Short audio fiction curated for retropunks. Often dark, always curious. Our hosts take themselves seriously so you won't have to.
Three mischievous narrators spin a surreal, reality-bending, sci-fantasy space western about a crotchety outlaw, a struggling cultist, and a diabolical bastard making awful decisions in a world on the edge of disaster. The story continues at MidstPodcast.com, where character art, lore, transcripts, merch, and more await you. Welcome to the Fold. (Content Warning: Midst occasionally contains descriptive scenes of physical violence, abuse of power, body horror, psychological horror, torture, a ...
Set one billion years in the future... it's the story of Januae, a man who randomly teleports to strange and dangerous places with no way of controlling it.
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Alternative Stories and Fake Realities is a podcast designed to promote new and original audio drama, poetry and writing from across the English speaking world. Working with themes we will produce high quality content aimed at providing new perspectives on existing stories and ideas as we bring fresh and original writing into the world. We will use actors and writers from the United Kingdom and North America to offer a trans-Atlantic feel to our work. Content will be added when ready rather ...
After the destruction of Carnival House, everyone is looking for Marigold for answers, while her two best friends are attempting to get along with their lives. Unfortunately, once you encounter a ghost, they're not ready to let you move on unless they can too. And someone has to have information about Whistlewood, the shady company collecting ghosts. Whistlewood - Coming Fall 2022
A guide to navigating the coming phases of human existence. This work is nonlinear and you may enter at any point. Created and performed by Disparition (Jon Bernstein), the producer/composer of Welcome to Night Vale and Alice Isn't Dead.
A science fiction audio drama/audio fiction podcast about AI and evil corporations, and the terrible things that happen when those things begin to mix.
{Gone Fishing} In a city that never sleeps, the veil between waking and dreaming can fray at the edges. Enter Lucifer Kane an academic who's knowledge of the other side is unparalleled, and Brutus Feels, an empathic ex cop with fists of iron. . If you've strayed where you shouldn't, heard what you oughtn't or looked where you mustn't, you may require the services of Kane and Feels: Paranormal Investigators.
Meet Quorin Andreas. A nineteen year old who briefly experiences death. After being revived, he retained a memory of an awareness that was not his own. An ethereal darkness that tried to latch on to his soul, making him a vessel. Can he save himself and possibly the world? Or will the machinations of those that hunt him lead to his destruction... or worse?
Welcome to the Nesting Zone: a surreal rim of jungle around Mt. Tahoma prowled by transdimensional reptiles. The Amanuensis catalogues his expedition up the volcano slope and records stories of explorers caught in the evolving dreamscape. Paleo-mythic lizard pyromancy. Blood whisper secrets. Carnivorous astronauts. Cursed poem hallucinations. Staying sane is not an option: a fiction podcast by Justin Hellstrom - rated M for mature.
An audio novella in which Aries considers receptacles, Leo hates the bridesmaids, Sagittarius can't liken love, Taurus sips, Virgo copes, Capricorn enumerates, Gemini follows her Buddhuzzah, Libra tells a story, Aquarius thinks, Cancer dimplifies, Scorpio battles TEETH, and Pisces is disgusted. Visit www.sketchesbyzod.com for more information.
The Haunted Hell House of Horror is a comedy audio drama about people who work in a haunted house during the Halloween season. Starring: Brad, Cary Michael Ayers, Alex Brown, Kirsty Woolven, Emry Mika, and Wyatt Martin A Haunted Griffin Entertainment Production Twitter: @hhhohpod Website: http://www.hauntedgriffin.com
A series of short stories about a peculiar town on a peculiar planet where science and magic mingle in an effort to save the worlds!
A comedic audio drama about found families, role-playing games, dungeons, and (occasionally) dragons. "Best Podcast or Online Audio Drama" finalist at the 2020 BBC Audio Drama Awards. Support this show at: patreon.com/theordinaryepic.
"This is The Signal... Point of origin unknown... Destination unclear... It carries with it fragments of other places... Other times... Stories from unfathomable pits of darkness and worlds of unquenchable, all-consuming light... These tales of realities both unimaginably distant and terrifyingly close are woven into, around, and through... The Signal" -The Narrator- The Signal is a unique horror fiction podcast that combines elements of a radio drama, an audio fiction reading, nonfiction ex ...
Logline: Due to an evil plot that has wiped out written language and is causing spoken language to fade from memory, special agent spy kids must race against time to collect and archive known vocabulary before it is lost forever! Description: Wordtastic is a comedy vocabulary development podcast primarily intended for children aged 8-14. The show provides multiple exposures to content-rich vocabulary terms in the context of a fun story of spies and espionage that features kids as the heroes ...
Each week, we give you a 20-30 minute story that is based off of a classical Chinese short story or fable. Don't worry though, there is no Chinese in this podcast and it's all in English. We just turn it into a modernized version in English for you. Each episode is a story all on its own and every story is really different from the last. Be warned, these stories take a strange turn 99.9% of the time. Buckle up and get ready!
