Westside Fairytales: Horror and Dark Fiction Stories

In chapter 6 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story 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. Conversations are had amongst the drivers, the security personnel, and the VIPs about what’s to come as the bodies of the Pinkertons killed aboard the train are unceremoniously dumped into the desert. And all the while, the mysterious wood piles seem to exert their influence all the more over certain members of the crew.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club covers the 2022 horror film "Barbarian," a review that took so long to do because Tyler loves that movie that we had to cut the discussion of the recent adaptation of Neil Gaiman's "The Sandman." Next month, we'll be at the West Virginia Book Festival in Charleston, so stop by to say hi, buy a book, and get it signed!

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On this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, Tyler complains a lot but also talks about the 2022 horror film “Nope” by Jordan Peele.

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In chapter 5 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story 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.

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In chapter 4 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story 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.

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On this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, Tyler does a massive review of "The Black Phone," starring Ethan Hawke. It's based on a short story by Joe Hill, and, well, that's fairly obvious with all its failures. We also talk a bit about "The Hollow Places," a pretty decent eldritch horror novel from T. Kingfisher.

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In chapter 3 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Sin Carriers, a team of misfits embarks safely, heading east. With nothing but time on their hands, our disparate cast makes their introductions, both to us, and to each other. Some of these first meetings are friendly, others awkward, and at least one close to deadly. The shadow of the mysterious Rider looms tall over our travelers, and it's no great reach to believe the Pinkertons have yet to abandon their chase.

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On this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks at length about two movies of dubious quality: the absolute relic of 2000s horror, “Wrong Turn,” and an extremely dull modern cosmic horror thriller called “Vivarium.”

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In chapter 2 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story 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!

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On this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about contracting and fighting off COVID; the worst audiobook he's ever listened to (and still hasn't finished), “The Exorcist” by William Peter Blatty; and one of the best movies he's ever seen, “Stalker.”

Thank you again to everybody who sent well wishes. It really did make these last couple of weeks easier.

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In chapter 1 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Sin Carriers: 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. Bound by horrific pasts, untoward inclinations, and nightmarish delights, these men and women will find themselves pushed to their absolute limits as they face each other, themselves, and the terrors of the American West.

Welcome to the beginning of our story, Sin Carriers, which will comprise the entirety of the sixth season of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club covers the excellent first season of Showtime's "Yellowjackets," the extremely mid horror/mystery novel "Come With Me" by Ronald Malfi, and Tyler's addiction to what's probably the best open world game ever released, "Elden Ring." Also a few hints as to what's to come next with the fiction part of the podcast!

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about the eight-season original run of "Dexter," as well as a full review of the reboot "New Blood," and gives an extensive rundown on the imaginary eighth season he would have preferred: "The People v. Dexter Morgan."

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast is a short story. Days after the death of her husband, the widowed Edith Harlow finds she must contend with a mysterious entity named Mr. Bags, who has aims on her home in the remote Staplebrick Holler. Though at first it seems she'll face this new threat alone, Edith soon discovers she might find a new family in the shadows of the West Virginia hills.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast, we find the deepest desires are the darkest.

This short story contains content that may be triggering, including extreme sexual indecency, violence, harm to persons of a protected class, and worse. Proceeding past this warning constitutes consent to experience this episode.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler has an extensive discussion of the absolute mess that is the movie "Malignant" by James Wan, and his thoughts on Jordan Peele's remake of "Candyman." Don't forget to buy Tyler’s book, "The Eyes Beneath My Father's House," on Amazon in ebook and paperback!

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The Great Hiatus continues! In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler waxes philosophical about suburban fascism, the Psychonauts games, and the absolute mess that is "American Horror Story." Also, our first book, "The Eyes Beneath My Father’s House," is out now on Amazon in Kindle and paperback! We hope you all enjoy, and don't forget to buy and review the book!

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Mid-summer check-in! In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about the book "Blacktop Wasteland" by S.A. Cosby.

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In chapter 20 - the finale - of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash clings to life by a thread, hanging literally at the edge of the door to oblivion. But she can hear the typewriter. It is calling to her.

