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The Soul’s Mirror. The Moon’s Rest. The Seat of Dragons. The Goddess’s Isle has many names, but Ingolfur seeks it for one reason: the gift of transformation it offers its seekers. Exhausted, bloodstained, ashamed, he believes such transformation will be his salvation. Yet the Isle holds secrets as well as power, and as Ingolfur breaches its depths, he realises the goddess’s gifts aren’t always good.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

Hidden away from a land torn by war and famine, the monks of an isolated monastery use stories to help them understand their position on the Path. When Gan, an ambitious young novice, asks to hear the tale of King Raden, he doesn’t realise that the story will reveal more about him, and about the monastery’s abbot, than he ever expected.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

Spirit Animals were creatures of legend and song, but neither Atynleigh nor her mother had ever seen one. Now, one lay wounded before them, sending out a single message from his mind to theirs, “Do good.” But helping this beast would put all of them in danger.

Narrated by the author.

Time once raced alongside Wolf through fields of radiant switchglass, but that bright season has faded. Now dust storms have turned the land she loved from green to the gray of aged muzzles. Time searches for answers to rid her pack's territory of the accumulating dust, and maybe, hope against hope, a way to reclaim the season of sunshine she remembers so well.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

Every year at the Festival of Wings, men and women battle kites to earn the right to fight for their emperor. Chash must choose whether to seek glory in battle or if heroism can be found somewhere closer to home.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

An anonymous tip sends Errant to inspect working conditions at a power station on an isolated planet. He hopes his findings will help prevent another devastating accident, and he does begin to unpack a history of corporate carelessness and human cost—but the planet's volatile alien life is stranger and more dangerous than he or anyone else has suspected...

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

Every family has its secrets. As her daughter marries an eligible bachelor, a devoted mother finally tells the story of her own wedding.

Narrated by the author.

Lengo's only grandson, Nikolas, committed the unthinkable: murder/suicide. And while she still struggles to come to terms with this tragedy, an old friend of Nikolas appears at her door. What follows at his heel: Truth, revenge, redemption, or even more death?

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

“Frank” is the unluckiest crew member on an extraterrestrial spaceship hurtling toward a rendezvous with Earth. Of the entire research team collectively tasked with studying humanity, Frank gets stuck with economics. Stocks? Bonds? 401(k)s? The very concepts are downright alien. What’s Frank to do? Reach out to a financial advisor, of course.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.

The first time Sam heard the Irons, she laughed like everyone else, played the LP once more out of disbelief, and then—telling herself it was for kicks—listened repeatedly until each song became an earworm. Either the girls—Mapes, Amy, and Edith — were geniuses, or they were the worst band in the world.

Narrated by host Matt Gomez.