NIGHTLIGHT: A Horror Fiction Podcast

This week, a double-feature gothic story from Jamie Grimes with special hosts from Pseudopod – Alex and Kat.

For our season finale, dreams really do come true.

This week, fiction from Terence Taylor that ponders a strange shared living situation.

This week, one more flash fiction story from Tonya R. Moore.

Today, flash fiction from Del Sandeen that cautions us to be careful what you wish for.

This week, we have a series of flash fiction tales, starting with a story from our host Tonia Ransom that explores funerary rituals.

We interview Khalifaziz, author of Mitochondrial Assimilation. We talk about the story and its inspiration, and Black horror.

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This week, an old god emerges from primordial slime.

Today, an interview with Lamar Giles, author of "Power and Purpose" (episode 420), and "Wilson's Pawn and Loan" (episode 103).

This week, a story from New York Times Bestseller Lamar Giles that mixes religion with deadly premonitions.

This week, short fiction from Crystal Connor that turns the magical negro trope on its head.

This week, be careful about who you choose to marry.

We interview Tracy Cross, author of Red Box. We discuss dystopian fiction, The Twilight Zone, hoodoo, and writing good monsters.

Tracy Cross has had work appear in anthologies and magazines, including: Tales of the Lost Vol. 2, The Ones That Got Away (upcoming from Kandisha Press in 2021), 99 Tiny Terrors and the Midnight and Indigo: 22 Speculative Stories by Black Women. She has appeared on several websites and podcasts: Dark Fire Fiction, New American Legends, The Greatest Indoor Reading Series Podcast and Tales to Terrify. She is the recipient of the 2020 Ladies of Horror Fiction Grant. She is a supporting member of the Horror Writers Association. Tracy hails from Cleveland, Ohio, and loves her current home, Washington, DC. She also makes a really delicious apple pie.

This week, the second part of our cyberpunk horror about a mysterious box and unusual pandemic.

This week, the first part of a two-part cyberpunk horror about a mysterious box and unusual pandemic.

Tonia interviews Samantha Frye, author of Playthings. We discuss MFA programs, genre writing, story inspiration in cartoons, and Southern Black culture.

This week, a double feature from Rickey Rivers Jr and Samantha Frye wherein body parts have a mind of their own and a twist on monsters hiding in a child’s closet.

This week, we interview Victoria Hutchinson, author of "Bloodlust" and discuss the story's premise and inspiration, writing dark vs lighthearted fiction, and discipline as a writer. Plus, video games!

This week, short fiction from Victoria Hutchinson that explores what it’s like to seek out pain you cannot feel.

We interview L. Marie Wood, author of Family Dinner. We discuss pantsing vs plotting, screenwriting, and more.

This week, another double feature with two flash fiction stories from L. Marie Wood and Tyhitia Green..

We interview Michele Tracy Berger, author of “Etta, Zora, and the First Serpent”.

This week, a story from the Harlem Renaissance featuring none other than Zora Neale Hurston.

We interview Errick Nunnally, author of “You Call This An Apocalypse?” and Nicole Givens Kurtz, author of “Siren’s Song”.

A doubleheader this week: a tale of what happens when the apocalypse comes to the hood, followed by a story of an unlikely victim of an unusual siren song.

We interview Tonya Liburd, author of “The Drunken Tree”, episode 403.

Tonya Liburd shares a birthday with Ray Bradbury and Simeon Daniel, which may tell you a little something about her; and while she has an enviable collection of vintage dust bunnies to her credit, her passions are music (someday!) and of course, words. One day she hopes, when introducing herself as a writer, she won't feel all weird about it. Her poetry has been nominated for the 2017 & 2018 Rhysling Awards, and longlisted in the 2015 Carter V. Cooper(Vanderbilt)/Exile Short Fiction Competition. Her work is used in Nisi Shawl's workshops and Tananarive due’s UCLA Horror course (the latter of which was crashed by Jordan Peele of Get Out Fame) as examples of code switching. Her fiction has been praised by Publisher’s Weekly and at Barnes & Noble’s SFF blog. She is the recipient of an Ontario Arts Council writer’s grant in 2020. She is also the Senior Editor of Abyss & Apex Magazine. You can find her blogging at https://www.spiderlilly.com or on Twitter at @somesillywowzer.