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In chapter 19 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash accomplishes the tasks set to her by her other self, the Writer, only to find the woman miserably dead beside a destroyed typewriter in the garret. Ash has found the painting, has spoken with the artist, and has discovered how the Poisoned Muse came to haunt the Doctor.

And her.

But these are only the steps that lead to the end. Now Ash must come face to face with the person she’s most afraid of. Most disgusted by. Most ashamed of.

Herself.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales podcast’s Horror and Lit Club, Tyler rambles at length about home repairs, "Castlevania," the new pride flag, and he delivers a roughly two-hour-long script revision of the new "Conjuring" movie from James Wan, "The Conjuring: The Devil Made Me Do It."

I say that "The Conjuring" is a Blumhouse feature a bunch of times during this, which is incorrect, but it's so like a Blumhouse movie I decided to forgive myself.

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In chapter 18 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash has proven to herself beyond a shadow of a doubt that anywhere she exists, if Mike’s there, she can — and will — kill him. He’s no longer a stain on her heart, but there are other problems.

She’s trapped in Ashley Colon’s version of reality with no way out, and even if she had one, it wouldn’t fix what was wrong with Gun Cotton. With little else in the way of options, she reaches out to the one person she knows might be able to help.

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In chapter 17 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, it’s clear that the events Ash’s presence in Gun Cotton has set into motion haven’t been slowed in the least by her return to her own time. After a lifetime of letting herself be slowed, sidelined, and stalled, she’s ready to break through into the shadowed history of her house’s basement.

What she finds on the other side of the rough wall will be the beginning of the end of the life she’s known for thirty years. But knowing she has to face it, and wanting to, will make all the difference.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about the new Resident Evil for a long damn time. If you haven't played the game, spoilers abound! So play the game first!

I also talk about some side projects I've got going on.

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In chapter 16 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash’s desperate gambit in the Doctor’s hidden clinic has paid off, returning her home as though from a dream. Faced with the revelations of the clinic, many questions have been answered, but still more remain.

Ash finds that Gun Cotton has taken a turn for the worse while she’s been gone. If she was really gone at all.

In any case, it’s readily apparent that her work isn’t yet done, and this moment of happiness might be little more than a brief reprieve.

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In chapter 15 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, the Doctor’s threats, and his condition, make it all too clear that Ash’s time in the Starling household is rapidly coming to a close. Doped on morphine and left to fend for herself, she’s swept up into the arms of a girl with the same name as long ago student Coraline. And bearing the same ethereal glow as her golden ghost.

With the clock set against her, Ash will be forced to delve into the house’s most awful secrets, or risk becoming one of them.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about the difficulties of publishing and makes a major announcement. He also talks about the Netflix series “Dark” and rambles at length about the evolution of anime streaming. Also: Nobody should ever watch “Redo of Healer.”

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In chapter 14 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash realizes she’s stuck in this iteration of the house once she fails to find the garret she’s been looking for. Gone too is the typewriter, though she can still hear it faintly throughout the house.

She adapts to her new job as a maid while trying to figure out a way home, the meaning behind that other her's urging to “Find the Medusa. Find the Artist.” It’s painfully clear, however, that the Doctor’s own tenuous grip on sanity is rapidly slipping, and she might run out of time before she can find the answers she needs.

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In chapter 13 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash’s brief stint in the world of her doppelganger, Ashley Colon, may have ended, but things are only getting more bizarre. Sick, confused, and alone with the Doctor from her nightmares, Ash must yet again adapt to a new life in order to survive.

And this time, leaving will be more difficult than she expects.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club, Tyler talks about Greg McLean's "The Darkness," possibly the most stultifyingly boring movie he's ever seen, plans for upcoming format changes to various parts of the podcast, and a recommendation for the Little Nightmares video game by Tarsier Studios. He also talks at some length about his evolving "Radha Mitchell Conspiracy Theory" that will eventually expose him as the triviality-obsessed sociopath he is.

