Nightshade Diary
Podcasts of classic ghost and adventure stories, set in lonely churchyards or empty mansions, all in the tradition of classic authors such as M. R. James, H.P. Lovecraft and the most popular sci-fi pulp fiction writers. Narrated by M.P. PellicerBecome a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/nightshade-diary--2765110/support.
We Can Remember It For You Wholesale | Philip K. Dick | Podcast
We Can Remember It for You Wholesale is a compact but deeply unsettling slice of classic sci-fi—one that bends memory, identity, and reality until none of them feel reliable.
Published in 1966 by Philip K. Dick, the story follows Douglas Quail, an ordinary man with an extraordinary obsession: Mars. He dreams of going there, but his life—and his bank account—keep him grounded on Earth. That’s when he turns to a company called Rekal, Inc., which offers something almost too perfect: implanted memories.
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Murder in Old Manhattan | Frank Bonham | Podcast
A detective of 1857 didn’t know about fingerprints, and he had to learn a lot about human nature. | Narrated by M.P. Pellicer
Frank Bonham was born into a family of writers. His grandfather, a gold camp judge, and his mother were poets. He wrote his first two stories at the age of ten. He suffered from asthma, and while convalescing from an attack, he started to write short stories and submit them to pulp magazines. Phantom Detective Magazine accepted his fourteenth submission. In his first two years as a writer, he produced 100 stories and sold o...
The Shadow from the Steeple | Robert Bloch | Podcast
The Shadow from the Steeple is a short story by American author Robert Bloch, first published in Weird Tales. It serves as the third and final installment in a trilogy that began with Bloch’s The Shambler from the Stars (1935) and continued with H.P. Lovecraft’s The Haunter of the Dark (1936). The story concludes the mystery surrounding the Shining Trapezohedron, a powerful artifact central to the Cthulhu Mythos.
The narrative follows Edmund Fiske, a friend of the late Robert Harrison Blake, who embarks on a quest to uncover the fate of Blake after his mysterious...
The Seventh Victim and Another Unexpected Tale | Podcast
The Sentinel is a science fiction short story by Arthur C. Clarke. It served as the foundational concept for Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film 2001: A Space Odyssey. The story is set in 1996 following Wilson, a veteran selenologist on a lunar expedition. While exploring the Mare Crisium region, he discovers a mysterious, pyramid-shaped structure surrounded by an invisible force-field— clearly not of terrestrial or lunar origin. Wilson theorizes it was —a device placed on the Moon by an ancient, advanced alien civilization to monitor the development of intelligent life across the cosmos.
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The Fly | Sci-Fi Horror Story | Podcast
The Fly is a science fiction horror story by George Langelaan, first published in the 1957 issue of Playboy magazine. The story follows François Delambre, who receives a phone call from his sister-in-law, Hélène, confessing to killing her husband, André Delambre, a brilliant scientist. The narrative unfolds as François investigates the mysterious murder, eventually uncovering a shocking truth.
The story is renowned for its blend of science fiction, mystery, and psychological horror, exploring themes of identity, scientific ambition, and the consequences of tampering with nature. It inspired the 1958 film by the same tit...
The Hound and Another Eldritch Tale | H.P. Lovecraft
The Hound is a short story written by H. P. Lovecraft published in the 1924 issue of Weird Tales. It is notable for containing the first mention of Lovecraft's fictional grimoire, the Necronomicon, and is considered part of the Cthulhu Mythos.
The story follows an unnamed narrator and his friend St. John, who are obsessed with grave-robbing and have built a macabre museum in their basement filled with preserved bodies, skulls, mummies, and other grotesque artifacts. Their obsession leads them to a Holland churchyard to exhume the tomb of a legendary grave robber. They discover a jade amulet...
