A frightening tale is only successful when the story at its heart is great.

Submit a Frightening Tale

Are you a writer with some frightening short stories you’ve already written that you’d be willing to share with our brave listeners? Then please submit them here as a URL, Word, Rich Text File or PDF. Please include any information you want used as a ‘plug’ this could be a new book, a tour? website, charity cause – whatever you want. It’s my way of thanking the authors for sharing their stories. 

By Submitting a story to Frightening Tales you acknowledge
and release the story for use on FrighteningTales.com
in a non-exclusive agreement.
( doesn’t mean I own it – just that I’m allowed to use it )

 I must preface that NOT all stories submitted will be suitable for a… Frightening treatment.

I will say though, that your story will be read. If your tale doesn’t meet the needs of a performance, it in no way means it’s a poor piece of work, but rather that it’s just not the right fit for this program. I implore you to continue, for a master fails more times than a beginner has even tried. Keep writing!!!

Please note that while I will never claim ownership of your story, I do claim ownership of the performance I create. Not in anyway that I want to monetize it, but in that they can only be listened to from Frighteningtales.com. This funnels listeners to visit here, in turn exposing them to other authors as well you, and is part of the horror for the love of horror motto. It’s kinda how this all works.

Hints to help you get performed

• Stories that contain the supernatural / paranormal are a preference. There are enough crazy humans and psychopaths actually wandering the streets, I prefer to keep a foot firmly planted in whimsy. Now, a crazy psychopath ghost… we can talk.
• Stories should be works of Fiction. Narratives that are documentary style retelling of ghostly encounters you’ve had personally isn’t the format that I’m looking for… unless you can retell it in a way that reads like a story.
• Evil and darkness in all its frightening tales are well enough without racist hate. Again this treads too close to reality for my liking.

Writing Requirements

• Stories should be 1600 words or more. I like episodes to be around 20 mins, 30 is optimal. I max out at 60 mins. But shorter stories can be paired up with other shorter stories to flesh out a full episode. So, don’t hesitate to share. 
• I generally don’t perform overly sexualized stories either. Often families on road trips are listening.
• Stories can be submitted as Word, PDF, google doc, or a Webpage.

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