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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 to week four of our Stoker Award short fiction showcase.

We've only got a week to go before the start of StokerCon, and one tale left after tonight to cap off the finalist for this year's Stoker Awards ballot.

Which one so far do you think is standing out?

To celebrate this year's awards, and to give you a bit more of a behind-the-scenes perspective,

we'll have a guest host for next week, someone with strong ties to the horror community and

plenty of experience to share. As I mentioned previously, a handful of staff will also be on hand

at StokerCon, including

Seth and Meredith. So if you happen to be there yourself, make sure you stop them in the

corridors and give them an awkward hello. This week, we have one Stoker-nominated tale for you,

about a family haunted by a legacy of dysfunction,

a story that comes to us from R.J. Joseph.

R.J. Joseph is a Shirley Jackson and Stoker Award nominated, Texas-based writer, speaker,

and editor. Her creative and academic work examines the intersections

of race, gender, and class in the horror genre and popular culture. Her next short story

collection, My Monsters Ain't Like Yours, will be released in summer 2026 by Quill and Crow Publishing.

Children of the Night, join me for R.J. Joseph's Inheritance. First published in full throttle,

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