Joe Townsel's Dreadtime Stories

Joe Townsel's Dreadtime Stories

Welcome fellow followers of the macabre! Enjoy dark and bizarre tales to fuel your nightmares and darken your dreams. Joe Townsel reads from his own twisted library, available at joetownsel.com. Sit back, relax, and enjoy his delightfully disturbing Dreadtime Stories. Stay frightened, my friends! Full video episodes of Joe Townsel's Dreadtime Stories can be viewed on his YouTube Channel here > youtube.com/@joetownsel. A production of The Dark and Bizarre Works of Joe Townsel, and John Webber of Webber Internet Thingy.

Episodes

November 19, 2025 56 mins

Is it possible for someone with the ability to fast forward through unpleasant and unbearable portions of her life to still endure longing and regret? Young Alicia loses her mother and her innocence at a tragically young age. She knows of no other way to escape ... at least for a few precious moments ... than to simply skip over the horrors that plague her into adulthood. But who will pay the ultimate price, both physically and emo...

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Spooky noises, creaking floorboards, soft tortured moans, These are the sounds that frighten small children, and give their parents pause as well. But are the noises only tricks of the mind, or is there something sinister lurking in the shadows? Are they more or less terrifying when things go bump in the day?

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Horror Springs Eternal".

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November 18, 2025 62 mins

If one's fulfillment of the soul cannot be satisfied within the confines of humanity, now those needs can be met beyond the mortal, beyond the organic. One suitor is the man of a lonely woman's dreams, proving that even the soul can be only skin deep. I Love the Body Electric.

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Book One in the novel, "Mate to Order".

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November 18, 2025 47 mins

Wendell Skaggs is a harried, frazzled and burnt-out temp worker. He is about to endure the longest workday of his life, on the assignment from Hell. The alluring and somewhat sinister boss lady just may be from the same place.

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".

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November 18, 2025 59 mins

Is Commencement truly an ending, or a beginning, One new high school graduate desperately seeks freedom from the trappings of the small village of Havensburg. He is determined to escape by any means necessary. Graduation is a beginning ... of something sinister.

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Anticipation".

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November 18, 2025 72 mins

Take a picture, it will last longer, when a woman finds herself pursued and terrorized by a savage trucker, in the most isolated of deserts. But she has a very special, rare and deadly device at her disposal. Who is the hunger, and who it the prey?

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Fury Duty".

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November 17, 2025 60 mins

The dreams of a happy marriage and a family of his own are slipping through Reggie's fingers. Will he convince the lovely but self-absorbed Veronica before it's too late. A shocking physical transformation will provide the answer ... and the means to take what he so desperately desires.

A Dark and Bizarre Tale from the Twisted Mind of Joe Townsel.

Featured in the collection, "Horror Springs Eternal".

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