Where Angels Fear by Manly Wade Wells

Dear Tony, I can't wait to hear this. But I had to comment on the graphic of the house with the setting sun ... breathtaking!

Manly Wade Wellman has many great stories. I definitely suggest looking into him deeper.

Who needs woke broke Hollywood when we have Tony and the best stories ever written. Thanks Tony. My husband and I both love your reading. Though my husband has yet to make it through a whole story. Your voice is just too soothing. Right when I'm on the edge of my seat i hear light snoring beside me. ❤😸

I always find myself guffawing at Tony’s expressions like “positive pants” alone in the dark with my phone after enjoying a bedtime story lol

I just love your after story chat

Look up the Silver John (John the Balladeer) tales "A Desrick On Yandro" and "O Ugly Bird." They're very atmospheric and have very cool and creepy folkloric monsters.

Creepy, disturbing, captivating also this time around. Leaves us, as usual, with plenty to think about. Love your storytelling, your enjoyable, thought provoking "ramblings". Much needed and appreciated. Thanks for all of your hard work, Tony.

Oh God. Utterly terrifying. The boding, impending disaster unfolding had me shaking. One of the scariest tales I've heard on here, or anywhere.

What an absolute corker! Loved this one. I think my favourite so far.

Great story, Mr. Tony. And by the way, you nailed it with your pronunciation of Appalachia. 👍

I've heard of parents giving their children aspirational names, but "Manly" is a new one! Nice Pink Floyd reference, BTW 👌

This should be epic, Tony, with your amazing narration. Living up in the remote Appalachians, I definitely enjoy the homemade moonshine and telling campfire Manly Wade Wellman’s stories a little too much sometimes. My epic ‘Hell’s Forge’ was inspired by ‘Where Angel’s Fear’ and of course Matheson’s ‘Hell House’.

Hi Tony, I’m the American who was worried about your wallet. Thanks for letting me know it got returned. I suggested a Thomas Ligotti short story, Conversations in a Dead Language. You said that might be a bit difficult to pull off. What about Conrad Aiken’s story Silent Snow, Secret Snow? Tony, you’d nail it man!

Tony So stoked really needed this and what a fantastic graphic❣️🙏🏻❣️

Great story and narration! Thanks! As has been previously stated, I love the picture. Great job on it. The way it shfts at the end.... Loved your chat at the end, especially about the Karens complaining about the comments. Required order of completion of Tony's stories: 1. Listen to Tony's story 2. Listen to Tony's chat 3. Read the comments Note: Deviating from this order removes your ability to complain. We listeners use the comments to communicate about the stories. Read them prior to the story at your own peril. Thanks again, Tony, for all you do! Above all, happy Father's Day.

Thank you for the quality of your content, wish I could give more. Appreciate you.

I love the stories of M.W. W. I hope you will read more for us..... But Thanks for this one. All the best from Holland.

Whoop whoop! Can't wait to listen! I agree the graphic is beautiful. Many thanks Tony.

Regarding teachers: When I was in college, I found that I had a two hour gap between classes and saw there was a Creative Writing III class that would nicely fit the gap and bring credits to my English major. I knew adding this class was extremely nervy of me, as I had not even taken the prerequisites, Creative Writing I and Creative Writing II. Still, there was that gap. The class turned out to have only 18 or 20 students (they had probably taken the prerequisites). On the occasion of our first class, the professor, a lovely and serious middle-aged man with a black suit and sagging socks, had us write a story. That's how old I am; everyone wrote their story on ruled paper with a pen or pencil. I was the last to start. I wasn't panicked, but I hadn't expected to dive in just like that. We handed them in, one by one, and left. On our next class, the professor singled out a few students and told them, in a warm but regretful tone, that he was sorry, but he didn't think they would be up to the coursework. He suggested they repeat the last class and try again. At this point, I was just happy I wasn't in this group and my shortcomings hadn't yet been spotted. He then went on to comment about some of the stories and even read a couple to us, handing them back to the authors afterward with compliments and criticism. He then went on to say that there was one story he was very impressed by and started to read it. At this point, I had my nearsighted head stuck to my notebook, but, when he began to read MY paper, my head went up and my jaw went down. He told me after class that I was greatly talented. He normally spent his time discouraging students from thinking they were going to make a living from writing, but felt I should really get out there and try. So, Tony, I guess you are right in a backward way here, because I never went anywhere with my writing.😂 The teacher was right, too, though; he just didn't know I was too lazy to stick to it.

I highly recommend finding copies of MWW's John the Balladeer stories! Very good folkloric stories; John is a great character, helping people who are having supernatural or demonic problems in the hollers and woods of the south. He's a plain man, but strong spiritually, and the stories always feel like you are with a person you could listen to around a fire for hours. ❤