Welcome, listeners, to What We Read in the Shadows! Here you will find spooky, weird, and uncanny tales to listen to whenever you feel like catching a story. My name is Lydia and I'll be reading these stories to you weekly, all of which are in the public domain. I will start with short stories but will eventually branch out to novels and other genres but this podcast will be mainly dedicated to horror as that is my favorite genre!
So please sit back and listen to a frightening tale of dread!
Episode 4 is finally here! This is a long one but I'm so excited to read for you The White People by Arthur Machen, published in 1904!
This tale is about a girl who describes in her diary the secret and mysterious rituals, magic, and otherworldly beings she encounters near her home.
Find me on instagram: @whatwereadintheshadows or email me at wereadintheshadows@gmail.com (mailto:wereadintheshadows@gmail.com)
All information about Arthur Machen was obtained from his Wikipedia page:
Wikipedia contributors. (2025d, March 20). Arthur Machen. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_Machen)
29 Mar 2025
Episode 3: The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott
Episode 3 is here! Join me, Lydia as I read The Tapestried Chamber by Sir Walter Scott, written in 1829, a spooky ghost story about a haunting experienced by a soldier in his friend's castle.
As mentioned in the episode, check out if you can the short story Bubnoff and The Devil by Ivan Turgenev, written in 1875!
Find me on Instagram: @WhatWeReadInTheShadows or email me at: wereadintheshadows@gmail.com
All information about Sir Walter Scott was obtained from his Wikipedia page:
Wikipedia contributors. (2025d, March 20). Walter Scott. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walter_Scott)
20 Mar 2025
Episode 2: Bring On The Cats! First Cat Centric episode!
Hi Listeners! Welcome back to Episode 2 of What We Read in the Shadows! This week we have a special episode: two horror stories about our feline friends. This will be a running series in the show so please sit back and enjoy Part 1 of the Cat-Centric series!
Today's stories are The Black Cat by Edgar Allan Poe and The Cats Of Ulthar by H.P. Lovecraft.
All information regarding Edgar Allan Poe's and H.P. Lovecraft's histories were found on their Wikipedia pages:
Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, March 18). Edgar Allan Poe. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edgar_Allan_Poe)
Wikipedia contributors. (2025b, March 15). H. P. Lovecraft. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft)
12 Mar 2025
Episode 1: The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson
Welcome to the very first episode of What We Read in the Shadows! My name is Lydia and I'm thrilled to have you here! Today's spooky tale will be The Room in the Tower by E.F. Benson, published in 1912.
You can email me at whatwereadintheshadows@gmail.com (mailto:whatwereadintheshadows@gmail.com) or visit my Instagram page @whatwereadintheshadows.
All information regarding E.F. Benson's history was found on his Wikipedia page:
Wikipedia contributors. (2025, February 21). E. F. Benson. Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Benson (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E._F._Benson)
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