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
Sin Carriers 15 - Drown
In chapter 14 of Sin Carriers, a boy reminisces about the life that led him to become a beast.
Sin Carriers 11 - Dance
In chapter 11 of Sin Carriers, almost nobody gets what they want, but some get what they need.
Sin Carriers 8 - Town
In chapter 8 of Sin Carriers, Elam comes across a curio that reminds him of his painful past. Su finds herself more comfortable than expected in the clothes she’s borrowed from Moira. Vasily takes what he believes is a great personal risk. And Vicky tries to make a sale and receives an invitation from an extremely odd man.
Sin Carriers 7 - Invitations
In chapter 7 of Sin Carriers, crew members will find themselves pulled into the gravity of different factions. Deceived by themselves or by others, these bonds may just as likely lead to bloodshed, as they do to brotherhood.
Sin Carriers 6 - Tension
In chapter 6 of Sin Carriers, our travelers recover from the aftermath of the Pinkerton attack and discover whether the few revelations about their pasts might hurt relations with the rest of the crew.
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.
Sin Carriers 5 - Shootout
In chapter 5 of Sin Carriers, the Pinkerton ambush is underway! Our travelers are spread out and outnumbered, with a bounty on their heads. But it’s clear the fight has just begun, as Pinkerton heads are already exploding, rolling, and flying as the mysterious Gato joins the fray.
Sin Carriers 4 - Drop Offs
In chapter 4 of Sin Carriers, our travelers prepare to arrive at their second destination. Elam notices something odd while getting a lesson from Mildover. Vicky has an unsettling encounter. Moira finds herself entranced. Tolliver readies himself to meet an old acquaintance. And Gato gives some new arrivals a heads-up.
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.”
Sin Carriers 2 - Departure
In chapter 2 of Sin Carriers, we’re introduced to the rest of our party as they embark on a train ride toward bloodshed, misery, and horror! Knife-slingers, thieves on the lam, and, most frightening of all, a Catholic priest!
HLC - Tyler got COVID, "The Exorcist" as read by William Peter Blatty, and "Stalker"
Today’s Horror and Lit Club: I ain’t dead goddammit.
Sin Carriers 1 - Into the Wood
In the years following the end of a wild, free America, a group of misfits, killers, and criminals gather in a city on America's west coast, soon to travel east by rail in each other's company in the first episode of this season’s story, Sin Carriers.