Dark Tome
Activity Overview
Episode publication activity over the past year
Episodes
A Journey with Strange Bedfellows, Part 4
28 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Hunter's quest may be at an end, when he overlooks a very haunted-looking castle in Romania. Is he prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice for his tru...
A Journey with Strange Bedfellows, Part 3
21 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
A phantasmagoric forest awaits Hunter Brown. What devils lurk in the woods of Europe? We'll find out soon... In collaboration with Forest Rose Produc...
A Journey with Strange Bedfellows, Part 2
14 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Confronted with the loss of his one true love, Hunter Brown heads to Paris to enlist support in his journey. But when things go awry at a Parisian dri...
A Journey with Strange Bedfellows, Part 1
07 Oct 2022
Contributed by Lukas
This harrowing, steampunky fantasy-horror series charts one man's journey in search of true love across a kaleidoscopic nightmare landscape of 19th ce...
Keeper of the Dead, by Marguerite Croft
27 Apr 2022
Contributed by Lukas
Teenager Zelle finds herself introduced to her family’s tradition – and amazing power – to hold audiences with the dead. But do the town elders ...
The Agony Chamber, by Morgan Sylvia
08 Sep 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A group of buddies goes hunting in the Maine woods and find an evil beyond imagination. This haunting story is penned by Morgan Sylvia -- a metalhead,...
The Ding Ding, by Judith Pancoast
04 Aug 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A Dark Tome exclusive short story reading of The Ding Ding, written and read by Judith Pancoast. It's the 1970s. A teenager accepts a babysitting job ...
Janine, by Emma J Gibbon
07 Jul 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week a reading of the short story JANINE, a haunting tale of youth gone awry thanks to devils in the Maine woods. Story by Emma J Gibbon - Emma J...
Gargoyles, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen
02 Jun 2021
Contributed by Lukas
This week's story is the haunting GARGOYLES, by Stephanie Diaz Reppen. You heard Stephanie's work as Sonia in Dark Tome Undertow. Performing as Stepha...
Maggie Doll, by Alex Jennings
03 May 2021
Contributed by Lukas
A strange tale of toys left to fend for themselves after a great disaster occurs to humans. Written by Alex Jennings, read by Kym Dakin, with sound de...
Henry, by Fred Greenhalgh
04 Mar 2021
Contributed by Lukas
Today, an original short story by Dark Tome creator Fred Greenhalgh, HENRY - a meditation on loss, and a study of the power of love to hold off the fo...
Curious History of the Dark Tome, Epilogue - An Essay by Mr. Gussy
08 Jun 2020
Contributed by Lukas
"I gotta give you a warning: there is no truth about the Dark Tome. If you think I can tell you anything certain about it, well, turn your computer of...
The Days of Flaming Motorcycles, by Catherynne M. Valente
10 Apr 2020
Contributed by Lukas
Caitlin no longer tracks days by the calendar - instead, it's by the theme covers of the journals she writes while she goes to work at the derelict Ja...
The Green Knight's Wife, by Kat Howard
21 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"The boys arrive with the changing of the weather, ushered in by winter’s cold. Once a year, at the beginning of December, those silly boys who thin...
The Curious History of the Dark Tome Pt. 2: Apocalyptic Endings
15 Dec 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Today we feature POINT MYSTIC's second (and final) part of their investigation into the tragic death of Dr. Joseph Ricci, the destruction of his resea...
The Curious History of the Dark Tome Pt. 1: Storybook Beginnings
31 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Liber Tenebris, The Dark Tome, remains an object of great speculation and mystery within occult circles, until now. In a special crossover episode wit...
S2E9: Bear Language, by Martin Cahill
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Joanna, her brother Oliver, and her dad are all trapped in the upstairs of their house, with a bear prowling downstairs. However, as her father plows ...
S2E8: Sing Me Your Scars, by Damien Angelica Waters
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie finds herself trapped with several other women in a monstrous situation imagined by a twisted doctor in early 1910s America. This is the world ...
