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 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 - Tyler got COVID, "The Exorcist" as read by William Peter Blatty, and "Stalker"
Today’s Horror and Lit Club: I ain’t dead goddammit.
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.
HLC - Psychonauts, suburban fascism, and "American Horror Story"
In this Horror and Lit Club, The Great Hiatus continues! But our first book, “The Eyes Beneath My Father’s House,” is out now on Amazon in Kindle and paperback!
HLC - "Blacktop Wasteland" by S.A. Cosby is amazing
Mid-summer check in! In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, I talk about the book "Blacktop Wasteland" by S.A. Cosby.
HLC - I completely rewrite "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It"
A super long episode of the Westside Fairytales podcast’s Horror and Lit Club in which I ramble at length about home repairs, Castlevania, my take on the new pride flag, and I deliver a script revision of the new Conjuring movie from James Wan.
HLC - "Resident Evil VIIlage" is just kind of okay
This episode of the Horror and Lit Club talks about the new Resident Evil for a long damn time. If you haven't played the game, spoilers abound! I also talk about some side projects I've got going on.
HLC - The Worst Horror Movie I've Ever Seen
In this Horror and Lit Club, I talk about Greg McLean's "The Darkness," possibly the most stultifyingly boring movie I've ever seen, and I recommend “Little Nightmares."