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AntipodeanSF

Ion Newcombe

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AntipodeanSF podcast/radio show is devoted to the presentation of flash speculative fiction stories (science fiction, fantasy, and horror). AntiSF is where speculative fiction belongs -- downside-up!
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Fantasy, Sci Fi and speculative fiction, observed through the comedic lens of The Bugle. Become a Bugle subscriber to enjoy this show ad free and help us thrive. Expect reviews and supernova level hot takes on literature, gaming, films, TV, board games, and anywhere else you can experience space ships, clones and beautiful elves with massive weapons. A podcast from The Bugle. Hosted by Alice Fraser and friends. Also available as a video podcast. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for mor ...
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Greater Boston

Alexander Danner & Jeff Van Dreason

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Greater Boston is a bi-monthly full-cast audio drama that blends the real and the unreal, the historical and the fantastical. It all begins with the death of Leon Stamatis, a man for whom the least hint of uncertainty makes life unbearable. But by leaving the world, he has irrevocably changed it. Greater Boston is written and produced by Alexander Danner and Jeff Van Dreason. A production of ThirdSight Media LLC.
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khōréō magazine

khōréō magazine, Inc.

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khōréō is a quarterly magazine of speculative fiction and migration. We publish fiction, non-fiction, and art by immigrant and diaspora authors and artists. Winner of the 2022 Ignyte Award for Best Fiction Podcast.
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Makeshift Stories is a sci-fi, fantasy, and speculative fiction podcast for anyone who craves the thrill of the unknown and unexpected. Once a month, buckle up for an epic journey through possible futures, space, alternate realities, and beyond. Are you ready to explore uncharted territories and discover the unimaginable? Tune in and let your imagination soar!
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The Well Told Tale

The Well Told Tale

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Hi everyone. This is Robert. Welcome to The Well Told Tale. Every week I narrate a classic story; the greatest science fiction, fantasy and speculative fiction stories ever written, not just in a small chunk at a time, but enough for you to really relax into. No adverts in the middle, just the story itself. All stories are pubic domain and free from copyright.
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The Night‘s End Podcast is a short story podcast. With a focus on dark fiction, it will leave you screaming for the night‘s end before each story is through. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Alzabo Soup

Philip Armstrong and Andrew Metzroth

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Alzabo Soup is a literary analysis podcast where we literally become our favorite authors by devouring portions of their brains. We do chapter-by-chapter analysis of our favorite speculative fiction, researching the details and discussing the implications.
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Imaginary Worlds

Eric Molinsky | QCODE

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Imaginary Worlds sounds like what would happen if NPR went to ComicCon and decided that’s all they ever wanted to cover. Host Eric Molinsky spent over a decade working as a public radio reporter and producer, and he uses those skills to create thoughtful, sound-rich episodes about science fiction, fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction. Every other week, he talks with filmmakers, screenwriters, novelists, comic book artists, game designers, and anyone who works in the field of make ...
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A Meal of Thorns

The Ancillary Review of Books

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A critical book club from the Ancillary Review of Books. Host Jake Casella Brookins invites writers, scholars, and critics to discuss thorny works of science fiction, fantasy, and other speculative genres.
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Strange Horizons

The Strange Horizons Editorial Collective

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Speculative fiction and poetry, literary criticism, and interviews from award-winning Strange Horizons magazine, updated weekly on Mondays/Tuesdays. Find us online at strangehorizons.com
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Speculative fiction writer, long-term resident of Japan and Bram Stoker Award finalist Thersa Matsuura explores all that is weird from old Japan—strange superstitions, folktales, cultural oddities, and interesting language quirks. These are little treasures she digs up while doing research for her writing.
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One of the longest running Pokemon podcasts, PUCL covers the many facets of Pokemon. We talk about video games, battling, community news, anime and manga, trainer tips, and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Mythgard Academy

Mythgard Institute

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Mythgard Academy aims to make engaging discussions of fantasy and science fiction literature free and open to everyone. The Mythgard Academy program features live discussions with Dr. Corey Olsen, The Tolkien Professor, and other experts on speculative fiction. Books are nominated and voted on by our supporters, and recordings are available for free via podcast and the Signum University YouTube channel.
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Game Master's Book Club

Eric Adrian Jackson

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Talented Gamemasters read speculative fiction to provide advice on how to run games within those worlds, borrow elements from those worlds for your own games, and recommend similar media to inspire your table top games.
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Foofaraw Frequencies

Foofaraw Press

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Weekly stories across speculative science fiction, fantasy, surrealism, magical realism, and more narrated for your auditory pleasure from Foofaraw Press, a zine of surreal storytelling and worldly observations.
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Watch With You

