Auditory Anthology

An overnight news archivist, bored by his mundane job, uncovers a cache of bizarre video clips revealing that the world of local TV news is far stranger and more paranormal than anyone could ever imagine. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally tr...

A psychiatrist who dreams of a peaceful chicken farm is confronted with a new patient whose fantastical delusion is so convincing, it makes the doctor question not only his patient's sanity, but his own reality. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: htt...

A weary ER nurse's late-night delivery to the hospital's records department leads her to a disorienting, shadow version of the building where time and reality are bent, and she is a ghost of a different time. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and All...

A routine geological event spirals into a continent-altering cataclysm, forever transforming the American landscape and the lives of millions. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com By becoming a paid subscriber you...

A night shift ER nurse’s quiet evening turns surreal when a patient is admitted with a deep cut on his temple, and her computer system reveals he was pronounced dead in the exact same hospital room just four days earlier. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to...

A cynical man's drunken rants about Martians secretly controlling the world take a sudden turn when he realizes the reporter he's been confiding in might be one of the few humans who can actually see them. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://a...

A news reporter finds herself investigating a series of tragedies across the city, only to discover a silent, mysterious dog who always appears at the scene just before a death occurs. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories...

When alien invaders attempt to subdue a small group of backwoods humans with their advanced weaponry, they discover that their plans have been foiled by what they believe is the planet's formidable defenses, and one simple-minded man. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subs...

A skeptical woman who believes there’s no such thing as ghosts moves into an old apartment, where her bathroom mirror begins commenting on her daily life Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a l...

When the last man on Earth receives a knock on the door, he discovers the horrifying truth about humanity's new place in the universe. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.com By becoming a paid subscriber you can lis...

Four unfortunate elders are given a second chance at youth, but will their old habits leave them trapped in a cycle of regret? Originally published anonymously in 1837, it was later published in Hawthorne's collection Twice-Told Tales, also in 1837 If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becomi...

A staid chemistry teacher's quiet life is upended when a beautiful, scantily clad alien woman from the Pleiades, on a mission to catalog Earth's "primitive" social customs, invites herself to live with him, just as his big career break arrives. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a...

While cleaning out her late father's house, a grieving woman discovers an old audio cassette that appears to be a recording of her own future. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their commute pass a little faste...

In a future where war is simulated through electrohypnosis to curb real-world violence, a young man undergoes his "combat experience" only to discover the true, lasting cost of engineered peace. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanth...

Dr Homer Green used his invention, a rejuvenation treatment that lets your body always heal any damage to it perfectly, on himself. That was on September 11, 1943. Now it’s August 4, 2170 – more than 200 years later. He looks exactly the same. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a...

A farmer tries to dissuade his son from pursuing a life as a space adventurer, hiding a terrible secret about his own past that he fears will forever bind his son's fate to his. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://auditoryanthology.substack.co...

A nursing student encounters a quiet teenager in a psych ward who claims his reflection is learning, watching, and slowly preparing to take his place in the real world. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to help their c...

On a seemingly utopian "Dream Planet" where every need is met, a benevolent leader's carefully constructed paradise unravels when his pampered inhabitants, starved for purpose, rebel against a life without work or struggle. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on S...

A man's promising first date takes a bizarre turn when the charming woman he met begins sending him strange texts that lead him to a shocking and impossible truth about who she really is. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stor...

A jaded morgue ship attendant, desperately searching for his lost son, uncovers a 300-year-old mystery when he revives a perfectly preserved corpse that holds the key to ending a brutal interstellar war. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://aud...

When a nursing graduate moves into her first apartment, the unsettling sounds from the sealed-off attic above her—where no attic should be—lead her to a chilling discovery about the building's tragic past. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally t...

When a curious beer truck driver accidentally creates a strange, water-hungry jelly in his kitchen, a lost weekend spirals into a terrifying discovery that could doom all of Lake Michigan—and maybe a whole lot more. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack:...

A cynical local news reporter investigates an alleged alien abduction in a quiet suburban cul-de-sac, only to uncover a hilariously mundane truth behind the "otherworldly" events. Tales From The Blue Line: Every morning at three, Mason and Ally ride the Blue Line into downtown Chicago together. The train brings out its own brand of weird, which has led to Mason and Ally trading spooky stories to h...

When a vicious alien monster crash-lands in the Florida Keys, two telepathic researchers and a reclusive hermit find themselves in a desperate fight for survival against a creature far more terrifying than they could ever imagine—or so they think. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becomin...

An ER nurse's routine night shift turns unsettling when a mysterious patient with a strange injury and no shadow appears, leaving her to question reality and forever change how she perceives the unseen. If you have a story you’d like to contribute to the series, you can visit https://submissions.soundconceptmedia.com/ You can support the show by becoming a paid subscriber on Substack: https://audi...