From My Mom's Basement

Episode 47: Frank's Friend 18.05.2026 28:51 ↓

This story chronicles the fraught relationship between famed American rocket scientists, Frank Malina and Jack Parsons.

Episode 46: A Good Punt Falls Steeply 18.05.2026 17:46 ↓

A professional football punter's life totally falls apart...

Episode 45: Mnemosyne 09.09.2025 14:49 ↓

Amanda has a wonderful memory, and a strange fascination with her neighbor's mailbox...

Episode 44: Edelweiss 22.05.2025 13:11 ↓

A man works to clean out the house of his recently deceased father, struggling to decide what's worth holding onto and what is not.

Episode 43: What's Hidden 28.02.2025 19:56 ↓

This story follows a young Henri Matisse on his first visit to Belle Isle. It's here that Henri receives a piece of inspiration that will forever change his art and, by extension, his life.

Episode 42: Steady 17.12.2024 20:07 ↓

Enlisting her mom's help, a young woman returns home to start a YouTube channel.

Episode 41: Nap Time 07.10.2024 25:21 ↓

A man quits his job and goes on a small odyssey to find something he's lost...

Episode 40: The Pacifier's Chauffeur 18.07.2024 42:29 ↓

Follow corporal Ramsey as he assists his domineering superior in the complicated process of pacifying a newly conquered civilization.

Episode 39: The Raspberry Flu 19.01.2024 31:12 ↓

Trouble ensues when an artist discovers inspiration during a bout with a serious, mind-altering virus.

Episode 38: Airstream 20.09.2023 19:30 ↓

The loss of a loved one brings an estranged family member back into Joan's life. Can time and tragedy heal this rift, or will she always remain embittered? And what of the secret she holds...?

Episode 37: If Everything Went According To Plan 06.07.2023 15:08 ↓

A father and his child run into a painter at the park...

Episode 36: Verity And The Ice Cream Truck 04.05.2023 24:21 ↓

A young couple reevaluates their relationship after an upsetting event threatens to upheave their marriage.

Episode 35: Staying The Night In A Springhill Suites In Kingman, Arizona 11.01.2023 17:59 ↓

Wherein I detail my brief but bizarre stay in the quiet, dusty town of Kingman, Arizona.  

Episode 34: I'm Too Hot 03.12.2022 17:56 ↓

Tasked with conveying his mom's ashes to his siblings two states away, our troubled protagonist has a profound experience on the road.     

Episode 33: The Dark 29.08.2022 34:33 ↓

Tasked with policing a planet whose nights last as long as sixteen Earth days, the soldiers of 2nd platoon fear only one thing more than the long night: being ordered to take the seeing pills... 

Episode 32: The Chinese Buffet 07.07.2022 53:10 ↓

Highly superstitious, Mr. Wilkes believes bad things are in store for his restaurant the day an ominous tarot-card reading and a full moon coincide. 

Episode 31: The Masterpiece 16.04.2022 27:16 ↓

An angsty artist struggles to complete a painting he knows will be considered his masterwork.

Episode 30: Killing Gandhi 14.02.2022 32:56 ↓

Insisting that dogs have no redeeming value, this crazed man is on a mission to kill his neighbor's pup... with extreme prejudice. 

Episode 29: Sitting At The Metal Detectors 31.12.2021 30:59 ↓

Working 12-hour graves as a security guard has its pros and cons. One of the ultimate pros, however, is learning what makes your coworkers tick. In this episode, I explain what I learned from my fellow security guards-- what I loved about them, and what I didn't like so much-- and how really, at the end of the day, we're all pretty much the same.   

Episode 28: Beach House 30.11.2021 17:20 ↓

Where does the past go?

Episode 27: A Little Detour 15.11.2021 19:22 ↓

A young woman grieves the death of her husband. 

Episode 26: Skull 30.10.2021 32:14 ↓

Strange occurrences begin happening after a boy discovers a skull on his property... 

Episode 25: Dry Shampoo 07.10.2021 18:51 ↓

Not a very good first date. 

Episode 24: Somewhere For Sometime 19.09.2021 26:33 ↓

A man's suicide attempt is interrupted... CONTENT WARNING: Graphic depiction of an attempted suicide.

Episode 23: New Pages 09.09.2021 19:32 ↓

The following is a correspondence between the famous novelist, Arthur Stonedish, and his editor, Frank O. Togliesh.