Curated Collections & Genres of Completed Audio Fiction

All the "to be listened to" stories in our curator's queue.

It's anime. But for your ears. And you don't have to listen backwards.

Escapes and Reflections, Worlds Beyond, or Dystopian Escapism

Slapstick to sketch, improv to irreverent, goofy to guffaws. You know... teh funniez!

Think magazines, other periodicals, or collections of short stories—but in audio.

Plays from Shakespeare and other classics in audio fiction form.

Stories of the sea, rivers, lakes, and other wet places.

Stories of wizards, witches, warlocks, and other users of magic.

High, low, and all fantastical points inbetween.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks created by people of color.

Political thrillers, epic sagas, and other tales of political intrigue.

Fictional investigations, spoof true cime series, crime fiction, and other deep-dives into things that sound very true, but aren't.

Single-episode stories. Some long. Some short. But only one episode. That's it.

Tales of zombies, shamblers, walkers, the undead, and other mindless creatures. 🧟

Scary stories, gory performances, unsettling tales, and other horror shows.

Tales of rising waters, burning forests, and mass extinction, all due to climate change.

Scifi, sci-fi, and science fiction tales.

Slice-of-life and other reality-based tales that explore the human condition.

Fiction podcasts that include discussions, interviews, and other non-fiction elements in each episode.

Tales of the grind, making the bacon, office romance, and generally celebrating(?) capitalism, baby!

Family-friendly shows for general audiences.

Superheroes, metahumans, and other people who are litereally better than you.

Tales of Kris Kringle, snow men, and other Christmas-inspired tales.

Sitcoms, soap operas, police procedurals, fake reality shows, and other types of storytelling popularized on the small screen.

Stories with one or more characters dealing with mental health issues.

Mysteries, whodunits, noir, and other crime tales to keep you guessing.

Musicals and other audio fiction shows with heavy use of original music in the production.

Ambies, WebFests, Peabodys, Parsecs, AVAs, and other winners of various awards.

Actual play, TTRPG, and other game-play in audio form.

Stories of monsters, fey folk, cryptids living with us today.

Stories featuring ghost hunters, paranormal investigators, or those whose job it is to seek out things that go bump in the night.

Romance, romcoms, Hallmark shows, and other tales of love and relationships.

All the "to be listened to" stories in our curator's queue.

Radio plays and audio dramas done in the style of radio performances, often with a modern twist.

Dramatizations and complete fabrications from history.

Murder mysteries, who-done-its, and other ways to find out who killed Mr. Body.

Weird, bizarre, and other trippy tales that defy normalcy.

Children's tales, YA stories, and other shows designed for kids. YMMV.

Desert-based tales of survival, hope, family, horror, and some trippy stuff that could only happen in a desert.

Audiobooks and other mostly-narrated stories, often with audio elements that enhance the story.

Multi-character shows created by a single person, though you probably wouldn't guess just by listening.

Spy thrillers and other stories featuring espionage, secret agents, and tales of other shadowy figures plotting and scheming.

Stories where some sort of recorder—tape, digital, wax cylinder—is the primary vehicle that tells the story.

Queer-forward stories of any genre, really.

Ghost stories, vampires, and tales of other things that go bump in the night!

Classic vampire tales, reimaginings with a modern twist, and off-the-wall stories featuring those who vant to suck jor blod.

Stories told via a series of letters, now in audio form.

Apocalyptic and post-civilization tales that show life goes on.

Tales of cosmic, Eldritch, and Lovecraftian horror.

Stories of alien abduction, visitors from the stars, ancient aliens, and things that go "pew-pew" in the night.

Space operas, galactic warfare, and journeys to the farthest reaches of the universe.

Tales of scrappy crew running jobs, working together, getting in and out of trouble, dealing with their interpersonal drama—all while navigating the void of space/time/reality.

Wormholes, police boxes, ancient tomes, and other explorations of jumping around in time.

Tales of dragons, wyrms, serpents and other scaly wealth-hoarding bests.

Found footage, taped confessions, and other "Hey, read this" tales.

Stories of isolation, lonlineness, and the way a single person entertains themself.

From Skynet to HAL9000, synthetic sentience was supposed to make our lives better. Yeah, right.

When playing a game—machine, tabletop, puzzlebox 😱—is central to the plot.

Tales that showcase and highlight the cause of feminism in audio form.

Stories of trees, forests, and what dwells within.

Stories that feature walking, talking, and otherwise civilized animals.

High-tech meets the street. Sometimes dystopian, sometimes hopeful. But always tech unleashed not for, but by the people.

Dungeon crawls, underground cities, critters below us, and other tales from underground.

Stories not of the dead, but by the dead.

Stories about, from, or inspired by Ireland and the Irish.

Stories about vacations, road trips, and travel to exotic lands.

Erotica, steamy stories, and other tales to get your blood pumping. Adults-only, please.

Tales of a monsters terrifying(?) the villagers. Or spaceship. Or scientists. Or...

Westerns, stories from the trails, and other stories of the Old West, New West, and even other worlds that feel like Westerns.

Shows with 20+ hours of previously-completed seasons, but are releasing more seasons or have new seasons coming soon.

Flensing, flaying, and other horrible things that happen to the human body.

Static, everyday places with magical powers that serve as some form of allegory.

It's anime. But for your ears. And you don't have to listen backwards.

Tales from the perspective of the monster/ghost/baddie.

Retrofuturistic technologies, steam-powered machinery, and loads of shiny brass.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episode in 2024 as curated by Evo Terra.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episodes in 2023 as curated by Evo Terra.

Featured recommendations of fiction podcasts, audio dramas, or audiobooks that posted their final (or finale) episodes in 2022 as curated by Evo Terra.

Escapes and Reflections, Worlds Beyond, or Dystopian Escapism