Stories To Keep You Up At Night
Stories To Keep You Up At Night brings you fantastic dark fiction every week: ghosts, vampires, the living dead, Eldritch abominations, weird stuff nobody can explain, even some good old-fashioned murder. Whatever dark, bent, or twisted tale you’re in the mood for, you can find it here.
Curated from among the 21st century’s finest writers of horror, fantasy, and science fiction, from all over the world, Stories To Keep You Up At Night explores the human condition in ways that will keep your mind racing long into the night. Travel from small-town Pennsylvania to the court of an Indian raja, from dank European dungeons to haunted African deserts, from forgotten pasts to terrifying futures—and be ready to sleep with the lights on…if you can sleep at all.
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Our Editor's Take
Stories To Keep You Up At Night is a horror and speculative fiction podcast. Every podcast episode is a new story and not a traditional bedtime story. "Night Doctors" is a short story by P. Djèli Clark. It's based on the old American practice of performing autopsies on enslaved people. In "Godmeat," a chef feeds the bodies of deities to power-hungry mortals. "Electric Sonalika" is set in a future where a cyborg decides to eliminate her own kind. In "Dizzy in the Weeds," a man needs to get a demon off the back of his dead mother.
The stories in the podcast are from a range of authors. However, few of these talented creators are household names. Indrapramit Das is an Indian author who has won many awards for his stories. Molly Tanzer's tales blend genre-bending with social justice themes. Sam J. Miller explores the link between trauma and superpowers. The authors combine horror, sci-fi, and fantasy to create terrifying tales.
The stories are compelling on their own, but their narrators bring them to life. Stories To Keep You Up At Night works with experienced voice actors like Leon Dixon and Vikas Adam. The listener might feel as immersed as if they were reading it themselves.
With so much variety in the authors and readers, each episode feels fresh. Some stories revisit old themes, like vampires, ghosts, and demons. Others take place in an alternate world or a distant dystopia. Others are set in the present. For all their differences, the tales have one thing in common they are unsettling and sinister.
People who enjoy a fright may like listening to the podcast. For lovers of fiction, Stories To Keep You Up At Night is also a great way to discover lesser-known authors. New episodes air a few times a month.
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