The Dark Tome

Open the Book; Unlock Imagination

  • Season 1
    • Episode 1 – The Devil on the Staircase by Joe Hill
    • Episode 2 – The Bread We Eat in Dreams, by Catherynne M. Valente
    • Episode 3: Breathe My Name, by Christopher Golden
    • Episode 4 – Murdered Sleep, by Kat Howard
    • Episode 5 – Blind Love, by Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale
    • Episode 6 – Family Demons, by Frederick Greenhalgh
    • Episode 7 – INK, by Jonathan Maberry
    • Episode 8 – Trial Day, by Tananarive Due
    • Episode 9 – How Gussy Got the Book
  • Season 2
    • Episode 1 – Natural Skin by Alyssa Wong
    • Episode 2 – The Bacchae, by Elizabeth Hand
    • Episode 3: The Birds of Azalea Street, by Nova Ren Suma
    • Episode 4: Inselberg, by Nalo Hopkinson
    • Episode 5: Mr. Carter’s Story, by Fred Greenhalgh
    • Episode 6: The Vishakanya’s Choice by Roshani Chokshi
    • Episode 7: Nennorluk, by Chris Tarry
    • Episode 8: Sing Me Your Scars, by Damien Angelica Waters
    • Episode 9: Bear Language, by Martin Cahill
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September 8, 2021 By fred

The Agony Chamber, by Morgan Sylvia

A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination.

This haunting story is penned by Morgan Sylvia — a metalhead, an Aquarius, a beer snob, coffee addict, and a work in progress. A former obituarist, she is now a full-time freelance writer. Her fiction and poetry have appeared in Pseudopod, Forgotten Realms, Wicked Witches, Wicked Haunted, Northern Frights, Haunted House Short Stories, Endless Apocalypse, Twice Upon An Apocalypse, and The Final Summons, among others. Her first poetry collection, Whispers From The Apocalypse, was released in 2014. Her debut horror novel, Abode, was released by Bloodshot Books in 2017. Her second novel, Dawn, the first book of a fantasy trilogy, was released in 2018. Her most recent book, As The Seas Turn Red, an ocean-themed poetry collection, was nominated for an Elgin Award. She lives in Maine with her boyfriend, two cats, and a chubby goldfish.

Nathan Dana Aldritch is a native Mainer currently calling Los Angeles home where he’s a professional actor and also slinger of a mean drink. He has over a dozen television appearances to his name as well and numerous stage credits with such awesome roles depicted as “Psychotic Redneck” “Paranoid Husband” “The Devil” and .. The Elephant Man. If you’ve checked out our standalone mini-series The Dark Tome: Undertow, he plays the small town bureaucrat Marty Ducharme.

Sound Design/Editing – Fred Greenhalgh. Music by Blue Dot Sessions. Additional sound and music by Mind’s Eye Productions.

CONTENT WARNING: This story has strong language and really messes with your mind. Not recommended for listening while on psychedelics.

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August 4, 2021 By fred

The Ding Ding, by Judith Pancoast

A Dark Tome exclusive short story reading of The Ding Ding, written and read by Judith Pancoast.

It’s the 1970s. A teenager accepts a babysitting job with a strange family because she’s dying to scrape up a few bucks to buy records. But this job will prove the strangest she’s ever taken when a haunted “Ding Ding” turns up in the middle of the night.

Judith Pancoast is a Grammy-nominated musician and writer born and brought up in Waterville, Maine. Her stories have appeared in the new Journal of the Horror Writers of Maine, Northern Frights, and a third was published in the summer edition of the Scary Snippets anthology. Judith is now a proud member of the Horror Writers Association

Sound design and music by Carter Wogahn. And featuring the sound of ‘haunted ice cream truck’ Fred has been dying to put into a production for the better part of 8 years…

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July 9, 2021 By fred

Janine, by Emma J Gibbon

This week a reading of the short story JANINE, a haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods.

Story by Emma J Gibbon – Emma J. Gibbon is originally from Yorkshire in the U.K. and now lives in Midcoast Maine. She is a Rhysling-nominated speculative poet, horror writer and librarian. Her debut fiction collection, Dark Blood Comes from the Feet, is out now from Trepidatio Publishing and was one of NPR’s best books of 2020. Her stories have appeared in the Toasted Cake podcast, The Muse & The Flame and the New England Horror Writers anthologies, Wicked Haunted and Wicked Weird. Her poetry has been published in Strange Horizons, Liminality, Pedestal Magazine, Kaleidotrope and Eye to the Telescope. Emma lives with her husband, Steve, and three exceptional animals: Odin, Mothra, and M. Bison (also known as Grim) in a spooky little house in the woods. She is a member of the Horror Writers Association, the New England Horror Writers, the Science Fiction & Fantasy Poetry Association and the Tuesday Mayhem Society.

Read by Lisa Stathoplos – Lisa Stathoplos is an actor, voice artist and special education teacher/behavior specialist. She’s been acting on stage, film and video for forty years; teaching for twenty. Moving north from her beloved theatrical home, Portland, Maine, Lisa lives in Searsport with Michael and a motley collection of adopted furry creatures.

Sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. Thanks to the Fable and Folly network for ad support and Brooklinen for underwriting this episode. Enjoy $20 off your $100 order by going to Brooklinen.com and using Promo Code TOME.

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June 3, 2021 By fred

Gargoyles, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen

GARGOYLES is a haunting short story about the dark rooms in every home, and the monsters that lurk within.

Written and read for you by Stephanie Diaz Reppen (SONIA in Dark Tome Undertow).

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May 4, 2021 By fred

Maggie Doll, by Alex Jennings

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Maggie Doll originally appears in “Here I Come and Other Stories” by Alex Jennings

A strange tale of toys left to fend for themselves after a great disaster occurs to humans.

Written by Alex Jennings, read by Kym Dakin, with sound design and music editing by Carter Wogahn. This episode brought to you by Function of Beauty.

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