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In chapter 12 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, there is no separating Ash from her visions now, and she doesn’t know if what she’s experiencing are visions at all. Seemingly thrust out of her own life and into one she’d rather die — rather kill — than live, she finds her headspace filled with memories of an existence that shouldn’t feel as familiar as it does.

Desperate for a way out, but bedridden from smoke inhalation, Ash is forced to use every last ounce of wit to escape this new and horrific predicament.

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In chapter 11 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, the lines around Ash’s reality blur in full as she finishes Morgan’s story. The cruel, beautiful ghost haunting her seems as made of flesh as Darcy.

As time moves on without Ash fully in the world, the repairs to her home proceed on schedule. But as the work crews pry deeper into the house, an accident occurs that might push Ash through the thin walls of her own mind into somewhere else entirely.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the movie "The Frozen Ground" directed by Scott Walker and the book "Coldheart Canyon" by Clive Barker, as well as rambling at length about the completion of Tyler's most recent novel "Black City," which you are not allowed to read yet.

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In chapter 10 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash dives fully into the story of Jacob Morgan, the supposed real estate agent who’d ended his own life by jumping off a balcony at the Gun Cotton Hotel. As Ash dives into his sordid past, it’s readily apparent that, perhaps, not everything she’s writing is fiction.

Even more to the point, the lines between Ash’s visions of Morgan’s life before that ill-fated meeting in Gun Cotton and Ash’s own life aren’t quite as solid as they should be.

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In chapter 9 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, furious with Darcy after their argument the night before, Ash takes on more responsibilities to prove she’s capable of handling things herself. She goes into town in search of a phone and parts to get her new typewriter working.

She manages to reconnect with an old friend and meets with a repairman who takes her on a more detailed tour of her home. What Ash learns is that her home has more secrets — and rooms — than she ever expected, though figuring out those riddles will have to wait.

Because she’s got a new typewriter she’s just dying to try out.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of “Ratman’s Notebooks” by Stephen Gilbert and Blasphemous, a Metroidvania video game from Team17. Tyler also talks a bit about bad writing advice, the TV show “Fargo,” and other nonsense.

This month’s recommendations:

“Ratman’s Notebooks” by Stephen Gilbert

“Blasphemous” by Team17

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In chapter 8 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash tries to shake off the images that accompanied her discovery in the attic, pondering what or who might have left those things there. When the ancient and overtaxed electrical grid in her house dies, however, she’s forced to trek back into Gun Cotton in search of a temporary source of light.

Something strong enough, hopefully, to beat back the black and smoking shadows trying to creep up from the basement.

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In chapter 7 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash and Darcy are finally moved in — official residents of Gun Cotton. But their new home is anything but perfect. Years of neglect have left it near in ruins, and with the high pressures of her new practice, Darcy will have to leave much of the work to Ash.

Determined to not be a burden, Ash takes a plethora of chores onto her shoulders, possibly biting off more than she can chew. As she’s exploring her new home ahead of the planned renovations, she stumbles across something that’s been hidden away for a long time. Hidden, in fact, just where someone, or some thing, knew she would find it.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the video game Cyberpunk 2077 and the TV series “Fargo,” as well as this month’s recommendations: the web comic “Scoob and Shag,” and the Blair Witch video game.

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Scoob and Shag

Blair Witch

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In chapter 6 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, Ash and Darcy take the day to explore their new house, a place as full of secrets and lost memories as it is bad wiring and rusted pipe. Ash’s visions continue to haunt her. And though now they all have a very specific setting — this odd house in Old Town, Gun Cotton — Ash finds she’s no longer quite feeling herself when she has them.

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In chapter 5 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story Scars in Time, if there’s anything Ash can be sure of, it’s that her move to Gun Cotton has not alleviated her visions. To make matters worse, she’s become the unwilling witness to a suicide.

Despite her fragile mental state, Ash has to speak with the police and, while doing so, meets the enigmatic and somewhat frightening mayor of Gun Cotton. And, before the day’s over, she’ll have the key to her new home in hand.

