The Well Told Tale

Here at The Well Told Tale, we seek to share the best of sci-fi, fantasy and speculative fiction. For the past year we have focussed exclusively on classics of their genres, but this week's Tale mark...

13 Jan 202135min

This week's Tale is the charming fantasy 'The Velveteen Rabbit' by Margery Williams. Beginning on a Christmas morning in the early 20th century, this story needs so little introduction, it's probably...

23 Dec 202024min

We return to Dunwich for Part 2 of Lovecraft's "The Dunwich Horror" Last time, we were introduced to the Whateley family in the isolated village of Dunwich. Something is going on at their farmhouse w...

25 Nov 20201h 17min

This week, we return to the Cthulhu mythos. H. P Lovecraft's seminal creation has been featured in a fair few episodes of The Well Told Tale and this third standalone tale is similar in tone to "The ...

18 Nov 202035min

This week's tale is a sci-fi short story from legendary Sherlock Holmes creator, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle. Holmes was not his only bombastic hero, and this short story concerns another of his character...

11 Nov 202031min

This week, we return to Sleepy Hollow for Part 2 of Washington Irving's beloved gothic Tale. We have met the cast of characters - school master Ichabod Crane, the object of his affection Katrina Van ...

4 Nov 202024min

To celebrate Halloween, we return to the work of Washington Irving with his gothic horror classic "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow". Published 200 years ago, this classic Tale has been an inspiration to ...

28 Okt 202051min

We return with another short story from the Hyborian age. If you'd like to support The Well Told Tale, please visit us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale Books - (buying anything ...

14 Okt 202023min