Bonus - A Tale to Keep You Up at Night, "The Psychopath's Tarot"

In this bonus episode, Dan reads a chilling and chilly story from his novel Tales to Keep You Up at Night, and talks a bit about the story's origins. “The Psychopath’s Tarot,” is about a trio of teenage friends who trek to a wintery cabin in the middle of nowhere for a weekend of fun and relaxation. But when one of them discovers a strange deck of cards that appears to foretell a frightening fate for the friends, the idea of fun and relaxation soon evaporates like the steam over their quickly cooling mugs of hot chocolate.  

Dan Poblocki is the bestselling author of the recent novels Tales to Keep You Up at Night and More Tales to Keep You Up at Night, along with Ghost Hunter’s Daughter, Liars’ Room, The Stone Child, The Nightmarys and others. His picture book with James Rey Sanchez, My Brother’s Butt is Haunted, is arriving July 29th, 2025 from Penguin Workshop. Pre-order your copy RIGHT THIS MINUTE!

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