The Best Fiction Podcasts & Audio Fiction as Chosen by Fans

15 year old Madyson tells the story of the Behemoth. A large, lumbering beast that has emerged from the waters off of Cape Cod. As the Behemoth begins to walk across the country Madyson sees a chance to change her life.

A long-time dweller of the London sewer system has discovered a unique way to become intimate with his high-rise neighbours: listening to their innermost secrets through plug holes, drainpipes and washing machine fittings. They all have one thing in common - they are desperate for connection.

The world is ending. Again. So many ways for Earth to die as reality begins to fall apart faster and faster. Deadly fungi, an asteroid on an impossible course, cosmic aliens, botanical body horror, killer drones, nuclear war… Everything, everywhere, everywhen is ending.

After a night of drinking, canceled comedian Dean Blackshaw is found dead in a comedy club green room. Now his friend and fellow comic, Anne-Marie, has to put together the pieces of a blacked-out night, solve the crime, and wonder if it was all her fault.

A cis man obsessed with the past and a trans woman trying to find her future fall in love at the end of the world.

A man is marooned in space and one woman on Earth struggles to keep him alive.

It’s 1999 and Enron finance manager Jim Yang has received an email from the future. Stars Akie Kotabe, Omari Douglas, Sharon D. Clarke MBE, Meg Cavanaugh and Mike Capozzola.

President Lincoln is dead, the country in turmoil. Secretary of War Edwin Stanton takes control, determined to bring the assassin to justice. Consumed by his conviction, Stanton will betray his friends, his honor, and the constitution he swore to protect, all to steer the country towards justice.

A solar eclipse altered the DNA of all human beings in the 1850s and made Black people “unkillable”. Mirabelle, a young black woman, finds herself in a world of supernatural powers fighting the forces of evil to deliver the oppressed into a new age of peace.

An atmospheric, unsettling folk horror audio drama that explores the true nature of humanity and the deep, dark secrets we all try to hide. The Woods Are Watching.

Follow along as Ishmael works his way through the ranks as an interstellar merchant mariner from the lowest quarter share until he finally earns an owner’s share at the helm of his own company. Along the way he finds a new family, a sense of purpose, and - eventually - himself.

The inside story of the CIA from the perspective of Eloise Page who joined on the Agency’s first day in 1947 and, in a 40-year career, became one of its most powerful women.

Trapped in the horror-filled and impossible city of Eskew, a man makes endless recordings of his day-to-day experiences, hoping to reach the outside world.This show routinely contains body horror and other disturbing scenes.

After a tragedy in the national forest, Peregrine seeks out survivalist skills from an old recluse. In this fictional documentary, producer Brett Ryback explores grief, adolescence, and our precarious relationship to the wilderness - all set against a sleepy Minnesota town.

In a dark comedy twist on Jack the Ripper, a new female killer named Jackie targets men in 19th-century London. Only Detective Abberline — a jittery, caffeine-fueled investigator — and his bumbling team stand in her way.

An assortment of people living on the fringes of respectable society, in locations across the world, find themselves caught up in nefarious plots far beyond their experience, caught in the nexus of history-making events.

Alice yearns for something more in life. She has a low-stress job, a steady relationship, and a nephew she loves looking after, but she can’t shake the feeling that something isn’t quite right. A phone call turns everything upside down, making her the perfect target for a cybercrime.

Recent scientific theory suggests that dark matter is information and that we can wake it up. But waking it up can let dark things out. Five years ago, an experiment with dark matter went horribly wrong. Now he investigates dark matter experiments that seem to be based on his own research.

12-year-old Iowa is not most people. When she’s rescued by the last remaining dog, she realizes the responsibility she has to keep this creature safe. Pursued by the evil Regulators, they set off on a journey in search of a legendary island it's believed animals are still living.

A retired cat burglar finds herself back on the prowl after scoring the job of a lifetime. Unknowingly employed by the Dread Wolf, she hunts down a powerful ancient artifact when she and her lover find themselves caught in a web of lies that threaten the entire world.

As a scholarship student tries to find her place in this high-pressure environment, she soon crosses paths with an underground society known as The Night of the Wolf, which caters to the school’s wealthiest students and enforces strict secrecy.

Waking up with no memory was just the beginning of her journey…

Heather Haskins went missing two years ago. Discovered aboard a flight without a ticket or identification, she now believes she's a woman named Coral Goran - and that it's 1938.

People only find the antique shop when they need to. Just at the right time.

The first original audio drama from Hemlock Creek Productions, LIARS & LEECHES delves deep into the complicated horrors of grief, trauma, resilience, and steadfast human determination to uncover the truth.

A darkly comedic horror audio drama following Hannah, the last zombie, living her best unlife 150 years after the apocalypse. She teams up with Cali, a human scout, to navigate a wasteland full of killer robots, forming an unlikely friendship amid love, death, and humor.