Damnation Alley | Sci-Fi Story | Podcast
Damnation Alley by Roger Zelazny is a novella published in 1967. The story is set in a post-apocalyptic Southern California, thirty years after a nuclear war has devastated the United States. The world is buffeted with hurricane-force winds above 500 ft. preventing air travel, and unpredictable "garbage storms" combined with giant, mutated animals and insects making surface travel extremely dangerous. "Hell" Tanner, is an imprisoned member of the Hells Angels, a convicted killer and thief, who is offered a full pardon for his crimes in exchange for undertaking a suicide mission: driving a convoy of three heavily armed vehicles through "Damnation Alley,"...
The Racer | Dystopian Future | Podcast
The Racer is a 1956 short story written by Ib Melchior. The story was first published in the magazine Escapade in October 1956. It presents a dystopian vision in which five race drivers compete in a transcontinental race where the winner is determined by a combination of finishing position and the number of pedestrians they kill, earning points for each casualty. The narrative follows Willie "The Bull" Connors, a racer whose confidence wavers as he becomes increasingly haunted by the lives he takes, ultimately leading to a moral reckoning when confronted by a young woman who challenges his identity as a "racer"...
The Illustrated Man | Ray Bradbury | Podcast
The Illustrated Man is a titular short story written by Ray Bradbury which framed the narrative for the book of the same title with a collection of 18 science fiction stories. It appeared in Esquire magazine in 1950, introducing the concept of the magically tattooed man whose pictures come alive, and in some cases foretell the future.
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Herbert West — Reanimator | H.P. Lovecraft | Podcast
Herbert West - Reanimator is a horror story by H. P. Lovecraft first serialized in the magazine Home Brew in 1922. The story introduces Herbert West, a brilliant but amoral and narcissistic medical student at the fictional Miskatonic University in Arkham, who becomes obsessed with the idea of reanimating the dead through a chemical reagent. West's theories, which view life as a purely mechanical process, lead him to conduct secret experiments on fresh human corpses, eventually resulting in the creation of violent, animalistic reanimated beings.
The narrative is told from the perspective of West's former friend and as...
Awakening and Another Story of Bad Outcomes | Podcast
Smokie Joe is a short horror story by David Drake. The story is known for its disturbing content and is not suitable for the squeamish. It centers on a character named Smokie Joe, who operates a drug ring and engages in a chilling conversation with a dying man, revealing the deadly nature of the drugs he sells.
Awakening is a short story by David Drake, which speculates on the limits of denial, and on the bad outcomes of wishing things were different then what they are.
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The Empire of the Ants and Another Story of Hidden Enemies | Podcast
The Empire of the Ants is a 1905 short story by H. G. Wells. It follows Captain Gerilleau, a Creole naval officer, who is dispatched to the Amazon basin in South America to investigate reports of a plague of unusually intelligent and aggressive ants destroying a colony. Accompanying him is Holroyd, a Lancashire engineer, who initially views the mission as absurd, questioning what one can do against ants. As the crew travels up the river, they encounter increasing evidence of the ants' intelligence and organized behavior, including reports of a man being killed by a swarm after returning to his home...
The Vampire Maid and Other Dark Tales | Podcast
Three tales of dark women, whose method is seduction, and whose end is death.
Hume Nisbet is the author of three stories. First The Vampire Maid is a classic vampire story about a traveler who takes lodgings with an apparently kind landlady and her pale invalid daughter, who instantly casts a spell upon him.
The Old Portrait was first published in 1890 in Stories Weird and Wonderful. It is a supernatural mystery about an artist who acquires an old and very sinister painting.
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Lord of the Dead | Robert E. Howard | Podcast
The Lord of the Dead, is set in the 1930s and follows Steve Harrison, a hard-boiled detective who becomes entangled in a criminal conspiracy involving Erlik Khan, the primary antagonist and self-proclaimed "Lord of the Dead". Erlik Khan seeks to unite secret societies of the East under his rule using ancient magic and manipulation. The narrative incorporates elements of supernatural intrigue, reincarnation, and ancient vendettas, with Harrison being pursued by Amir Amin Izzedin, who believes Harrison is the reincarnation of a man who wronged him in a past life. The story also involves Joan La Tour, Ali ibn Suleyman (a D...
