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
Dog Star
In today's episode, a massive industrial accident involving a space station orbiting a distant star imperils the lives of the few workers remaining aboard during a skeleton shift. But as one of the workers tries to make his way out of the floundering station, he finds there might be something inhuman hunting for the remaining survivors.
Ojos Oscuros
In this story, a peasant girl working as an agave farmer is given a second chance at a new life, but the sacrifices she'll have to make may not be worth it.
Oh, Heaven
In this story, a longtime sailor slips into madness as his obsession with a small Pacific island intensifies.
Mud of the Heart
In this episode of the Westside Fairytales, we join a young man contracted as a hospice nurse to a mute, elderly woman living in an aged mansion beside a swamp. As the woman in his care slips closer to death, he finds himself plagued by haunting visions.
The Umbrella Man
Most of us had a small, comfortable group of friends in high school we seemed to do everything with. Today’s story concerns the end of just such a group as they begin their senior year of high school. These four aren’t lucky enough to simply grow apart, however, because some twisted and crooked thing has endeavored to make their parting far more deadly.
Bonus Episode: Behind the Season
An in-depth, behind-the-scenes look at the stories of season three of the Westside Fairytales podcast. This retrospective episode is a larger version of a thing I do on Patreon and I thought it’d be a nice bonus for you guys at the end of the season.
Ice, and Alley Walking
Some people are invisible to most of us, but that doesn’t make them any less important. Come along on a journey with one of those forgotten people on a slow escape from a city rotting apart from the inside out.
HLC - "Heart of Darkness" by Joseph Conrad and "Magic"
This is a discussion of June’s random horror and literature recommendations, the movie “Magic” starring Anthony Hopkins and the novel “Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad.
Tota Americana (Part Four)
Everything that begins, must end. This episode, we bring you the long-awaited finale of Tota Americana, the four-part story that follows the journey of a person named Alex.
HLC - Night in the Woods and "Preacher" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon
This is new a monthly bonus episode series where host Tyler Bell goes into detail about the month's random horror and literature recommendations. It's not required listening to understand the podcast, just a little bonus we're throwing in.
Tota Americana (Part Two)
In part two of Tota Americana, we resume our story of Alex traveling across the country to the resting place of a barely known father. The hope is to find some deeper understanding of self through this visitation, but the paths ahead are riddled with pitfalls and parties of a dubious nature.