Nice a break? Take a trip in time and space with a 'horror' story from the poet Yeats.
I'm still a bit backlogged on podcast, even after cutting down to the bare essentials, but the trifecta of story-goodness that is EscapePod, PseudoPod and PodCastle still maintain center stage.
But this story, namely Pseudopod episode #273: The Crucifixion of the Outcast by William Butler Yeats - originally published in 1897, and podcasted on March 16th, 2012 - is a standout piece.
The descriptions, the characters, the tone. Dark, but not extremely scary or bloody. Poetry in action.