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This episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of "House on Haunted Hill" (1999) directed by William Malone and "Unsounded," a web comic by Ashley Cope. I also chat about the "Hannibal" TV show and talk a lot of shit about "Hillbilly Elegy" by J.D. Vance. Note, I called J.D. Vance by the wrong name for most of this episode.

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"House on Haunted Hill" (1999)

"Unsounded" by Ashley Cope

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In chapter 4 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark podcast’s 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.

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In chapter 3 of Scars in Time, a fire leaves Darcy and Ash without recourse to do anything but head for West Virginia. Are Ash’s horrifying dreams a friendly warning, or a poorly veiled threat about what awaits her?

Ash and Darcy drive across America to their new home in the remote mountain town of Gun Cotton. A misty, almost forgotten place full of its own odd ghosts, some of which have been waiting a long time to meet Ash Littletree.

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This month's episode of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast's Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of this month's recommendations: the web comic "Kill Six Billion Demons" by Abbadon and the American Horrorplex Haunted House in Louisville, Kentucky. Tyler also discusses HBO's "Lovecraft Country," Adam Sandler's "Hubie Halloween," and the movie adaptation of Clive Barker's "Books of Blood."

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In chapter 2 of the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s story 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. However, Ash’s delusions - her visions - continue to afflict her day and night. She soldiers on, as always, but finds it harder and harder to say the nightmares she’s seeing aren’t real when they’re walking around in the daytime.

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The first chapter in the Westside Fairytales horror and dark fiction podcast’s first season-long, 20-part story “Scars in Time” takes you to Gun Cotton, West Virginia, a small, eclectic mountain town where the ever-thickening mists hold untold and horrifying secrets. We join Ash Littletree, now 30 years past the events of our tale, “The Umbrella Man,” as she journeys back to her home state to escape the funk that has overtaken her in middle age.

Once back in West Virginia, however, she’ll find the past she thought she’d left behind is still half-alive and waiting for her. And this time, she might not escape.

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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.

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The last Horror and Lit Club for season four is a discussion of the book "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb and Shudder's "The Last Drive-in With Joe Bob Briggs," as well as excessive rambling about anime and representation and the importance of taking a break now and then.

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Literature Recommendation: "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb

Random Horror Recommendation: "The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs"

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In today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales, a young man is attacked while walking home after a night at the bar. When he wakes the next morning, he finds his life has changed forever.

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This month's recommendations:

Literature Recommendation: "Voices of Glory" by Davis Grubb

Random Horror Recommendation: "The Last Drive-In With Joe Bob Briggs"

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, Tyler 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." He also rambles at length about potentially racist bookstore layouts, the absolute travesty that is "Cannibal Holocaust," and the horrors of war.

Also, he meant to say "microtonal" music when talking about System of a Down, not "multitonal."

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Literature recommendation: "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou

Random horror recommendation: "Pan's Labyrinth," dir. by Guillermo del Toro

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Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales is about young men interred at a West Virginia lunatic asylum and the things one of them is willing to do to ensure the other survives.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings," by Maya Angelou

Random horror recommendation: "Pan's Labyrinth," directed by Guillermo del Toro

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This month’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, the book “Hyperion” by Dan Simmons and the movie “Event Horizon” directed by Paul W.S. Anderson.

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Literature recommendation: "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons 

Random horror recommendation: "Event Horizon" directed by Paul W. S. Anderson 

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In today's episode of the Westside Fairytales, 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.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "Hyperion" by Dan Simmons 

Random horror recommendation: "Event Horizon" directed by Paul W.S. Anderson 

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This month's episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the book "Remains of the Day" by Kazuo Ishiguro and the movie "Session 9" directed by Brad Anderson. Tyler also talks at length about what he's been enjoying during quarantine, including the 1991 film "Soap Dish," the original 1973 version of "The Wicker Man," and the first-person shooter video game Doom Eternal.

