Smiling Horror

Smiling Horror


Latest Episodes

Ghosties with the Mosties
September 27, 2020

A book recommendation for and excerpt reading from Scratches by Joshua Marsella followed by A Librivox recording of The Canterville Ghost by Oscar Wilde and an after credits, Verse 1 cover, tribute of Gordon Lightfoot's If You Could Read My Mind performed

A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe
August 23, 2020

This episode features poetry in the spirit of Edgar Allan Poe by Laura Schmidt and Fizzy along with Bob Neufeld's Librivox recordings - An Appreciation of Edgar Allan Poe and Poe's short story The Black Cat.

The Eyes Have It
June 28, 2020

Laura Schmidt's lovely dark poem - River Water. Gillian Knight's flash fiction horror story, Talented Souls and Edith Wharton's short story, The Eyes.

Pandemics
May 25, 2020

The elephant in the room.  To ignore it would be impossible.  Paula Pivko Martinek's revealing short story, The Door, exposes more than just a virus. While Edgar Allen Poe's, The Masque of the Red Death, finds its protagonist and his guests hiding behind

Cheers to Old Endings and New Beginnings!
December 31, 2019

A beginning always has an ending and ending always brings forth a new beginning. So goes the circle of life. Join us for a scary good time with Gage Irving's, The Matchmakers Diligence, Gillian Knights sneak peak at her new Science Fiction novel, and H.G.

Ghosts, witches and vampires, oh my!
October 13, 2019

Scary stories from Gillian Knight, Virginia Woolf, The Grimm Brothers, and Bram Stoker.

Do You Love Me, Alex? By Chuck Waldron
August 25, 2019

Things get complicated when Alex's computer falls in love with him and the feeling isn't mutual.

The Terrible Old Man, a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.
June 30, 2019

Three Robbers seek to steal treasure from an old sea-captain.

Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven performed by Vincent Price.
June 16, 2019

Special Father's Day edition from the Father of the American Horror Story- Edgar Allan Poe.

Red Eyes. A short, horror story by Gillian Knight. Read by Gillian Knight. Copyright 6.2.19
June 02, 2019

Things get heated when Jenna's dead brother, Evan, shows up at his own memorial service with glowing red eyes. Only Jenna knows the truth or does she?