Slip into a world where the wallpaper bites, the old gods yet live and the foxes plan revenge. An original horror fiction podcast for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd, join writer Sophie Thompson as she shares stories you can devour in the time it takes to brew your favourite tea (make mine a sage and mint). New tales told every fortnight, subscribe so you never miss a yarn.
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'His wife always joked that one day he’d spend so long in the bathroom, she’d be gone when he came out. Joked or warned, he’d never been sure.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, we have a gentler story - the reimagining of an old Irish myth, told from the toilette.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/5475-days)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
22 Oct 2026
Tale 7: This is what my bellybutton remembers
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'Being severed from my mother. The connection that becomes a matrilineal phantom limb.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, if your bellybutton could talk, what would it make of your life?
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/this-is-what-my-belly-button-remembers)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
8 Oct 2026
Tale 6: Pull the Door After You
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'I peered into Mr Percy Prickles’s eyes through his hollow, gold-wired spectacles. “I never knew Aunt Sarah hated me.”'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, you really should have taken Aunt Sarah's doorstop to the charity shop - for all is not as it seems.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/pull-the-door-after-you)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
24 Sept 2026
Tale 5: Common People
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'Yes Gerald, I suppose I’d better tell you why I’ve asked you here with such urgency and a level of secrecy I most resented myself when this whole saga began.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, a vicar seeks aid to face an unusual supernatural force after helping out an unsavoury parishioner in need.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/common-people?r=382q46)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
10 Sept 2026
Tale 4: Moruin, Mamm, Rigan
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'Slippery buggers, he chuckles. Takes one to know one. And take one I shall.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, have your sacrificial knife at the ready for the old gods of the land and rivers have come to reap their just rewards.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/short-story-moruin-mamm-rigan?r=382q46)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
27 Aug 2026
Tale 3: Chawton Trail in Lapis
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'I eye the pattern while I speak. Its symmetry gives the impression of doubling, tripling, enveloping, scrolls of glaucous foliage and bruises of blooms unfolding from skirting to cornicing.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, moving back in with your parents isn't always easy - especially when you feel like the walls are watching.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/chawton-trail-in-lapis?r=382q46)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
13 Aug 2026
Tale 2: Foresight
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'I untangle the hairballs, straighten them out, twist them into uneven lengths of yarn... It doesn’t have to be perfect. Just, done. It’s for protection, to ward it well away.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, you better do as your mother tells you in this tale of hairy family traditions and even hairier consequences.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/foresight?r=382q46)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
13 Aug 2026
Tale 1: Grave Digging
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'Says I ‘til them: man doesn’t care about anything that lies beneath his kebs, so long as it can be bought and sold. Or ate. Or burnt.'
This week on Wee Tall Tales, slide into the cool, claggy embrace of the bog and discover what forces lie beneath the peat.
Wee Tall Tales is a horror fiction podcast hosted by writer Sophie Thompson. Every other Thursday, she shares an original short story for lovers of the uncanny, folky and wyrd.
Check out even more Wee Tall Tales on Substack (https://weetalltales.substack.com).
It's also where you can read this story and find out about the inspiration behind it. (https://weetalltales.substack.com/p/grave-digging?r=382q46)
Grab a copy of Sophie's darkly comedic low-fantasy novella Seven Days in League with Stan. (https://sophie-thompson.com/stan/)
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