Aroph Stories Podcast

A new story by Devin DeMarco entitled Peyton Trent, Son of God narrated by guest actor Lorien Reese.

Devin DeMarco is from a small town in upstate New York that you've never heard of.  Or maybe you have.  She doesn't know your life.  Anyway, she recently earned her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University.  She also writes fiction that's sometimes really weird, and sometimes only lowkey weird.  Her story Happy Birthday, Beatrice appeared in The Southampton Review.  It was about a dead cat.  Her own cat, in contrast, will never die.

Episode 7 features the story "In His Own Image" by Jeffrey Landgraf. A twisted look into the mind of the self-aware created self.

Dr. Jeffrey Landgraf is a physicist who employs paradox to find the perspective from which false things that are true, the common is ridiculous, and the ridiculous makes plain and simple sense.

This is another throwback to a classic tale. I can't help but keep in the realm of the Arthurian Legends, but The Red Dragon of Wales comes from William Elliot Griffis and is part of a larger collection of fairy tales.

Here we have "Bumps" by Matthew Hall. If anyone is interested in a twist of reality and a look at the end of things with a thrill, please listen to this story.

Matthew Hall, beard aficionado and semi-pro eccentric, tries to find time to write in between meetings at the office.  He writes to dispel the ennui endemic in his daily life of accountancy and to explore worlds without spreadsheets and deadlines.

This twisted story entitled "Root" by Devin DeMarco was a pleasure to read. Enjoy.

"Devin DeMarco is from a small town in upstate New York that you've never heard of.  Or maybe you have.  She doesn't know your life.  Anyway, she recently earned her MFA in Creative Writing and Literature from Stony Brook University.  She also writes fiction that's sometimes really weird, and sometimes only lowkey weird.  Her story Happy Birthday, Beatrice appeared in The Southampton Review.  It was about a dead cat.  Her own cat, in contrast, will never die."

This was just too much fun to pass up. As promised, every third episode will be a classic. In this case, we have The Legends of King Arthur by Sir James Knowles.

We will be focusing on Chapter 1, The Prophecies of Merlin, and the Birth of Arthur. Enjoy.

Evan Pickering, author of the American Rebirth Trilogy. offers our second episode "Music Box."

Evan Pickering is the author of Amazon bestselling novel Hood and a longtime professional poker player. Born and raised in Long Island New York before being transplanted to South Florida, Evan once again resides in Long Island and is currently working on the next book in the American Rebirth Series.

As a writer, Evan first started writing at the age of eighteen, penning his first novel (unpublished) entitled Lore. He later placed 7th in the 76th annual Writer’s Digest competition for his short story Serenaded in the Mainstream/Literary Short Story category. He would go on to publish over fifty articles as a freelance writer with over a million views, before finally publishing his debut success Hood in January 2016.

A self-professed nerd, lover of stories in all forms: books, movies, video games, Evan believes deeply in storytelling as a basic human need. He’s also an avid sports fan, lover of music and the great euphoria of traveling both in and out of the country, meeting new people and the feel of adventure.

His website can be found at https://evanpickeringauthor.com.

Our first story "Blue Room" comes from Jason Sanford, a Nebula Finalist and award-winning author.

Jason Sanford is an award-winning author of short stories, essays, and articles and an active member of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. A finalist for the Nebula Award, Jason has published more than a dozen stories in the British SF magazine Interzone, which also devoted a special issue to his fiction. He has also published numerous stories in magazines and anthologies such as Asimov’s Science Fiction, Year’s Best SF, Analog, InterGalactic Medicine Show, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, and other places. In 2001 Jason founded the online magazine storySouth, through which he ran the Million Writer Award for many years. His website is http://www.jasonsanford.com.

Here is an introduction to the Aroph Stories Podcast. For the next eight weeks, a new story will appear every Friday. We will feature new and upcoming writers as well as classics, all that take science to plausible extremes or reality to the magical. Please leave a review (on your podcast app of choice) and enjoy the stories.