The Wicked Library

Welcome to day one of Gifts for The Wicked, an Audio Advent Calendar of Dark Christmas Drabbles. Today we present a tale by Jesse Hawke told by Daniel Foytik with music by Nico Vettese.

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to Our Extra Wicked Halloween Episode for 2022, Extra Wicked is our special collection of bonus tales made possible by our Supporters at the Extra Wicked Level. Stories are combined into quarterly anthology episodes so that the authors work may be shared with the full audience, but our Supporters hear them first. “Midianites”, written by Ted Morrisey and told by Addison Peacock, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. “The Starsick”, written by Samuel M. Moss and told by Graham Rowat, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. “It’s Your Turn to Wear the Mask”, by Mason Morgan and told by Daniel Foytik, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.Story Summaries: “Midianites”In the beginning the Johnsons didn’t call on Emma to midwife Peggy’s pregnancy, and she believed it was because of the string of deaths. The silence from the Johnson farm confirmed Emma’s suspicions.

Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Sebastian BendixStoryteller: Sarah Ruth ThomasHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: In a savage and lawless future, human tribes must protect themselves from the mutated wildlife that encroaches upon them on every side. When her entire tribe falls ill due to spore poisoning, teenage Sally must venture into the treacherous Sinkhole Swamp to retrieve the last known flower that can cure them. Armed with only a flammable tank of butane gas, Sally must face deadly monsters at every turn, as well as the legendary mutant god said to hold sway over the swamp.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal,

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Paul Michael AndersonStoryteller: Heather ThomasHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: In the near-future, a former revolutionary against the State discovers that she can’t retire from conflict as easily as she would like, and, now, even her would-be allies are her enemies.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightmares, and your

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Sara TantlingerStoryteller: Addison PeacockHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Earth has long since crumbled, and Cora resides on Sulfur Planet with other poverty-stricken humans who must work in the dangerous mines before they can earn passage to a safer planet. Haunted by her past mistakes, she’ll discover something brewing beneath the planet’s acid lake, something that offers a chance for both atonement and evolution…Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Sarah ReadStoryteller: Mary MurphyHost: Nico VetteseFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Marta is one of two staff running the Terror Bay Resort, an immersive, automated reenactment of the disaster that befell the ships Terror and Erebus back when the arctic still had ice. The disaster plays over and over again, like a haunting, like a memory the land can’t forget. And this time, it’s a little too real.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Nora B. PeevyStoryteller: GP MckenzieHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: For centuries Aina’s people have harvested the Dream Root to cultivate the health of their planet, but Aina is now occupied by the enemy Reptilian race, searching for a cure to the mysterious fungus plaguing their people.The Reptilians believe the Dream Root is the cure they’ve been seeking. They’ve enslaved the Ainan people, destroying the wild growing Dream Root and forcing the Ainans to farm the root indoors for the Reptilians’ scientific experiments.Ammalynn, a young teenage Ainan, possesses a powerful gift that could be her people’s salvation, but if Ammalynn uses her gift, she will be forced to make a great sacrifice. Will Aina survive? What will Ammalynn choose?Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction pod

Join us to celebrate the the first episode of Season 5 of Victoria's Lift, written by TWL Alum, M. Regan. In the aftermath of their girlfriend’s death, a poet named Robin struggles to accept what was left unsaid, and what was left behind.Cast (in order of appearance):Narrator: Daniel FoytikRosette Greenaway: Addison PeacockVictoria: Amber CollinsRobin: GP MckenzieAuthor: M. ReganScore: Nico Vettese of We Talk of Dreams Sound Design: Daniel Foytik, of 9th Story Studios, LLCCover Art: Greg ShafferArt Director: Jeanette Andromeda of JeanetteCreations.comA 9th Story Studios, LLC Production, All rights reserved.Support us on Patreon for ad free episodes and extra content.Get your copy of The Lift, 9 Stories of Transformation Volume One on Kindle, or in print. Visit victoriaslift.com/read to get your copy today.Listen and Subscribe: iTunes | iHeart Radio | Spotify | Google Podcasts | TuneIn | StitcherTHEMES:“The Lift Arrives, (Opening Theme Music):“Victoria’s Music Box, (Victoria’s Theme)”The Lift Closing Theme

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Myk PilgrimStoryteller: Graham RowatHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: After a tragedy devours everyone Arthur loves, he wakes up in the hospital terribly burnt and all alone. Art has nothing but time to spend weeping, and following the insurance payout, deep pockets too.He decides the only way to heal himself is to eat his feelings.He will eat and eat and eat, push through the tears until he has his family in his arms again.He will grow them back.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Kelli PerkinsStoryteller: Jessica McEvoyHost: Jessica McHughFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: What if ghosts are not only real but a scientifically provable phenomenon? What if that phenomenon is not all it seems? What price would you pay to harness that kind of information? Emily is about to find out.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightm

