The great Philip K. Dick wrote about the human condition as well as any speculative fiction writer of the 20th century, and I am incredibly lucky that this story of his is out of copyright. This was originally published in 1953. It’s about racism and colonialism, about how the participants in a war see themselves […]

Since I started Radio Free Burrito Presents several weeks ago, lots of you have asked me if I would narrate something by HP Lovecraft. I love the Cthulhu mythos, but I’m not crazy about Lovecraft’s storytelling. I feel like he spends a lot of time in the high concept and the world building, without ever […]

I did a SUPER short little audiobook thingy for y’all today. The whole thing is only about 11 minutes long, perfect for a quick walk around the block. Published in 1970, today’s short story comes from a battered old paperback I own called SUPERNATURAL STRANGERS, by Robert Tralins. Because it’s Earth Day, I recorded in […]

Today’s RFB Presents comes from my friend, Cory Doctorow. Cory says, “This is the story of the ogres who run the concession stands on Pleasure Island, where Pinnocchio’s friend Lampwick turned into a donkey. Like much of my stuff, this has a tie-in with Walt Disney World; the idea came to me on the Pinnocchio […]

A wickedly funny, beautifully written, tale from one of the great American authors. More info for my fellow nerds who like to know this sort of stuff:en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Middle_…f_the_Right_Footwww.gutenberg.org/files/15143/1514…143-h.htm#Middleen.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ambrose_Biercewww.goodreads.com/book/show/124342…_Such_Things_Be_

From the Spring, 1940 issue of Fantasia Something, edited by Ray Bradbury, today’s short story is a goddamn delight. www.gutenberg.org/files/41651/4165…N_THE_WORLDSTATE

Today’s reading is a satirical Victorian ghost story from the 1890s. Found at Project Gutenberg: www.gutenberg.org/cache/epub/8377/…8377-images.html

While we are Social Distancing, and Staying Home to Stay Safe (how about those capital letters?!), I’m recording and releasing free audiobooks a couple times a week. I’ve been putting them at SoundCloud, but I’m going to start putting them here, too, because I am proud of these little things, and I want them to […]

Another mixtape, combining lots of weird and random files I have accumulated over the years, and keep in a folder that’s called “weird and random audio”. Includes: Telly Savalas being really 70s, some random preacher who is really into UFOs, Asian covers of popular tunes, surf tunes, early punk, Shatner’s balls, Hitchcock, and something that’s […]

Holy shit has it been like a year since I last did one of these? It certainly feels like it, because in 2018, a week feels like a month! This is basically one long recounting of the last few days of my life, which have been filled with joy, good people, and some revelations about […]