Smiling Horror Podcast

Smiling Horror

Regina Walker
We're exploring the joy of horror including original short stories and commentary. If you would like to submit your short story to be read on this podcast, please submit to: [email protected]. Cover art photo provided by Boudewijn Huysmans on Unsplash: https://unsplash.com/@boudewijn_huysmans
Ghosties with the Mosties
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 by Gillian Knight.
Sep 27, 2020
1 hr 28 min
A Tribute to Edgar Allan Poe
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.
Aug 23, 2020
52 min
The Eyes Have It
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.
Jun 28, 2020
52 min
Pandemics
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 masques hoping to avoid a dangerous plague.
May 25, 2020
48 min
Cheers to Old Endings and New Beginnings!
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. Wells short, New Year's Day story, The Star.
Dec 31, 2019
46 min
Red Eyes. A short, horror story by Gillian Knight. Read by Gillian Knight. Copyright 6.2.19
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?
Dec 7, 2019
17 min
Ghosts, witches and vampires, oh my!
Scary stories from Gillian Knight, Virginia Woolf, The Grimm Brothers, and Bram Stoker.
Oct 13, 2019
1 hr 8 min
Do You Love Me, Alex? By Chuck Waldron
Things get complicated when Alex's computer falls in love with him and the feeling isn't mutual.
Aug 25, 2019
18 min
The Terrible Old Man, a short story by H.P. Lovecraft.
Three Robbers seek to steal treasure from an old sea-captain.
Jul 1, 2019
9 min
Edgar Allan Poe's poem The Raven performed by Vincent Price.
Special Father's Day edition from the Father of the American Horror Story- Edgar Allan Poe.
Jun 16, 2019
10 min
Load more