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Cameron UlamStoryteller: Daniel FoytikHost: Brianna MorganFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Lucid dreaming is a skill that plenty of people covet. Dr. Spellini has tapped into the secret of doing so at will, with the assistance of his marvellous new invention. Careful, though…your dreams might not always be the safest places to walk…and once you step into the machine, you might find yourself getting more than you bargained for.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Daniel Foytik Storyteller: Graham RowatCast (in order of appearance):Victoria Bigglesworth-Hayes: Amber CollinsNarrator: Graham RowatThe Trees, Jeremy: Erika SandersonThe Piper: Pearse O’ByrneSpecial Agent Jackie Ellis: Francesca MeauxTom: Daniel FoytikThe Waitress: Cynthia LowmanHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Today’s episode, Von Hameln, is a special presentation of the first mini-series we created for Victoria’s Lift and tells the tale of Victoria facing down an ancient foe and trying to overcome his Wicked plan. It originally aired as a three-part adventure, but for your enjoyment and convenience, I have combined the full story into a single episode.Millenia ago, several Keys were created, one being Victoria’s Music Box. While investigating the mysterious abduction of children, Vict

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Christopher LongStoryteller: Denise Michelle JohnsonHost: Mitch GeradsFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Job Report.A Locus Senior Field Engineer with full diagnostic equipment is required urgently.Unknown male’s Cicero Mnemograph device is major reporting issues. Technology is locked into a spiralling recall feedback loop. Severe shutdown imminent. All memory stabilisation is failing. Subject’s Palace floorplan design is now locked into full sleep mode to maintain his mental and physical well-being. Please respond. Status pending. This job has been awaiting attention for over maximum wait times set by Locus Company parameters.Please respond.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, be

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Hailey PiperStoryteller: Mary MurphyHost: Sadie HartmannFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.Story Summary: A scientist in a secret government lab has devoted her career to studying vicious lifeforms that crashed onto Earth years ago. Having recently ended a long-term relationship and now feeling socially isolated from her colleagues, she can’t help projecting her loneliness onto the lab’s specimens. But is the connection really only in her head? Or does she have more in common with these violent creatures than she ever imagined?Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fe

Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Pippa BaileyStoryteller: Erika SandersonHost: Meg HafdahlFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Noelle and her far more scientifically gifted friend Zuri, love to get drunk on Fridays and watch their favourite movies. But when Zuri creates a device that allows them to experience film in a WHOLE new way, Friday Movie Night takes an unexpected turn. Their favourite film The Madness Beyond will never be the same again and neither will they. There’s horror, death, bad accents, and a giant snake.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to Extra Wicked, our special bonus tales made possible by our Supporters at the Extra Wicked Level. Stories are combined into quarterly anthology episodes so that the authors work may be shared with the full audience, but our Supporters hear them first. “Cleared for Reentry”, written by Briana Morgan and told by Graham Rowat, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. “Portraiture”, written by Davis Walden and told by David Ault, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. “The Lady of The Wood”, written by Cody Mower told by Daniel Foytik, with a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams.Story Summaries: “Cleared for Reentry”Two men are ready to end their mission aboard the space station they’ve lived and worked on together for months. Excited to depart, the tension is palpable, and things might not go as smoothly as planned.“Portraiture”A grieving man who has lost his wife and

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: A. P. SesslerStoryteller: Graham RowatHost: Daniel FoytikFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Mark sees things in wood most people can’t. Every piece of wood contains a creature trapped inside and it’s his ability to free them. An eagle. A rabbit. A wolf. A bear. Ever since he clicked on a series of images taken by Ingenuity he’s been seeing the Face of Mars, but for the first time something is looking back, and it, too, longs for liberation.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story tak

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Samantha MayotteStoryteller: Addison PeacockHost: Jessica McEvoyFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Humans are imperfect beings, often leaving us wishing and wanting more for ourselves. To be taller, skinnier, fitter, faster, to be someone, or something, other than ourselves. If you found a mysterious Organization that could promise just that–perfection, in whatever way you want it–would you take it or let it slip through your fingers? Would you let them alter your anatomy, down to your very genetic code, to become the version of yourself you always dreamed of being?Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. Ther

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Lawrence C. ConnollyStoryteller: Lawrence C. ConnollyHost: Davis WaldenFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: It seemed a harmless obsession, folding paper into hollow spheres, pyramids, and stars. But the administrators feared the power of his art. He had to be stopped. To save the world. To save himself.Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it.If at any time a story takes you to a place too dark, turn on the lights, press pause, or press stop. And always remember, that unlike in the real world, these nightma

Get these episodes ad free!Support the show on Patreon for as little as $3 / month.Welcome to The Wicked Library for our season of Sci-Fi Themed Horror. Author: Michael A. Arnzen Storyteller: Graham RowatHost: Jeanette AndromedaFeaturing a custom score by Nico Vettese, of We Talk of Dreams. Story Summary: Billy deeply loved his Grandma Baccalieri. She kept him warm and happy after his parents died and he had to move in with her. He especially enjoyed her baked desserts from the old country — from her cinnamon cream torte to her vanilla-blueberry pie.But Billy knew that his Grandma just had to die. Because of her malochia… her horrible, evil eye… her terrifying curse….Warning: The Wicked Library is a horror fiction podcast created for a mature audience. Our stories contain graphic descriptions of pain, murder, violence, blood, betrayal, and inhumanity; monsters win, people die, and hope is often shattered. There is also beauty, heart, catharsis, and raw emotion. Fear may be deeply personal, but we all share it