman struggling to remain relevant.
COMING UP
Good Evening: Sci-Fi Flash Fiction Contest: 00:01:06
[Trigger] J. S. Apsley’s Jenny Greenteeth as read by Mel Rose: 00:03:52
Frank Oreto’s Zero Tolerance as read by Andrew Gibson: 00:13:37
Elle Zi Dong’s Marionette as read by Heather Thomas: 00:21:41
Derek Alan Jones’ The Glitch and Mr Stemple as read by Dennis Robinson: 00:31:32
TRIGGER WARNINGS
Jenny Greenteeth contains scenes of Child Death.
PERTINENT LINKS
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Andrew Gibson | The Narrator Nook Discord
Andrew Gibson | The Haven Discord
Dennis Robinson | Lycan: Solomon’s Odyssey
Dennis Robinson | Hive Head Studios
Dennis Robinson | Botched Podcast
Original Score by Nebulus Entertainment
SPECIAL THANKS TO
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. |
| 1:22.7 | This is Tales to Terrify. Good evening, children of the night, and welcome. |
| 1:27.9 | This week we have, wait, did you see that? |
| 1:32.6 | In the sky, those strange lights, that massive shadow. |
| 1:33.6 | Is that? |
| 1:38.3 | Martians coming to annihilate all life on our tiny little rock? |
| 1:40.2 | Never mind. |
| 1:43.3 | That's just our annual flash fiction contest. |
| 1:52.6 | The interstellar portal is now open and pulling in terrifying tales of science fiction horror from across the cosmos. |
| 1:57.4 | So get those wheels turning and your stylus scratching. |
| 2:03.2 | You've got until the end of the month to craft your dark sci-fi tales of up to 1,000 words and cast them toward the event horizon. At stake is the fate of the universe, |
| 2:10.8 | not to mention a cool 50 bucks and publication on the show. Teleport over to Talestterarify.com slash flash contest for more details and a link to submit |
| 2:23.4 | your story. |
| 2:25.1 | And of course, don't forget to help us broadcast this contest as far into the dark depths |
| 2:31.2 | as possible through FTL transmission, more social media, whatever you're |
| 2:36.4 | most comfortable with. Again, that's tales to terrify.com slash flash contest. To help you get your |
| 2:45.9 | flash space legs, we've got a whole cargo hold of tiny terrors for you this evening. |
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