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The Kaidankai presents original short stories from experienced and emerging authors that explore the unsettling edges of human experience. These tales can be touching, scary, gruesome, funny, and even heartwarming.
From ghostly encounters and supernatural revenge to speculative futures and uncanny moments, the stories span genres while sharing a common atmosphere of mystery and unease. The Kaidankai is narrated with a focus on mood, pacing, and immersion. Whether a story leans toward horror, fantasy, science fiction, or something harder to define, each episode invites listeners to step into a world just slightly off-kilter.
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Main Attraction by Lori D'Angelo | Dark Carnival Horror
In a small town built around a mysterious carousel attraction, visitors line up for the chance to relive a moment from their past. Some leave shaken. Some never recover from what they discover. As…
Ep. 365: The Secret Closet by Zary Fekete: Ghostly School Horror
A quiet high school student drifts through life unnoticed—until a hidden room in her school begins calling to her. Inside, she discovers strange messages layered beneath decades of forgotten posters,…
The Flesh That Endures by David Horn: Cosmic War Horror
In the trenches of war, soldiers face more than just the enemy. When something unnatural begins to move across the battlefield, they must confront a horror that feeds on death itself.A bleak,…
The Flesh That Endures by David Horn: Cosmic War Horror
In the trenches of war, soldiers face more than just the enemy. When something unnatural begins to move across the battlefield, they must confront a horror that feeds on death itself.A bleak,…
Heavenly Escape by MN Wiggins: Psychological Supernatural Horror
A woman narrowly escapes death during a violent raid—thanks to her guardian angel… who just happens to be her deceased twin sister. But as the two navigate the aftermath, reality begins to fracture,…
Flies in the Honey by Kyle Walker: A Creepy Psychological Horror Story
A man obsessed with cleanliness and control begins to notice something wrong—flies appearing where they shouldn’t, and a smell he cannot escape. As reality unravels, he must confront a terrifying…
Night of the Living Bedsheet by Alex Grass: A Strange and Terrifying Supernatural Encounter
A night janitor working at a blood bank encounters something impossible—a floating bedsheet that appears first in mirrors, then in reality. But this is no ghostly illusion. It wants something. It…
Ep. 360: HMS Wraith by Thomas Wetzel--A Ghost Ship Horror Story
A strange ship is spotted drifting along the English coast—appearing and disappearing, sometimes engulfed in flames, sometimes perfectly intact. A naval officer is tasked with investigating the…
Why Didn't You Just Leave by Shannon Massey: A Story of Trauma and a Haunting
A question survivors hear far too often: Why didn’t you just leave?In this powerful and unsettling story by Shannon Massey, one woman reflects on her past while trying to rebuild her life in a new…
The Search by LN Hunter: A Sci-Fi Horror Story About AI, Humanity, and the Unknown
Long after humanity has vanished, machines inherit the universe—and a question they cannot answer: where did their creators go? Curiosity turns into obsession and debate as artificial minds push…
The Cauldron by Mark Speed: A Dark Horror Story of Street Harassment and Twisted Justice
A young woman walks alone at night, dragging a heavy cauldron through empty streets—just wanting to be left in peace. But when a group of men decide she’s something to be toyed with, the encounter…
Hannah Sawyer by Aaron Brown-Ewing: A Ghost Story About Loneliness and Regret
What once seemed like a simple tale told among children begins to take on new meaning in adulthood, as the past and present blur in unexpected ways. As the narrator revisits a place tied to the…
Ep. 355: King of the Mountain by Matthew Hurst: A Cycling Horror Story
A solo cyclist pushes himself to the limit on a grueling ride through the mountains of southern France. Determined to show his friends his stamina and strength, he documents the trip on social media,…
Ghost Jam by Daniel Scott Tysdal: A Haunting Story About Music and Ghosts
A musician finally finds the quiet she needs to focus on her music—until something begins knocking in the middle of the night. What starts as an unsettling disturbance soon becomes impossible to…
Laughter and the Devil by Nemo Arator: A Chilling Literary Horror Tale
A writer’s childhood flirtation with dark forces resurfaces years later, blurring memory, guilt, and desire as laughter becomes a terrifying invitation to something ancient.When a writer’s adolescent…
Old Ben by TG Smith:A Ghost Story of Displacement, Captivity, and Friendship
In “Old Ben” by T.G. Smith, an immigrant zoo worker navigating unfamiliar snow and baffling English idioms finds himself haunted by an unexpected presence during his nightly rounds. The story…
Negative Space by Jennifer Peaslee: A Supernatural Horror Story About What We Fail to See
A subtle supernatural horror story in which an unknown presence has a warning. Set against the mundanity of everyday life, "Negative Space" uses slow-dripping dread to expose a presence and its…
Ep. 350: Torn by Melissa MIles--A Supernatural Story of Identity and Survival
A haunting supernatural story in which a woman receives a phone call from herself—warning her about the life she’s about to live. Blending psychological horror with speculative dread, "Torn" uses the…
What Comes Next by David Corisis--A Quiet Story About Death and What Follows
A quiet supernatural story about aging, death, and the unsettling certainty that something always comes after. When a man is interrupted by an unexpected knock, he’s forced to face his mortality.Told…
That Sound that the Crickets Make by Val Chatindo: A Dark Witchcraft Confession
A first-person supernatural confession about inheriting witchcraft, where fear, taboo, and belonging collide.In That Sound That the Crickets Make, tradition is not comfort—it’s obligation, and…
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