S2E7: Nennorluk, by Chris Tarry
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Gussy returns, but what he finds on the other side was not what he expected. We venture to the salt-sprayed shores of New Brunswick, where time ha...
S2E6: The Vishakanya's Choice, by Roshani Chokshi
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie faces a choice, and who better to help her understand the importance - and power - of choices than Sudha, a Vishakanya, or poison maiden, a fem...
S2E5: Mr. Carter's Story, by Fred Greenhalgh
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie returns to her high school guidance teacher's office, looking for answers. Mr. Carter tells his story, about how he first encountered the Dark ...
S2E4: Inselberg, by Nalo Hopkinson
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie's transported to a Caribbean island in the near-future, where a devastating 'duppy tide' caused utter devastation… And has led to a new, perv...
S2E3: The Birds of Azalea Street, by Nova Ren Suma
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Kim and Cassie hide away at a rich family's home in a neighborhood on the outskirts of town. But, Kim isn't letting Cassie go without learning some of...
S2E2: The Bacchae, by Elizabeth Hand
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie's saved by a friend, but learns that her world has changed more than she could have imagined while she's been gone. Worlds gone wrong turns out...
S2E1: Natural Skin, by Alyssa Wong
21 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"I'm not a ghost!" -- "All ghosts say that." In the return of the acclaimed dimension-jumping anthology fiction podcast, we find Cassie flung to a wor...
Season 2 Trailer: The World's Not How I Left It
20 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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S1E9: How Gussy Got the Book, by Frederick Greenhalgh
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Mr. Gussy and Cassie learned they've "Gone sideways" - the Dark Tome has returned them to the world, but not *their* world. As Cassie struggles to und...
S1E8: Trial Day, by Tananarive Due
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
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...
S1E7: INK by Jonathan Maberry
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie returns from her traumatic trip to a haunted - and haunting - family reunion. As she attempts to re-align her world, Gussy stumbles out of his ...
S1E6: Family Demons, by Frederick Greenhalgh
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie returns home after the wondrous night at the prom (Episode 4) and finds her dreams shattered when she gets home. Forced to flee her home, she s...
S1E5: Blind Love, by Joe R Lansdale and Kasey Lansdale
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
As part of "Dark Duets," mojo storyteller Joe R Lansdale paired up with his daughter, Kasey Lansdale, to pen this tale of a monster whose power is thr...
S1E4: Murdered Sleep, by Kat Howard
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
"Sleep is dying, and has been for a long time now, through uncounted ticks of clocks and the flickers of thousands of too-brief candles." It's the nig...
S1E3: Breathe My Name, by Christopher Golden
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Being a miner is like playing Russian roulette every day of your life. Any morning you might wake up, and find the chamber with the bullet. Tommy - th...
S1E2: The Bread We Eat in Dreams, by Catherynne M. Valente
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
In Episode 2 of the Dark Tome, Cassie knows better but can't escape the temptation to return to Mr. Gussy's bookshop. She finds the old man frustrated...
S1E1: The Devil on the Staircase, by Joe Hill
19 Oct 2019
Contributed by Lukas
Episode 1 of the Dark Tome introduces us to Cassie, who is forced to read books to Mr. Gussy - an old crank who runs a bookshop of the strange and the...
The Floodgates of Willowhill, by Mary SanGiovanni
07 Apr 2017
Contributed by Lukas
"Everybody whose grown up in Faulkesville, well, they’ve always guessed there’s something wrong with the woods on the edge of town, the ones that ...
The Masque of the Red Death, by Edgar Allan Poe
27 Jan 2017
Contributed by Lukas
A fresh take on Edgar Allen Poe’s classic “The Masque of the Red Death” – featuring an all-star cast of New England actors, and immersive loca...
Season 1 Teaser: Open the Book, Unlock Imagination
21 Oct 2016
Contributed by Lukas
Cassie, a wayward teen, has discovered a magical book that literally transports her to the world within the story. What adventures will we go to with ...