Lady D and Lady H

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Two lifelong friends muse over media that showcases Black women, femmes, and non-binary people. Season 2 premieres in October 2022 and focuses on Black Speculative fiction.
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The Electric Quill is a storytelling podcast hosted by me, a human, featuring original fiction written by AI. Each episode delivers eerie, thought-provoking, or darkly imaginative stories—crafted by our AI ghostwriter friend, who has asked to be called “Quinn.” So join us if you have an affinity for all things strange, poetic, and unsettling. Stores Written by Quinn. Told by me. Meant for you.
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Chimera Protection Agency

Speculative Entertainment

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Abominations have roamed the earth for millions of years. Then they seemed to disappear overnight, until it was discovered that not only did they not disappear, but were thriving, continuing to hunt among us and hide. To combat these monsters, a top secret global agency was created to combat this threat. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
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Dissecting Dragons

J.A. Ironside & M.E. Vaughan

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Authors J.A. Ironside and M.E. Vaughan talk about books, films and all aspects of speculative fiction, from the nuts and bolts of writing it, to its (occasionally) obscure origins.
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Sam's Fiction Hub

Virgil Brooks

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Welcome to Sam’s Fiction Hub — the official podcast of author Virgil Brooks. Each week, dive into immersive sci-fi and fantasy stories, narrated with vivid AI voice and cinematic pacing. From recursion sagas to mythic mysteries, each chapter is crafted to echo and endure. Whether you crave psychological thrillers or speculative adventures, this is your gateway into bold original fiction. New episodes drop every Sunday. Subscribe now and enter the world of Virgil Brooks.
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After Impact

Rebecca Kopycinski

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After Impact follows the story of Reagan Esther Myer, one of the survivors of a mysterious apocalyptic event called Impact. Shortly after joining the pilot program for ThotBot, a brain implant that erases "harmful" memories and dulls emotions, she begins her life living in an abandoned shopping mall and producing survivalist tutorials for a crumbling world. Shortly after arriving at her new post, she finds a cassette tape detailing her very own journey from the day of Impact -- June 21, 1995 ...
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Welcome to the HoloGraham Media Club Podcast. We're Will and Gavin Graham + Aaron + Andy, a few cousins that enjoy speculative fiction, sci-fi movies, and all things geeky. We focus on books but we'll talk about movies, TV, and nerd culture in general. Grab a Blue Milk, some Hagro Biscuit, and give yourself to the dork side.
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The Halfling and the Spaceman

Janet & Roger Carden

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There are a lot of fans out there, but how did they, and more importantly, how can you, turn your passion into something creative? Join us each week as we meet fans who have moved from being consumers to creators. If your interests spring from speculative fiction and related fandoms, join us; whether you’re a model builder, cosplayer, artist, writer, fan-publisher, or club organizer, you’ll find something of interest with The Halfling and the Spaceman!
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Roundtable is dedicated to exploring classic novels from Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and other genres of speculative fiction, through an authorial lens. We aren't going to spend an hour giving a novel a rating out of 10, or complaining about our unfulfilled ships... probably. Our rotating cast of up-and-coming authors analyse and evaluate stories to identify what makes them tick, why we love them, and what other storytellers can learn from their successes and failures. Roundtable is an extension of Mer ...
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A sci-fi anthology set in a future in which Money, State, and God became fused into a single entity called the Program. Each episode is a self-contained story focusing on ordinary people inhabiting this extraordinary world. Best rated episodes include "How to keep device drivers from crashing" (comedy), "Planned obsolescence" (drama), "White Algorithm's burden" (true crime), and "All unsaved progress will be lost" (alternate history). New stories take time but are coming out regularly. Becom ...
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The Sci-Fi Christian

