Stephen Crane Audiobooks
Original horror audiobooks for dark nights and long drives. Each episode of Stephen Crane Audiobooks is a complete standalone story—no series to catch up on, no cliffhangers. Just atmospheric horror set in 1980s rural America, where ordinary people face extraordinary darkness. Expect: Full-length audiobook stories (30-90 minutes) Gothic horror with psychological depth Supernatural suspense that builds slowly Characters wrestling with guilt, secrets, and the past 1980s setting with period-accurate details New stories every week. Written by Stephen Crane.
S1E9 | The Long Way Round | Tales From The Hollow
Story 9 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Cole Decker is a long-haul trucker stranded on a back road in Grindstone Hollow. Dorothy Reeves is a county records clerk who drove out Old Mill Road telling herself she was just checking on something. When both end up at Ironwood Retreat on the same sweltering July weekend, the hollow takes notice. It doesn't break the wards. It doesn't force the doors. It finds what people carry inside themselves and walks right through. Frank Harmon has kept this watch for nine years. He does everything right. This weekend is...
S1E8 | The Mill's Debt | Tales From The Hollow
Story 8 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Aaron Bledsoe is a bank foreclosure specialist. He has spent thirty years collecting what others owe. When he discovers an abandoned mill in rural Ohio with no clear owner and no tax records since 1952, he sees opportunity. What he doesn't know is that twelve men died in that mill, trapped and burning, owing debts they could never repay. After the siren sounds at 8:47 PM, the Lienholders come. They know his name. They know his brother. They know every debt he has ever collected, and the one he has refused...
S1E7 | Zombie Siege | Tales From The Hollow
Story 7 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Michael thought he left the supernatural behind when the haunting at his family's farm ended. But when his cousin Samantha suggests helping Frank with spring maintenance at Ironwood Retreat in March 1985, the sixteen-year-old takes the job. What should be a simple weekend clearing trees becomes a nightmare when the dead rise and walk the compound at Ironwood Retreat. Trapped inside Unit 3 with nowhere to run, Michael must survive until dawn while the Hollow tests him with an army of the walking dead. Some nightmares won't stay buried.
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S1E6 | The Mercy Ward | Tales From The Hollow
Story 6 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Carla Simmons is a former ER nurse. She's been running from guilt for six months. When something pulls her to Ironwood Retreat in late February 1984, she discovers she can't leave. Three figures appear at her door across three nights—each one wearing a hospital gown, each one calling her by name. They know what happened during that code in August. They know why she froze. And The Flatline won't let her run anymore.
1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Medical thriller
Runtime: 1 hr 39 min
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S1E5 | The Crossing | New Year's Horror Audiobook | Tales From The Hollow
Story 5 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Ray Butler is a retired postal worker. He's been running from a conversation for four years. When his wife finally breaks on New Year's Eve 1983, Ray flees to Ironwood Retreat—only to discover he can't leave. The Toll Keeper blocks every bridge. It wears Ray's old uniform. It speaks with his son's voice. And it demands payment: the words Ray never said, the forgiveness he never gave, the love he was too proud to show.
1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Atmospheric thriller
Runtime: 2 hr 3 mi...
S1E4 | The Yuletide | Christmas Horror Audiobook | Tales From The Hollow
THE YULETIDE
A Christmas Horror Story from Tales from The Hollow
Two estranged sisters. One snowbound retreat. A Christmas that demands the truth.
Claire and Jenny haven't spoken in eight years—not since their mother's funeral revealed deep wounds neither could face. When they return to rural Ohio to scatter her ashes at a remote retreat, a blizzard traps them with the secrets they've buried for decades.
As Christmas decorations manifest unbidden and a figure wearing their dead mother's face appears in th...
S1E3 | The Passenger | Tales from The Hollow
Story 3 of Season 1 of Tales from The Hollow
Keith Barnett is a taxi driver. Jennifer Morrison is a mother. Both carry guilt. Both arrive at Ironwood Retreat seeking escape. Both discover The Passenger waiting in every reflection.
1980s supernatural horror | Gothic ghost story | Atmospheric thriller
Runtime: 1 hr 56 min
Content: Psychological horror, no graphic content
S1E2 | Thicker Than Water | Tales From The Hollow
A single mother takes a construction job at an isolated retreat to make ends meet. Three weeks of work, eight hundred dollars, enough to keep her family afloat. But when something in the stagnant pool begins using her estranged sister's voice, Diane Matthews must repair more than just a fence—she must face eight years of silence and the creature that feeds on broken families.
Set in September 1981 at Ironwood Retreat in rural Ohio, "Thicker Than Water" is the second tale in the Tales from The Hollow series. A story about guilt, reconciliation, and the darkness that ca...
S1E1 | The Last Guest | Tales From The Hollow
Some debts can't be paid to the living.
Marcus Webb thought a weekend at Ironwood Retreat would help him escape his guilt. But when his dead wife's voice calls to him from outside his window, he realizes some secrets refuse to stay buried.
Episode 1 of Season 1 of Tales From The Hollow
Written by Stephen Crane
