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 - "The Frozen Ground" and "Coldheart Canyon" by Clive Barker
This Horror and Lit Club talks about "The Frozen Ground" and "Coldheart Canyon,” as well as rambling at length about the completion of my most recent novel.
HLC - "Ratman's Notebooks" by Stephen Gilbert and Blasphemous
This Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of “Ratman’s Notebooks” by Stephen Gilbert and “Blasphemous,” a Metroidvania video game. I also talk a bit about bad writing advice and the TV show “Fargo.”
HLC - Cyberpunk 2077 and “Fargo”
This Horror and Lit Club talks about Cyberpunk 2077, Fargo, Scoob and Shag, and the Blair Witch video game.
HLC - "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) and "Unsounded" by Ashley Cope
This Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) and "Unsounded" by Ashley Cope, as well as a chat about the "Hannibal" television show.
HLC - "Kill Six Billion Demons" by Abbadon and American Horrorplex Haunted House
This Horror and Lit Club discusses "Kill Six Billion Demons" by Abbadon and American Horrorplex Haunted House , as well as reviews Lovecraft Country, Hubie Halloween, and Books of Blood.
HLC - "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb and "The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs"
The last Horror and Lit Club for season 4 discusses "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb and "The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs," plus rambling about anime and representation and the importance of taking a break now and then.
HLC - "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou and "Pan's Labyrinth"
Today’s Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club talks about Maya Angelou's seminal 1969 work "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings," and Guillermo del Toro's masterpiece of horror-fantasy, "Pan's Labyrinth."