AIC Stories

The atomic bomb meant, to most people, the end.

To Henry Bemis it meant something far different—a thing to appreciate and enjoy.

Written by: Lynn Venable

Originally published in IF Worlds of Science Fiction

Publication in January 1953

Faded Words is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.

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Warriors, wastelands, a little magic, and an epic quest to reach a fabled city. All the ingredients are here for a fun fantasy tale, but will it deliver?

A Girl From Nowhere (The Firewall Trilogy #1) is the first of a new fantasy trilogy from author James Maxwell.

The Review is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your host, and producer.

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Millions of Spiritual creatures walk the earth

Unseen, both when we wake and when we sleep."

Written by: William T Stead

Originally published in The Best Psychic Stories

Publication in 1920

Faded Words is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.

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One of the biggest names in science fiction, with stories spanning a tremendous SIX decades, this tome is one not to be taken lightly.

But is it any good?

The Collected Stories of Arthur C Clarke is a massive collection of science fiction greatness from one of the legendary writers in the genre of all time, Arthur C Clarke.

The Kindle version of this book was released by Rosetta Books and this edition was published July of 2016, though previous editions had been released.

The Review is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your host, and producer.

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A tale of a man wrongfully accused of a crime and the devastating power of the "Court of Public Opinion" based on assumptions. 

Written by: Guy de Maupassant

Originally published in SHORT-STORIES EDITED BY L.A. PITTENGER

Faded Words is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.

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As an avid outdoorsman with a strong connection to the land where I live, this collection of essay’s about nature and kindness had me excited for a modern day take on the nature essay genre.

But then I read it. And I’ll be honest… I have some thoughts.

Where the Deer and the Antelope Play: The Pastoral Observations of One Ignorant American Who Loves to Walk Outside is part memoir and part personal essay’s/opinions from the wonderful Nick Offerman.

This book, his fifth I believe, was published by Dutton Books in October 2021.

The Review is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your host, and producer.

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Nathanial Evergood was an eccentric old man

with a photographic passion for pretty girls. So

he invented a camera lens for special effects—

Written by: Richard Magruder

Originally published in Imagination Stories of Science and Fantasy

December 1954

Faded Words is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.

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When one of your favorite rock musicians decides to put out a book of stories from his wild career, you’re all in.

And when he narrates the audiobook version, it’s time to listen.

The Storyteller: Tales of Life and Music is part memoir and part flat out inspirational storytelling from one of this generations legendary rock musicians. Written(and narrated) by Dave Grohl.

The Review is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your host, and producer.

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Even though I'm under the weather I wasn't about to leave you all with no story this week!

A tale of kindness overcoming the wicked ways of mankind, and the salvation that arrives in an unlikely form.

Written by: Frank R Stockton

Originally published in 1887 and then again in 1914 in the book Short Stories edited by L.A. Pittinger.

Faded Words is an AIC Stories Production featuring David Szweduik as your narrator, host, and producer.

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