In case you hadn't noticed, the world is kinda on fire right now. And while staying connected to the various conflicts is a Very Good Idea, so is taking a break from the existential dread that is life at the end of April 2024. May you find some solace in these new listings of completed audio fiction on The End.
Alternately, you could do what I do and consume some post-apocalyptic audio fiction, where things are probably much worse than we're currently experiencing. Because sometimes, vicariously experiencing an even more terrifying hellscape gives a helpful perspective. Or motivational, depending on your proclivities.
So check out my collection of apocalyptic and post-civilization tales that show life goes on, entitled We Had A Good Run, People. The stories contained in the collection give a variety of takes on the topic and the severity of which we are... well, screwed. Enjoy (?) these selections of the darker side of "what happens next?"
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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?
The Hacker Chronicles Season 2: Digital Nomad. Presented by Tenable. Starring Michael C. Hall as John Doe, and Chloe Taylor as Alice.
Underwood and Flinch is a three-time Parsec award-winning vampire audiobook saga by Mike Bennett.
“If you think vampire tales are a worn-out genre, Underwood and Flinch will shock and delight you.” Walt Kolenda, Examiner.com.
For hundreds of years, the eldest-born male of each generation of the Flinch family has been servant and guardian to the vampire, Lord Underwood. While the Flinches have changed through the generations, Underwood has remained eternal. David Flinch had hoped to be spared the horror of serving his family’s lord and master, but when he is summoned to the Flinch home in Spain by his dying older brother, he knows his luck has run out. After fifty years of slumber, Underwood is to be resurrected from the grave in a ritual of human sacrifice, and David, by right of succession, is to be his resurrector. But there is another Flinch, one who craves the role of guardian to the vampire: David’s sister, Lydia. It’s a job she means to have, even if it means making David’s the first blood shed in this new age of Underwood and Flinch.
“Bennett’s ‘Underwood and Flinch’ saga is the best hidden literary gem in existence. Experience the same thrill you have when you find an unsigned underground band that blows your mind.” P.J. Parrish. Editor-in-Chief: Tennessee Valley Business Journal
Check out these collections to find your next finished audio fiction fix!
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Completed or finale'd shows we've recently added to our audio fiction directory.
A dark comedy audio drama that looks behind the doors of your friends and neighbors. BIG LITTLE LIES meets DESPERATE HOUSEWIVES in a post-hurricane suburban neighborhood. Based on HURRICANE HARVEY: OVERCOMING THE CHAOS by Lyn Jenkins.
20 years after the American civil war, former slave Marcus Riggs is trapped in a British Harbor after the Invaders came to enslave all mankind. Now the invaders are gone, and new Orders clash as humanity rises from the ashes…but are the aliens gone for good?
A podcast for kids and their grownups. Together with Sneak, Bean, and Meg, we’ll tackle the sticky situations kids face as they grow and change. To guide us, we’ll explore stories from all over the world and pick up advice from our listeners along the way.
Penny Wright is a curious preschooler living in a cozy multi-generational household filled with love, laughter, and learning. Penny’s life takes a magical turn when she finds a teddy bear in a box of her grandfather’s belongings during a game of hide-and-seek with her grandmother, Spicy.
Rudyard Funn and his equally miserable sister Antigone run a failing funeral parlour, where they get the body in the coffin in the ground on time. But one day they find a new competitor. With their dogsbody Georgie and a mouse called Madeleine, they are taking drastic steps to stay in business...