Drew Blood's Dark Tales — A Horror Fiction Anthology and Scary Stories Podcast

The night before Halloween, a boy takes a familiar shortcut through a neighbor’s backyard—and sees something he cannot explain. Before he can escape, it notices him. The visitor promises him something extraordinary: whatever he most wants for the coming year. But he cannot refuse its attention, and he cannot choose what it takes in return. Every October brings another reminder. Every wish brings another reason to endure the visit. As childhood hopes grow into adult ambitions, the life he builds becomes increasingly difficult to separate from the thing that claims to own him. How do you escape a creature that has made itself part of everything you value?
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"Worth the Having" by Michael Paul Gonzalez
Performed by Drew Blood
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Original Music by Drew Blood
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In the fall of 1956, a stranger arrives in Belle Carne with a fiddle and an invitation the whole town seems eager to accept. His tent has appeared beside the bandstand, admission is free, and he promises enough music to keep everyone dancing until morning. For George and his friends, it sounds like a welcome escape from another uneventful evening. Even the local preacher has joined the crowd. But beneath the stranger’s cheerful patter, something feels wrong—and inside his candlelit tent, the excitement begins to take on an unnerving urgency. Everyone is welcome at the performance. Before you step inside, however, you might want to ask why he’s so eager to fill the floor.
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On the Appalachian Trail, an unexpected gift can make all the difference. A bottle of water. Something to eat. A little help when the miles become too much. Hikers call it "trail magic." Matthew Calder could certainly use some. Alone after his girlfriend’s early departure, he’s determined to finish the hike they started together. Then his backpack vanishes, taking his food, shelter, and means of calling for help. By nightfall, the supplies someone has left behind feel like a miracle. But another day passes without a single person on the trail. Then another. And whoever keeps leaving those gifts seems to know exactly what Matt needs.
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Scott Madsen has grown accustomed to sleeping alone. After years of sharing a bed and a troubled marriage, he can finally stretch out, settle in, and rest undisturbed. Then a cold touch follows him out of a dream. He wakes to find a hand wrapped around the foot he left outside the covers. Someone is beside his bed—or beneath it. Whoever it is won’t answer him. And when the grip tightens, Scott realizes that reaching the bedroom door may be far more dangerous than staying where he is.
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Beneath the oaks of Shady Grove Cemetery, Allan reads to his sisters and tells his mother about his life. Their graves are the closest thing to home he has left—and now the man who murdered them is coming to stay. His father’s burial arrangements are paid for. The objections have been dismissed. By tomorrow, a killer will be lowered into the earth beside his victims, unless Allan’s years of whispered rituals and hidden offerings can accomplish what his protests could not.
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