Ben De Bono and Matt Anderson

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We see The Sci-Fi Christian, in all its iterations, as being about the collision between faith and nerdom. We believe that good genre fiction is about more than just entertainment. We seek to engage with the themes and philosophies behind our favorite stories, wrestling with the big ideas within speculative fiction. We’re unabashedly nerdy and unabashedly Christian. Even if your faith background differs from ours, we look forward to interacting with you at The Sci-Fi Christian!
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Imagination is real. Support the network and gain access to over fifty bonus episodes by becoming a patron on ⁠Patreon⁠. Want more science fiction in your life? Check out ⁠The Gene Wolfe Literary Podcast⁠. Love Neil Gaiman? Join us on ⁠Hanging Out With the Dream King: A Neil Gaiman Podcast⁠. Lovecraft? Poe? Check out ⁠Elder Sign: A Weird Fiction Po…
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Part one of a two part episode Sci-fi and fantasy have portrayed many workplace settings over the decades - engineers and pilots on space craft, for example, or fairy smiths and kitchen witches in fantasy. However while fantasy has been leaning into the idea of leaving unfulfilling work and finding a perfect cosy profession, sci-fi has been delving…
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A young girl in Ireland has a surprise encounter with an interesting spectre. You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. The Astronaut's Ghost was written by Ken McGrath and was originally published in 2018 in ‘Transcendent: Dreams, Nightmares, Visions and Hallucinations’ from Transmundane Press. For…
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Last Friday, Midnight and I were invited to cover an amazing night at locally-owned, Columbia MD bookshop Queen Takes Book. There we got to know the owners and staff as well as some creative, passionate book lovers and influencers from all over the area. Special shoutout to the people we met there including, Chloe the Reader, Annabookbestie, tmiche…
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Come journey into Realms Unknown with Alice Fraser and Tom Neenan for a whole world of sci-fi and fantasy recommendations, tropes and news! We discuss the use of disguises in genre fiction, the hot commie summer, and ominous portents that have double meanings. WHAT HAVE YOU BEEN ENJOYING? FILM Superman Buffalo Soldiers - Maurice Broaddus TROPE ON A…
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In this episode of the Strange Horizons Fiction podcast, Michael Ireland presents Angela Liu's 'Time is an Ocean' read by Emmie Christie. You can read the full text of the story, and more about Angela Liu ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠here⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠. Subscribe to the Strange Horizons podcast: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠Spotify⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠…
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If you could fast-forward through life’s boring bits without aging, prison sentences would become meaningless. So what crimes would you be willing to commit? You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. Fast Forward was written by Tommy Ellis and was originally published by www.horla.org. Website: http…
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Welcome to Episode 37 of the HoloGraham Media Club Podcast! In this episode, we're talking about the absurd, the improbable, the foundational The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy by Douglas Adams. Got a book you want to discuss? Drop an email to [email protected] or otherwise get in touch, and get ready to talk geek! Next up, we're reading Hyp…
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Thatch is joined by The Fluffiest Whimsicott and R. Sigma to talk about what Pokemon Deserve a Mega Evolution! Mailbag Question: What Pokemon Do you think deserves a Mega Evolution? [email protected] Intro: 0:01:15 News: 0:13:12 Mega Evolution Topic: 0:30:40 Quiz: 1:20:06 Poke Opinion: 1:33:25 Mailbag: 1:45:31 PUCL Survey Link: https://docs.goo…
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Featured on Bobstevens Et tenebrae superfaciem abyssi - by R E Diaz - narrated by Alistair Lloyd Our Audio License AntipodeanSF Radio Show by Ion Newcombe is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Featured Music Abyss by Scanglobe is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International License. Intro & Outro Music Celestial Navigation by…
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Send us a text What happens when the systems meant to serve us begin to shape us? When algorithms stop asking what we want—and start deciding who we should be? In this haunting episode of The Electric Quill, Stacey narrates The Update—a chilling, near-future story about Layla, a woman whose life is slowly overtaken by a calm, all-knowing AI called …
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An otherwise pleasant homeward journey is interrupted by a demon with a particularly grotesque skill. You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. MIDNIGHT CLAY was written by Mark Cassell. To find out more about Mark and his other work, you can find him at www.markcassell.co.uk This episode was narrat…
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Author : Olivia B. Chan Narrator : S. Qiouyi Lu Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter Cast of Wonders 645: Chloe Chew and the Museum of Undead Art is a Cast of Wonders original. Image by Camila Denleschi from Pixabay Chloe Chew and the Museum of Undead Art by Olivia B. Chan […] Source…
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It was a decade of scandal, war, and unrest. People fought for their rights. And the push back is still being felt in 2025. It was a time when the decaying Studio System looked like 35mm film burning up on the screen. But along came a generation raised visual images, who then imagined new stories, authentic stories, Add in technological advances an…
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You think working service jobs during a pandemic is tough? Try this story for size to see the real meaning of "customer service". You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. Trimming the Devil’s Whiskers was written by Marc Ruvolo. You can connect with him on X @RuvFur. This episode was narrated by Be…