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Literature recommendation: “Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Random horror recommendation: “Session 9” directed by Brad Anderson

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Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales concerns a handful of men working for a small moving company tasked with emptying an ancient woodland mansion. As they dig deeper into the house, however, they find more than just cobwebs lingering in the halls.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: “Remains of the Day” by Kazuo Ishiguro

Random horror recommendation: “Session 9” directed by Brad Anderson

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This month’s episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the dual recommendations, Davis Grubb's debut 1953 novel "Night of the Hunter" and its 1955 film adaptation by Charles Laughton. Tyler also gives his first impression of the new “Locke and Key” series on Netflix and rambles on about the greatness of Tobe Hooper’s classic, “The Texas Chain Saw Massacre.”

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Literature recommendation: “Night of the Hunter” by Davis Grubb

Random horror recommendation: Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton

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In today's episode of the Westside Fairytales, a lone soldier stalks the ruins of a post-apocalyptic city, following the last orders he was given at the end of an unknown war. But as he hunts his quarry through broken buildings and desolate streets, he realizes he's not just the hunter, but the hunted.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: “Night of the Hunter” by Davis Grubb

Random horror recommendation: Night of the Hunter, directed by Charles Laughton

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This month's episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of the book "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros and the movie "REC" directed by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza. Tyler also talks at length about how bad the holidays between January and June suck and how much he loves "Bates Motel," the five-season adaptation of "Psycho" that aired on the A&E network from 2013 to 2017.

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Literature recommendation: "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

Random horror recommendation: REC dir. by Jaume Balaguero and Paco Plaza

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In today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales, 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.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "The House on Mango Street" by Sandra Cisneros

Random horror recommendation: REC directed by Jaume Baulguero and Paco Plaza

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, we discuss Dan Simmons’ 2007 novel "The Terror," and its 2018 TV adaptation on AMC written and produced by David Kajganich. Also, Tyler talks about and reviews "The Lighthouse" directed by Robert Eggers and the 2020 reboot of "The Grudge."

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Literature recommendation: "The Terror" by Dan Simmons

Random horror recommendation: AMC's "The Terror," developed by David Kajganich

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales concerns a longtime sailor whose dissatisfaction with his work life is manifested in his obsession with a small Pacific island. His desire to return there after a brief shore leave intensifies until it seems only violence, possibly even mutiny, will allow him to return to his own, personal heaven.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "The Terror" by Dan Simmons

Random horror recommendation: AMC's "The Terror," developed by David Kajganich

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, we discuss this month's recommendations: "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris and "The Witch" directed by Robert Eggers. Also a lengthy discussion on subtle moralizing in stories alongside Tyler's thoughts on Taika Waititi's "Jojo Rabbit."

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In today’s 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.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: “Me Talk Pretty One Day” by David Sedaris

Random horror recommendation: “The Witch” directed by Robert Eggers

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This month’s Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of Toni Morrison’s seminal work, “Beloved” and the 1989 body-horror film “Society” directed by Brian Yuzna.

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales concerns a group of older folks, the tip-top of society who live on a secluded hill in West Virginia. Despite an all-consuming fire steadily, surely approaching them, they’re content to squabble amongst themselves about old feuds and grudges. That is, until one of them finds a seemingly innocuous sign that sets about the events that will bring an end to their little hilltop community.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”Beloved” by Toni Morrison

Random horror recommendation: "Society” directed by Brian Yuzna

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This month’s episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club is a discussion of October’s literature and random horror recommendations, the video game Dead by Daylight from Behavior Interactive and “It” by Stephen King. For “It” we discuss not only the novel, but the television miniseries and recent movies as well.

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales concerns the end of a group of friends 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.

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This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: “It” by Stephen King

Random horror recommendation: “Dead by Daylight” from Behavior Interactive

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It’s most often the least deserving who plague themselves with guilt, who allow the pain to build up until it suffocates them. This summer’s Westside Fairytales minisode is about just such a person who, whether he deserves it or not, is killing himself with regret over the past.

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The Westside Fairytales podcast returns Oct. 4 with 10 new, horrific stories. Tell your friends. And stay safe out there.

