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October by May is a narrative fiction podcast that envelops you in a three-dimensional soundscape of ominous occurrences and eerie tales, transporting you to that most unearthly time of year. From the morbid mythos of writer Edward T. May, immerse yourself in an aural atmosphere of setting, sound and story. With recitation and environmental audio design by James Alan May, October by May engrosses you in a novel narrative experience.

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    • Oct 23, 2021 LATEST EPISODE
    • infrequent NEW EPISODES
    • 29m AVG DURATION
    • 27 EPISODES

    5 from 23 ratings Listeners of October by May that love the show mention: storytelling, stories, always, listen, great.



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    Latest episodes from October by May

    Shortstuff & The Vigil

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 23, 2021 17:23


    Two tales of Halloween evenings gone wrong, told from two very different vantage points.  Why do these things always happen on Halloween?

    Becoming

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 9, 2021 43:02


    Waking in a cemetery, working in a cemetery, drinking in a cemetery. Waking in a cemetery, working in a cemetery, drinking in a cemetery. Oh Ernie, if you keep this up, what will Become of you?

    The Contest

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 25, 2021 20:00


    It's always nice to invite new kids to play in your group. Unless that new kid is Patrick. Never play games with Patrick…

    A World Turned Upside Down

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 11, 2021 40:40


    A trio of stories featuring individuals grappling with global change. One who senses change on the horizon, one trying to survive the chaos of change, and one living far into the future in the wake of great change. All of them in a world turned upside down.

    Disappearances and New Episodes

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2021 5:33


    An update on new full length episodes, which return Saturday Sept 11th, as well as the short poem "Disappearances".

    Final Purification

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 9, 2021 20:15


    We all need some time for quality self reflection. Greg is grateful to have found that time, he just wishes it hadn't required being stranded on a rooftop surrounded by corpse laden flood waters to get it.

    Insanity's Children

    Play Episode Listen Later Jan 13, 2021 53:14


    Escaped criminally insane mental patients in the vicinity of a remote highway. You think you've heard this story before... Think again. 

    December Update

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 15, 2020 2:10


    It's an update, in December!  Listen now to make sure you're in the know on the current status and upcoming projects of "October by May". 

    Nina: The Disturbed

    Play Episode Listen Later Dec 1, 2020 17:55


    Nina is twenty-seven.  Nina has had friends, but has no friends at present.  Nina is distrustful.  Nina... is disturbed.

    Visionaries and Prisoners

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 17, 2020 19:41


    Kidnapped infants. Vicious criminals. Tireless investigators and innocent civilians. Amongst them all, can you sort out the true visionaries from the rightful prisoners?

    The Quaranzine Presents: DollHeadz

    Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2020 3:36


    Brought to you by the digital magazine The Quaranzine, this fun mini ep is a bite sized, tongue in cheek treat: a blogpost written by a demonic possessed doll! 

    The Knock at the Door

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 20, 2020 31:12


    It's Halloween night at the Allen's house, yet there are no costumes, no pumpkins, no candy, and definitely no plans to leave the house.  The Allen's know what happens on Halloween night in their little town.  They know to stay home, to not go out, to not even look out the window, and especially, not to answer the door... 

    M.S. Found in a Pumpkin

    Play Episode Listen Later Oct 6, 2020 38:16


    "Jack-O-Lanterns" - Richard happily places Jack-O-Lantern after Jack-O-Lantern on his front porch throughout Halloween night, but anything can happen on Halloween, and even the most wholesome activity, is subject to a sinister twist. "M.S. Found in a Pumpkin" - Destroying a Jack-O-Lantern and stealing its seeds may seem a harmless prank.  That is, unless the pumpkin contained more... than simple seeds.

    The Thing You Fear the Most

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 22, 2020 31:04


    "Then be ready for it," Teresa warned. "Be ready...for the thing you fear the most."