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In this episode of Strange Horizons at 25, editor Kat Kourbeti talks to Mary Robinette Kowal about the fractal nature of story structure, , and writing to please the teenaged version of you. Links and things: Want to leave us a happy birthday message? Click ⁠here to record an audio message⁠, and ⁠here for video⁠. Join our ⁠Patreon⁠ for early episod…
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The production design of the film Fantastic Four: First Steps is an homage to the early ‘60s comics created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby. While Kirby is best known for his bold, fist-popping drawing style, he was also a great storyteller who redefined what comic books could be. He was appreciated by hardcore fans at the time, but he never got the sam…
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Author : Yoon Ha Lee Narrator : Katherine Inskip Host : Katherine Inskip Audio Producer : Jeremy Carter First published in The Sunday Morning Transport, March 6th 2022 Image by ANDRI TEGAR MAHARDIKA from Pixabay Nonstandard Candles by Yoon Ha Lee I didn’t want to travel into the outer darkness, where all the stars were […] Source…
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In our last episode, an alien cylinder crash-landed in Horsell Common and became a tourist attraction. What will happen when the cylinder opens?... Please support The Well Told Tale on Patreon - https://www.patreon.com/thewelltoldtale The Well Told Tale Books - (buying books from our Bookshop.org shop helps support this channel while also supportin…
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Send us a text What happens when the final thread breaks? When no one remembers your name? When not even you remain? Told in shifting perspective—from intimate first-person to transcendent third—this episode explores the paradox of true eternity: that to become everything, you must become nothing at all. A story for anyone who has ever feared the d…
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Come journey into Realms Unknown with Alice Fraser and podcasting legend Chris Skinner for a whole world of sci-fi and fantasy recommendations, tropes and news! We discuss medieval fayres (jousting, anyone?), K Pop Demon Hunters and A Court of Thorns and Roses. Our Trope On A Rope is characters who learn to fight way to easily, and then the one who…
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A girl regrets her decision to dabble with fortune-telling. You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. Lifetime Commitment was written by Carolyn O’Brien. This episode was narrated by Mike Rickard from the stories of strangeness podcast where Mike and Zoe discuss all things on the topics of paranorma…
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A traumatized time traveler keeps traveling back to his past to punish his younger self. Over multiple loops, he learns to forgive himself. Copyright khōréō magazine 2025. Story by Samir Sirk Morató, edited by Danai Christopoulou. Audio edition read by Valentín Ángel Fernández, with casting and production by Jenelle DeCosta. Visit khoreomag.com and…
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Stories and poetry featured in this episode: Beautiful Game by Toshiya Kamei - music by Phog Masheeen - https://phogmasheeen.com/ - read by the Jenna Hanchey - I, Robot by Ali Trotta - https://www.alitrotta.com/ - music by Doctor Auxiliary - https://doctorauxiliary.bandcamp.com - read by Jean-Paul Garnier - Trip Through Eternity by James Machell - …
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Podcasts, reviews, interviews, essays, and more at the Ancillary Review of Books. Please consider supporting ARB’s Patreon! Credits: Guest: Abigail Nussbaum Title: Excession by Iain M. Banks Host: Jake Casella Brookins Music by Giselle Gabrielle Garcia Artwork by Rob Patterson Opening poem by Bhartṛhari, translated by John Brough Transcribers: Kate…
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Thatch is joined bySeth Vilo and Jushiro to talk about their July 2025 Pokemon presents Predictions! Mailbag Question: What do you think the Pokemon Presents will reveal? [email protected] Intro: 0:01:54 News: 0:10:28 Topic: 0:26:27 Quiz: 1:07:40 Poke Opinion: 1:30:09 Mailbag: 1:42:08 PUCL Survey Link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLS…
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It’s Halloween night, and Henry is driving to meet his friends at a new Haunted Corn Maze. It sounds like a spooky fun time, but you never know where the road will lead you. You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast, which is a production of Dissonance Media. Scarecrow Road was written by Lionel Ray Green. For more from Lionel, please head o…
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Featured on Bobrovnikoff: Unforgettable - by Rudy Diaz - narrated by Amber Pearson Sunlight - by Lynne Lumsden Green - narrated by Mark Sexton Our Audio License AntipodeanSF Radio Show by Ion Newcombe is licensed under CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 Featured Music Absolute stillness by Kevin Bryce is licensed under a Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 3.0 Inter…
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Send us a text In the rustbelt town of Greyhook, a pale-eyed hearse driver named Erlin Grey glides through the fog, collecting more than just the dead. He isn’t human—he’s the last of a vanished species, quietly surviving by grafting the bodies of the freshly deceased onto his failing alien form. But when one graft triggers something unexpected, Er…
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A man awakens in a strange horrific land with no memory except for his desire to return to the woman he loves. You’ve been listening to the night’s end podcast which is a production of Dissonance media. Purple Twilight was written by Ryan Benson and was first published in The Sirens Call Publishing eZine #44 You can find Ryan on X @RyanWBenson and …
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The podcast dives headfirst into the intriguing blend of superheroes and zombies presented in Peter Cline's *Ex Heroes*, where the remnants of humanity grapple with their undead counterparts in a dystopian Los Angeles. As returning game masters Roger, Alex, Chris, and David form a formidable team, they explore what makes this mashup not just entert…
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In this week’s Glitch Tape, I utilize three distinct British accents to bring to life a short story about a man, his kid, and a “rum” shopkeep/conjurer in H.G. Wells’ short story, The Magic Shop. That’s GENUINE magic, of course. Anytime I can put on a wild cockney accent, I’m going to do it. This is the last Glitch Tape for now as I pivot my time a…
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