Auditory Anthology

Our story this week is“Sweet Tooth” by Robert F Young. If we ever do actually meet aliens there will be plenty of people who will be worried about ending up in a “To Serve Man”-type scenario. But it might turn out human beings aren’t the ones who have to worry about being devoured by our visitors. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundco...

As human beings venture out into the cosmos, it’s pretty certain they’re going to run into all sorts of unexpected threats to their health and well-being. It happened to explorers hundreds of years ago when European explorers arrived in the New World and were exposed to all sorts of new diseases… then they decided to return the favor by giving blankets infected with small pox to the people they me...

This week’s story is “Ask a Foolish Question” by Robert Sheckley. The secret to learning the answers to life, the universe and everything is knowing the right questions to ask. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad Narrator: Darren Marlar https://darrenmarlar.com/ Other shows...

This week’s story is “The Trap” by Betsy Curtis. People have been dreaming of living forever since the dawn of time, but there are a couple of potentially problematic details they probably didn’t consider. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad Narrator: Darren Marlar https://...

If we’ve learned anything from pop culture, it’s that there are rules for time travel. This week’s story, “Security Plan” by Joseph Farrell introduces us to one inventor that probably should have spent a little more time watching time travel movies for educational purposes. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ Curator:...

Did you know that in 2024 a person making the average salary in the United States can’t get qualified for the average priced home? It’s bad out there. So much so that many are giving up on the idea of owning a home all together. In this week’s story “Time Arbitrage” a couple is just about ready to give up themselves, when they learn about a company offering an unexpected solution to the problem. I...

This week’s story is Man’s Best Friend by Evelyn E Smith. It’s an election year and it’s easy to get annoyed at the constant barrage of political ads and hot takes. But always remember, there are worse ways to pick our leaders If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad Narrator: D...

This week’s story is Bad Memory by Patrick Fahy. There’s nothing wrong with making big changes in your life to achieve your dreams, but if you’re going to do that, sometimes writing those goals down is a good idea for more than one reason. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconra...

Back in the 1950’s when Stephen Arr wrote Chain of Command, it was pretty common to imagine the worst possible unintended consequences from the atomic age. This story does revolve around animals who are forever changed by atomic radiation, but at the end of the day the message of this story is that the chain of command is the same for everyone, even radioactive mutant mice. If you have a story you...

Have you ever taken the time to read the Terms of Service before you click “Accept?” Of course not. No one does. It’s basically become a meme at this point. In this week's story, An Elephant For the Prinkip by L. J. Stecher, we learn it’s probably a good idea to at least skim the fine print of any contract before you actually sign on the dotted line. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to...

Pop culture over the past twenty years or so is riddled with stories about pioneering scientists visiting new worlds. In the 1990’s there was Sliders, there was also Stargate SG-1 with a different planet every week. In this week’s story "Dimension of the Lost," three scientists visit three different dimensions. Two of them have life-changing experiences, while the third ends up solving a mystery t...

People have been fascinated by the paranormal forever. Whether it’s Bigfoot, ghosts or alien visitors. These days there are entire TV networks devoted to amateurs investigating the paranormal. In this week’s story, two mountain climbers try to find the source of mysterious lights. They find out what causes them, but no one would ever believe them. It’s The Lights on Precipice Peak by Stephen Tall...

In the next few years, NASA will be sending astronauts back to the Moon for the first time since the 1970’s. While those brave astronauts might not be the first humans to visit the Moon, they’d still be very surprised if they found out they had unexpected company. That’s exactly what happens in this week’s story, Project Hush by Philip Klass. Curator: Keith Conrad linktr.ee/keithrconrad Narrator:...

Light pollution is increasingly a problem in 2024. If you live in a big city, it’s a pretty good bet you can only see a handful of stars when you look up at the night sky. You would think the pioneering souls who move to the first colony on Mars wouldn’t have to deal with that issue quite as much. However in this week’s story “$1000 a Plate” by Jack McKenty our characters learn that you can’t avoi...