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It's Mister Spike!

@mrspike.bsky.social

Amateur buffoon and host of Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories podcast

338 Followers  |  127 Following  |  89 Posts  |  Joined: 15.08.2023  |  1.979

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The Stalls of Barchester Cathedral, by M.R. James by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories After he happens upon an old obituary notice our narrator unravels the mysterious and unusual circumstances surrounding the death of a clergyman a century earlier.Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and ...

This month on my little podcast I read a tale concerning ecumenical matters ....
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09.11.2025 22:21 — 👍 5    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 1

I had a jolly splendid time talking fishy goings-on with Lydia

30.10.2025 17:46 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Judge's House, by Bram Stoker by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories In his search for somewhere secluded for his studies, a student happens across what appears to be the perfect location. However the house he chooses has a sinister history which soon threatens his pea...

This month's bedtime story is out now!
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13.10.2025 06:45 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Portent of the Shadow, by E. Nesbit by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories The housekeeper of a country house relates to a group of party guests the story of the unsettling supernatural events which befell a married couple of her acquaintance many years before. Mr Spike's Be...

My latest bedtime story is out now!
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14.09.2025 22:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Having a blast playing this with The Old Ways!

08.09.2025 13:17 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0
The Mask, by Robert W. Chambers by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories A sculptor living in Paris makes a discovery which has unexpected and terrible consequences.Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories theme and incidental music composed by Graham Walmsley.Graham is the creator of r...

My latest bedtime story is out now, this month I read another tale from the collection *"The King in Yellow"*.
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10.08.2025 21:23 — 👍 4    🔁 1    💬 1    📌 0

Congratulations to @drmonkeyface.bsky.social on winning Gold last night at the Ennies!

02.08.2025 10:38 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Amazing! Congratulations @drmonkeyface.bsky.social !

02.08.2025 10:30 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was a thing of beauty and a joy to behold

16.07.2025 21:31 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Lost Room, by Fitz-James O'Brien by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories In 'The Lost Room' a man returns from taking the evening air to discover that the room in which he lives has undergone a mysterious transformation and its new inhabitants perhaps not as genial as they...

My latest tale has just been released into the wild!
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13.07.2025 21:18 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Squeak!!

19.06.2025 12:53 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Door in the Wall, by H.G. Wells by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories A successful politician recounts how thoughout his life he has been haunted by the memory of a chance childhood encounter with another world, accessed through a mysterious and elusive green door.Mr Sp...

My latest bedtime story is out now!
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12.05.2025 09:17 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

One of the finest online gaming conventions this side of the apocalypse!

23.04.2025 17:52 — 👍 7    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0
The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood - Part 2 by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories The concluding part of this story to mark the 4th anniversary of the podcast. Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who has listened in the past and hope you continue to enjoy these tales in the mont...

Albeit slightly belatedly, you can now listen to the conclusion of my little podcast's two part anniversary tale. Also available on YouTube! anchor.fm/mr-spikes-be...

19.04.2025 09:20 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 1    📌 0
Preview
Mister Spike's Bedtime Stories A monthly series of classic tales to chill the marrow of your bones.

My Bedtime Stories will not be confined! They have insidiously wormed their way across the internet and can now be found on YouTube.
The people of the world have a new way to listen to these tales of horror and suspense.
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17.04.2025 13:27 — 👍 6    🔁 1    💬 0    📌 0

And he would take a bullet for her

29.03.2025 17:29 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Me too!

21.03.2025 23:49 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

It was amazing

21.03.2025 23:47 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Willows, by Algernon Blackwood - Part 1 by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories Two friends canoeing down the Danube encounter a terrifying, otherworldly presence which inhabits the islands on which they make their camp.This is a the first part of a story to mark the 4th annivers...

First of a special two part story this month to mark my podcast's fourth birthday
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10.03.2025 23:33 — 👍 7    🔁 2    💬 0    📌 1

Same diff

23.02.2025 18:58 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Most horrible

21.02.2025 19:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Spare bedroom?

21.02.2025 18:32 — 👍 0    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

Anyone who likes weird unsettling horror in the depths of space can't go wrong with Cosmic Dark! Check it out and sign up

19.02.2025 08:44 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Not many other prime ministers' mothers in the weird tales business ...

12.02.2025 17:53 — 👍 1    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Always a delight to get murdered by @johnthehedge.bsky.social

11.02.2025 23:08 — 👍 3    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0
The Shadow on the Blind, by Louisa Baldwin by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories When Mr Stackpoole takes on a run down old country house, little does he realise that the truth behind the tales he hears about the reasons why its previous tenants left will soon become all too appar...

This month's bedtime story is out now!
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10.02.2025 08:53 — 👍 6    🔁 2    💬 2    📌 1
Ligeia, by Edgar Allen Poe by Mr Spike's Bedtime Stories In "Ligeia," an unnamed narrator mourns the loss of his ethereal, otherworldly wife. When he finally marries again, his second wife becomes ill and things take a mysterious turn which challenges the b...

My first bedtime story of the new year is a gothic tale of passionate and tragic love.
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13.01.2025 12:25 — 👍 13    🔁 4    💬 0    📌 0

This was so much fun to play and the creepy children were most unnerving

24.12.2024 19:36 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 1    📌 0

I played it at Grogmeet 2023!

19.12.2024 09:54 — 👍 2    🔁 0    💬 0    📌 0

Both episodes of "The Searcher of the End House" are now available for your listening pleasure and tonight we will be reading live the first part of "The Horse of the Invisible." Please join us if you can.

19.12.2024 08:33 — 👍 15    🔁 6    💬 0    📌 1

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