A Land of Romance | Fantasy Story | Podcast
A humorous fantasy story about what happens when the line between present reality and another place some call fantasy blurs.
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The Sea Witch | Nictzin Dyalhis | Nightshade Diary Podcast
Out of the sea she came, this gloriously beautiful woman, to compass a weird revenge that had been too long delayed—a sage of Heldra the lovely, Heldra the wicked. The Sea-Witch is a short story by American writer Nictzin Dyalhis, first published in 1937 in the pulp magazine Weird Tales. The story is set on the North Atlantic coast, where the narrator encounters Heldra after a violent storm, describing her as a gloriously beautiful yet enigmatic figure who speaks of Norse mythology, such as the sea god Ran.
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The Red Leer | Horror Story | Podcast
There are cautionary tales about certain places, that without rhyme or reason should not be disturbed, but greed is known to make a person deaf to the whisper that warns you that danger is close.
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The Birds | Suspense Story | Podcast
The ways of nature is sometimes a mystery, but never as dangerous as when it turns against mankind.
This is a horror story by the British writer Daphne du Maurier, set in her home county of Cornwall shortly after the end of the WWII. A farmhand, his family and community come under lethal attack from flocks of birds. The story was the inspiration for Alfred Hitchcock's film of the same name, released in 1963.
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Something Had To Be Done and Another Vampire Story | Podcast
"Something Had to Be Done" is a short story by David Drake. The tale is recognized for its gritty realism and its exploration of the psychological impact of violence.
"The Cookie Lady" is a horror short story by American writer Philip K. Dick. It is a story of terror, chilling and memorable. It tells of a chubby teenager boy called “Bubber” who visits the kindly old neighborhood lady who bakes him cookies. But what Bubber does not not know is that the cookie lady has an agenda, the cookie lady is not as kindly as she seem...
The Man Who Loved the Vampire Lady | Vampire Story | Podcast
An alternate history where vampires have taken over, in Europe at least, and are the aristocracy. The emergence of science and technology, in the guise of a microscope, has given these vampires a reason to fear the humans they have come to dominate. Like any form of tyranny there will be those who accept it, and there will also be those who rebel.
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The Bat is my Brother | Vampire Story | Podcast
The Bat is My Brother is a short story by Robert Bloch, first published in the November 1944 issue of Weird Tales. The story, Graham Keene, who awakens to find himself buried alive in a pauper's grave and discovers he has become a vampire due to a recent attack. The story is recognized as one of Bloch's significant contributions to the horror genre, which also includes his famous novel Psycho.
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Repairer of Reputations | Robert W. Chambers | Podcast
The Repairer of Reputations is the first story in Chambers' collection The King in Yellow and which contains the motif of the Yellow Sign. It is about a man, Hildred, and takes place in New York City in the 1920's. He keeps company with a deformed man known as Mr. Wilde, which it's inferred he is the author of King in Yellow, and is known as the Repairer of Reputations. This means that people tell him ways in which their reputations have been damaged, and he, for a price, repairs their standing. In this position he hires many people...
Sweets to the Sweet | Creepy Kid Story | Podcast
This is a horror short story by Robert Bloch that was first published in Weird Tales in 1947. The story is about a lawyer who investigates his brother's treatment of his niece. A little, blonde girl appears to be the victim of a savage parent, but in truth who is the victim?
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The Kite | Cursed Story | Podcast
A death curse is like a landmine you've stepped on, there's just no way to escape unscathed. Carl Jacobi's work "The Kite" is mentioned in several sources. It was first published in 1937 and is also known under the variant title "Satan's Kite".
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Moonlight, Starlight | Ghost Story | Podcast
Childhood memories are often the sweetest, but even in childhood there are evil things that find their way to you. "Moonlight, Starlight" is a ghost story written by Virginia Layefsky, which was included in an anthology called "Ladies Of Horror, Two Centuries Of Horror By The Gentle Sex".
