Westside Fairytales: Horror and Dark Fiction Stories

Guilt grows like a weed in the hearts of sinners. It’s hard to imagine anybody who’s never wronged another person. At some point, all of us are going to make a decision we’ll have trouble living with for the rest of our lives. And even if it’s a small thing, a trifle, it’ll sit with you in the dark hours of the night, stroking the skin at the back of your neck to keep you awake.

Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales is about just such a feeling. A young boy in a bad neighborhood does something awful, and as he tries to move on from the deed, he finds it haunting him at every step. Never letting up for a second.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Canadian True Crime 

Literature recommendation: ”If We Were Villains” by M.L. Rio

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You know the fear of drowning, even if you've never been near water. It's as inborn in us as the desire to keep breathing. When last we left our protagonist, she was in deathly danger of drowning, and trapped in the kitchen of a sinking ship.

This is part two and the conclusion of the Westside Fairytales story, "The Water-Rotted Doll." We hope you enjoy.

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Today’s tale is the story of a woman’s journey from a war-torn country to one of safety and prosperity. It is a time of sickness, of death, and the specter of death itself follows her on her voyage in the form of an ugly doll made of plaster.

This episode of the Westside Fairytales will cover only the first half of the story, and the second half will be available next episode.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Counter Worlds Podcast

Literature recommendation: ”Carrion Comfort” by Dan Simmons

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We all feel lonely sometimes. Some of us never really feel like we’re not alone, even when we’re surrounded by people. For guys like me, and our main character of this episode of the Westside Fairytales, that means slinking out to the bar. Secreting yourself away somewhere dark and comfortable, where it’s okay to be a man on his own.

Thing is, that kind of lifestyle can wear on you. It can get too comfortable, and the loneliness might end up becoming your only friend. You become a man alone, sitting at a bar, waiting for friends you barely know, who might not show at all.

This month’s recommendation:

Literature recommendation: ”The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova

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Ever felt stuck in a rut? Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a woman who feels trapped in a life she never expected to live. Her husband doesn't appreciate her. She doesn't have any hobbies, any friends, or really any social interaction aside from her children.

But an old friend has stopped by to help her break out of this funk. Somebody from her childhood that always shows up when she needs him.

This month’s recommendation:

Literature recommendation: ”Universal Harvester” by John Darnielle

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Sometimes the things you own end up owning you.

This is the last of the minisodes for the Westside Fairytales summer off-season. We've got a slew of terrifying new content heading your way at the beginning of November, so remember to stay up to date with us on social media.

We hope you enjoy your Halloween.

Stay safe out there.

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We're now more than halfway through the off-season, and new episodes of Westside Fairytales are just around the corner. Today's minisode is just a trifle. A snatch of memory. The creeping sort of horror that walks with you for a while even after you've said goodbye.

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In chapter 2 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash wraps up the last threads of her life in Colorado as she and Darcy prepare to move to Gun Cotton, West Virginia. However, Ash’s delusions - her visions - continue to afflict her day and night. She soldiers on, as always, but finds it harder and harder to say the nightmares she’s seeing aren’t real when they’re walking around in the daytime.

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In today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales, a young man is attacked while walking home after a night at the bar. When he wakes the next morning, he finds his life has changed forever.

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This month's recommendations:

Literature Recommendation: "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb

Random Horror Recommendation: "The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs"

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The first chapter in the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s first season-long, 20-part story “Scars in Time” takes you to Gun Cotton, West Virginia, a small, eclectic mountain town where the ever-thickening mists hold untold and horrifying secrets. We join Ash Littletree, now 30 years past the events of our tale, “The Umbrella Man,” as she journeys back to her home state to escape the funk that has overtaken her in middle age.

Once back in West Virginia, however, she’ll find the past she thought she’d left behind is still half-alive and waiting for her. And this time, she might not escape.

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