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 - "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.
Scars in Time 4 - The Town
In chapter 4 of Scars in Time, Darcy helps Ash pull herself together after a particularly bad episode. Ash’s visions are growing more vivid and more obtrusive by the day, coalescing with a life-changing moment of self-destruction.
Scars in Time 3 - The Trip
In chapter 3 of Scars in Time, as the fire engulfs their home, it seems Darcy and Ash are left without recourse to do anything but head for West Virginia.
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.
Scars in Time 2 - The Fire
In chapter 2 of Scars in Time, Ash wraps up the last threads of her life in Colorado as she and Darcy prepare to move to Gun Cotton, West Virginia.
Scars in Time 1 - The Visions
This season, in our story “Scars in Time,” the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast takes you to Gun Cotton, West Virginia, a small, eclectic mountain town where the ever-thickening mists hold untold and horrifying secrets.
Introducing Season 5: Scars in Time
Scars in Time is the 20-episode single-story fifth season of the Westside Fairytales. Journey to Gun Cotton, West Virginia, and experience the nightmare beginning October 2nd.
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."
HLC - "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons and "Event Horizon"
Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the ceaseless flow of time, as well as this month’s recommendations, “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons and “Event Horizon” directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.