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Alien Interference Sci-Fi Story | Nightshade Diary Podcast
What if an extraterrestrial could take over your mind? Is it real, or your descent into madness?
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Chlorophyll | Stephen Tall | Podcast
"It sat alone, might and shaggy on the hilltop, and the warm breeze swayed it. For four billion years, step by step, it had been aborning. Now it was finished, complete." It is into this world that a colony of humans escaping a nuclear-blasted Earth land, and realize this idyllic setting is in reality hell.
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The Ghost of Two Forks and Another Western Mystery | Podcast
The Ghost of Two Forks by Elmer Kelton: "A railroad was often a blessing to early Texas towns, but it could as easily be a curse. But other towns, once prosperous, withered and died because the Eastern money counters and the surveyors favored a route that bypassed them. Such a town was Two Forks, for years a county seat." What happens to a town when all the living leave?
The Defense of Sentinel by Louise L' Amour: "No sound…. No movement. No rattling of well buckets, no cackling of hens, no slamming of doors. Sentinel wa...
Kiowa Canyon | Haunted Canyon Story | Podcast
"The realization he’d been in this canyon before hit him like being kicked by a mule. If he remembered right, it was about twenty years before." There are some memories you can never forget or outrun.
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He | Ultimate Cryptid Story | Podcast
What predator could claim as prey a fully-grown, great white shark? There is only one that comes to mind, but you see it's supposed to be extinct.
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Ghosts of Duster | Old West Mystery Story | Podcast
Two Texan saddle tramps come upon a ghost town, that at first glance seems deserted, but turns out it's not.
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The House of the Nightmare and Another Weird Story | Podcast
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"The House of the Nightmare" is a short story by Edward Lucas White, originally published in 1906. The narrative follows a man who, after crashing his car, seeks shelter in a peculiar house for the night. The story is known for its eerie atmosphere. Edward Lucas White (1866-1934) was an American writer and poet, best remembered for his fantasy horror stories inspired by his nightmares. He authored several historical novels but is particularly noted for his supernatural tales, including "The House of the Nightmare" and "Lukundoo".
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From The Cellar It Came & Other Scary Stories | Podcast
Three stories from Elliott O'Donnell's Casebook of Ghosts. True stories from the files of one of the world's greatest ghost hunters.
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The King of the Cats | Stephen Vincent Benet | Podcast
Two exotic strangers capture the admiration and curiosity of New York elites, each for their own reason. One is a brilliant conductor with a tail, and the other a beautiful member of a foreign royal family. But jealousy is not called the green-eyed monster for no reason.
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The Day of the Dragon | Dark Fantasy Story | Podcast
First published in 1934, the story tells the tale of a scientist who conducts an experiment that brings dragons back to the modern world, leading to the destruction of humanity. Written by Guy Endore, who is best known for his novel "The Werewolf of Paris" (1933).
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A Most Unusual Murder and Another Story of Misdeeds | Podcast
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A Most Unusual Murder by Robert Bloch
This is a short story by Robert Bloch written in 1961. The story combines elements of Jack the Ripper with time travel, featuring a mysterious antique shop that serves as a gateway to different periods where the Ripper's presence can be felt.
The Haunted Chair by Stephen F. Wilcox
What could keep a ghost tied to its favorite chair, familiarity or something nefarious?
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Howler | A Ghost Story | Podcast
In order to lay a ghost, sometimes it comes down to asking the right questions.
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Needle in the Heart and Another Unexpected Tale | Podcast
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Therese and Millicent have a difficult relationship, and one of them finds only one solution for the dilemma.
The Wonderful Death of Dudley Stone by Ray Bradbury
The story revolves around the eventual fate of a successful author named Dudley Stone, and the reason he stopped writing at the height of his fame. A long time fan sets out to find the truth.
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The Chadwick Pit and Another Gruesome Story | Podcast
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The Rider on the Pale Horse and Another Strange Story | Podcast
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