In season one, a small East Texas town suffers supernatural disasters caused by a demonic book bound in human flesh…and only hoodoo can save the town from its affliction.

For years, Hero Trackers has covered the biggest news in the world of super powered heroics. What we didn’t know—some of the most influential cases all had one thing in common: Vigil. Join us as we uncover who Vigil was and the impact he had on some of the most well-known supers of our age.

150 years ago, the S.S. Cumberland disappeared in the Pacific Northwest. A lifeboat from the ship with four skeletons inside just mysteriously showed up in Marrow Passage. Reporter Daisy Bonham attempts to solve the mystery and find out what other secrets are lurking just below the surface.

A British sitcom podcast about four incompetent souls trying to start their own cult. Can you create a new movement with no ideas, no philosophy, and a leader with the charisma of a plastic plant forgotten in a cupboard? They’ll certainly give it a go.

Lee, a washed up radio DJ, launches a paranormal investigation podcast. Aided by his jaded musician pal Dougie, the pair travel Scotland in search of Medieval Demon Kings and Lovecraftian Gods of the Sea. So why not join them on this unique tour of the ancient and mystical lands of Scotland?

A multi-protagonist period drama set in a post-revolutionary Haiti that asks the central question: How far will people go for power?

Follow young wheelchair-user as they navigate their first day as a guide for “Funcouver Bus Tours”. She struggles to stick to the “Funcouver” script when so much of “Canada’s most wheelchair-accessible city” is still so incredibly inaccessible.

Phil, 54 and deeply sad, is preparing for the annual hunt. For hundreds of years, the men of his family have led a march in to the woods in search of a mystical pig-like creature. But for Phil it is a time for reopening old wounds and coming face to face with the reason for all his sadness.

A Space Horror series in the vein of DEAD SPACE and EVENT HORIZON, THE VESSEL features a large cast of characters aboard a massive spacecraft. The ship begins to experience strange attacks shortly after one inhabitant is woken from cryosleep.

When Peace of Ship opens a new HQ in Brazil, Jemma finds herself in new territory: Interim Head of HR. Her first task? Hire a new CTO. That is, until one candidate ends up dead. Now she must find the killer to save the company. What could go wrong?

Son wakes up aboard a spaceship bound for earth in an effort to recolonize. What he discovers, however, will change everything he knows about his world and himself.

Invited to document her genius sister's new invention–-a machine that records dreams–Kay can’t resist. How could she know her sister believes there’s something alive in dreams. Something that holds the key to the tragedy that tore them apart seven years ago. Something that can scare them to death.

An orphan with nothing left to lose braves the treacherous desert in order to become a mystical bullet catcher. But when she uncovers a shocking secret, she is propelled on an unexpected journey of grit, purpose, and searing hot vengeance.

An everyday internet support technician can also speak to people in the past and the future! After making a friend from 1999, he encounters a physicist living in the year 2052. How has she made contact? And does she know anything about the mysterious wormhole that appeared in his basement?

As an escape from her carefully curated life and dying marriage, Diana (Demi Moore) secretly runs an erotic website where women reveal their intimate sexual fantasies.

Audio posts from a member of a community of data restoration hobbyists in a sometimes-unfamiliar future.

If this place were a country, it’d be the wealthiest on Earth. It’s a place full of disruptors. But that edge cuts both ways. A hacker with a shadowy past has come to teach the most powerful people in the Valley a lesson. In a world full of high risk and high reward, revenge is a feature… not a bug.

Originally heard on Radiotopia’s Showcase, THE POLYBIUS CONSPIRACY tells the story of a mysterious arcade game from the '80s whose alleged existence in the Pacific Northwest is fueled by a blending of fact and fiction.

Thirteen years after the fall of modern civilization, five survivors live in relative harmony on an isolated farm, where they rarely discuss their lives Before. The delicate balance of this household is upturned when a sixth survivor arrives with an empty stomach and a world of possibilities.

School crosswalks are the frontline in an ancient battle where crossing guards are the warriors that stand between the everyday, holding up a stop sign to the end of days… and the end of days is going way over 15 MPH/30 KPH in a school crossing zone.

Meet Alice – a burnt-out barista who turns to the Dark Web to pay off her student debt. But when cybercrime pulls her deeper than she could have ever imagined, only one question remains: can Alice get out before it’s too late?

When a night watchman finishes his shift at work, he is terrified to discover that everyone in the world who went to sleep the previous night has died. Now he and a band of survivors must stay awake and uncover the secret of this global epidemic, before they fall asleep.

A stirring dramedy in which an aging real estate mogul must use his diminishing skills to grab one last deal to help his family avoid financial ruin. Starring Donald, Don Jr., Eric and Ivanka Trump, along with Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani, Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un.

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