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Holiday tales of the strange and scary - Silent Nightmares is the second
full installment in the Nightmare Fuel Series. For past episodes, subscribe
with iTunes, or point your podcast software toward the show's newsfeed. This podcast contains mature
and not so mature content. Younger listeners are advised to keep it well-hidden
from their parents. |
The Storytellers
 Michael Cieslak told "Greatings of the Season," is a member of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers and has short stories in Dead Science and Erie Tales, the anthology of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. |
 Peggy Christie told "Keeping Up With the Joneses," is a member of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers and contributed to Erie Tales, the anthology of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers. |
 Kay Kirscht told "81 Dodge Colt" and "Kay's Book o' the Dead," is a member of the Northstar Storytelling League and tells ghost stories – real ones. She also tells tales of Minnesota history, kindness. Kay is one of three cartoonists featured on the weekly Channel 16 MTN (Minneapolis Community Cable) program, Philo. |
 Dave Mondy told "The Thing About Jesus That No One Will Tell You," is a member of the Rockstar Storytellers and an award-winning travel writer, as well as the writer/performer of several one-person shows. His production This Love Train is Unstoppable and I am the Conductor won the Best Solo Comedy Award at The San Francisco Fringe Festival. His monologues can be seen at the new online literary magazine, The Smart Set, or heard on Minnesota Public Radio. He has also penned comedy for A Prairie Home Companion. |
 MontiLee Stormer told "T'was the Night," is a member of the Great Lakes Association of Horror Writers and writes stuff that creeps people out. She's an author published in more than a few places, and I don't mean the church bulletin. |
 Rob Callahan told "Shotgun Christmas" and resides in the Minneapolis area, where he writes and plays a semi-active role in the Twin Cities science fiction and storytelling communities. He is a regular contributor to The Rake: Secrets of the City, The l'etoile magazine Blog and Minnesota Microphone. In 2009 he was nominated for the Twin Cities Top Ten Titans of Social Media. His written works of fiction can be found wherever literature is sold. Also, a drink has been named after him at Clubhouse Jaeger in Minneapolis. |
The Artist
 Whittney A. Streeter takes a collage approach to the majority of her work, collecting and assembling fragments from life. She is pulled from one idea and object to the next, researching, collecting, clipping out, and taking notes. By combining these fragments of ideas, physical objects, and images, her work often reads like a collection of separate objects floating in space that are only tied together by the frame and a common theme. Drawing on turn-of-the-century science, Victorian lab equipment, and the mad-scientist quackery that comes with it, she tries for a Frankenstein's lab aesthetic. More at MNartists.org |
The Musicians
 Cantankerous Folk perform the theme song and much of the incidental music for the Nightmare Fuel Podcast. More information on their gypsypunk stylings and shows can be found at the Midnight Muse Revue on Myspace, where audio is also streamed for your enjoyment. |
 Astronaut Wife make pop music cool again, layering Christian Erickson's ethereal, ambient arrangements, synth stylings and rhythmic rollercoasterings solidly together with the brooding, breathy harmonies of singers Angela Orluck and Janey Winterbauer. One or another of their members have performed in just about every band in Minneapolis, notably Blue Sky Blackout, Bella Koshka, and Janey and Marc. |
 Angie Stevens melds the influences of alt-country, indie-rock, contemporary folk, pop and honky-tonk, having settled comfortably into the shoes of an Americana artist with soul-bearing, live performances that have captured audiences all over the map. See also, AngieStevens.com. |
Special Thanks
In The Loop, who recorded two of this podcast's featured stories at a live program in December of 2008, and who serve the Twin Cities storytelling community via their constant, tireless efforts and their highly-successful, world-renowned podcast. Subscribe or join their vast social network at Minnesota Public Radio.