NEW HORROR ANTHOLOGY TUNES INTO TERROR, JUST IN TIME FOR HALLOWEEN
What if your favourite radio station wasn’t just haunted… but hungry?
If you’ve ever worked in radio, you’ll nod.
If you’ve ever survived working in radio, you’ll laugh.
If you have ever listened to radio and wondered what is happening between the songs and the commercial breaks, you might find an answer here (you also might not like it)!
And… if you’ve ever wondered what really happens after midnight On-Air… then this book has answers you probably shouldn’t hear.
Just in time for Halloween, radio copywriter E.L. Pilkington releases Set Your Dial to Dead – a free e-book anthology of horror short stories set in and around the world’s most unnatural radio station: 66.6 The Burn, available in .pdf format.
From demonic DJs to cursed station promos, undead sales teams, and broadcasting studios that seem to breathe – this chilling collection crackles with eerie nostalgia, dark humour, and supernatural suspense. Drawing from decades of real-life radio industry experience, Earl delivers bite-sized tales that are equal parts Twilight Zone, Tales from the Crypt, and workplace satire like The Office.
“Radio has always been about storytelling,” Earl says, “but what if the story wasn’t just in the signal… what if the signal itself was the story?”
Featuring vampire and demon management, infernal HR departments, sentient station mascots, and late-night callers who may – or may no – be alive.
Set Your Dial to Dead is perfect for horror fans, night owls, and media professionals who suspect their station might actually be cursed.
Download your copy below (if you dare)
What’s the book all about?
Each story is short enough to read on a coffee break (or in the space between ad breaks), and weird enough to stick with you for hours, if not days after.
Think haunted studios, vampiric program managers, cursed mascots, demonic shows, questionable promotions, and demented listeners who tune in from… let’s just say, places that aren’t regulated or reached by survey data.
Why is the e-book free? Because radio should be free.
So should weird fiction, especially the kind that might summon something.
This is a love letter to broadcasting – wrapped in a shroud, sealed in a soundproof booth, and whispered through static by a radio copywriter who hasn’t aged in decades and still plays the same songs over and over again (you know who you are!)
Enjoy
Earl Pilkington
