This Way Lies Madness

The first ever LIVE AND SPOOKY episode of the Myth and Fiction podcast is here!

This October, the Flame Tree Myth & Fiction Podcast is being haunted by our newest horror fiction titles. We're bypassing the tricks this Halloween and treating you all to: 2 brand new short stories, 2 episodes a week, editor and author guests and exclusive listener discounts!

Today’s episode looks at This Way Lies Madness. A short story anthology that in the tradition of Poe’s 'The Tell-tale Heart', presents fictional interpretations of madness. It seeks to provide a creative benchmark for writers, challenge mental health stigma, awaken understanding, and offer hope to readers through the lens of horror fiction. In this episode you’ll hear from the anthology editors and get to listen to the following short stories with a special note from their authors: ‘The Dark Gets In’ by Sean Hogan (12:02), narrated by Nathan Chatelier and ‘A Note for William Cowper’ by Sara Larner (31:01), narrated by Amanda Benzecry. 

This Way Lies Madness is now available in the UK from our website or from any good bookshop near you. The US on sale date is the 14th of October. 

This episode was hosted by Bea. 

‘The Dark Gets In’ is ©2025 Sean Hogan and appeared in This Way Lies Madness (Flame Tree Publishing, 2025)

‘A Note for William Cowper’ is ©2025 Sara Larner and appeared in This Way Lies Madness (Flame Tree Publishing, 2025)

#horrorfiction #newreleases #spookyseason 

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Music is an extract of Sunbeams by Allen Stroud, from his Fractal Series album, licensed courtesy of fpl-digital 2025.

This podcast is hosted and sometimes narrated by Beatrix Ambery (also audio editor), Olivia Jackson (also podcast coordinator), Shilpa Varma and Nick Wells (also producer).

Chosen from hundreds of wonderful tales, short stories such as these are selected by our short window open submission process, giving opportunities to writers of all levels of experience, culture and location. Look out for our submission announcements, and see the full list here: flametreepublishing.com/gothic-fantasy-book-series-list.html

Our full range of thematic short stories, epic tales, mythology and folklore titles are available at all good bookstores, online and in retail, and at flametreepublishing.com

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