Cynthia Lowman

730: Highway 16 – by Caitlin Marceau

When a young woman stops to help an old man on an empty highway, not all is as it seems. The man is looking for more than assistance and what he needs is more than she’s willing to give.

The story is based upon the Highway of Tears, a Canadian highway from British Columbia to Alberta. The bodies of 19 First Nation’s women have been discovered along the stretch of road, but more than 40 women are said to have been taken from Highway 16 over the years.

729: Extra Wicked Fall

This week, thanks to our Patreon supporters and some very Wicked Authors, we have been able to produce two Extra Wicked tales for you all as well as three delightfully twisted tunes by Pandemonium’s Calliopi, courtesy of Zach Hill.

728: Louise, Your Shed’s on Fire – by Matthew Weber

In this darkly comic homage to alien invasion stories, Meg Thatcher witnesses a mysterious object fall from the sky and crash into her neighbor’s shed.

Then things get weird.

727: Rare Air – by Mark Slade

Mark Slade makes his Wicked Library debut with this tale told by John Grilz with Nicole Goodnight as Meg.

Rude and crude Howard King is everything most women do not want, so why is rich and glamorous Meg so attracted to him?

Check out the new podcast collective The Wicked Library has joined, Dark Myths.

726: Blood Pressure – by T. D. Trask

T.D. Trask returns to the Wicked Library with this dark and humorous tale.

When a small Pennsylvania town is faced with a unique problem, they elect a local salesman to propose a very unique solution to the town’s new mayor, himself a very…unique individual.

725: A Priest in Love – by Stephanie Ogrodnik

Stephanie Ogrodnik makes her Wicked Library debut with this dark and atmospheric tale.

Father William Blackwell has fallen in love. Aside from the obvious problems with this obsession, is that the girl he loves is dead. In a tale that proves love can make us do things we’d never expect and cross forbidden boundaries, a priest with a keen sense of smell lusts for a malicious dead girl, who carries the scent of ash.

724: Classically Wicked

This week, we dig into the archives and share 3 classic wicked tales by Daniel Foytik, Rebecca Snow, and Kerry Lipp – all narrated by Nelson W. Pyles.

“Grey and Red” by Daniel Foytik | “Comp Time” by Rebecca Snow | “What if Jesus was a Werewolf” by Kerry Lipp

723: Amelia’s Labyrinth – by John Clewarth

John Clewarth makes his Wicked Library debut with this darkly mysterious tale.

George Paddison is sent to boarding school, deep in the North Yorkshire countryside. His wealthy father, the owner of a national newspaper, says it will be ‘the making of him’. At first, George is lonely and bewildered in the vastness of the Manor School, but is befriended by a captivating young boy, named Joseph Longmire. George is fascinated by Joseph’s prized possession, a toy Victorian theatre, through which he makes up his own stories. By means of distraction, Joseph takes George exploring in the huge grounds, to a mysterious woodland that is home to a strange natural phenomenon.