short stories

Every Night I Go To Bed to the Sound of Screaming

Guest column by Tabitha Swanson, age 5

Jun 22 • John Patrick Nelson

"Four Walls" returns!

Help yourself to a story about prisons

May 4 • John Patrick Nelson

The freshest of me fiction

Jan 27 • John Patrick Nelson

If ye like yer horror a lil bit silly...

Oct 31, 2025

"Creepy Paperback" [Craig's Version]

An old favorite, with a new voice!

Oct 29, 2025 • John Patrick Nelson

28:51

“Whiskey Dick”

A new piece of crime fiction

Aug 4, 2025 • John Patrick Nelson

What if the mafia had their own P.I.?

Mar 24, 2025

"Blowtorch Blues"

A tale of chains and… well, blowtorches

Mar 3, 2025

"Chilton's Hands"

Gots a new short story for ye, if ye dare

Dec 2, 2024

Gots a new story fer ye

Sep 2, 2024

Apr 22, 2024 • John Patrick Nelson

Bonus Appendix 01 - "Four Walls" (Craig's Version)

Appendix 01 - a bonus episode featuring Craig Sechler reading John's short story "Four Walls."

Feb 26, 2024 • John Patrick Nelson

19:42

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