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The database overhaul continues. We're about 75% there, and Allie and I will keep working on it through the long weekend. But I've done something pretty cool in the interim.
A few weeks ago, I published an article that states, with evidence provided, which podcast listening apps are the best for audio fiction listeners. Not long after that, I followed through with my promise to recommend just those podcast listening apps that do a good job of presenting audio fiction podcasts to listeners. While I'll still list to as many apps as I can, you'll see this new badge denoting the apps I recommend:
What's most cool is that Apollo, the only podcast listening app dedicated to audio fiction, now allows for deep linking, making my list complete. And my thanks to AJ, CEO of Apollo, for signing up to be a Supporting Creative Shop!
So now when you visit any show page, you can be listening to that show in one of those podcast listing apps with a single click. Check it out. And maybe see what you've been missing if your current preferred podcast listening app isn't one I recommend.
With that... let's get into it, shall we?
- Evo
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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.
The Shrill Collective presents: “The Rat King” by L.R. Wild. “The Rat King” is a serialized thriller fiction podcast that weaves magical realism with urban mythology.
CW: Contains adult content including descriptions and instances of stalking and violence. For resources: https://www.stalkingawareness.org/
If you need help now, call a crisis hotline to get immediate emergency counseling.
Hotlines are staffed by trained volunteers with text and chat often available.
There are mental health provider directories and substance use treatment locators available.
You can access resources for basic needs such as housing and food.
Completed or finale'd shows we've recently added to our audio fiction directory.
Oneiric, or The Hatch Pilgrim, is a dream quest, a grail quest, a fever dream… quest.
Thrillers, science fiction, fantasy, and horror stories written and read by Craig Nybo.
Based on a true story. A group of soldiers in Vietnam decide they need to murder their rogue lieutenant, if they’re going to make it home alive. TRAINING DAY meets PLATOON.
When a child goes missing from a local summer camp, Anna and Lacey discover many things about the mountains that are hidden from the physical eye: ghosts, embedded memories, strange creatures. Time seems to work differently here.
Follow Madison Standish, a modern day influencer, as she gets zapped back into the Golden Age of Radio. Actual OTR scripts adapted! It’s as if the MST3K/Riff Trax guys were in the movies they riff.
Come walk between the black pines! In this award-winning queer horror show, a cosmic narrator follows the increasingly connected residents of the forest at the end of the world. It’s a bittersweet story that explores queer identity, horror genre tropes, and finding hope in humanity’s last moments.
A unique perspective on the classic tale of "The War of the Worlds" as performed by Orson Welles and the Mercury Theater back in 1938.
After an asteroid has destroyed the surface of the Earth, forced survivors they find themselves tasked with rebuilding society. Trapped in a subterranean biosphere named Evergreen, alliances form and fracture as heroes turn into villains as they vie for control of Evergreen.
Miriam DuFour is drawn into the bizarre world of Achewillow and her own family’s history in that town. Through her eyes we discover a strange landscape of subtle magics, bizarre people, coffee, the occasional demon, and baked goods.
A non-serialized audio drama in a off kilter noir setting. Short stories with a horror twist. Enjoy our rotating cast of characters and peculiar situations through the eyes of Canary. Your neighborhood gumshoe!
The year is 2030 CE. The Earth faces tensions in the realms of the mundane and the supernatural. Organizations and individuals have answered the call to keep the balance of their world safe by preventing extremists, imperialists, and abominations from throwing the world into chaos.