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.

Comedic fantasy, weird thrillers, and superhero dramas

Escapes and Reflections, Worlds Beyond, or Dystopian Escapism

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

Shows from and/or about Australia

Queer-forward stories of any genre, really.

Show with settings in the era before 1,000 BCE. Ish.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Shadow governments, secret plots, and more.

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

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

Anything performed by an actor you may have heard of!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Family-friendly shows for general audiences.

Faith-based, religious stories of all denominations, sects, and whatnot.

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

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

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

Romantic comedies, both heartwarming and tragic.

Stories that feature your mom. Or someone else's mom. It's all about moms, really.

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

Tales of cosmic, Eldritch, and Lovecraftian horror.

Stories not of the dead, but by the dead.

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

WLW, Lesbian, and other sorts of sapphic stories.

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

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

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

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

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.

Plays from Shakespeare and other classics in audio fiction form.

Stories of trees, forests, and what dwells within.

Themes of vengeance, retribution, and settling scores.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

"But he seemed like such a nice boy..."

Bank jobs, museum pinching, and other well-planned crimes.

Shows that will make your brain ache. In a good way!

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.