The Westside Fairytales Podcast
We at the Westside Fairytales have written a story for you. Not you in that broad sense where you just means anybody, but you, Dear Listener. We know all about you. What makes you nervous, what sickens you, what keeps you from leaving your house sometimes for the maddening worry of it. And we’ve put it in a story. A story we’ll read for you.
Demons, desperate souls, and eldritch horrors… These strange and varied original tales will linger long after you've finished listening. The Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast is an award-winning audiodrama written, read, and produced by author Tyler Bell.
Seasons 1-4 contain a variety of short stories; Seasons 5 and 6 are novels broken into chapters. While each story can stand on its own, all take place in the extended Westside Fairytales universe, with continuing themes, characters, and connections. The Horror and Lit Club episodes are discussions, interviews, and reviews independent of the fiction episodes. Original art by Yui Breedlove.
Latest Episodes
HLC - Blasphemous 2
On this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell says Blasphemous 2 is just a really great game.
HLC - "I'm Glad My Mom Died" by Jennette McCurdy
In this episode of the Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell talks about Jennette McCurdy’s memoir, “I’m Glad My Mom Died.” Tyler usually doesn’t read memoirs, but this was a good one.
HLC - "Knock at the Cabin"
In this episode of the Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell talks about “Knock at the Cabin.” M. Night Shyamalan's most recent film isn't his worst, but it's still not very good.
HLC - "The Menu" is a masterpiece
In this Horror and Lit Club episode, host Tyler Bell talks at extreme length about one of the best movies in recent memory, “The Menu.”
HLC - Horizon Zero Dawn and "Children of Chicago" by Cynthia Pelayo
In this Horror and Lit Club, host Tyler Bell talks about jury duty! And also the video game Horizon Zero Dawn, and the book “Children of Chicago” by Cynthia Pelayo.
HLC - "Barbarian"
This month's Horror and Lit Club covers the 2022 horror film Barbarian, a review that took me so long because I love that movie that I had to cut the other thing I was going to talk about.
HLC - Tyler complaining for like 2 hours and also talking about "Nope"
On this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, I complain a lot but then I also talk about the 2022 horror film “Nope” by Jordan Peele.
HLC - "The Black Phone" and "The Hollow Places" by T. Kingfisher
On this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, I do a massive review of "The Black Phone," and I also talk a bit about "The Hollow Places.”
HLC - "Vivarium" and "Wrong Turn"
On this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, we talk about the absolute relic of 2000s horror, “Wrong Turn,” and an extremely dull modern cosmic horror thriller called “Vivarium.”
HLC - "Yellowjackets," Elden Ring, and "Come With Me" by Ronald Malfi
Today's Horror and Lit Club episode covers Showtime's "Yellowjackets," the horror/mystery novel "Come With Me" by Ronald Malfi, and probably the best open world game ever released, "Elden Ring."
HLC - "Dexter" is the Worst Best Show Ever
In today’s Horror and Lit Club: I recently finished the "Dexter" reboot "New Blood" and I wanted to review it, as well as the earlier seasons.
HLC - "Malignant" and "Candyman"
In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, I have an EXTENSIVE discussion of the absolute mess that is Malignant and my thoughts on Candyman.