Auditory Anthology

Auditory Anthology

By Keith Conrad / Darren MarlarFictionScience Fiction
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Auditory Anthology episodes

  • Exorcism by Ray Bradbury

    When her mailman husband delivered a package of forbidden books to the woman up the street, Elmira Brown finally had proof of what she’d suspected all along — and she wasn’t about to let a witch win another election.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    33 min
  • The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells: Chapter Twelve

    For our Serial Sunday series, we are presenting The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. When mysterious cylinders fall from the sky, Victorian England is thrust into a terrifying struggle for survival as Martian machines lay waste to the countryside. Told in serialized chapters, this landmark science-fiction classic unfolds as a gripping tale of invasion, panic, and humanity pushed to the brink.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    23 min
  • The Beachcomber by Damon Knight

    The ultimate needle in a haystack: a stranded genius from the future spends eternity scouring alien shores for a single lost pebble that happens to contain his entire universe.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    27 min
  • Tales From the Blue Line - The Elevator

    When a methodical security guard discovers that his hospital’s elevator is stopping at a ward that was sealed in 1968, he learns that some "unfinished business" can bridge sixty years of silence in a single camera flash.


    Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    21 min
  • The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells: Chapter Eleven

    For our Serial Sunday series, we are presenting The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. When mysterious cylinders fall from the sky, Victorian England is thrust into a terrifying struggle for survival as Martian machines lay waste to the countryside. Told in serialized chapters, this landmark science-fiction classic unfolds as a gripping tale of invasion, panic, and humanity pushed to the brink.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min
  • The Monster Maker by Ray Bradbury

    When a space-pirate’s telepathic terrors prove to be camera-shy, a cynical photographer and a brawny patrolman must turn the villain’s own illusions into a one-man army to survive sixty minutes of oxygen.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    38 min
  • Tales From the Blue Line - The Frequent Flyer

    At Midway Airport, a gate agent who finds comfort in the familiar discovers that her most punctual passenger has been flying to a ghost town for fifty years on a flight that shouldn't exist.


    Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    19 min
  • The War of the Worlds by H.G. Wells: Chapter Ten

    For our Serial Sunday series, we are presenting The War of the Worlds by H. G. Wells. When mysterious cylinders fall from the sky, Victorian England is thrust into a terrifying struggle for survival as Martian machines lay waste to the countryside. Told in serialized chapters, this landmark science-fiction classic unfolds as a gripping tale of invasion, panic, and humanity pushed to the brink.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    13 min
  • The Happy Clown by Alice Eleanor Jones

    In a future of mandatory smiles and infantile branding, a master of disguise discovers that the only thing more dangerous than being a misfit is becoming the icon everyone loves.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    35 min
  • Tales From the Blue Line - The Grief Counselor

    When Dr. Carol Prentiss realizes her most punctual patient’s appointments align perfectly with the local obituaries, she discovers that counseling a burnt-out Reaper is just another day at the office—especially when a new roundabout is wrecking his “transition” schedule.


    Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faster.

    If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/


    You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com

    By becoming a paid subscriber you can listen to every episode completely ad-free!


    Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad

    Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/


    Other shows hosted by Darren:

    Weird Darkness: https://weirddarkness.com/

    Paranormality Magazine: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/paranormalitymag

    Micro Terrors: Scary Stories for Kids: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/microterrors

    Retro Radio – Old Time Radio In The Dark: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/retroradio

    Church of the Undead: https://weirddarkness.tiny.us/churchoftheundead

    Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

    20 min

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