ON INDEFINITE HIATUS | Arcs is an actual-play Dungeons and Dragons 5th Edition podcast, in which three unlikely comrades journey across the mystical realm of Thirithia in search of a famed relic! Pretty basic, right? Well, dear reader… That’s only the beginning. Featuring radio-style production, original music and a lightning pace, Arcs is the perfect show for anyone looking for a hearty sip of comedy, drama, intrigue, and sometimes a dog. Whether you’re a seasoned adventurer or a total newb ...
Welcome to our new scifi comedy audiodrama 'Pod To Pluto' and say hello to Jemima Belafonte and her sarcastic Pod computer, as they try and keep each other company during a very long 4.6 billion mile trip to Pluto to go turn off a lightbulb. Written by Peter Richard Adams. Starring Laura England and Wayne Russell.
Hello thereThis is the podcast feed for an eclectic and wonderous creative mix of podcasts under the Quirky Voices Presents banner. Welcome!I have an interview show / MADIVA podcast (Modern Audio Drama Indie Voice Acting) and this is focused on exploring the craft of voice acting through interviews with working Va’s, producers, Showrunners and directors. Anyone F’Coffee is a women’s health podcast hybrid audio drama / interview show.I wrote it and it stars women who actually suffer from the ...
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Journal Entry 47: Exsanguinations and Excellence Interrupted
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Colred and his team is underway to retrieve the teleportation device from the Twinned Cities while Januae attempts to gain an audience with the Archbishop of Navarene. Written and produced by David S. Dear. Based on the RPG Numenera by Monte Cook Games, LLC. The voice of Colred was performed by Kyle Decker. The voice of Teolnis was performed by Dav…
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Walking on Skylark Ridge by David Suff : A Midsummer Podcast
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In this midsummer edition we continue the theme of nature writing . We feature Walking on Skylark Ridge by artist and writer David Suff. The book charts David’s daily walk along the same route for a year beginning at the start of the UK’s first national lockdown in which we were restricted to an hour of outdoor exercise per day. It discovers the ch…
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The Seventh Wife's Confession by M.E. Bronstein
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We've had complaints about the horror themes, so here's a fairy tale to lighten the mood. #steampunk #darkFantasy #fairytaleAuthor M.E. Bronstein is a PhD student in Comparative Literature who writes short stories when she should be working on her dissertation. Her writing has appeared in Beneath Ceaseless Skies; Miscreations: Gods, Monstrosities &…
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Journal Entry 46: Dreams and Deadly Artifacts
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Januae decides to visit his old mentor to get help learning to control the jaunting ability, while a new acquaintance looks for a lucrative opportunity. Written and produced by David S. Dear. Based on the RPG Numenera by Monte Cook Games, LLC. The voice of Januae was performed by David S. Dear. The voice of Narla Deshu was performed by Sheila Morri…
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The Ponies at The Edge of The World. Nature writing and Landscape
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In today’s podcast we speak to two writers for whom nature, landscape and horses are important in their work. Catherine Munro is the author of “The Ponies At The Edge of The World” about her life in Shetland and Madeleine F White whose poetry collection “The Horse And The Girl” explores riding, the environment and the landscape of Kent. Thank you t…
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Journal Entry 45: Shards and Ruined Vests
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After reliving his duplicate's experiences, Januae finds himself at the site of the other's demise at the giant crystal in the Gtharren Valley. Written and produced by David S. Dear. Based on the RPG Numenera by Monte Cook Games, LLC. The voice of Januae was performed by David S. Dear. The voice of Phiraster was performed by Sev. The voice of Netli…
The monster within.
In this edition we look at The Half Life of Snails, the debut novel by writer and academic Philippa Holloway. The novel deals with issues surrounding nuclear energy and the communities it affects and we talk about Philippa's trip to the Chernobyl exclusion zone as part of our interview. We have excerpts from the book read by Phoebe Holmes In the Ha…
The consumptive poet Keats makes a strange encounter while voyaging to Naples. #paranormal #historicalAuthor Jonathan Duckworth is a completely normal, entirely human person with the right number of heads and everything. He received his MFA from Florida International University. His speculative fiction work appears in Pseudopod, Beneath Ceaseless S…
The Baron will see you now.
Greetings, all! Our release of the premiere of season 5 has been getting pushed back, so I'm giving a bit of an update as to what's going on and when you can expect the upcoming season premiere. Thanks for your patience!By David S. Dear
Too little, too late.
