Smiling Horror

A book recommendation for and excerpt reading from Scratches by Joshua Marsella followed by A Librivox recording of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde and an after credits, Verse 1 cover, tribute of Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind performed by Gillian Knight.

This episode features poetry in the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe by Laura Schmidt and Fizzy along with Bob Neufeld's Librivox recordings - An Appreciation of Edgar Allan Poe and Poe's short story The Black Cat.

Laura Schmidt's lovely dark poem - River Water. Gillian Knight's flash fiction horror story, Talented Souls and Edith Wharton's short story, The Eyes.

The elephant in the room.  To ignore it would be impossible.  Paula Pivko Martinek's revealing short story, The Door, exposes more than just a virus. While Edgar Allen Poe's, The Masque of the Red Death, finds its protagonist and his guests hiding behind masques hoping to avoid a dangerous plague. 

A beginning always has an ending and ending always brings forth a new beginning. So goes the circle of life. Join us for a scary good time with Gage Irving's, The Matchmakers Diligence, Gillian Knights sneak peak at her new Science Fiction novel, and H.G. Wells short, New Year's Day story, The Star.

Things get heated when Jenna's dead brother, Evan, shows up at his own memorial service with glowing red eyes. Only Jenna knows the truth or does she?

Scary stories from Gillian Knight, Virginia Woolf, The Grimm Brothers, and Bram Stoker.

Things get complicated when Alex's computer falls in love with him and the feeling isn't mutual.

Three Robbers seek to steal treasure from an old sea-captain.

Special Father's Day edition from the Father of the American Horror Story- Edgar Allan Poe.

In addition to listeners letting us know what scares them we share a public domain, dramatic reading of Edgar Allan Poe's "TheTell-Tale Heart."

A three part episode. PART 1. Why People Like Horror, PART 2: Why I Like Horror, PART 3: Why You Like Horror - requests listener to participate by calling 561.221.2767 and leaving a message that may be aired in Episode 3. Bonus: The Heartbeat of Fear, a poem by Gillian Knight.

Jane finds herself in a dark alley pursued by a gun wielding maniac determined to make her smile before she dies; but Jane has other plans.