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In this episode of the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club, Tyler discusses the recommendations for July: John Carpenter’s 1983 horror film “The Thing,” and Jeannette Walls’ 2004 memoir, “The Glass Castle.” He also talks about some stuff he's been watching lately, including “The Last Drive-In with Joe Bob Briggs,” and a somewhat tragic experience from childhood.

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Hey folks, thanks for sticking with us through another thrilling season of the Westside Fairytales. This retrospective episode is a much larger version of a thing we do on the Patreon and we thought it’d be a nice bonus for you all at the end of the season.

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Some people are invisible to many of us, but that doesn’t make them any less important. In today’s episode, the season 3 finale of the Westside Fairytales, come along on a journey with one of those forgotten people on a slow escape from a city rotting apart from the inside out.

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Literature recommendation: “The Glass Castle” by Jeannette Walls

Random horror recommendation: “The Thing” directed by John Carpenter

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On this month’s episode of the Horror and Lit Club, Tyler rambles at length on some books he's been reading, HBO’s new miniseries “Chernobyl,” and the Westside Fairytales literature and random horror recommendations for June 2019.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”Heart of Darkness” by Joseph Conrad

Random horror recommendation: ”Magic,” starring Anthony Hopkins

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Everything that begins, must end. In this episode of the Westside Fairytales, we bring you the long-awaited finale of the four-part story, Tota Americana.

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Welcome to the Westside Fairytales Horror and Lit Club! 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.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "Preacher" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

Random horror recommendation: Night in the Woods video game

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In this continuation of the four-part series Tota Americana, Alex continues traveling through the wide open spaces of the American Great Plains, coming across an odd, lonely girl sitting by herself on a train platform. She asks for little more than some company, but things aren't always what they seem out there on the road.

Let us remind you that today’s story is the third of a four-part series. Our suggestion is that you return here after enjoying part one and two, but no worries if you’d like to listen out of order. We here at the Westside Fairytales sometimes eat our dessert before dinner as well.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: "Preacher" by Garth Ennis and Steve Dillon

Random horror recommendation: Night in the Woods video game

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It’s on the Great Plains where we resume our story, the tale of a young person named 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. Marks have been set into flesh that leave the scent of blood to linger on the wind, drawing forth a greater evil from the depths of the American Heartlands. A thing beyond reckoning, which must be faced in time.

Let us remind you that today’s story is the second of a four-part series. Our suggestion is that you return here after enjoying part one, but no worries if you’d like to listen out of order. We here at the Westside Fairytales sometimes eat our dessert before dinner as well.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: “American Gods” by Neil Gaiman

Random horror recommendation: Apocalypse Now

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In today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales, the first of a four-part series, we join a young person, a human animal cast loose of the nest by a sudden death of one parent, and the just as unexpected madness of another. Setting out on a journey to understand a new and unfamiliar life, this child will come across demons both external and internal, and characters both familiar and unfamiliar to you, dear listener.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”The Talisman” by Stephen King and Peter Straub

Random horror recommendation: The Wailing

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales will let us see the furthest limits to which loyalty might push us, by putting us in the shoes of a soldier faced with unthinkable duties. In the last months of a war he does not yet know has all but ended, he’ll be pushed to carry out orders beyond the scope of anything he’s ever, even in his worst nightmares, thought could come to pass. And we’ll see if those golden tethers of loyalty, so valuable and yet so easily broken, will bend him to the task at hand.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”Night” by Elie Weisel

Random horror recommendation: Silent Hill from Konami

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is the second half of a two-part tale.

Last episode, we left the subject of our story, a young man named Barden, in his hermitage of a flat in Paris. He’s been bothered by strange knocking from the apartment downstairs, and visions of some pale-faced apparition that may or may not be a symptom of his self-imposed isolation. Barden is a man who likes solitude not because he enjoys it, but because he’s afraid of trying anything else. But he’s started hearing the first low peels of bellsong in the foggy Parisian night, and soon he may find the call of at least one of those long and lonely notes too enticing to ignore.