    DeScents

    Play Episode Listen Later Sep 8, 2020 45:31


    Thad has found refuge in an abandoned farmhouse.  Where is the family? Did they flee? Were they taken?  Or is Thad not as alone as he had thought... Tyler has gained a remarkable new depth to his sense of smell, but he's about to discover it's not all roses...

    TISH: Terror Inducing Synthetic Hallucinogen

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 25, 2020 33:00


    Hey.  Hey!  Wanna try some TISH?  You don't know what that stands for?  Don't worry about it...  Come on... just try it...

    Puzzles and The Death of Compulsion

    Play Episode Listen Later Aug 11, 2020 29:58


    Listen in as two subjects are investigated inside two institutions, each with very different puzzles that need solving...

    The Thing in the Elms

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 28, 2020 35:23


    An entire city block, undeveloped, untouched. No litter, no encampments, no unsavory figures. Just a small grove of elm trees... and the thing that lives inside them. "Cracking Oak Tree "sound from http://www.freesound.org/people/klankbeeld/

    Misconceptions

    Play Episode Listen Later Jul 14, 2020 38:12


    Misconceptions: Jimmy Dixon is trying to cope with life on a new planet, and part of adjusting to that life, is getting used to the constant death that surrounds him.The Reprieve: An alien has only two weeks to observe Earthly societies before making a fateful decision; which humans should be saved from impending doom. 

    So Full of Sorrow

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 30, 2020 31:35


    There is something special about the paintings of Tyler Simington. Something that makes them deeply entrancing and uncommonly captivating. Something that makes them... so full of sorrow. Feat: Freddie Stroma, Johanna Braddy, Lynda DeFuria, & Hassan Nazari-Robati

    The Sequel

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2020 41:23


    As the World Health Council scrambles to contain a devastating plague, a small town teacher realizes that his seemingly eccentric fourth grader may actually possess a rare gift.

    The Bay Road Burial Ground

    Play Episode Listen Later Jun 2, 2020 33:11


    Featuring original music by Neyla Pekarek, we explore the tale of Abigail Franklin, a midwife and herbalist executed for her supposed witchcraft. Was she as innocent as other so-called "witches"? Perhaps... but then why is the Bay Road Burial Ground filled with the bodies of the townspeople she collectively cursed?

    Graveside Dialogue

    Play Episode Listen Later May 19, 2020 33:34


    Graveside Dialogue:  A cloaked figure wearing a harlequin mask stands by the grave of your favorite horror author at midnight on Halloween.  Seems normal.  You should stop and have a chat, right? I mean... what could possibly go wrong?Any Last Regrets?:  Cody is well aware of his own guilt and regret. His actions ended an innocent life. The question is, does Cody want to know the final regrets of the woman he killed?

    Who Says You Can Never Go Back?

    Play Episode Listen Later May 5, 2020 45:15


    Since moving back into his childhood home, Mike has noticed an eerie repetition of situations and events that correspond to a specific summer from his adolescence. A summer… that didn’t exactly have a happy ending….

    Bridge of Sighs & Scarecrow by Moonlight

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 21, 2020 35:11


    Bridge of Sighs: A solitary man. A deserted bridge. A lonely woman. A sinister desire. An irresistible opportunity...Scarecrow by Moonlight: A boy's window overlooks a cornfield. In the cornfield he sees a scarecrow.A Scarecrow faces a farmhouse. In the window, he sees a boy...

    Misery House

    Play Episode Listen Later Apr 7, 2020 34:28


    Ashley and Zack are really impressed with the new Haunted Attraction, "Misery House".  More than your typical jump scare factory, it has an interactive meta layer of making you question your actual safety!  Well... that is just part of the experience... right? 

    Preview Ep: The Past Has an Appetite

    Play Episode Listen Later Mar 21, 2020 21:30


    Immerse yourself in the spellbinding soundscapes of “October by May”, featuring the sinister stories of Edward T. May.  This week, step into the shoes of a kidnapping victim who awakens in the middle of an extravagant dinner party, hosted by a mysterious group with unknown intentions...

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