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This week, a story of an obsessed dead twin and a magical tree from Tonya Liburd.

We interview Alexis Brooks de Vita, author of “Her Faithful Black Cat”, episode 401. We talk about the history of Black horror literature, Poe, Lovecraft Country, and her work as a scholar of African-American Literature.

Alexis Brooks de Vita was born in Watts shortly before the Riots and was taken to Uganda with her mother and brother just as Idi Amin staged his bloody coup.  With three degrees in Comparative Literature, specializing in the literature of African-descent women in English, French, Italian, and Spanish, she is the author of The 1855 Murder Case of Missouri versus Celia, an Enslaved Woman, Mythatypes:  Signatures and Signs of African/Diaspora and Black Goddesses, and Dante's Inferno:  A Wanderer in Hell.  The first two books of her Books of Joy trilogy, about the supernatural powers of an enslaved Mississippi community, are available through Double Dragon: Burning Streams and Blood of Angels.

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A reimagining of Poe’s story “The Black Cat” makes us examine what love really means and how it can transcend through time and space.

Happy Holidays! Enjoy this bonus story by Tananarive Due courtesy of The Dark Tome podcast.

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Young Lettie can see things through her magic eye -  things that might be better if she not see. Grownup's secrets. Grownup's  true intentions. But when she learns of her brother's unjust arrest and  sham trial, it's her seeing eye - and some conjure magic from her Mama -  that may help change the fate of her big brother.

What happens when someone will do anything to win a reality show?

Actors:

Natasha: Cherrae Stuart

Ed: Carl Stewart

Milo: Devante Johnson

Cameraman: Josh Carter

Jacqueline: Khalila Roney

Medic: Matt Peters

Holly: Brea Grant

Liam: Raiden Thompson

Show Narrator: Tonia Ransom

Written by: Tonia Ransom

Audio production by Pacific Obadiah of CREEPY Podcast

Should your loyalty lie with your new family, or your old? In this tale of vampire vs human families, the answer is complicated.

Audio production by Davis Walden.

This week, the conclusion of our creepy puppet story from last week.

Audio production by Davis Walden. Narration by Carl Stewart.

Everyone knows puppets and dolls are creepy, and this tale shows us what happens when a vengeful ghost finds a new home in one. This story is a little longer than our usual fare, so this week we’ll feature Part 1 and next Friday we’ll release Part 2.

Narration by Carl Stewart.

Audio production by Tonia Ransom.

This week's story explores what it means when something is too good to be true.

Audio production by Evan Shelton.

Narration by Matt Peters.

This week, we interview author of "Last Stop on Route Nine" and Executive Producer of Horror Noire, Tananarive Due.

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This week we have a story bestselling author and screenwriter, Tananarive Due. This tale of taking a wrong turn into another world is reminiscent of The Twilight Zone. Beware mysterious midday fog and isolated country houses.

This week we have a Lovecraftian story to fill you to the gills with fear. Steven Van Patten imagines a beautiful lake with a dark secret beneath its waves.

Narration provided by Carl Stewart. Audio production by Davis Walden.

This week, a story from a voice you've heard before...but not like this. Voice actor and writer Cherrae L. Stuart spins a tale of what happens when our dreams become nightmares.

Audio production by Evan Shelton. Narrated by Josh Carter.

This week, we have a story of birds, blood, and vengeance.

This week’s story is a perfect blend of noir, mermaids, and murder, with some heavy metal thrown in for good measure.

This week, a captivating story of hellhounds and conflicting ancestry.

Narrated by Cherrae Stuart. Audio production by Tonia Ransom.

NIGHTLIGHT is back for Season 3 with a story about werewolves,  sorcerers, and demons. Be careful of cobblestone streets and mysterious  songs.

Narrated by Tonia Ransom. Audio production by Tonia Ransom.

Fans of The Matrix will enjoy this story of a simulated reality.

This week, we have a story from our creator, Tonia, about revenge and werewolves.

This week, we have a story of revenge in the South. With vampires!

A quick content warning: there is racial violence in this episode and if that’s something you don’t want to hear, you may consider skipping this episode.

This week, we bring you a post-apocalyptic story that makes us question who’s really turning into a monster. Our author is Jennifer Baker, a long-time publishing professional, and the creator and host of the Minorities in Publishing podcast, as well as contributing editor to Electric Literature.