Literature recommendation: ”The House of Sand and Fog” by Andre Dubus III

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a man living alone, with little more than the glow of his computer to keep him company. But something from beyond the veil of death and time may soon enter into the life of this modern hermit, whether he wants it to or not.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”My Friend Dahmer” by Derf Backderf

Random horror recommendation: The Haunting of Hill House

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I fought a war once. It’s been a long time since I’ve seen combat, more than a decade actually. But even after all that time, the memories of Iraq: The sand. The heat. The people. The violence. Those have stayed closer to my heart than almost any other thing I’ve done.

In today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales, we follow a veteran who faces a similar problem, coming to terms with the guilt of surviving something many others did not. He’s a man who’s taken up ultra-marathoning as a way to escape the memories and feelings that have haunted him since his last ugly day in the sandbox. But on this run, he finds something else chasing him through the rocky sands of the Mojave desert. Something he might not be able to outrun.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”The Complete Lovecraft” by H.P. Lovecraft

Random horror recommendation: Hollow Knight video game

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The grind can get to you. My guess is you know what I’m talking about. Most of you, my Dear Listeners, are probably listening to this in the background of some banal task. You’re driving yourself to work, or the kids to school. You’re out mowing the lawn or sitting on a cold bench waiting for the train to finally show.

But like most people in this modern world, you’re somebody with someplace to be and something to do. And it’s hard sometimes, the way the days begin to flit by as you stack dollars and pay bills. As your hair grays and the days disappear until, one day, it’s like your whole life is behind you. But the grind, the grind never slows.

Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a man trapped in that same grind, by his own desire to become the master of the great millstone itself. But his preoccupation with success is getting to him, coloring every new day darker than the last.

This month’s recommendations:

Literature recommendation: ”Uzumaki” by Junji Ito

Random horror recommendation: Jacob’s Ladder

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Life is like the tides. It comes and goes, rises and falls with the moon and light and darkness. This endless force propels us forward no matter our situation, until we can be moved no more.

Today's minisode of the Westside Fairytales is about a man who takes his elderly grandfather on a late night surf trip. A last bit of kindness before the moon sets in the west. 

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Some fears are not shared evenly amongst the inhabitants of this little blue marble. The fear, for instance, that your agency could be stripped away at any moment without recourse isn’t something we all feel, but that some of us know all too well.

It’s fear that comes with a shaky position in society. Women, minorities, and folks with lifestyles and predilections that buck the status quo. If you’re not one of these folks, you might not know what it’s like to not be believed. To simply be ignored by the powers that be, to be dismissed casually. Even to have your life simply placed into the hands of another, regardless of how you feel about the situation.

Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales lives amongst the tendrils of this idea. It is the story of a woman who wakes up to a life that isn’t hers, that she doesn’t want to live, and that certain forces, certain people, won’t allow her to leave. Our protagonist knows the truth about herself, but she’s stripped of her freedoms, even her dignity, simply because that’s the sort of thing that happens to women sometimes.

This month's recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Hillbilly Horror Stories

Literature recommendation: ”House of Leaves” by Mark Z. Danielewski

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Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a man trapped in a relationship he despises. He doesn’t know if he hates his wife, but he does know he plans on leaving her, just as soon as they reach the end of the long trip they’ve embarked on together.

But his plans are put on hold when they stop for gas at a remote desert gas station. Strange things have the building and its occupants under siege. There seems to be no way out, and unfortunately for our protagonist, “til death do us part” may be his only option. 

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Evergreen

Literature recommendation: ”Night Shift“ by Stephen King

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Life has a pace, a rhythm. It’s always unsettling when things disturb it. The death of a friend, an injury, an accident, when the unexpected comes calling it usually visits with bad news in tow.

Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a man who sets his watch by life’s banalities. He lives a boring life, a life he generally enjoys, but things are about to change for him. It starts small; a gap appears on a street where there was no gap. But even a small change in a boring life can have extraordinary effects.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: 33% Pulp

Literature recommendation: ”Dry” by Augusten Burroughs

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There’s an old sort of saying that the best judge is one who hates his work. A man eager to pass judgment on others, that is, is the man least capable of doing the job.

Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about just that sort of man, a reserved individual sent to a small village in a seemingly medieval country, tasked with finding out why people passing by the town are being branded as criminals and hanged.

It’s not just a story on the passing of judgment, but on the nature of those judgments we pass and are forced to pass on each other. How eagerness for justice may lead us to injustice.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Gamma Radio

Literature recommendation: “A Lesson Before Dying” by Ernest J. Gaines

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We all feel the urge to run sometimes. Pressure builds up around us, pushing on our chests and heads, caving in the soft bits inside our ears and eyes until we feel fit to burst. Money, family, loneliness, the struggle to be known, the pain of being forgotten, it all stacks up and gets heavier. And heavier. And heavier.

And when it gets to be too much, there’s a part of you inside that lets you know. We need to run now. We either run, or we die.

Today’s episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a girl who decides to run. She’s taken all she can of the life that was given to her at birth, a life that’s had terrible consequences for most all of the people who’ve gotten tangled up in it. She gets involved with a soon-to-be notorious outlaw, and cuts a path of crime and pain across America, until she arrives at her final destination a thousand miles from where she started, feeling like she’d never really left at all.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendations: Dark Topic and Canadian True Crime

Literature recommendation: ”A Winter Haunting” by Dan Simmons

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Guilt grows like a weed in the hearts of sinners. It’s hard to imagine anybody who’s never wronged another person. At some point, all of us are going to make a decision we’ll have trouble living with for the rest of our lives. And even if it’s a small thing, a trifle, it’ll sit with you in the dark hours of the night, stroking the skin at the back of your neck to keep you awake.

Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales is about just such a feeling. A young boy in a bad neighborhood does something awful, and as he tries to move on from the deed, he finds it haunting him at every step. Never letting up for a second.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Canadian True Crime 

Literature recommendation: ”If We Were Villains” by M.L. Rio

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You know the fear of drowning, even if you've never been near water. It's as inborn in us as the desire to keep breathing. When last we left our protagonist, she was in deathly danger of drowning, and trapped in the kitchen of a sinking ship.

This is part two and the conclusion of the Westside Fairytales story, "The Water-Rotted Doll." We hope you enjoy.

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Today’s tale is the story of a woman’s journey from a war-torn country to one of safety and prosperity. It is a time of sickness, of death, and the specter of death itself follows her on her voyage in the form of an ugly doll made of plaster.

This episode of the Westside Fairytales will cover only the first half of the story, and the second half will be available next episode.

This month’s recommendations:

Podcast recommendation: Counter Worlds Podcast

Literature recommendation: ”Carrion Comfort” by Dan Simmons

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We all feel lonely sometimes. Some of us never really feel like we’re not alone, even when we’re surrounded by people. For guys like me, and our main character of this episode of the Westside Fairytales, that means slinking out to the bar. Secreting yourself away somewhere dark and comfortable, where it’s okay to be a man on his own.

Thing is, that kind of lifestyle can wear on you. It can get too comfortable, and the loneliness might end up becoming your only friend. You become a man alone, sitting at a bar, waiting for friends you barely know, who might not show at all.

This month’s recommendation:

Literature recommendation: ”The Historian” by Elizabeth Kostova

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Ever felt stuck in a rut? Today's episode of the Westside Fairytales is about a woman who feels trapped in a life she never expected to live. Her husband doesn't appreciate her. She doesn't have any hobbies, any friends, or really any social interaction aside from her children.

But an old friend has stopped by to help her break out of this funk. Somebody from her childhood that always shows up when she needs him.

This month’s recommendation:

Literature recommendation: ”Universal Harvester” by John Darnielle

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Sometimes the things you own end up owning you.

This is the last of the minisodes for the Westside Fairytales summer off-season. We've got a slew of terrifying new content heading your way at the beginning of November, so remember to stay up to date with us on social media.

We hope you enjoy your Halloween.

Stay safe out there.

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We're now more than halfway through the off-season, and new episodes of Westside Fairytales are just around the corner. Today's minisode is just a trifle. A snatch of memory. The creeping sort of horror that walks with you for a while even after you've said goodbye.

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