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Ghostlore : An audio fiction anthology. Part Two : Hauntings
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Ghostlore is an anthology of writing inspired by the folklore of ghosts and the supernatural. Edited by writer and audio dramatists Lyndsey Croal our second episode Hauntings, features the work of 11 writers and explores folklore from around the world. The readers are Sally Walker Taylor, Marie-Claire Wood, Lindz McLeod, Lyndsey Croal, Hadiya Morri…
Once Upon a Monster of the Week is the newest show from Haunted Griffin Entertainment. Welcome to the town of Reddington where the strange and unusual are just part of everyday life! Part actual play podcast, part improvised audiodrama. The mystery begins April 1st!By Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Once Upon a Monster of the Week is the newest show from Haunted Griffin Entertainment. Welcome to the town of Reddington where the strange and unusual are just part of everyday life! Part actual play podcast, part improvised audiodrama. The mystery begins April 1st!By Haunted Griffin Entertainment
Faces old and new.
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Ghostlore : An audio fiction anthology. Part One: Wilderness
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Ghostlore is an anthology of writing inspired by the folklore of ghosts, spirits and the supernatural. Edited by writer and audio dramatists Lyndsey Croal this first edition, Wilderness, features the work of 11 writers and explores folklore from around the world. Ghostlore Part One, Wilderness is presented and edited by Lyndsey Croal. The readers a…
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The Prince in the Darkness by Phil Margolies
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A carnie, a Romanian, and a zombie ape. What could possibly go wrong? Kris Law reads. #1930s #Odd #HorrorAuthor Phil Margolies writes science fiction and fantasy, and dabbles in horror. His short fiction has appeared in Brave New Girls, The Worlds of Science Fiction, Fantasy & Horror anthology, Perihelion SF, Abyss & Apex, and other publications. H…
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Season 6 preview with Madeleine White and Emily Inkpen
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In this first edition of season 6 we look at the other podcasts Alternative Stories have been working on. We chat with novelist Madeleine White about the pdcast for writers, Write On! Audio and novelist and audio dramatist Emily Inkpen about our new science fiction audio drama The Dex Legacy. We also preview some of the content you’ll be able to he…
Dice Tower Theatre presents Dawn of Dragons. A clean, family-friendly, fantasy epic with a setting both unique and familiar to those that enjoy escaping into the classic worlds of Tolkien, CS Lewis, Rothfuss and Martin. Worlds where magic and dragons battle with relatable heroes. Heroes that also at times must battle even those challenges that lie …
This is part of who you are now.
A steampunk'd fairy tale retold for troubled times. Jasmine Arch reads. #Steampunk #FairytaleGwen C. Katz is an author, artist, and game designer who lives in Pasadena, California with her husband and a revolving door of transient animals. Her first novel, Among the Red Stars, tells the story of Russia's all-female bomber regiment known as the Nigh…
Having crashed upon the surface of Pluto, Jemima and Pod are shocked to discover that nothing happening on the planet is what they were expecting. Soon Jemima finds herself battling sudden fame, political upheaval and an entire country brainwashed by Saranex five. Pod meanwhile, is about to discover what happens when you are surplus to requirements…
Be cautious of the paths you tread. Lou J Berger reads. Mild content note for language. #Steampunk #WeirdWest #CosmicHorror Author William Stiteler lives somewhere in Central New York, and has been published in places such as Grimdark Magazine and Kaleidotrope, occasionally as S.M. Williams. When not writing, he spends his time determining where th…
This is a show about love, death, and robots. No, not the Netflix show. This is a totally different kind of story. Hannahpocalypse is a forth wall breaking serial comedy/horror audio drama that follows the last zombie, Hannah; who’s ‘living’ her best life over 100 years after the zombie apocalypse has come and gone. All the while Cali, a scout for …
A cure is never complete.
What a year. Alasdair Stuart reads. Strong content note for horror/gore. #Steampunk #Horror Indiana (USA) author James Dorr's most recent book is a novel-in-stories from Elder Signs Press, TOMBS: A CHRONICLE OF LATTER-DAY TIMES OF EARTH. Working mostly in dark fantasy/horror with some forays into science fiction and mystery, his THE TEARS OF ISIS w…
"I am the one transforming this world into words. You are the one transforming these words back into a world." - This begins the second season of In A Walled City. Written by Jon Bernstein, Narrated by Valerie Monique Evering. Music composed and performed by Jon Bernstein. - CW: This story contains food, fire, depression, drugs, love, loss, war, wi…
What Will Be Here is a sci-fi audio drama about living on a doomed earth and building things anyway. In it, five friends send a rocket to space with a collection of recordings on it, documenting the world’s decline, their experiences living on a doomed earth, the stories they want to tell, and their efforts in building a rocket to get this message …
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They thought they were searching for a missing girl. But amateur adventurers Gwen, Tobias, and Quentin must darken many dangerous doorways to unravel a deeper mystery--and some doors cannot be closed once opened. From the producers of Girl in Space comes Omen, a fantasy audio drama featuring spellcraft, swashbuckling, and more than a few sinister s…